{"id":241274,"date":"2022-11-07T04:00:01","date_gmt":"2022-11-07T10:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=241274"},"modified":"2022-11-09T13:23:03","modified_gmt":"2022-11-09T19:23:03","slug":"pala-casino-sponsoring-2023-nascar-race-driver-buescher","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/pala-casino-sponsoring-2023-nascar-race-driver-buescher\/","title":{"rendered":"Pala Casino to Sponsor California NASCAR Race, Driver Buescher"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Pala Casino Spa Resort &#8212; a Southern California tribal gaming venue &#8212; will serve as the title sponsor for the 2023 NASCAR Cup Series race at Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, Calif.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_241275\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-241275\" data-style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-241275\" src=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/AC-1-142x95.jpg\" alt=\"Pala Casino\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" \/><figcaption  id=\"caption-attachment-241275\"class=\"text-description\">Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, Calif. Pala Casino will sponsor the February 2023 race there. (Image: NASCAR.com)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>That race will be held next February and will be the second tilt of the 2023 NASCAR Cup Series schedule, following the Daytona 500. Pala made the announcement on Sunday &#8212; the final day of the 2022 NASCAR season.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"main-blockquote\"><p><strong>As a casino that greatly appreciated competitive racing, Pala is thrilled to be the title sponsor of the Pala Casino 400 race in Fontana, and this historic final race at the Auto Club Speedway,\u201d<\/strong> said Pala Casino spokesperson Coley McAvoy in a statement.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The race is scheduled for Sunday, Feb. 26, 2023. Auto Club Speedway is a two-mile oval that&#8217;s hosted at least one Cup Series race annually since 1977, except for 2021 because of the coronavirus pandemic. It was home to two races for NASCAR\u2019s top series for a few years, but tepid attendance and boring racing prompted a reduction to one race.<\/p>\n<p>The venue is slated to be turned into a short track in a bid to foster more exciting racing, and there\u2019s ongoing speculation regarding the track\u2019s place on the 2024 schedule.<\/p>\n<h2>Pala Also Sponsoring Driver<\/h2>\n<p>Pala will also become <a href=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/south-point-will-continue-as-title-sponsor-of-fall-las-vegas-race\/\">the latest gaming entity<\/a> to sponsor a driver, as it will be the primary sponsor of Chris Buescher for the February 2023 race.<\/p>\n<div class=\"callout\">\n<p>Buescher wheels the No. 17 Ford for Roush Fenway Keselowski Racing (RFK Racing). He finished 21<sup>st<\/sup> in points this year, notching one victory, three top fives, and 10 top 10s in 34 starts. Pala highlighted the \u201cnew partnership\u201d with the driver in the statement, but the tribal casino operator didn\u2019t elaborate on whether that relationship will extend to other 2023 races.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The 2022 edition of the NASCAR Cup Series race at Auto Club Speedway was sponsored by Wise Power. Chevy driver Kyle Larson took the checkered flag, while Buescher finished 35<sup>th<\/sup> after getting into a wreck.<\/p>\n<p>Pala is home to 2,000 slot and video machines and 78 table games, nine restaurants and a pair of lounges.<\/p>\n<h2>NASCAR Continues Casino Gaming Embrace<\/h2>\n<p>NASCAR has a recent history of cozying up to casino gaming sponsors. The 2022 schedule included three Cup Series sponsored by casinos.<\/p>\n<div class=\"callout\">\n<p>The South Point 400 took place last month in Las Vegas. FireKeepers Casino \u2014 a tribal gaming venue \u2014 sponsored the August race at Michigan International Speedway, while Penn Entertainment\u2019s Hollywood Casino was the title sponsor of the September race at Kansas Speedway. Officially, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/barstool-sportsbook-adds-name-to-september-kansas-nascar-race\/\">that race was renamed<\/a> the \u201cHollywood Casino 400, presented by Barstool Sportsbook.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Those three gaming entities are back for the 2023 season, pushing the number of races sponsored by casinos to at least four with the addition of Pala. That number could grow, as several races are currently without title sponsors, according to the NASCAR schedule.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pala Casino Spa Resort &#8212; a Southern California tribal gaming venue &#8212; will serve as the title sponsor for the 2023 NASCAR Cup Series race at Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, Calif. That race will be held next February and will be the second tilt of the 2023 NASCAR Cup Series schedule, following the Daytona [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":46,"featured_media":241275,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[83320,16,18456],"tags":[82542,81179,81862],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Pala Casino Sponsoring 2023 NASCAR Race, Driver Buescher<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Pala Casino Spa Resort will sponsor 2023 race at Auto Club Speedway and RFK driver Buescher.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/pala-casino-sponsoring-2023-nascar-race-driver-buescher\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Pala Casino Sponsoring 2023 NASCAR Race, Driver Buescher\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Pala Casino Spa Resort will sponsor 2023 race at Auto Club Speedway and RFK driver Buescher.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/pala-casino-sponsoring-2023-nascar-race-driver-buescher\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Casino.org\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Casino.OrgNews\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-11-07T10:00:01+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-11-09T19:23:03+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/AC-1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1100\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"733\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Todd Shriber\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@etfgodfather\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@Casino_Org\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Todd Shriber\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/pala-casino-sponsoring-2023-nascar-race-driver-buescher\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/pala-casino-sponsoring-2023-nascar-race-driver-buescher\/\",\"name\":\"Pala Casino Sponsoring 2023 NASCAR Race, Driver Buescher\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/pala-casino-sponsoring-2023-nascar-race-driver-buescher\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/pala-casino-sponsoring-2023-nascar-race-driver-buescher\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/AC-1.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-11-07T10:00:01+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-11-09T19:23:03+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/f4cecf70a5032bc4e60eb73fc86d4a85\"},\"description\":\"Pala Casino Spa Resort will sponsor 2023 race at Auto Club Speedway and RFK driver Buescher.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/pala-casino-sponsoring-2023-nascar-race-driver-buescher\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/pala-casino-sponsoring-2023-nascar-race-driver-buescher\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/pala-casino-sponsoring-2023-nascar-race-driver-buescher\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/AC-1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/AC-1.jpg\",\"width\":1100,\"height\":733,\"caption\":\"Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, Calif. 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