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Despite Southern California’s torrential rain and snow flurried storm, the weekend of races continued. Crews tried to dry the track while downpours continued throughout Friday and Saturday. The weather forced the NASCAR Xfinity Series race to be postponed to Sunday, and caused the NASCAR Cup Series Pala Casino 400 to precede the Xfinity Production Alliance Group 300.
Cup Series racing at the Auto Club Speedway began in 1997 with the California 500. Sunday marked the final day of racing at the Auto Club Speedway’s 2-mile track, as 433 acres of the property were sold and the track is slated for demolition later this year.
Corion Properties Inc., the company that facilitated the deal, announced that Hillwood & CBREIM bought the property on Wednesday. The deal, “included a recorded transaction price of $559 million and ongoing buyer obligations for future development, maintenance and use of the parking area for a proposed new short track, exceeded $800 million,” according to Corion Properties Inc.
The Auto Club Speedway, with their continued ownership of about 200 acres, plans on converting the remaining acreage into a short track and parking area.
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Nemechek won the Production Alliance Group 300 — the last race at Auto Club Speedway’s 2-mile track. His father, Joe “Front Row Joe” Nemechek, won the first ever Auto Club Speedway pole position for a national series race. “It’s pretty cool to be second generation, and to have accomplished something, the same as my dad, here,” Nemechek said. A defining first and final moment that cements a father and son’s influence into the track’s history.
