NASCAR Cup Series

With NASCAR traveling to the ‘Valley of the Sun’ for the next to the last race of the season, it was no surprise that the reconfigured race track was soaked instead with liquid sunshine.

Welcome to Homestead, Florida, and the championship edition of NASCAR's American Gladiators. With a slim three point advantage going into the final round we have from Columbia, Missouri 32-year old Carl Edwards.

Despite all the mind games being played by Tony Stewart, Carl Edwards was able to stay even with Stewart by virtue of finishing one place in front of the former champion, even if he did lead the most laps.

Johnson has made 10 Sprint Cup Series starts at Homestead-Miami Speedway, where he has four top-five and seven top-10 finishes.

Below is a look at how the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup field has performed at Homestead-Miami Speedway, going into the season-finale Ford 400 on Nov. 20.

The date was Nov. 16, 2003. Bobby Labonte battled hard but was no match for Bill Elliott in the Ford 400. All Labonte could do was watch Elliott control the race, leading 189 of the 267-lap event in the potent Evernham Motorsports Dodge.

Continuing its commitment to ensure fans have an enjoyable and affordable race experience, Daytona International Speedway President Joie Chitwood III today announced an expanded promotion to help lower the costs for fans who plan to attend Speedweeks and the 2012 DAYTONA 500, with special hotel rates available through February 22nd, 2012.

Timothy Peters and the No. 17 Tire Kingdom/Service Central racing team have several standout achievements in 2011 including a pole win at Charlotte Motor Speedway in May, a win at Lucas Oil Raceway in July and currently they are fifth in the Truck Series point standings.

The Valley of the Sun clouded over early for Regan Smith, who was involved in a second-lap accident in Sunday's NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Phoenix International Raceway.

Realistically Jimmie Johnson’s run at a sixth straight championship ended before Phoenix but he was officially eliminated from contention on Sunday afternoon.