California Speedway a snoozer

NASCAR Nextel Cup Series driver Denny Hamlin said he is looking forward to racing at California Speedway. He just wishes there were more NASCAR fans in Southern California who felt the same way.
The racing at California Speedway is fine. It's a lot like Michigan International Speedway, Hamlin said. Because of his team's performance in the NASCAR Busch Series at Michigan, Hamlin said he is excited about the Cup race at California Speedway. Sort of.
"It's hard to get excited when that place holds so many seats that when 100,000 or 150,000 people are there, it doesn't look sold out and it just doesn't get the kind of buildup that a lot of other race tracks do when the stands are packed, no matter how many people are there," said Hamlin, driver of the No. 11 Chevrolet for Joe Gibbs Racing. "I think it tends to make for good racing but the cars just get so strung out there it tends to be kind of a snoozer of sorts."