NASCAR Cup Series

Michael Annett on Going to Homestead-Miami: “We’ve had a great season this year and going to Homestead is bittersweet knowing such a good season is coming to a close. We’ve come a long way as a team since Daytona, and we’re still looking for a win.

When Kurt Busch joined Furniture Row Racing in mid October, the former NASCAR champion said the main goal for the final six Sprint Cup Series races would be for the driver and team to get to know each other and successfully prepare for the 2013 season.

Camry drivers Denny Hamlin and Kyle Busch earned second and third-place finishes, respectively, in Sunday's NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) race at Phoenix International Raceway.

C & C Audio, Video and Appliance will support J.J. Yeley on the No. 37 C & C Audio, Video and Appliance, Inc. Chevrolet this weekend at Homestead-Miami Speedway as the team’s primary sponsor. The Louisiana-based company was an associate partner for Dave Blaney and the No. 36 Tommy Baldwin Racing Chevrolet earlier this season at Martinsville Speedway.

Cale Gale will make his first start at Homestead-Miami (Fla.) Speedway on Friday, Nov. 16. The rookie contender has attended races at the mile-and-a-half oval in Homestead, Fla., but has never competed at the speedway.

“If you build it, he will come.” When talking about the 2013 NASCAR Fusion that memorable line from the movie Field of Dreams could be altered slightly to, “If you build it, they will race.”

It’s hard to believe but the final race of the 2012 NASCAR Nationwide Series season is upon us. The Ford 300 on Saturday afternoon will close out what has been a very impressive season for the MacDonald Motorsports team. Kentucky, Charlotte, and Kansas partner Thrush & Son Complete Home Improvement and www.HI-Technologies.com will return to Jason Bowles and the team for this weekend’s Ford 300 at Homestead-Miami Speedway.

This Saturday afternoon will mark Ryan Truex's first NASCAR Nationwide Series (NNS) start at Homestead-Miami Speedway, as he returns to the seat of the No. 20 Grime Boss Toyota with Joe Gibbs Racing for the final event of the 2012 season. Truex's last 1.5-mile start came earlier this season at Chicagoland Speedway where he started ninth and brought home a 10th-place finish.

McMurray at Homestead-Miami: In McMurray’s Sprint Cup career, he has made 10 starts at Homestead-Miami Speedway. In those races, he has scored one top-five, and three top-10 finishes, and has an average start of 15.5. He has one pole award at the speedway in 2003. He has completed 2,655 laps (99.3%) of a possible 2,675 laps run at the track. McMurray has been running at the finish in nine of his ten races. His best career finish came in the 2008 season finale where he finished third.

Off-week, On-week: Martin heads to Homestead-Miami Speedway's Championship Weekend after a week off from competition. After a qualifying effort placed him 34th on his second grid in NASCAR at Texas Motor Speedway, the bayou native battled back from handling issues all day for a 30th place finish.