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Fontana adjusts to one NASCAR race

Auto Club Speedway has its schedule cut but is hopeful things will change back again

Updated: March 24, 2011, 11:09 AM ET
By Tim Haddock | Special to ESPNLosAngeles.com

For the first time since 2004, NASCAR will make only one visit to Auto Club Speedway in Fontana.

Some drivers said they think it's the right move. NASCAR fans have been critical of the racing at Fontana: not enough passing, not enough action, not enough excitement.

There was a time that not only did NASCAR visit Fontana and Southern California twice a year -- with the Camping World Truck Series and the West Series in addition to the Nationwide and Sprint Cup Series -- but the defunct ...

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