Kyle Larson gets first Cup win of the season at Homestead-Miami: Kyle Larson, proved himself the weekend’s most dominant driver at Homestead-Miami Speedway winning two of the three national series races, capping off the extraordinary three-day performance with a victory in Sunday’s Straight Talk Wireless 400 NASCAR Cup Series race. Larson was able to seize upon a miscue by his Hendrick Motorsports teammate, Alex Bowman, who put his pole-winning No. 48 Chevrolet in the outside retaining wall with six laps remaining Sunday. That contact allowed Larson’s No. 5 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet to pass him for the race lead and jet off to a 1.205-second win – the 32-year-old Californian’s first series trophy of the year. [Read More]
#5-Kyle Larson won the Straight Talk Wireless 400 NASCAR Cup Series race at Homestead-Miami Speedway. The win is his 1st win of the year, 2nd at Homestead and 30th career win.
Pole sitter #48-Alex Bowman finished 2nd followed by #23-Bubba Wallace, #19-Chase Briscoe, #11-Denny Hamlin, #17-Chris Buescher, #16-A.J. Allmendinger, #45-Tyler Reddick, #60-Ryan Preece, and #7-Justin Haley.
Larson passed Bowman for the lead with 6 laps remaining and pulled away to a win of more than 1 second. #12-Ryan Blaney led the most laps during the race, 124, but lost an engine with 70 laps remaining and finished 36th.
The fastest lap bonus was earned by #23-Bubba Wallace.
Stage 1 was won by #12-Ryan Blaney. Stage 2 was won by #11-Denny Hamlin.
There were 27 lead changes among 9 drivers and 4 cautions for 27 yellow flag laps.
The average speed of the race was: 131.876mph.
See race details at: Race Results, Driver Points Standings, Owner Points Standings, Cumulative Report, Penalty Report.
Race Fast Facts – Homestead:
Kyle Larson won the Straight Talk Wireless 400, his 30th victory in 372 Cup Series races.
This is his first victory and fourth top-10 finish in 2025.
This is his second victory and sixth top-10 finish in 12 races at Homestead-Miami Speedway.
Alex Bowman (second) posted his fourth top-10 finish in ten races at Homestead-Miami Speedway. It is
his fifth top-10 finish in 2025.
Bubba Wallace (third) posted his second top-10 finish in seven races at Homestead-Miami Speedway.
Shane Van Gisbergen (32nd) was the highest finishing rookie.
William Byron leads the point standings by 36 points over Kyle Larson.
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Cup Series Playoff Standings after Homestead:
Race 6 of 36 in the season
1) #20-Christopher Bell, 3 wins, 186 points [16 playoff points]
2) #24-William Byron, 1 win, 244 points [regular season points leader], [6 playoff points]
3) #5-Kyle Larson, 1 win, 208 [7 playoff points]
4) #21-Josh Berry, 1 win, 142 points, [5 playoff points]
5) #48-Alex Bowman, 205, +75 ahead of 17th
6) #45-Tyle Reddick, 189, +59 ahead of 17th
7) #9-Chase Elliott, 181, +51 ahead of 17th
8) #23-Bubba Wallace, 166 [1 playoff point], +36 ahead of 17th
9) #11-Denny Hamlin, 164 [1 playoff point], +34 ahead of 17th
10) #17-Chris Buescher, 164, +34 ahead of 17th
11) #12-Ryan Blaney, 162, [2 playoff points] +32 ahead of 17th
12) #22-Joey Logano, 160 [1 playoff point], +30 ahead of 17th
13) #19-Chase Briscoe, 135, +5 ahead of 17th
14) #1-Ross Chastain, 134, +4 ahead of 17th
15) #71-Michael McDowell, 134, +4 ahead of 17th
16) #60-Ryan Preece, 130 [1 playoff point], +0 ahead of 17th
Outside the top 16:
17) #8-Kyle Busch, 130, -0 behind 16th
18) #42-John Hunter Nemechek, 130, -0 behind 16th
19) #47-Ricky Stenhouse, Jr., 129, -1 behind 16th
20) #16-A.J. Allmendinger, 126, -4 behind 16th
See the Driver Points Standings and Owner Points Standings.
Race updates:
Checkered flag – Kyle Larson gets his first win of the year. Bowman was second, then Wallace, Briscoe, Hamlin, Buescher, Allmendinger, Reddick, Preece, and Haley.
White flag for Larson.
Lap 266 – Two to go. Larson by 1 second.
Lap 264 – Four laps to go. Larson leads Bowman by .4 second.
Lap 262 – Larson takes the lead from Bowman with 6 laps to go.
Lap 261 – With 7 laps remaining Wallace has fallen 2.4 seconds out of the lead, Briscoe is 4 seconds back.
Lap 260 – Larson now just .65 second behind Bowman.
Lap 258 – Ten laps to go. Bowman now leads Larson by 1 second, then Wallace, Briscoe, and Hamlin.
Lap 255 – Larson moves around Briscoe to take 3rd place. He’s 1.9 second off the lead.
Lap 252 – Down to 15 laps remaining. Bowman still in control, ahead of Wallace by 1 second. Third place Briscoe is 1.7 seconds back.
Lap 247 – Bowman continues to extend his lead. He’s now 1 second ahead of Wallace.
Lap 242 – 25 laps remaining. Bowman leads Wallace by .7 second, Briscoe by 1.6 second, Larson by 3.8 and Hamlin by 4.2.
Lap 238 – With 30 laps to go, Bowman’s lead over Wallace is .55 second. Third place Briscoe is more than 2 seconds back.
Lap 236 – Bowman takes the lead from Wallace with 32 laps remaining.
Lap 233 – 35 laps remaining. Wallace ahead of Bowman by .65 second. Then Briscoe, Larson, Hamlin, Buescher, Reddick, ADillon, Allmendinger, and Preece.
Lap 228 – Briscoe has moved around Hamlin for fourth.
Lap 225 – With better short run speed, Wallace has pulled out to a 1.2 second lead.
Lap 221 – Wallace still leads but Bowman up to second. Then Larson, Hamlin, and Briscoe.
Lap 217 – Green flag with 51 laps to go. Wallace is the leader.
Lap 214 – With the track clean, pit road is open and leaders are in. Off pit road it is Wallace, Larson, Hamlin, Bowman, Reddick, Cindric, Buescher, Briscoe, Byron, and Gragson. Byron was too fast on pit road.
Lap 208 – Caution is out. Possible fluid in turn 4 as Blaney’s engine blows up. Wallace still leads Larson.
Lap 203 – 65 laps remaining. Wallace leads Larson by .3 second, Blaney by .6 second, Hamlin by 1.4 second and Bowman by 3.6 seconds.
Lap 195 – With 73 laps remaining Wallace is ahead of Larson by .26 second. Blaney is up to third, .6 second back.
Lap 186 – Hocevar is on pit road with a power issue.
Lap 185 – Wallace leads Larson by .7 second. Hamlin remains third, Blaney up to fourth, followed by Bowman, Byron, Cindric, Reddick, Allmendinger, Buescher.
Lap 178 – Wallace takes the lead from Larson. Hamlin, Reddick, and Bowman round out the top 5. 90 laps remaining.
Lap 174 – Green flag for the start of the final stage. 94 laps remaining. Larson is the leader.
Lap 170 – Pit road open and leaders come in. Off pit road: Larson, Hamlin, Byron, Wallace, Bowman, Cindric, Elliott, Reddick. Elliott penalized for not coming onto pit road single file.
Lap 166 – Caution for the end of stage 2. Hamlin wins it over Larson, Blaney, Byron, Wallace, Bowman, Cindric, Elliott, Hocevar, and Reddick. Logano is the free pass.
Lap 162 – Hamlin takes the lead from Blaney. He has several laps fresher tires. Larson up to second.
Lap 161 – Five laps remaining in stage 2. Blaney still leads, but Hamlin up to second, just a half second back. Then Byron, Larson and Wallace.
Lap 151 – Blaney’s lead over Byron is 2.4 seconds. Wallace remains third then Hamlin and Larson.
Lap 141 – Twenty -five laps left in stage 2. Blaney leads Byron by 2.7 seconds. Then Wallace, Bowman, Cindric, Hamlin, Larson, Hocevar, Elliott, and Allmendinger.
Lap 128 – Blaney retakes the lead as Berry and Logano pit. Byron now second, then Wallace, Bowman, and Cindric.
Lap 127 – Berry takes the lead as Larson pits.
Lap 126 – Hamlin pits and Larson takes the lead. Suarez spun coming onto pit road. No caution.
Lap 119 – Blaney pits from the lead. Hamlin now out front.
Lap 117 Green flag pit stops are beginning.
Lap 111 – Blaney leads Hamlin by 2.3 seconds, then Bowman, Bryon, and Wallace.
Lap 101 – Hamlin now up to second, one second behind Blaney.
Lap 96 – Blaney takes the lead from Bowman. Hamlin is up to third.
Lap 90 – Bowman takes the lead on the restart. Hocevar drops to 7th on the first green flag lap.
Lap 89 – Green flag for the start of the second stage. Hocevar did not pit and is the leader. Then Bowman, Blaney, Byron, Cindric, Allmendinger, Gragson, Larson, Hamlin and Wallace.
Lap 84 – Pit road open and leaders are back in. Off pit road: Bowman, Blaney, Byron, Cindric, and Allmendinger. Berry and Logano spun on pit road after contact with Larson.
Lap 81 – Caution out for the end of stage 1. Blaney wins it. He’s followed by Bowman, Briscoe, Larson, Cindric, Byron, Allmendinger, Berry, Gragson, and Logano. Bell is the free pass.
Lap 76 – Green flag with 5 laps remaining in stage 1. Blaney still leads.
Lap 73 – Much of the field on pit road. Blaney is off first, then Bowman, Byron, Gragson, and Briscoe.
Lap 71 – Caution is out. Bell spins on the frontstretch. Jones, in 25th, is the free pass.
Lap 61 – Twenty laps remaining in stage 1. Blaney leads Bowman by nearly 8 seconds. Then Byron, Gragson, and Briscoe.
Lap 48 – Blaney leads Bowman, Byron, Gragson, Briscoe, Logano, Buescher, Allmendinger, Cindric, and Wallace.
Lap 42 – Larson pits from the lead and Blaney takes the lead back. Bowman is second.
Lap 38 – Larson to the lead as Smith pits. The top 11 have not pitted yet.
Lap 35 – Berry pits and Zane Smith is now the leader.
Lap 34 – Berry takes the lead at Blaney pits, along with several other drivers.
Lap 33 – Cindric, Logano and Byron among the drivers kicking off green flag pit stops.
Lap 25 – Blaney has quickly pulled out to a 3.8 second lead over Bowman.
Lap 21 – Blaney leads Bowman, Berry, Briscoe, Gragson, Byron, Cindric, Allmendinger, Wallace, and Logano.
Lap 11 – Berry gets around Bowman to take second.
Lap 10 – Blaney takes the lead from Bowman.
Lap 6 – Blaney has moved to second. Then Berry, Gragson, and Briscoe.
Lap 2 – Bowman leads the first lap.
3:14pm/et – Green flag at Homestead. Bowman and Berry on the front row. First stage is 80 laps.
3:02pm/et – Engines are fired.
2:54pm/et – Pre-race ceremonies are underway at Homestead.
2:20pm/et – NASCAR says Erik Jones will drop to the rear for unapproved adjustments.
1:30pm/et – RaceDay is now live on FS1.
• No weather issues today: Partly sunny, with a high near 80. Light and variable wind becoming east 5 to 10 mph
• As of Saturday evening, there were no cars reported to the rear.
Race Details:
Broadcast: FS1, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio
Distance: 267 laps / 400.5 miles
Stages: 80 / 165 / 267
Average time of race: 3:07:41
Pit road speed: 45 mph
Caution car speed: 55 mph
Fuel Window: 68 laps
Timing (all times local & subject to change)
Driver Introductions: 2:25 p.m.
Invocation: 2:54:20 p.m.
National Anthem: 2:55:00 p.m.
Command: 3:02:00 p.m.
Green Flag: 3:12:00 p.m.
Paint Schemes
Cars to the rear: #43-Erik Jones (unapproved adjustments)
Pit Stall Selections: The selections of pit stalls for the Straight Talk Wireless 400 NASCAR Cup Series race at Homestead-Miami Speedway have been made.
Pole winner #48-Alex Bowman chose pit stall 1.
Outside pole sitter #21-Josh Berry took the 9th stall, with an opening in front of it.
See all pit choices on the Homestead Pit Stall page.
#48-Alex Bowman won the Busch pole for the Straight Talk Wireless 400 NASCAR Cup Series race at Homestead-Miami Speedway with a speed of 168.845mph for his 1st pole of the year, 1st at Homestead and 6th of his career.
21-Josh Berry will start second followed by #4-Noah Gragson, #19-Chase Briscoe, #24-William Byron, #12-Ryan Blaney, #42-John Hunter Nemechek, #2-Austin Cindric, #23-Bubba Wallace, and #16-A.J. Allmendinger
See the complete qualifying results and the Straight Talk Wireless 400 Starting Lineup.
Homestead Qualifying Fast Facts:
Alex Bowman won the Busch Light Pole Award for the Straight Talk Wireless 400 with a lap of 31.982seconds, 168.845 mph.
This is his sixth pole in 331 NASCAR Cup Series races.
This is his first pole and second top-10 start in 2025.
This is his first pole in ten races at Homestead-Miami Speedway.
Josh Berry (second) posted his fourth top-10 start of 2025 and his first in two races at Homestead-Miami Speedway.
Noah Gragson (third) posted his first top-10 start at Homestead-Miami Speedway. It is his second in six races this season.
Riley Herbst (19th) was the fastest qualifying rookie.
This is Hendrick Motorsports’ fifth pole at Homestead-Miami Speedway.
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Qualifying Order
Practice for the Straight Talk Wireless 400 NASCAR Cup Series race at Homestead-Miami Speedway is over. The results:
#2-Bubba Wallace 166.955
#43-Erik Jones 166.826
#5-Kyle Larson 166.71
#4-Noah Gragson 166.625
#20-Christopher Bell 166.507
Slowest: #44-J.J. Yeley 155.413mph
Most laps run: #4-Noah Gragson and #45-Tyler Reddick, 45 laps.
Best 10 consecutive lap avg (of 36 drivers): #23-Bubba Wallace 163.752mph.
Notes: There were no incidents during either session.
See the fastest speeds, best 10 consecutive lap average, laps run on the Straight Talk Wireless 400 Practice speeds page.
NASCAR Cup Series pre-race inspection is complete. No multiple failures.
Crew Rosters
The entry list for the Straight Talk Wireless 400 NASCAR Cup Series race at Homestead-Miami Speedway is posted, 37 teams/drivers [for 40 spots] are listed.
The only open team entered is #44-J.J. Yeley.
See the full entry list on the Straight Talk Wireless 400 Entry List page.
NASCAR National Series News & Notes – Homestead-Miami Speedway
- This weekend marks the 27th running of a NASCAR Cup Series race at Homestead-Miami Speedway (1999-2025).
- Seven different drivers won the last seven 1.5-mile Cup Series races.
- Nine different drivers won the last nine Homestead-Miami Speedway Cup Series races.
- A total of 17 Cup drivers have won the pole at Homestead-Miami. This weekend, four of the 17 NASCAR Cup Series pole winners are active, led by Denny Hamlin with three poles:
Statistical Advance: Analyzing the Straight Talk Wireless 400: A look at some of the top statistical performers at Homestead-Miami Speedway going into the Straight Talk Wireless 400.
Goodyear Fast Facts: This is the same combination of left- and right-side tires Cup teams ran at Homestead in 2024 . . . this is also the same tire set-up these teams ran at Las Vegas last weekend, and twice at Darlington and on the Charlotte oval last year.
Weekend schedule
Race rules and information:
