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He currently holds a nine-point lead over Dale Earnhardt Jr. and a 15-point advantage over Jimmie Johnson, who dropped from the top spot in the standings after his 22nd-place finish at Bristol. Earnhardt has no worse than seventh this season.
Joey Logano won at California in October 2009 and again in March 2012. Logano drove a Nationwide car for JGR from 2008-12. Tony Stewart took the checkered flag for the spring race here in 2008 when he was driving for Gibbs.
Johnny Sauter kicked off the 2013 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series season by winning Friday night's NextEra Energy Resources 250 at Daytona International Speedway.
Hunter-Reay began the 2012 season with a third-place finish at St. Pete. It wasn't until midway through the 15-race calendar that he became a perennial threat for the championship. The Andretti Autosport driver moved into the title mix when he won three races in a row -- Milwaukee, Iowa and Toronto.
F1 now heads to Malaysia, where Raikkonen has won twice. His first career grand prix victory came in the 2003 Malaysian Grand Prix. The Finn also won it in 2008.
After a lengthy six-month break, the 2013 IZOD IndyCar Series season gets underway this weekend in St. Petersburg, Fla.