NASCAR Cup Series

Asked where the 48 team's season started to turn around, Chad Knaus points to the Brickyard as being where they began their run to the championship finale.

Todd Gordon, crew chief for the No. 22 Shell Pennzoil Ford Fusion and Joey Logano, was part of a teleconference today discussing this weekend’s Championship 4 in which Logano will be one of four drivers competing for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series championship. Here is a transcript of Gordon’s comments.

Roush Fenway Racing heads to South Beach this weekend for the final race of the 2016 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) season at Homestead-Miami Speedway, a track that has seen a Roush Fenway Ford visit victory lane on 11 different occasions across NASCAR’s three major touring series.

“I do admit there is some feeling of emptiness this weekend,” said Truex. “We felt all year that we had a championship caliber team and the goal was to be one of the four teams in Homestead vying for the title. We’re not one of those teams and that’s disappointing.

An in-depth look at the third and fourth seeds in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Championship 4 – Carl Edwards and Kyle Busch

CHAMPIONSHIP 4 IN THE BIG APPLE: Before heading to Miami, Johnson joined his fellow competitors in New York City on Tuesday for a media tour. Stops included "The Dan Patrick Show" and "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon."

The highly-anticipated 2017 Ford F-150 Raptor has been selected to pace the Ford EcoBoost 400, the final race of the 2016 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season during Ford Championship Weekend at Homestead-Miami Speedway, Nov. 20.

Doug Duchardt, General Manager of Hendrick Motorsports, participated in a NASCAR Teleconference this afternoon to discuss Jimmie Johnson’s , No. 48 Lowe’s Chevrolet SS, contention as part of this year’s Championship Four who will battle for the 2016 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series title this weekend at Homestead-Miami Speedway.

“I enjoy heading to Homestead. It’s a fun race track and provides a lot of passing and side-by-side opportunities. There’s nothing like winning the last race of the season.

Bayne will make his sixth career NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) start at Homestead-Miami Speedway this weekend. Bayne’s previous best finish at Homestead is 23rd in the Nov. 2012 NSCS event.