A week after the 50th running of the Daytona 500, it was time for NASCAR to rumble into California to find out who would be California Dreamin’. But, not without several delays in the preceding. There were red flags for major pile-ups, which took out several NASCAR Cup contenders, including the newest member of the Hendrick stable, Dale Jr., relegating him to a 40th place finish. The track wasn’t ready to race, in Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s opinion. That had this reporter up until well after 11:00 pm central time, trying to get a grasp on who would be declared the winner. I woke up this morning to find out that NASCAR did the right thing, and the remainder of the Auto Club 500 was moved to today, thankfully. Monday morning found the Lowes car at the point, and he would wind up second to the Missourian, Carl Edwards (a native of Columbia, MO). It was a memorable Auto Club 500.
