No one will be speeding around NASCAR’s Auto Club Speedway anytime soon.
The former two-mile oval in Fontana, Calif., has been largely dismantled as the property it is on is redeveloped into an industrial park.
The track, which is owned by NASCAR and once hosted Cup Series and IndyCar events, is set to be replaced by a half-mile oval, but there are not set dates for the start of its construction or completion.
Several elements of the former facility have been preserved for possible use with the new facility, however, and new drone footage offers a clear look at what’s left.
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Video posted to YouTube by John Kay offers an up close view of the main grandstand that is still in place, along with the front stretch and pitlane. Guest service buildings can be seen behind the grandstand while the garages still stand in the infield.
The remaining track ends abruptly before reaching what used to be Turn 1, where a warehouse has been built. Based on diagrams of the proposed half-mile oval, substantial updates would need to be made to the racing surface to complete the new circuit and would likely require the removal of some of the existing garages.
The last NASCAR Cup Series race held at the track was in February 2023, and the series does not have an event in the Los Angeles market this season.
“Our goal is really to be in Southern California long term,” NASCAR executive vice president and chief venue and racing innovations officer Ben Kennedy told American Cars And Racing during a press conference for the release of the 2025 NASCAR schedule last August.
“We’ve continued to work on our plans for Fontana, we have a number of configurations and variations that the team has been working on for what that track might look like and what are kind of the other activities that can happen on that parcel of land that we have there, but then also exploring all of our opportunities in the Southern California market. It’s a massive market for us. Number two in terms of the quantity of NASCAR fans, it’s a huge media market for us, it’s in [broadcast partner] Fox’s backyard. So, strategically as a sport, it makes a lot of sense for us to be in Southern California.”