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NASCAR at Fontana: Ten things to know about the Auto Club 400

The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series looks to build on an exciting start to its season as it moves to Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, Calif., for the final leg of the "NASCAR Goes West" tour.

Thanks to Denny Hamlin's close victory at Daytona over Martin Truex Jr. and Kevin Harvick's win by a hair over Carl Edwards last Sunday at Phoenix, the average margin of victory this season is 0.232 seconds — the closest margin over the first four races since the inception of electronic timing and scoring in 1993 (Note: This year’s Atlanta race ended under caution and therefore is not included in the average).