This weekend, the NASCAR Cup Series returns to the West Coast for their first of three road races this season.  Coverage of the All-Star festivities can be seen on FOX Sports 1 starting at 5 p.m. ET Sunday with NASCAR RaceDay.  Coverage of the All-Star Open is scheduled to start at 6 p.m. ET, while All-Star Race coverage starts at 7:30.  The green flag is scheduled to fly around 7:40.  The race can also be heard on PRN Radio and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio (Channel 90).

Records and facts

Last year's All-Star Race was a midweek affair at Bristol Motor Speedway.  By Bristol standards, this was a very clean race.  All 20 cars that started the race finished the event on the lead lap.

Chase Elliott took the lead away from Ryan Blaney on lap 110, won the second stage, then led the final stage flag-to-flag to win $1 million.  Kyle Busch was second, then Kevin Harvick, Brad Keselowski and Denny Hamlin.

Among active drivers, only Kevin Harvick has more than one victory in the All-Star Race.  He has two, coming in 2007 and 2018.  Eight others have one victory.

All-time, Jimmie Johnson has the most All-Star victories with four (2003, 2006 and 2011-2012).  Jeff Gordon and Dale Earnhardt each had three wins, while Harvick, Mark Martin, Davey Allison and Terry Labonte

Track Facts
Track / Race Length: 1.5-mile quad-oval, 100 laps (150 miles)
Banking: 24 degrees

Frontstretch: 2,250 ft., banked 5 degrees

Backstretch: 1,330 ft., banked 5 degrees

Grandstand Seating: 128,655

Pit Road Speed: 45 mph
Pace Car Speed: 55 mph
Opened: 1997

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Say What?!

"With this year’s format, there’s obviously a lot going on. I think it’ll be hard to play games to try and set yourself up for the next round, that may end up hurting you more than helping. It’s going to be of those deals where you just have to race as hard as you can the whole time and let the inverts play out on their own. I think it will be entertaining for the fans and hopefully we can put on a good show. I know I’ve said it before, but I am happy to see the All-Star Race moving around to different tracks. I think it’s a race that is meant to change locations." - Chase Elliott

"I haven’t studied the format yet, but the plan is to get the best possible finish in each segment to give us the best possible starting spot when it matters. It’s a short race, so you have to be aggressive, and you have to be really aggressive on each restart. Our mile-and-a-half program has been solid all year, so I’m really looking forward to this Sunday." - Kyle Larson

"I didn’t feel a huge difference [between 510 and 550 horsepower]. I think everybody’s going to try and run wide-open. It’s going to be hot; it’s 90 degrees and you’re trying to run wide-open. So, people will be trying to trim their car out. I still think we’ll get them where they’re edgy for the speed purpose of things. Turns one and two are not the most ideal corners, so you’re going to be balancing – do you want to be able to easily run wide-open or have more speed trimmed-out and make turns one and two more difficult? Turns three and four are pretty self-explanatory, but one and two can get difficult. I still think there’s going to be handling involved. We’ll be able to adjust that too, I think, with the way the stops are built. The only one you can really lose on is the one at the end, I think." - Austin Dillon