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No one has won more NASCAR Cup Series races at Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, Calif., than Jimmie Johnson — who went to Victory Lane at the 2-mile track for the record sixth time in 2016.
Check out the winner of every NASCAR Premier Series race that has been held at Fontana:
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Jeff Gordon, 1997
Gordon won the inaugural race at the track.
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Mark Martin, 1998
Martin, driving the No. 6 Roush Ford, won the second race held at ACS.
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Jeff Gordon, 1999
Gordon, driving the No. 24 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet he made famous, held off all comers in ’99, including Dale Jarrett in the No. 88.
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Jeremy Mayfield, 2000
Mayfield celebrates in Victory Lane after getting there in the No. 12 Ford he wheeled for owner Michael Kranefuss.
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Rusty Wallace, 2001
Wallace, driver of the No. 2 Dodge for Penske Racing, celebrates.
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Jimmie Johnson, 2002
Now a seven-time Cup champion, Johnson scored his first career win at Fontana in 2002. The California native has since gone on to register 79 more.
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Kurt Busch, 2003
A young Kurt Busch, then only 23, celebrates what was his second win of what would be four total wins in the 2003 season.
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Jeff Gordon, spring of 2004
Gordon (left) celebrates with crew chief Robbie Loomis after his third career win at Fontana in the spring of 2004, as NASCAR awarded the track two races from ’04 through 2010.
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Elliott Sadler, fall of 2004
A smiling Sadler shares his winning moment with crew chief Todd Parrott.
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Greg Biffle, spring of 2005
This was the only career win at Fontana for the driver of the No. 16 Roush Ford.
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Kyle Busch, fall of 2005
While driving the No. 5 Chevrolet for Hendrick Motorsports, Busch also scored his first career win at ACS.
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Matt Kenseth, Spring of 2006
Driving the No. 17 Ford for owner Jack Roush, Kenseth grabbed his first ACS triumph. It wouldn’t be his last.
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Kasey Kahne, Fall of 2006
Kahne celebrates with his crew after picking up one of the career-high six wins he totaled while driving the No. 9 Ray Evernham-owned Dodge in ’06.
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Matt Kenseth, Spring of 2007
Kesneth won the spring Fontana event for the second year in a row.
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Jimmie Johnson, Fall of 2007
Johnson celebrates his second ACS win with his wife, Chandra.
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Carl Edwards, Spring of 2008
Edwards, who has since walked away from racing, flips out over his ’08 Fontana win.
Jimmie Johnson, Fall of 2008
Johnson’s celebrates his third career win at the track — and second in a row in the fall race — with a burnout in his No. 48 Hendrick Motorsports Chevy.
Matt Kenseth, Spring of 2009
Kenseth shares some trophy time with car owner Jack Roush (right).
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Jimmie Johnson, Fall of 2009
Johnson shares trophy time with crew chief Chad Knaus (left) after his third consecutive fall race win.
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Jimmie Johnson, Spring of 2010
Johnson’s fifth Fontana win overall also was his fourth in six tries and his second in a row.
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Tony Stewart, Fall of 2010
Tony Stewart sprays his crew after winning his first ACS race.
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Kevin Harvick, 2011
Harvick won as the track scaled back to one event per year again. He was driving the No. 29 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet.
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Tony Stewart, 2012
Stewart registers his second and final career Fontana win.
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Kyle Busch, 2013
Eight years after his first career win at Fontana in 2005, Busch finally won again at the track. He won 23 times at other tracks in between.
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Kyle Busch, 2014
Busch offers his signature victory bow to the crowd after driving his No. 18 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota to the checkered flag for the second year in a row.
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Brad Keselowski, 2015
Keselowski sprays champagne following his 2015 triumph in the No. 2 Team Penske Ford.
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Jimmie Johnson, 2016
Superman? Perhaps. Or at least it seems that way at this track for Johnson, who earned his record sixth win last year while driving a car featuring the Superman paint scheme — and while wearing a Superman-themed fire suit.
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