The MAVTV 500 was an IndyCar Series race held at Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, California.

The event represented a continuous lineage of open wheel oval racing in the Southern California-area that dates back to 1970.

Along with the popular Long Beach Grand Prix, the Southern California area featured two major open wheel CART races annually for a time.

The now-unified IndyCar Series returned to Fontana for the 2012 season with a 500-mile fall night race under the lights.

Maurício Gugelmin, driving a Reynard/Mercedes established a one-lap time of 30.316 seconds (average speed of 240.942 miles per hour (387.759 km/h) in 1997.

[3] On October 28, 2000, Gil de Ferran of Penske Racing topped Gugelmin's time driving a Reynard/Honda.