AmericaJR.com has compiled the starting grid for Sunday’s Auto Club 400 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race in Fontana, Calif. This is the order in which the cars will line-up for the start of the race. Austin Dillon will lead the pack after he qualified first with a speed of 188.482 mph and a time of 38.2 seconds around the 2-mile oval. The Auto Club 400 begins at 12:30 p.m. PT/3:30 p.m. ET. You can watch the race LIVE nationally on FOX television. That’s KTTV Ch. 11 in Los Angeles and WJBK Ch. 2 in Detroit.
| POS. | Car # | Driver | Manufacturer | Sponsor | Best Speed | Best Time | Behind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | Austin Dillon |  |
American Ethanol | 188.482 | 38.200 | Leader |
| 2 | 4 | Kevin Harvick | |
Jimmy John’s | 188.329 | 38.231 | –0.031 |
| 3 | 11 | Denny Hamlin |  |
Sport Clips | 187.637 | 38.372 | –0.172 |
| 4 | 31 | Ryan Newman | |
Caterpillar | 187.276 | 38.446 | –0.246 |
| 5 | 19 | Carl Edwards | |
Subway | 187.222 | 38.457 | –0.257 |
| 6 | 18 | Kyle Busch | |
M&M’s 75 | 187.212 | 38.459 | –0.259 |
| 7 | 6 | Trevor Bayne |  |
Advocare Ford Fusion | 186.916 | 38.520 | –0.320 |
| 8 | 24 | Chase Elliott | |
NAPA Auto Parts | 186.795 | 38.545 | –0.345 |
| 9 | 22 | Joey Logano | |
AAA Southern Cal. | 186.557 | 38.594 | –0.394 |
| 10 | 1 | Jamie McMurray | |
McDonald’s | 186.345 | 38.638 | –0.438 |
| 11 | 47 | AJ Allmendinger | |
Food 4 Less/Scott Products | 185.687 | 38.775 | –0.575 |
| 12 | 5 | Kasey Kahne | |
Farmers Insurance | 187.642 | 38.371 | –0.171 |
| 13 | 27 | Paul Menard | |
FVP / Menards | 187.495 | 38.401 | –0.201 |
| 14 | 21 | Ryan Blaney | |
Motorcraft / Quick Lane Tire + Auto Center | 187.480 | 38.404 | –0.204 |
| 15 | 2 | Brad Keselowski | |
Wurth | 187.232 | 38.455 | –0.255 |
| 16 | 34 | Chris Buescher | |
Love’s Travel Stops | 187.154 | 38.471 | –0.271 |
| 17 | 78 | Martin Truex Jr | |
Furniture Row | 187.028 | 38.497 | –0.297 |
| 18 | 17 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr | |
Fastenal Ford Fusion | 186.528 | 38.600 | –0.400 |
| 19 | 48 | Jimmie Johnson | |
Lowe’s / Superman | 186.297 | 38.648 | –0.448 |
| 20 | 20 | Matt Kenseth | |
DeWalt | 186.268 | 38.654 | –0.454 |
| 21 | 44 | Brian Scott | |
Albertsons Co. / White Tail | 186.176 | 38.673 | –0.473 |
| 22 | 16 | Greg Biffle | |
Ford EcoBoost Ford Fusion | 186.075 | 38.694 | –0.494 |
| 23 | 13 | Casey Mears | |
GEICO | 185.773 | 38.757 | –0.557 |
| 24 | 14 | Brian Vickers | |
Janssen Arnie’s Army Charitable Foundation Chevrolet SS | 185.581 | 38.797 | –0.597 |
| 25 | 43 | Aric Almirola | |
Smithfield | 186.398 | 38.627 | –0.427 |
| 26 | 41 | Kurt Busch | |
Haas Automation / Monster Energy | 186.095 | 38.690 | –0.490 |
| 27 | 88 | Dale Earnhardt Jr | |
Nationwide / Batman | 186.080 | 38.693 | –0.493 |
| 28 | 7 | Regan Smith | |
AIPAC | 185.696 | 38.773 | –0.573 |
| 29 | 15 | Clint Bowyer | |
Visine | 185.639 | 38.785 | –0.585 |
| 30 | 95 | Michael McDowell | |
WRL General Contractors | 185.486 | 38.817 | –0.617 |
| 31 | 10 | Danica Patrick | |
TaxAct | 185.099 | 38.898 | –0.698 |
| 32 | 42 | Kyle Larson | |
Target | 184.990 | 38.921 | –0.721 |
| 33 | 83 | Matt DiBenedetto | |
Cosmo Motors | 184.611 | 39.001 | –0.801 |
| 34 | 38 | Landon Cassill | |
MDS Transport | 184.186 | 39.091 | –0.891 |
| 35 | 23 | David Ragan | |
Dr. Pepper | 183.052 | 39.333 | –1.133 |
| 36 | 98 | Cole Whitt | |
Rinnai Tankless Water Heaters Chevy | 182.348 | 39.485 | –1.285 |
| 37 | 30 | Josh Wise | |
SBC Contractors | 181.951 | 39.571 | –1.371 |
| 38 | 46 | Michael Annett | |
Pilot Flying J | 180.610 | 39.865 | –1.665 |
| 39 | 32 | Jeffrey Earnhardt | |
Can – Am | 180.415 | 39.908 | –1.708 |
Source: NASCAR