Eleven middle schools in San Bernardino and Riverside counties will attend the sixth annual Auto Club Speedway STEM Day on March 20 as part of the Auto Club 400 Weekend. The STEM Day event will be held at the speedway beginning at 9 a.m.
More than 500 students are expected to participant in the event, which will feature special guest speakers Daniel Suarez, a NASCAR Xfinity Series Driver; Dakota Sun, National Hot Rod Association Sportsman Motorcycle National Event Champion; and Ivan “Iron Man” Stewart, an off-road racing legend.
Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) are a foundation to the motorsports industry. Students will spend the day participating in a series of hands-on activities demonstrating how concepts are used in the sport of racing.
Students attending will receive a pair of reserved grandstand tickets to the Auto Club 400 race on March 22, courtesy of sponsor King Taco.
Participating schools – and their districts — include:
Almeria Middle School, Fontana Unified School District; 
Big Bear Middle, Bear Valley Unified;
Cobalt Institute for Math and Science, Victor Valley Union High School District;
Grace Yokley Middle, Mountain View;
Kolb Middle, Rialto Unified;
Mesa View Middle, Yucaipa-Calimesa Joint Unified;
Ranchero Middle, Hesperia Unified;
Upland Junior High, Upland Unified;
Vanguard Prep, Apple Valley Unified;
Vineyard Junior High, Ontario-Montclair;
Vista Verde Middle, Val Verde Unified.
STEM Day is made possible with the funding from Alcoa Foundation; San Manuel Band of Mission Indians; Toyota Financial Services; John Elway’s Crown Toyota; Toyota Motor Sales; King Taco; and the Inland Empire United Way.
Educational partners teaming up with Auto Club Speedway include San Bernardino County Superintendent of Schools’ Alliance for Education; Chaffey College; Ontario-Montclair School District; San Bernardino County Superintendent of Schools; San Bernardino Community College District; San Bernardino Valley College; MESA Program; and University of California, Riverside.