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Homestead Race Notes & Facts:

-There have been 17 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races at Homestead-Miami Speedway, one per season since 1999. -Roush Fenway Racing leads the series in wins at Homestead with seven, followed by Joe Gibbs Racing with six. -Since the advent of electronic scoring the closest...

4 – Kyle Busch (#18 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota Camry):

-Season-to-Date Driver Rating: 95.5 2016 Rundown -Four wins, 17 top fives, 24 top 10s, -Led 1378 laps -Average Finish of 11.6 Homestead-Miami Speedway Outlook: -One win, two top fives, four top 10s -Average finish of 21.091, 23rd-best -Average Running Position of 14...

Most Championships – NASCAR Cup Series History:

Last Title Dale Earnhardt 7 1994 Richard Petty 7 1979 Jimmie Johnson 6 2013 Jeff Gordon 4 2001 Meanwhile Carl Edwards is on the opposite end of the spectrum, 1 of 3 drivers to finish 2nd in the points multiple times without ever winning a championship, joining his ...

NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Championship 4 Notes:

#22-Joey Logano In 2016, Logano has posted three wins, 15 top fives, 25 top 10s and three poles. During the 2016 Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup, Logano has posted two wins, five top fives and seven top 10s. Logano's average finish during the first nine races of the...

Tony Stewart Notes of Interest:

o Sunday's race marks Stewart's 618th and final NASCAR Sprint Cup Series start and his 17th Sprint Cup start at Homestead-Miami Speedway...

Richard Petty hasn’t talked to Johnson about potential 7th title:

Richard Petty sat in his motorhome Saturday afternoon, admitting he had not talked to Jimmie Johnson about the potential of Johnson tying him and Dale Earnhardt for a seventh Sprint Cup title Sunday in the season-ending race at Homestead-Miami Speedway. Petty said ...

Competition between Manufacturers extends to the showroom:

Competition between NASCAR manufacturers isn't confined to the race track. In a press conference featuring executives from Chevrolet, Ford and Toyota, Ed Laukes of Toyota couldn't pass up an opportunity to needle Chevy's Jim Campbell. 'Let me apologize for those 16...

Phoenix XFINITY TV Ratings:

NASCAR Xfinity Series racing from Phoenix had a 0.6 final rating and 1.1 million viewers on NBCSN last Saturday night, down a tick in ratings and 14% in viewership from last year's afternoon coverage (0.7, 1.2M) and down 50% and 44%, respectively, from 2014 on ESPN...

Saturday 1st practice

for the FORD EcoBoost 400 Sprint Cup Series race at Homestead-Miami Speedway is over, after 55 scheduled minutes, the top-five, slowest and notes: #48-Johnson (Chase) 174.345 #24-Elliott 173.332 #19-Edwards 172.949 #6-Bayne 172.739 #21-Blaney 172.728 Other Chase drivers...

Homestead Driver Notes & Facts:

-120 drivers have competed in at least one NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Homestead; 92 in more than one. -Jeff Gordon leads the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series in starts at Homestead with 17; Matt Kenseth and Tony Stewart lead all active drivers with 16. -There have been...

Earnhardt Jr. nears final clearance from concussion:

Rick Hendrick expects #88-Dale Earnhardt Jr. to receive his final clearance from doctors in the next six weeks, which will allow him to return to Sprint Cup racing in February. 'Sometime in December, the doctor is going to give him final clearance, and then we'll get...

Hendrick thought about splitting up Johnson-Knaus:

As #48-Jimmie Johnson struggled through the longest winless drought of his Sprint Cup career, team owner Rick Hendrick wondered whether it was time to split up the band. Johnson and crew chief Chad Knaus have won six Sprint Cup titles together, and Knaus has overseen...

All-new Ford F-150 Raptor Will Pace NASCAR Sprint Cup Finale:

The highly-anticipated 2017 Ford F-150 Raptor has been selected to pace the Ford EcoBoost 400, the final race of the 2016 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season during Ford Championship Weekend at Homestead-Miami Speedway, Nov. 20. A Lightning Blue F-150 SuperCrew Raptor ...

Homestead XFINITY Race Fast Facts:

Daniel Suarez (C) won the 22nd Annual Ford EcoBoost 300, his third victory in 68 NASCAR XFINITY Series races. This is his third victory and 27th top-10 finish in 2016. This is his first victory and second top-10 finish in two races at Homestead-Miami Speedway. Ty Dillon...

Daniel SuÃÃ¯¿½rez Wins 2016 NASCAR XFINITY Series Championship:

It's been a rapid rise for Daniel SuÃÃ¯¿½rez, who captured the 2016 NASCAR XFINITY Series championship Saturday at Homestead-Miami Speedway by winning the Ford EcoBoost 300 in only his second full-time season of NASCAR national series racing. The driver of the...

Toyota clinches XFINITY Series Manufacturers Championship:

Toyota captured the 2016 NASCAR XFINITY Series manufacturer's championship with a victory by Daniel Suarez at Homestead Miami Speedway on Saturday. Camry drivers won 19-of-33 NXS events in the 2016 season to secure Toyota's fourth manufacturer's championship in the...

Actor Wilmer Valderrama named Honorary Starter for FORD EcoBoost 400:

With the excitement of the Ford EcoBoost 400 championship race, November 20, rapidly mounting, the list of dignitaries for the Ford EcoBoost 400 championship race also continues to grow. NCIS Star Wilmer Valderrama will have the role of Honorary Starter for Sunday'...

Atlanta Motor Speedway & Kentucky Speedway repaving in 2016? UPDATE4 Kentucky to repave:

From an interview with Danny James of the Lane Construction Corporation. James is the Mechanical Supervisor responsible for overseeing the paving of racetracks such as Daytona International Speedway, Atlanta Motor Speedway, Texas Motor Speedway, Talladega Superspeedway...

Gray Gaulding returns to the #30 Chevy at Homestead; Full-time in 2017? UPDATE on the team, Circle Sport?

Eighteen year old Gray Gaulding with 17 starts in NASCAR's national touring series will make his debut at a 1.5-mile speedway in Sunday's Ford EcoBoost 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway in the #30 Feed the Children TMG Chevy. Last week at Phoenix a fuel pump failure ...

Friday practice

for the FORD EcoBoost 400 Sprint Cup Series race at Homestead-Miami Speedway is over, after 85 scheduled minutes, the top-five, slowest and notes: #31-Newman 175.387 #78-Truex Jr. 175.353 #42-Larson 175.256 #22-Logano (Chase) 175.165 #48-Johnson (Chase) 174.944 Other...