HOMESTEAD
Friday, November 6 — NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, 6:30 p.m. ET (FS1)
Sunday, November 8 — NASCAR Cup Series, 3 p.m. ET (NBC)
The 2026 NASCAR season comes to a close this weekend with Ford in contention to win the driver and manufacturer championships in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series on Friday night. Layne Riggs goes into the race trailing Kaden Honeycutt by 20 points while Ford has a 52-point lead in the manufacturer battle over Toyota.
PROUD TO HONOR
Driver pairings for the inaugural Veterans Day Classic on Nov. 11 at Daytona International Speedway have been announced as the 12-driver Ford field has been divided into six groups of two representing all six branches of the military. The drivers will compete in Ford Mustang Dark Horse Rs on the Daytona road course. Tickets can be purchased online at fordveteransdayclassic.com.
Veterans Day Classic Driver Lineup
Army: Brad Keselowski and Joey Hand
Navy: Ryan Preece and Logan Sargeant
Air Force: Austin Cindric and Frankie Muniz
Marines: Ryan Blaney and Ben Hobson
Coast Guard: Joey Logano and Ty Majeski
Space Force: Noah Gragson and Layne Riggs
A WIN TO REMEMBER
Joey Logano has only one NASCAR Cup Series win at Homestead-Miami Speedway in 17 career starts, but it’s one he likely won’t ever forget. That’s because it resulted in him winning the first of his three championships when he captured the Ford Ecoboost 400 in 2018. Logano led a race-high 80 laps, then powered ahead of Martin Truex Jr. following a late restart with 14 laps remaining to pull away for the win.
FIVE-YEAR WIN STREAK HIGHLIGHTS ROUSH HISTORY AT HMS
Car owner Jack Roush has had his share of success on intermediate speedways, but his streak of winning seven times in nine years at Homestead-Miami is arguably one of the best. Kurt Busch won the organization’s first Cup race at the track in 2002 before Greg Biffle won three straight from 2004-06. That was part of a five-year winning streak that saw Matt Kenseth and Carl Edwards go to Victory Lane in ’07 and ’08, respectively. Edwards eventually capped the run by winning for a second time in 2010. Since then, Roush has celebrated three championships in what was then known as the NASCAR Xfinity Series at the track, twice with Ricky Stenhouse Jr. in 2011 and 2012, and once with Chris Buescher in 2015.
FORD DRIVERS IN THE CHASE
2nd – Layne Riggs (-20 behind leader Kaden Honeycutt)
RIGGS IN RANGE
Layne Riggs won both stages and finished third last weekend at Martinsville Speedway and shaved 22 points off his championship points deficit to Kaden Honeycutt. As the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series prepares to crown a champion Friday night at Homestead-Miami Speedway, Riggs finds himself 20 points behind. In two career starts at HMS, Riggs has finishes of 22nd and second with the latter coming a year ago.
FORD SITTING ON 11 WINS
Chandler Smith’s victory at Martinsville marked Ford’s 11th NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series victory of the season. Layne Riggs leads the way with seven while Smith has three and Jake Garcia one. This is the second-best single-season win total in Ford history, trailing only the 12 victories that were posted in 1999. Greg Biffle led the way for most wins that season when he totalled nine.
MANUFACTURERS’ CHAMPIONSHIP SCENARIO
Ford is in position to claim its first NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series manufacturers’ championship since 2000 this weekend at Homestead-Miami Speedway. Ford has a 52-point lead over Toyota going into Friday’s race. This would mark Ford’s third manufacturers’ championship after winning it back-to-back in 1999 and 2000.
FORD’S NASCAR CUP SERIES WINNERS AT HOMESTEAD-MIAMI
2002 – Kurt Busch
2004 – Greg Biffle
2005 – Greg Biffle
2006 – Greg Biffle
2007 – Matt Kenseth
2008 – Carl Edwards
2010 – Carl Edwards
2018 – Joey Logano
FORD’S NASCAR CRAFTSMAN TRUCK SERIES WINNERS AT HOMESTEAD-MIAMI
1996 – Dave Rezendes
1997 – Kenny Irwin Jr.
1998 – Rick Crawford
1999 – Mike Wallace
2006 – Mark Martin
2017 – Chase Briscoe
The Ford Mustang® coupe is America’s best-selling sports car and has a global racing presence. With Mustang-based race cars competing in international sports car competition (GT3 and GT4), NASCAR, NHRA, Formula Drift, in Supercars, at the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb and in its own bespoke regional one-make series – Mustang Cup and Mustang Challenge – the platform has an unprecedented global reach. This weekend, 23 Mustang race cars are scheduled to compete across all active disciplines. Learn more about Mustang at www.FordRacing.com.
