Jeff Gordon found passing at California Speedway nearly impossible. Credit: Autostock

Ho-hum: Gordon finds California race mundane

FONTANA, Calif. -- Jeff Gordon was busy checking his gauges during the Auto Club 500. He didn't have anything else to occupy his time.

Gordon found passing nearly impossible at California Speedway on Sunday in a race in which Greg Biffle's lead sometimes stretched as much as 13 seconds.

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Biffle led 168 laps before a blown engine ruined his day. A train of cars heading single-file around the 2-mile track marked the 500-mile race.

"I was a little disappointed in this racetrack," Gordon said. "Right now, there's no passing. It's just really difficult to put on a good race here.

"I don't know what we've got to do. I think we've got the cars so good that we're just all running around the bottom of the racetrack."

Gordon finished 13th despite having to stop for a battery change mid-race.

"We had plenty of time to make it back up," Gordon said. "But we were just so loose on new tires that we'd lose a lot of time. But we were one of the best cars on the long runs. We just couldn't get track position."