* Carl Edwards won the Ford 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway. Edwards scored his third victory in the 10-race Chase, winning at Atlanta, Texas and Homestead and his ninth victory of the season. He posted his 16th career victory in his 157th career race. Edwards led five times for 157 laps including the final four. * Roush Fenway Racing posted its 11th victory in 2008; Edwards won nine, Greg Biffle won two. Roush Fenway Racing posted its sixth Homestead victory in 10 races there. * 2008 Champion Jimmie Johnson (finished 15th) scored top-15 finishes in the last 12 races, extending a streak that began at California in August. Johnson scored his third straight series championship (2006-2008). He finished second in final points in 2003 and 2004. Edwards finished second in points, 69 behind Johnson, his career-best series finish in his five years of competition (2004-2008). * Johnson became only the eighth driver to win three or more series championships; Richard Petty (7), Dale Earnhardt (7), Jeff Gordon (4), Cale Yarborough (3), David Pearson (3), Darrell Waltrip (3), and Lee Petty (3) are the others. * Johnson won his third series championship with only 255 career starts, the second fewest number of starts by any driver to win three titles; Jeff Gordon won his third in 1998 with only 188 career starts. * Johnson was the only driver to score top-15 finishes in all 10 Chase races. He produced a 5.7 average finish in the 10 Chase races. * Kevin Harvick (2nd) and Clint Bowyer (5th) each scored nine top-15 finishes in the 10 Chase races. * Gordon (4th) has gone 41 races without a victory, his longest streak between victories. Gordon, who finished seventh in 2008 points, ended a 14-year streak of winning at least one race a year (1994-2007). * Matt Kenseth (25th) who finished 11th in 2008 points, ended a six-year streak of winning at least one race a year (2002-2007). Kenseth’s last win came at Homestead in 2007 — 36 races ago. * Harvick who finished fourth in 2008 final points, ended a three-year streak of winning at least one race a year, 2005-2007. Harvick’s last win came at Daytona in February 2007 — 71 races ago. Harvick has been running at the finish in the last 80 races, the longest current streak by any driver. * Jamie McMurray, Casey Mears, Martin Truex Jr. and Juan Pablo Montoya each won a race in 2007 but failed to win in 2008. * Dale Earnhardt Inc. ended an eight-year streak of scoring at least one victory (2000-2007). * McMurray (finished third) scored five top-10 finishes in the final six races of the season. * The top 10 consisted of five Chevrolets, three Fords, one Toyota and one Dodge. * Greg Biffle won the first two Chase races, Tony Stewart won at Talladega, Jeff Burton won at Lowe’s, Jimmie Johnson won at Kansas, Martinsville and Phoenix, and Carl Edwards won Atlanta, Texas and Homestead. No non-Chase driver won during the Chase. * Eight of the 12 Chase drivers changed positions at Homestead.(ESPN)(11-18-2008)
