The third and final stop of the NASCAR "West Coast Swing" is Sunday afternoon with the Auto Club 400 in Fontana, Calif. at Auto Club Speedway. All eyes are on Kevin Harvick, looking for his third straight win.
After second-place finishes in the Daytona 500 and in Atlanta, Harvick won races the last two weekends in Las Vegas and Phoenix to put him comfortably atop the NASCAR Sprint Cup points standings. Fox analyst Darrell Waltrip likes what he has seen from the No. 4 car so far in 2015.
"I’d really like to see Kevin Harvick do the sweep and win all three West Coast races. He’s a West Coast guy, loves the area, and Auto Club Speedway is a home track for him," Waltrip said earlier this week. "Harvick has Fontana dialed in, and given the way he is running, he has the opportunity to make it a clean sweep out west, which would be phenomenal.
"Joey Logano will be tough, as will Jimmie Johnson, based on his Atlanta performance. Jeff Gordon should be fast and could finally get his season moving in the right direction at Fontana."
Waltrip will be in the booth on Sunday along with play-by-play announcer Mike Joy and analyst Larry McReynolds, along with reporters Jamie Little, Chris Neville and Matt Yocum. Fox coverage of the Auto Club 400 starts at 3:30 p.m. ET.
Harvick will also be featured in a segment on Fox NASCAR Sunday, which begins at 3 p.m., about a return to his hometown of Bakersfield, Calif. Both the pre-race and race coverage will be available online using the Fox Sports Go app.
Harvick starts in second position on Sunday, behind pole sitter Kurt Busch.
Auto Club 400 info
Location: Fontana, Calif.
TV: Fox
Pre-race coverage: 3 p.m. ET
Race coverage: 3:30 p.m.
Green flag Approximately 3:46 p.m.
Re-airs: Monday, 10 a.m. (Fox Sports 1); Monday, 2 p.m. (Fox Sports 2)
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