NASCAR Cup Series

Headed into the final race of the season, Aric Almirola is excited to compete at his favorite track Homestead Miami Speedway. Earlier this year, Almirola stopped in Homestead and hung out at the Homestead Air Force Base to celebrate making his first Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup. Nothing would be better than to cap off his best NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season to date with a win in the No. 43 Smithfield Foods Ford.

Marcos Ambrose will make his final start in the No. 9 STANLEY Ford this weekend at the Homestead-Miami Speedway for Richard Petty Motorsports (RPM). Ambrose will depart the organization as one of its most successful drivers. Since joining RPM in 2011, he has put the No. 9 Sprint Cup team in Victory Lane twice while also earning three poles. In addition, Ambrose has 33 Top-10 and 11 Top-Five finishes.

As the championship race for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series inches closer, the excitement continues to escalate. Homestead-Miami Speedway President Matthew Becherer announced today that the grandstands are sold out for the Ford EcoBoost 400 on Sunday, November 16 at Homestead-Miami Speedway. In addition, premium seating areas in Champions Club, Speedway Club and the Pit Box are sold out as well. The Championship Round Ford EcoBoost 400 will air live from Homestead-Miami Speedway at 3 p.m. ET on ESPN.

Todd Gordon, crew chief for Joey Logano on the No. 22 Shell/Pennzoil Ford Fusion, is one of four crew chiefs with a chance to win this year’s NASCAR Sprint Cup Series championship at Homestead-Miami Speedway this Sunday. Gordon was a guest on this week’s national teleconference to talk about that possibility at Ford Championship Weekend.

1. Kevin Harvick: Harvick led 264 of 312 laps at Phoenix and won the Quicken Loans Race For Heroes 500, qualifying for the Chase finale at Homestead. “Just call me ‘Mr. Unexcitement,” Harvick said, “because I took all the drama out of Sunday’s race.”

In a fitting tribute to the continuing golden anniversary celebration of the iconic pony car, a 50-Year Limited Edition 2015 Ford Mustang will pace the NASCAR Sprint Cup and Nationwide Series races during Ford Championship Weekend at Homestead-Miami Speedway, Nov. 14-16.

"Homestead-Miami Speedway has really turned into one of the best tracks on the circuit. It's aged well, and the different levels of banking just give you a lot of options. You can run right up by the wall, but on restarts you can really make up some ground on the bottom.

"The progressive banking at Homestead is a lot of fun. I remember the first time I went there, it reminded me a lot of Irwindale Speedway, where I raced in California, but obviously bigger. You definitely have options there. You can run all over. And it's another track that each and every year loses grip. That Florida sunshine takes its toll on it.

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 new playoff style Chase format was designed to put the emphasis on winning. Win and you’re in. Depending upon who you ask, it has brought out the best or the worst in the drivers.