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USA Today
06-05-2025
- Automotive
- USA Today
NASCAR championship races will return to Homestead-Miami Speedway in 2026
NASCAR championship races will return to Homestead-Miami Speedway in 2026 Homestead will host first NASCAR championship weekend since 2019. NASCAR is bringing its championship back to Homestead-Miami Speedway for the 2026 season, the organization announced Tuesday. All three NASCAR national series, the Cup Series, Xfinity Series and Craftsman Truck Series, will run their championship races at the South Florida track. Homestead hosted championship races from 2002-2019 before moving to Phoenix Raceway beginning with the 2020 season. The 2026 championship races will be held Nov. 6-8. After 2026, the championship races will move to different tracks – similar to how the NFL schedules the Super Bowl –with Homestead, Phoenix and other warm-weather venues in the mix, according to a report from The Athletic. Breaking news! @keselowski and @KyleBusch went searching for answers about @HomesteadMiami in 2026. You're going to like what they found. — NASCAR (@NASCAR) May 6, 2025 Phoenix will still have two races in 2026 and will stay in the playoffs, hosting a Round of 8 race. Homestead has been shifted around in years past, hosting a race in the Round of 8 in 2024 and an early regular-season race in 2025. Homestead-Miami Speedway opened in 1995 and has worked to renovate the track and infrastructure in recent years – a large part of why the track lost the championship race to begin with. But Fans have been clamoring for the championship race to move back to Homestead because it's almost always a competitive track that produces exciting racing. Does NASCAR race at Homestead-Miami? Yes, NASCAR still races at Homestead-Miami Speedway once per season. Kyle Larson won the 2025 Cup Series race at Homestead. Homestead-Miami track length Homestead-Miami Speedway is a 1.5-mile oval. Homestead-Miami last championship race The last NASCAR Cup Series championship race at Homestead-Miami Speedway was 2019 when Kyle Busch won his second Cup title. When did NASCAR start racing at Homestead-Miami? NASCAR's first Cup Series race at Homestead-Miami Speedwqay was in 1999. Tony Stewart won the inaugural race and won again the following year. Homestead-Miami Speedway past winners 2025: Kyle Larson Kyle Larson 2024: Tyler Reddick Tyler Reddick 2023: Christopher Bell Christopher Bell 2022: Kyle Larson Kyle Larson 2021: William Byron William Byron 2020: Denny Hamlin Denny Hamlin 2019: Kyle Busch Kyle Busch 2018: Joey Logano Joey Logano 2017: Martin Truex Jr. Martin Truex Jr. 2016: Jimmie Johnson Jimmie Johnson 2015: Kyle Busch Kyle Busch 2014: Kevin Harvick Kevin Harvick 2013: Denny Hamlin Denny Hamlin 2012: Jeff Gordon Jeff Gordon 2011: Tony Stewart Tony Stewart 2010: Carl Edwards Carl Edwards 2009: Denny Hamlin Denny Hamlin 2008: Carl Edwards Carl Edwards 2007: Matt Kenseth Matt Kenseth 2006: Greg Biffle Greg Biffle 2005: Greg Biffle Greg Biffle 2004: Greg Biffle Greg Biffle 2003: Bobby Labonte Bobby Labonte 2002: Kurt Busch Kurt Busch 2001: Bill Elliott Bill Elliott 2000: Tony Stewart Tony Stewart 1999: Tony Stewart Follow sports writer Austin Chastain on X, formerly known as Twitter, at @ChastainAJ or reach him via email at achastain@
Yahoo
06-05-2025
- Automotive
- Yahoo
NASCAR championship races will return to Homestead in 2026 after six years in Phoenix
NASCAR is bringing its championship back to Homestead-Miami Speedway for the 2026 season, NASCAR announced on May 6. All three NASCAR national series, the Cup Series, Xfinity Series and Craftsman Truck Series, will run the championship races in Homestead, where the championship races were run from 2002-19 before moving to Phoenix Raceway beginning with the 2020 season. Advertisement The 2026 championship races will be run Nov. 6-8. After the 2026 championship races, the weekend event will be put into a rotation, including Phoenix and other tracks to be announced later, according to a report from The Athletic. Phoenix will still have two races in 2026 and will stay in the playoffs, hosting a Round of 8 race. Homestead has been shifted around in years past, hosting a race in the Round of 8 in 2024 and an early regular season race in 2025. L.W. WRIGHT PART 1: The long Talladega con: How L.W. Wright talked his way onto NASCAR's fastest track LEGEND OF L.W. WRIGHT PART 2: The long Talladega con: Could L.W. Wright drive as fast as he could talk? Advertisement Homestead-Miami Speedway opened in 1995 and has worked to renovate the track and infrastructure in recent years, a large part of why the track lost the championship race to begin with. Fans have been wanting the championship race to move back to Homestead as it's a competitive track that produces exciting racing. Does NASCAR race at Homestead-Miami? Yes, NASCAR still races at Homestead-Miami once per season. Kyle Larson won the 2025 NASCAR Homestead race. Homestead-Miami track length Homestead-Miami is a 1.5-mile oval. Homestead-Miami last championship race The last NASCAR Cup Series championship race at Homestead-Miami was 2019. Kyle Busch won his second championship in that race. When did NASCAR start racing at Homestead-Miami? NASCAR's first Cup Series race at Homestead was in 1999. Tony Stewart won the inaugural race and won again the following year. Homestead-Miami past winners 2025: Kyle Larson 2024: Tyler Reddick 2023: Christopher Bell 2022: Kyle Larson 2021: William Byron 2020: Denny Hamlin 2019: Kyle Busch 2018: Joey Logano 2017: Martin Truex Jr. 2016: Jimmie Johnson 2015: Kyle Busch 2014: Kevin Harvick 2013: Denny Hamlin 2012: Jeff Gordon 2011: Tony Stewart 2010: Carl Edwards 2009: Denny Hamlin 2008: Carl Edwards 2007: Matt Kenseth 2006: Greg Biffle 2005: Greg Biffle 2004: Greg Biffle 2003: Bobby Labonte 2002: Kurt Busch 2001: Bill Elliott 2000: Tony Stewart 1999: Tony Stewart Advertisement Follow sports writer Austin Chastain on X, formerly known as Twitter, at @ChastainAJ or reach him via email at achastain@ This article originally appeared on Nashville Tennessean: NASCAR moves 2026 championship races to Homestead from Phoenix
NBC Sports
24-03-2025
- Automotive
- NBC Sports
Alex Bowman's strong start continues run from last season
HOMESTEAD, Fla. — Some day, one has to figure, the roller coaster ride Alex Bowman has experienced the past couple of years is bound to end with him celebrating more often than anguishing. Sunday at Homestead-Miami Speedway, Bowman lamented a chance to win, finishing second to Kyle Larson. But it shouldn't be overlooked what Bowman did this past weekend and what he's doing this season. Of course, the highs and lows of the weekend match the extremes Bowman has faced in recent years. After signing a contract extension days ahead of the 2023 Daytona 500 — a deal that takes him through the 2026 season with Hendrick Motorsports — Bowman took the points lead early in the 2023 season, suffered a back injury in a sprint car crash a few weeks later that derailed his Cup campaign, came a caution short of possibly winning the 2024 Daytona 500, made the playoffs that year with his victory at the Chicago Street Race, fended off rumors ahead of the playoffs he would be replaced if he didn't advance far, saw his title hopes end when his car was disqualified for being underweight and nearly won Sunday's Cup race at Homestead-Miami Speedway. Told ahead of this year's Daytona 500 that a couple of competitors considered him the sport's most underrated driver, Bowman said: 'I certainly appreciate people saying that and I think for me, I have had a lot of success, but I have also had down years where things haven't gone how I want them to and the team wants them to. 'So, I think I have been on both sides of it for sure and we ended it at a good point last year obviously through a lot of B.S. Hopefully we are on the good side of that. I don't want to call myself underrated, I just want to go out and win races and I would rather prove it than say it.' Dustin Long, On a team that includes two former Cup champions in Larson and Chase Elliott and the two-time reigning Daytona 500 champion in William Byron, it's easy for many to overlook Bowman, who has eight career Cup wins. 'This is our guy,' Jeff Gordon, vice chairman of Hendrick Motorsports, said about Bowman after Sunday's race. We're happy to see (the No. 48 team) doing well.' Bowman's pairing with crew chief Blake Harris, which debuted at the start of the 2023 season, has produced results despite some of the difficulties faced in their time together. Harris had one year of Cup crew chief experience before joining Hendrick Motorsports. Four races into the 2023 season, Bowman was leading the points. He missed three races due to the back injury he suffered in a sprint car crash and then struggled to get the proper feel of the car much of that season. Bowman showed better results in 2024 when he was healthy. He advanced to the Round of 8 last year until his car failed inspection after the Charlotte Roval cutoff race, dropping him out of a transfer spot and putting eventual champion Joey Logano in Bowman's spot. Bowman had seven top-15 finishes in last year's playoffs, including a pair of top 10s in the third round after the disqualification. He has opened the season with five top 10s in the first six races and ranks third in the points heading into this weekend's race at Martinsville Speedway. 'I feel like with what happened to us in the playoffs last year and getting knocked out in the Round of 8 by getting DQ'd, I feel like we kind of fell off the radar where, in our mind, we've been carrying that momentum since about last summer,' Harris told NBC Sports on Sunday. 'We've found some things that he's gotten super comfortable with. … I think it's just kind of allowed us to step through some things methodically and really give him the confidence in what he needs to make pace.' Bowman was fast all weekend, claiming the pole and leading 43 laps. He was among those who was a part of a test at Homestead the day after last fall's race and that helped him with the 1.5-mile South Florida speedway. During Sunday's race, Bowman had some damage to his car from earlier wall contact and hit the wall as Larson closed, allowing Larson to pass him for the lead with seven laps to go. 'I don't think we were nearly as good as we were at the test, especially at running the wall,' Bowman said Sunday. 'I just couldn't run the wall well all weekend, really, which is what I could do really well at the test. So, we've got to go back and do our homework and figure out why that was. 'But felt like our short run speed was obviously really good with being able to drive up there and get the lead, pressured Bubba (Wallace) into a mistake and then let myself get pressured into a mistake. So, yeah, annoying. I mean, Kyle (Larson's) the greatest race car driver of our generation. That's the one guy that beat us this. 'It's certainly not the end of the world, but we need to go get some trophies.' Watch highlights from the NASCAR Cup Series Straight Talk Wireless 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway.
USA Today
28-01-2025
- Automotive
- USA Today
Christopher Bell's new Mobil 1 NASCAR paint scheme for 2025 revealed
Christopher Bell's new Mobil 1 NASCAR paint scheme for 2025 revealed Christopher Bell is out to prove a point in 2025 after a rough end to the 2024 NASCAR season. Last year, Bell missed the Championship 4 due to race manipulation by Chevrolet at the Round of 8 finale at Martinsville. Now, the driver of the No. 20 car is out for revenge, and his season will start with a brand-new paint scheme. On Monday morning, Joe Gibbs Racing revealed Bell's new Mobil 1 paint scheme for the No. 20 car during the 2025 NASCAR season. The 30-year-old driver will run the entry at the Cook Out Clash at Bowman Gray on Sunday night. The No. 20 car has a white base with black and red designs, making the number on the door a solid white. Overall, this is a very sharp paint scheme for Bell and Mobil 1, which always gives the No. 20 car a fantastic appearance. It's unclear where else Mobil 1 will sponsor Bell throughout the 2025 NASCAR season, but it's clear that this car will be among the best paint schemes he runs this year. More: NASCAR won't change the Cup Series playoff format in 2025
