NASCAR 2019 Race 36: Homestead Ford Ecoboost 400 Race Thread -Diecast/Championship

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***Reminder... this is the last race of the season. Check the standings...especially for the #4 diecast***


Ford EcoBoost 400

Homestead-Miami Speedway
Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Race #36 of 36
The Championship Race

Sunday, November 17, 2019
Scheduled Green Flag (approx): 3:16pm/et
Laps/Stages: 267 laps total. Stages end on laps: 80/160/267

TELEVISION / RADIO / STREAMING

Television Coverage: Time 3:00pm/et, NBC and streamed at NBC Sports Live (available with participating TV provider login)
Radio Coverage (over the air and streaming): Motor Racing Network (MRN) / SiriusXM Satellite NASCAR (available with subscription)

WEEKEND SCHEDULE

On track schedule

Practices:
Friday, November 15, 3:35-4:25pm/et, TV-NBCSN;
Friday, November 15, 6:30-7:20pm/et, TV-NBCSN.

Qualifying:
Saturday, November 16 at 2:05pm/et, TV-NBCSN.

Complete Event Schedule (times local to the track)

Friday, November 15
10:30 AM-12:30 PM MENCS HAULERS ENTER (EQUIPMENT UNLOAD)
12:30 PM-10:00 PM MENCS GARAGE OPEN
2:30 PM MENCS ROOKIE MEETING & RANDOM DRAWING
3:35 PM-4:25 PM MENCS 1ST PRACTICE
6:30 PM-7:20 PM MENCS FINAL PRACTICE

Saturday, November 16
9:30 AM-3:30 PM MENCS GARAGE OPEN
2:05 PM MENCS QUALIFYING IMPOUND (SINGLE VEHICLE / ONE LAP ALL POSITIONS)

Sunday, November 17
9:00 AM-11:00 AM MENCS GARAGE ACCESS TO HAULERS ONLY
11:00 AM MENCS GARAGE OPENS
1:00 PM MENCS DRIVER / CREW CHIEF MEETING
2:20 PM MENCS DRIVER INTRODUCTIONS
3:00 PM MENCS RACE (STAGES 80/160/267 LAPS = 400.5 MILES)




Track Specs 2003-current:
Track/Race Length: 1.5 mile oval
Degree of Banking: Turns: Variable 18-19-20 degrees
Straightaways: Length: 1,760 feet, Width: 55 feet, Banking: 4 degrees
Pit Road Speed: 45mph
Lighting added for 2005 season
Groundbreaking: Aug. 24, 1993
Opened: Nov. 3, 1995
Grandstand Seating: 65,000

OLD Track Specs 1995-2002:
Track/Race Length: 1.5 mile oval
Degree of Banking: Turns: 6 degrees
Straightaways: Length: 1,760 feet, Width: 60 feet, Banking: 3 degrees
Grandstand Seating: 46,000 [down from 56,000 and 65,000]
Pit Stalls:
Length: 30 feet
Width: 18 feet

Track Records & Stats

2018 Race Winner: Joey Logano, 133.056mph, started 5th (won Championship)
Race Record [new layout]: Jeff Gordon, Nov 2012, 142.245mph
Race Record [old layout]: Tony Stewart, Nov 1999, 140.335mph
Slowest Race Record: Greg Biffle, 2004, 105.623mph [new layout]
Oldest Race Winner: Bill Elliott, 46 years, 1 months, 3 days, 11/11/2001
Youngest Race Winner: Kurt Busch, 24 years, 3 months, 13 days, 11/17/2002
Worst Starting Spot to Win: Denny Hamlin, 2009, started 38th

2018 Pole Winner: Denny Hamlin, 173.863mph, finished 12th
Track Qualifying Record [new layout]: Brad Keselowski, 11/14/2014, 181.238mph, 1st round of qualifying
Track Qualifying Record [old layout]: Steve Park, Nov 2000, 156.440mph
Oldest Pole Winner: Bill Elliott, 46 years, 1 months, 3 days, 11/11/2001
Youngest Pole Winner: Joey Logano, 22 years, 5 months, 23 days, 11/16/2012

Most Wins: 3 - Greg Biffle & Tony Stewart; 2 - Carl Edwards & Denny Hamlin
Most Top 5s: 9 - Kevin Harvick
Most Top 10s: 15 - Kevin Harvick

Most Cautions: 14 - 11/21/2004
Most Caution Laps: 79 - 11/21/2004
Fewest Cautions: 1 - 11/14/1999
Fewest Caution Laps: 5, 11/14/1999
Most on the Lead Lap: 32 - 11/16/2014
Fewest on the Lead Lap: 6 - 11/12/2000
Most Running at the Finish: 42 - 11/11/2001
Fewest Running at the Finish: 31 - 11/21/2010
Most Lead Changes: 26 - 11/20/2011
Most Leaders: 15 - 11/20/2011
Fewest Lead Changes: 12 - 11/17/2002
Fewest Leaders: 4 - 11/19/2017

Most Wins by a Manufacturer: Ford, 7; Chevy, 5; Toyota, 4; Pontiac, 2; Dodge, 1

Most Laps Led by a Race Winner: 190 - Carl Edwards, 11/21/2010
Fewest Laps Led by a Race Winner: 1 - Bobby Labonte 11/16/2003

2018 race summary:
Lead changes: 7 among different drivers
Cautions/Laps: 5 for 26
Red flags: 0
Time of race: 3 hours, 0 minutes and 36 seconds
Average speed: 133.056 miles per hour (214.133 km/h)

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Kevin Harvick***
Denny Hamlin
Martin Truex
Kyle Busch

[TimeKeeper]

Kyle Busch
Kevin Harvick
Martin Truex Jr
Denny Hamlin******

[4me2c]

1) Kyle Busch
2)..Kevin Harvick
3)..Denny Hamlin
4)..Jimmie Johnson

[Ryu]

Kyle Busch*
Joey Logano
Martin Truex Jr
Kevin Harvick

[ranagee]

Martin Truex Jr.*****
Kyle Busch
Joey Logano
Kevin Harvick

[Orziz]

Denny Hamlin*
Kyle Larson
Matin Truex jr
Kevin Harvick

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NASCAR starting lineup at Homestead
POS. CAR NO. DRIVER
1 11 DENNY HAMLIN
2 4 KEVIN HARVICK
3 19 MARTIN TRUEX JR.
4 18 KYLE BUSCH
5 22 JOEY LOGANO
6 42 KYLE LARSON
7 12 RYAN BLANEY
8 2 BRAD KESELOWSKI
9 24 WILLIAM BYRON
10 14 CLINT BOWYER
11 9 CHASE ELLIOTT
12 88 ALEX BOWMAN
13 1 KURT BUSCH
14 10 ARIC ALMIROLA
15 6 RYAN NEWMAN
16 20 ERIK JONES
17 41 DANIEL SUAREZ
18 48 JIMMIE JOHNSON
19 21 PAUL MENARD
20 37 CHRIS BUESCHER
21 95 MATT DIBENEDETTO
22 3 AUSTIN DILLON
23 17 RICKY STENHOUSE JR.
24 13 TY DILLON
25 8 DANIEL HEMRIC
26 47 RYAN PREECE
27 43 BUBBA WALLACE
28 34 MICHAEL MCDOWELL
29 32 COREY LAJOIE
30 36 JOHN H. NEMECHEK
31 38 DAVID RAGAN
32 15 JOE NEMECHEK
33 00 LANDON CASSILL
34 51 JJ YELEY
35 77 REED SORENSON
36 27 ROSS CHASTAIN
37 96 DREW HERRING
38 52 JOSH BILICKI
39 53 BJ MCLEOD
40 66 TIMMY HILL

The Championship 4 will be the first four on the starting grid Sunday in the final race of the NASCAR Monster Energy Cup Series season.

Rain at Homestead-Miami Speedway caused NASCAR to cancel Friday's practice session and Saturday's qualifying session for the EcoBoost 400 and assign starting positions based on owner points. The four drivers competing for the Cup Series title this weekend — Denny Hamlin, Kevin Harvick, Martin Truex Jr. and Kyle Busch — will start in positions 1-4, respectively.

MORE: Harvick sees benefits of being a lone wolf

Hamlin claimed the pole by virtue of his victory in last week's Round of 8 race at Phoenix and his fourth-place finish at Martinsville earlier in the round. Harvick and Truex won the other Round of 8 races but Harvick was fifth at Phoenix and Truex was sixth at Texas. Second-best finish in the round is a tiebreaker, per Fox Sports' Bob Pockrass. Busch's best Round of 8 finish was second at Phoenix.

Cup teams will now practice during the time they were supposed to qualify on Saturday afternoon (2-2:55 p.m. ET).

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Denny Hamilin
Kevin Harvick
Martin Truex Jr
Kyle Busch

[4me2c]

I just Hope They all get thru it w/o much Damage and that Kyle Busch gets a Different Gear on those Start-ups...!