The News Review:
- Five things you may have missed in auto racing
- Changan Auto China Carmaker to pen Mexico Factory Next Year
- Matt Kenseth Pulls Away To Win Auto Club 500
- Auto Club 500: race information prediction and more
Five things you may have missed in auto racing
Kansas City Star M -
Kyle Busch is again the story in NASCAR. He leads the Nationwide and Camping World standings with a combined two victories and four top-five finishes in the four races those series have run.
Changan Auto China Carmaker to pen Mexico Factory Next Year
Bloomberg -
and China FAW Group Corp. in drawing upMexican production plans as slowing demand and risingcompetition crimps profit margins at home. Chinese auto salesmay rise 5 percent this year the slowest pace in a decadeaccording to the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers.
Related from Zxyangchen: Honda 2008 output rose as China offset US Europe
Matt Kenseth Pulls Away To Win Auto Club 500
Auto Racing Daily -
caused Busch to wreck and lose what appeared to be his best chance ever to win the Daytona 500 to date his rebound at Fontana showed Busch is not only back from last week he’s also back from last year’s tailspin in the Chase. Unfortunately there’s a significant bit of sadness in all the redemption that unfolded and ultimately emerged in Sunday’s closing laps. After all this was still Auto Club Speedway—formerly California Speedway—a place where good races just aren’t supposed to happen a place whose picture many think should be put in a dictionary alongside the meaning of the word “boring. ” As a result the crowd on hand was one of the smallest the Southern California facility has ever seen. Fox Sports seemed to intentionally keep the grandstands out of camera range so as not to show the glut of empty seats all the way around the two-mile motorplex. And given how late the race began (6:15 pm ET) and how late it finished (after 10 pm ET) it’s practically a given that when the TV ratings are released Monday the numbers are going to be poor indicating the overall small viewership that likely grew even smaller as the race went on as many viewers clicked off the telecast expecting yet another boring race and even more boring outcome. Just like those who left the track early to beat what little crowd there was to beat it was the same for many viewers: They felt that because this was Auto Club Speedway there just was no point to stick around and watch the finish.
Auto Club 500: race information prediction and more
Detroit Free Press United States -
TV: Fox (Channel 2 in Detroit). Weather: Cloudy high of 74 degrees. Pole: Brian Vickers won the pole with a 183. run but he will start from the back of the field because of an engine change.