NASCAR, like setting apple pies on fire and taking off school to celebrate Michael Douglas's birthday, is considered one of the finest American pastimes. Attend a decisively American race with today's Groupon: for $50, you get one ticket to the Pepsi MAX 400 at Auto Club Speedway in Fontana on Sunday, October 10. Redeem your Groupon at will call at gate 16 for your ticket, which will be in rows 39–48 (a $105 value).

Although the race begins at noon, motor through the gates as early as 7 a.m. to start enjoying all that the speedway has to offer, from a pre-race concert by Kenny Loggins to the to the high-flying, back-flipping motorcycle mad men of the Metal Mulisha. Part of NASCAR's playoffs, the Pepsi MAX 400 gives race fans 400 miles of fleet-wheeled fun. From the comfort of their seats, spectators can watch like a hawk as NASCAR’s finest cover 200 laps around the asphalt oval with the speed of peregrine falcons, strategizing pit stops and bathroom breaks more craftily than the craftiest egrets. The speedway is equipped with 750 television monitors and 338 speakers, giving fans ample opportunity to bask in the warm glow of light waves and the comforting vibrations of sound lightning.

Encompassing more than 550 acres, the Auto Club Speedway features 20 complimentary trams to help guests make their way around and play day-long games of hide-and-seek. On-site restaurants, such as Apex and California Pizza Kitchen, keep taste buds running on all cylinders, and on-site stores, such as Impulse, peddle memory-preserving souvenirs ideal for providing iron-clad alibis regarding race-day whereabouts.

Reviews

Yelpers give Auto Club Speedway a four-star average.

• Definitely Fontucky. Beautiful speedway full of excitment [sic] and fast cars – DIANA D.
• Only when you're at an actual race in real life can you truly comprehend why this sport is so appealing. Watching NASCAR on TV really does not do the real thing justice. You don't get to experience the real sense of speed. – Joseph A.