TRACK RECORDS & PAST winners
Most Wins: 6 –Jimmie Johnson
Most Poles: 4 – Kurt Busch
Most Top Fives: 13 – Jimmie Johnson
Most Top 10s: 16 – Jimmie Johnson
Most Lead Changes: 35 – 3/23/14
Fewest Lead Changes: 9 – 3/25/12
Most Leaders: 16 – 9/2/07
Fewest Leaders: 5 – 3/25/12
Most Cautions: 12 – 2/25/08
Fewest Cautions: 1 – 3/25/12
Most Caution Laps: 51 – 9/5/04
Fewest Caution Laps: 5 – 3/25/12
Most on the Lead Lap: 32 – 3/22/15
Fewest on the Lead Lap: 9 – 2 times, most recently 5/2/99
Most Running at the Finish: 43 – 3/22/15
Fewest Running at the Finish: 31 – 10/11/09
Most Laps Led by a Race Winner: 228 – 8/31/08
Fewest Laps Led by a Race Winner: 1 – 2 times, 3/22/15
Most Wins by a Manufacturer: 13 – Chevrolet
Closest Margin of Victory: 0.144 Seconds – 3/27/11
Greatest Margin of Victory: 12.871 Seconds – 5/2/04
Margins of Victory under electronic timing since 1993.
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TRACK RECORDS
PAST WINNERS
Year Event Race
Winner
Car
Make
Start
Pos.
Car Owner Pole Winner
1997 California 500 by NAPA Jeff Gordon Chevrolet 3 Rick Hendrick Joe Nemechek
1998 California 500 pres. by NAPA Mark Martin Ford 3 Jack Roush Jeff Gordon
1999 California 500 pres. by NAPA Jeff Gordon Chevrolet 5 Rick Hendrick None (weather)
2000 NAPA Auto Parts 500 Jeremy Mayeld Ford 24 Roger Penske Mike Skinner
2001 NAPA Auto Parts 500 Rusty Wallace Ford 19 Roger Penske Bobby Labonte
2002 NAPA Auto Parts 500 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet 4 Rick Hendrick Ryan Newman
2003 Auto Club 500 Kurt Busch Ford 16 Jack Roush Steve Park
2004 Auto Club 500 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet 16 Rick Hendrick Kasey Kahne
Pop Secret 500 Elliott Sadler Ford 17 Robert Yates Brian Vickers
2005 Auto Club 500 Greg Bife Ford 5 Jack Roush Kyle Busch
SONY HD 500 Kyle Busch Chevrolet 25 Rick Hendrick Carl Edwards
2006 Auto Club 500 Matt Kenseth Ford 31 Jack Roush Kurt Busch
SONY HD 500 Kasey Kahne Dodge 9 Ray Evernham Kurt Busch
2007 Auto Club 500 Matt Kenseth Ford 25 Jack Roush Jeff Gordon
Sharp AQUOS 500 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet 2 Rick Hendrick Kurt Busch
2008 Auto Club 500 Carl Edwards Ford 9 Jack Roush None (weather)
Pepsi 500 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet 1 Rick Hendrick Jimmie Johnson
2009 Auto Club 500 Matt Kenseth Ford 24 Jack Roush Brian Vickers
Pepsi 500 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet 3 Rick Hendrick Denny Hamlin
2010 Auto Club 500 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet 7 Rick Hendrick Jamie McMurray
Pepsi Max 400 Tony Stewart Chevrolet 22 Tony Stewart Jamie McMurray
2011 Auto Club 400 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet 24 Richard Childress Juan Pablo Montoya
2012 Auto Club 400 Tony Stewart Chevrolet 9 Tony Stewart Denny Hamlin
2013 Auto Club 400 Kyle Busch Toyota 4 Joe Gibbs Denny Hamlin
2014 Auto Club 400 Kyle Busch Toyota 14 Joe Gibbs Matt Kenseth
2015 Auto Club 400 Brad Keselowski Ford 8 Roger Penske Kurt Busch
2016 Auto Club 400 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet 19 Rick Hendrick Austin Dillon
2017 Auto Club 400 Kyle Larson Chevrolet 1 Chip Ganassi Kyle Larson
2018 Auto Club 400 Martin Truex, Jr. Toyota 1 Barney Visser Martin Truex, Jr.
2019 Auto Club 400 Kyle Busch Toyota 4 Joe Gibbs Austin Dillon
TRACK PROFILES