NASCAR’s Championship Weekend will return to Homestead-Miami Speedway in 2026, the sanctioning physique introduced Tuesday morning.
NASCAR additionally introduced that it’ll rotate its season finale for the Cup, Xfinity and Craftsman Truck Sequence beginning subsequent 12 months amongst “NASCAR’s marquee venues and key markets.”
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NBC Sports activities, which has broadcast the Cup playoffs and championship race since 2015, will achieve this by means of 2031.
Phoenix, which has hosted NASCAR’s Championship Weekend since 2020, shall be among the many rotating websites for the season-ending race for every sequence. NASCAR additionally introduced that Phoenix will host two Cup weekends subsequent 12 months and that the monitor’s second race weekend shall be within the third spherical of the playoffs. These dates shall be introduced later.
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Ryan Blaney is the one Crew Penske driver but to attain a Cup win this season regardless of having a powerful automobile in a number of races.
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Homestead-Miami Speedway’s Championship Weekend shall be Nov. 6-8 in 2026.
Homestead hosted the championship races for Cup, Xfinity and Vans from 2002-19 earlier than the season finale moved to Phoenix.
“Homestead-Miami Speedway has a historical past of aggressive, championship racing that can present nostalgia for veteran drivers and followers and exhilaration for NASCAR’s new technology,” stated Ben Kennedy, EVP, Chief Venue & Racing Innovation Officer, in a press release.
“As we transfer ahead, the rotating mannequin will present new challenges for opponents in addition to alternatives for distinctive venues to host our loyal followers at NASCAR Championship Weekend.”
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A take a look at the winners and losers from Sunday’s Cup race at Texas Motor Speedway.
Kyle Larson gained the newest Cup race at Homestead, taking the checkered flag in March in a race that had 27 lead adjustments. Final fall’s playoff race at Homestead noticed Tyler Reddick win after going from third to first on the final lap. The final three laps every had a special chief in that occasion.
“This place is superior,” stated Christopher Bell, who completed fourth in that race and watched these lead adjustments forward of him. “It results in some wonderful races.”
He’s not the one driver who feels that means.
“It’s simply an superior race monitor,” Larson stated of Homestead this season. “Undoubtedly one of the best throughout all of the sequence in our sport. It’s simply enjoyable. It races form of related in all of the divisions. It’s only a cool place.”
NASCAR Cup champions topped at Homestead
2004 — Kurt Busch
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2005 — Tony Stewart
2006 — Jimmie Johnson
2007 — Jimmie Johnson
2008 — Jimmie Johnson
2009 — Jimmie Johnson
2010 — Jimmie Johnson
2011 — Tony Stewart
2012 — Brad Keselowski
2013 — Jimmie Johnson
2014 — Kevin Harvick
2015 — Kyle Busch
2016 — Jimmie Johnson
2017 — Martin Truex Jr.
2018 — Joey Logano
2019 — Kyle Busch
