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| NASCAR Cup Series | |
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| Venue | Homestead–Miami Speedway |
| Location | Homestead, Florida, United States |
| Circuit information | |
| Surface | Asphalt |
| Turns | 4 |
TheNASCAR Cup Series Championship Race is aNASCAR Cup Seriesstock car race currently held atHomestead–Miami Speedway inHomestead, Florida.Ryan Blaney is the defending winner of the event.
In2002,Homestead–Miami Speedway would host the season finale for theNASCAR Cup Series, a position it would hold until 2019, during which it was also the final race of theNASCAR Cup Series playoffs from2004 to2019. As the season finale, it was also part of theNASCAR Championship Weekend, which consisted of two other races: theFord EcoBoost 300 (now the Hard Rock Bet 300) for theNASCAR Xfinity Series and theFord EcoBoost 200 (now the Baptist Health 200) for theNASCAR Truck Series. In 2020, the race was moved from November to March meaning it no longer served as the championship race. The fall race atPhoenix Raceway, which had been the second-to-last race of the season, became the new championship race for the Cup Series.[1]
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| NASCAR Cup Series | |
|---|---|
| Venue | Homestead–Miami Speedway |
| Location | Homestead, Florida,United States |
| First race | 2004 |
| Distance | 400.5 miles (644.542 km) |
| Laps | 267 |
| Previous names | Ford 400 (2004–2011) Ford EcoBoost 400 (2012–2019) |
| Most wins (driver) | Greg Biffle (3) |
| Most wins (team) | RFK Racing (5) |
| Most wins (manufacturer) | Ford (6) |
| Circuit information | |
| Surface | Asphalt |
| Length | 1.5 mi (2.4 km) |
| Turns | 4 |
Homestead–Miami Speedway was the original finale until2019, as its current predecessor,Phoenix Raceway, received renovations to host the finale.[2] It would be that way until 2025, as on May 5, 2025, it was announce that Homestead would become the championship race in 2026, replacing Phoenix.[3]
| # of wins | Driver | Years won |
|---|---|---|
| 3 | Greg Biffle | 2004–2006 |
| Joey Logano | 2018, 2022, 2024 | |
| 2 | Denny Hamlin | 2009, 2013 |
| Carl Edwards | 2008, 2010 | |
| Kyle Busch | 2015, 2019 |
| # of wins | Team | Years won |
|---|---|---|
| 6 | RFK Racing | 2004–2008, 2010 |
| 4 | Joe Gibbs Racing | 2009, 2013, 2015, 2019 |
| Hendrick Motorsports | 2012, 2016, 2020–2021 | |
| Team Penske | 2018, 2022, 2024–2025 |
| # of wins | Manufacturer | Years won |
|---|---|---|
| 7 | Ford | 2004–2008, 2010, 2018, 2025 |
| 5 | Toyota | 2009, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019 |
| 4 | Chevrolet | 2011, 2012, 2014, 2016 |
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| NASCAR Cup Series | |
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| Venue | Phoenix Raceway |
| Location | Avondale, Arizona,United States |
| Corporatesponsor | None |
| First race | 2020 |
| Last race | 2025 |
| Distance | 312 mi (502.115 km) |
| Laps | 312 Stage 1: 60 Stage 2: 125 Final stage: 127 |
| Previous names | Season Finale 500 (2020) |
| Most wins (driver) | Joey Logano (2) |
| Most wins (team) | Team Penske (4) |
| Most wins (manufacturer) | Ford (4) |
| Circuit information | |
| Surface | Asphalt |
| Length | 1.022 mi (1.645 km) |
| Turns | 4 |
The former venue wasPhoenix Raceway. The race is one of five NASCAR races run with a length measured in kilometers; theShriners Children's 500 (the other Cup Series race at Phoenix which is held in the spring) and three of the Cup Series' road course events (theToyota/Save Mart 350,Go Bowling at The Glen andBank of America Roval 400) are the others.
After previously being the second-to-last race of the NASCAR Cup Series season for several years, the event became the last race of the season for the Cup Series starting in 2020, replacingthe race atHomestead-Miami Speedway, and thefall race at Martinsville replaced this race as the second-to-last race of the season.[26] In 2020, the race did not have a title sponsor and was named theSeason Finale 500. NASCAR has not used the name from 2021 onwards and is instead called theNASCAR Cup Series Championship Race.[citation needed] However, the Season Finale 500 logo still appears on the race winner's trophy. In 2023,Ross Chastain won the event, when he became the first non-eligible championship driver to win the final race of the season sinceDenny Hamlin won the2013 Ford EcoBoost 400.
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