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Ford Racing has won eight NASCAR Sprint Cup Series championships with the last coming in 2004 when Kurt Busch and Jimmy Fennig captured the debut Chase format crown.

The End Is Near...The NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) heads back to the state where the season began to close out 2014 at Homestead-Miami Speedway. Ben Kennedy has one previous start at the Florida facility, making his debut at the track in 2013. Kennedy experienced an engine failure 45 laps shy of the finish line, relegating him to a 30th-place finish.

The End Is Near...The NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) heads back to the state where the season began to close out 2014 at Homestead-Miami Speedway. Ben Kennedy has one previous start at the Florida facility, making his debut at the track in 2013. Kennedy experienced an engine failure 45 laps shy of the finish line, relegating him to a 30th-place finish.

Parker Hannifin Corporation, the global leader in motion and control technologies, announced today that Kyle Larson, the 2013 NASCAR Nationwide Series (NNS) Rookie of the Year, will reunite with former sponsor ParkerStore for a multi-year, multi-series partnership starting with the final NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) event of the season, the Ford EcoBoost 200 at Homestead-Miami Speedway (Homestead) on Friday, November 14.

Roush Fenway Racing rookie and NASCAR Nationwide Series (NNS) winner Chris Buescher will partner with Lilly in the 2014 season finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway. Buescher will carry the Humalog KwikPen colors on his iconic No. 60 Roush Fenway Mustang as he looks to finish out his NNS rookie season with a victory at the 1.5-mile track in the Ford EcoBoost 300 during the season-ending Ford Championship weekend.

Camry driver Denny Hamlin advanced to the four-driver final round of this year's championship playoff at Homestead Miami Speedway next weekend after finishing fifth in today's NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) race at Phoenix International Raceway.

JEFF GORDON, NO. 24 AXALTA CHEVROLET SS – Finished 2nd: WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON NOT MOVING ON TO THE CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND IN HOMESTEAD, YOU ONLY MISSED IT BY ONE POINT: 
“Yeah, it’s disappointing. We have a lot to hold our heads up high about; the way that we raced this race and this whole Chase and the whole season. We raced hard. We raced together as a team."

Joey Logano, driver of the No. 22 Shell/Pennzoil Ford Fusion, finished sixth and clinched a spot in the Championship Four next weekend at Ford Championship Weekend. Brad Keselowski finished fourth in the race, but fell five points short of making the transfer cut while Carl Edwards ended up seven points out of the final round with a 15th –place finish.

KEVIN HARVICK, NO. 4 BUDWEISER CHEVROLET SS – RACE WINNER - WHERE DOES THIS WIN RANK? 
“Wow, I guess that is what it feels like to hit a walk off in extra innings there. But just want to thank Sprint, all the fans, Budweiser, Jimmy John’s, Outback, Chevrolet, Hunt Brothers, Ditech a new sponsor on board, just everybody who helps us, Mobil 1, everybody at Stewart-Haas. This thing both races here has just been bad to the bone. Everybody on our Budweiser team has done a great job and here we come Homestead.”