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Tuesday night’s recipe is simple, yet untested. Take one part Stuart Scott, one part Billy Crystal. Add a handful of Chris Berman, and a pinch of Ken Jeong. The result: Television history, as six-time NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion Jimmie Johnson becomes the first athlete to guest host ESPN’s flagship news and information program, SportsCenter.

Richard Childress Racing teammates finished 10th (Kevin Harvick), 23rd (Jeff Burton) and 39th (Paul Menard) in the Homestead 400.

Trevor Bayne and his No. 21 Motorcraft/Quick Lane Ford Fusion were poised to make a bid for a top-10 finish in the season-ending Ford EcoBoost 400 when engine failure ended their charge and left them with a disappointing 40th-place finish.

Though Kurt Busch finished a disappointing 21st Sunday in the Sprint Cup season finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway, he and the Furniture Row Racing organization will rightfully reflect on a successful campaign that was highlighted as being the first single-car team to qualify for NASCAR’s Chase playoffs.

Jimmie Johnson is the 2013 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) champion. It is the sixth time in a record-setting eight-year span that Johnson, the driver of the No. 48 Lowe’s Chevrolet SS fielded by Hendrick Motorsports, has claimed the coveted crown. His first five championships came consecutively in a run that started in 2006.

Blake Koch and the RAB Racing No. 99 CompassionRacing.com, GodSpeaks.com Toyota Camry had something to prove going into the NASCAR Nationwide Series season finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway on Saturday, November 16. Koch started on the front row for the first time in his NASCAR career, and finished in the 11th position after restarting in the 21st position with five laps remaining.

Toyota driver Denny Hamlin won Sunday's NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) race at Homestead-Miami Speedway. The win marks the 14th of the 2013 season for Toyota -- a single-season high in the NSCS since joining the series in 2007.

Jimmie Johnson took another step closer to stock car racing history on Sunday, claiming his sixth NASCAR Sprint Cup Series championship at Homestead-Miami (Fla.) Speedway.

JIMMIE JOHNSON - NO. 48 LOWE'S CHEVROLET SS - FINISHED NINTH; WON SIXTH SPRINT CUP CHAMPIONSHIP - YOU ARE THE 2013 NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES CHAMPION, CONGRATULATIONS (CROWD CHEERS WILDLY): "(Jimmie turns toward crowd, waves and smiles) Thank you! I hear you up there, thank you!

BRAD KESELOWSKI – No. 2 Miller Lite Ford Fusion – “We definitely had the car on the short runs, but just weren’t close on the long runs. I guess that was kind of the trade off. We had a lot long runs here at Homestead, which is normally the case. If we could have got the long run speed to go with the short run speed we would have killed them tonight, but we just didn’t have that.”