HOMESTEAD, FLORIDA - MARCH 23: Alex Bowman, driver of the #48 Ally Unrivaled League Chevrolet, leads the field during the NASCAR Cup Series Straight Talk Wireless 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway on March 23, 2025 in Homestead, Florida. (Photo by Chris Graythen/Getty Images) | Getty Images
HOMESTEAD, FLORIDA - MARCH 23: Alex Bowman, driver of the #48 Ally Unrivaled League Chevrolet, leads the field during the NASCAR Cup Series Straight Talk Wireless 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway on March 23, 2025 in Homestead, Florida. (Photo by Chris Graythen/Getty Images) | Getty Images

2026 Championship races expected to move to Homestead-Miami Speedway

Homestead-Miami Speedway is expected to host NASCAR’s national championship weekend in 2026, according to multiple sources briefed on the plans but not authorized to speak publicly, with an announcement tentatively planned in the coming weeks.

The 1.5-mile track in South Florida previously hosted the championship weekend for NASCAR’s three national series — Cup, Xfinity and Trucks — from 2002 to 2019 before NASCAR shifted the November event to Phoenix Raceway.

The title weekend moving to Homestead is just for the 2026 season, according to those sources, as another track will be selected to host in 2027, beginning a rotation in which a different venue is chosen each year. Phoenix is expected to be included in this rotation, the sources said, and the track will continue to have two races each season.

NASCAR declined to comment.

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