02/26/2020
No. 6 Ford – Fontana Advance
ADVANCE NOTES
Chastain at Auto Club Speedway
- Ross Chastain makes his second start as the fill-in for Ryan Newman in the No. 6 Ford. He will make his third Cup Series start at Auto Club Speedway on Sunday, and eighth overall at the 2-mile track.
- Chastain drove the No. 15 machine both in 2018 and 2019 in Fontana, finishing 29th and 28th, respectively for Premium Motorsports.
- In five Xfinity Series events at Auto Club, Chastain has a best finish of 10th (2018). He finished 18th in last season’s event for JD Motorsports in the No. 4 car after starting 15th.
- Chastain will also run Saturday’s Xfinity Series race in his full-time role in the No. 10 machine for Kaulig Racing.
Scott Graves at Auto Club Speedway
- Graves will call his fourth NCS event in Fontana on Sunday. In three prior starts, he has a best finish of 20th with Ricky Stenhouse Jr., in 2013. Last season he and Ryan Newman recorded a 22nd-place run after starting seventh.
- Graves also has four Xfinity starts in Fontana with three top-fives. He led Chris Buescher to a fifth-place result back in 2015, Suarez to fourth in 2016, and was paired with Kyle Busch for a third-place result in 2017.
Recapping Las Vegas
In his debut as the fill-in driver in the No. 6, Chastain showed speed early in the Wyndham Rewards Ford Mustang. He powered his way inside the top-10 early on, earning opening stage points. He was poised for a solid day before being caught up in a pair of late-race incidents to finish 27th.
On the Car
Castrol makes its debut as the primary partner aboard the No. 6 this weekend in Fontana. The high-performance lubricant brand signed as the team’s official oil partner in January and will serve as the primary for select races in 2020.
About Castrol
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