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Martin Truex Jr. (third) was the highest finishing Toyota Camry in the Dixie Vodka 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway on Sunday evening.

Extremely. But unfortunately, because of how bad of a start we’ve had like we really can’t go for broke. We can’t be aggressive because the first two races I think we’ve pretty much gotten like two points or something like that.

CHASE BRISCOE, No. 14 HighPoint.com Ford Mustang -- YOU WON AT HOMESTEAD LAST YEAR IN NXS. WHAT DO YOU LIKE ABOUT RACING THERE? “To me, Homestead is just the perfect racetrack."

NASCAR announced today a multiyear partnership with DoorDash, the nation’s leading last-mile logistics platform, that will designate it as the “Official On-Demand Delivery Platform of NASCAR.” The wide-ranging agreement will span across the sanctioning body and 11 NASCAR-owned facilities.

The NASCAR Cup Series and Xfinity Series will contest in Florida for the third consecutive week, and for the third time, compete on a different circuit to start the 36-race schedule.

Miami Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa will serve as the virtual Grand Marshal for the race and utter the most famous words in motorsports, “Drivers, Start Your Engines!” Miami native and former University of Miami Hurricane and Super Bowl-winning linebacker Jonathan Vilma will kick off Sunday’s race, as he waves the green flag from high atop the start/finish line in the starter’s stand.

Continuing to build upon one of the most anticipated and action-packed weeks of the 2021 NASCAR schedule, Speedway Motorsports announced EchoPark Automotive, Pit Boss® Grills and FEVO as the official entitlement partners for NASCAR’s inaugural May 21-23 race events at Circuit of The Americas in Austin, Texas.

Joe Gibbs Racing driver Christopher Bell was made available to media via videoconference prior to the Homestead-Miami event today:

Michael McDowell captured the 2021 NASCAR season-opener on February 14 in grand fashion, taking the checkered flag in the coveted DAYTONA 500 at the venerable Daytona International Speedway.

Homestead-Miami Speedway is one of the few race tracks where team owner Richard Childress has yet to earn a NASCAR Cup Series victory. Richard Childress Racing entries have finished second on four occasions: 2003 (Kevin Harvick), 2008 (Harvick), 2009 (Jeff Burton) and 2014 (Ryan Newman).