Alex Bowman wins the Auto Club 400
Alex Bowman led 110 of 200 laps in Sunday’s Auto Club 400 to cap off a dominating weekend with his second career NASCAR Cup Series win.
Bowman started third as the favorite for Sunday, having won both practice sessions and been fastest on the ten-lap average speed charts.
Prior to Sunday’s race, Bowman had never scored a top 10 at Auto Club Speedway and had only led one lap at the track.
Bowman’s 110 laps marked the most miles (220) that Bowman has led in a single Cup race, eclipsing the 193 miles he led at Phoenix in November 2016.
Bowman is now the 132nd driver to win two or more races in the NASCAR Cup Series.
SOURCES:
NASCAR
Racing-Reference.info
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Jonathan Fjeld is the co-owner of the The Racing Experts, LLC. He has been with TRE since 2010.
A Twin Valley, MN, native, Fjeld became a motorsports fan at just three years old (first race was the 2002 Pennsylvania 500). He worked as a contributor and writer for TRE from 2010-18. Since then, he has stepped up and covered 24 NASCAR race weekends and taken on a larger role with TRE. He became the co-owner and managing editor in 2023 and has guided the site to massive growth in that time.
Fjeld has covered a wide array of stories and moments over the years, including Kevin Harvick's final Cup Series season, the first NASCAR national series disqualification in over 50 years, Shane van Gisbergen's stunning win in Chicago and the first Cup Series race at Road America in 66 years – as well as up-and-coming drivers' stories and stories from inside the sport, like the tech it takes for Hendrick Motorsports to remain a top-tier team.
Currently, he resides in Albuquerque, N.M., where he works for KOB 4, an NBC station. He works as a digital producer and does on-air reports. He loves spending time with friends and family, playing and listening to music, exploring new places, being outdoors, reading books and writing among other activities. You can email him at fjeldjonathan@gmail.com