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Looking at the past

How did past Chase champions perform at Homestead-Miami Speedway on their way to the title?

Track analysis: Homestead-Miami Speedway
Steve Byrnes / FOXSports.com
57 days ago 		 
Homestead-Miami Speedway is a great facility, and the racing there has been very exciting in recent years.

The battle is on


Meet the Chasers:


Analysis:


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One of the reasons for that added excitement is the track layout. When the leadership group at Homestead-Miami Speedway decided to reconfigure the track in 2003 and added the variable banking in the corners, it made a world of difference. Now the track feels like a proper place to crown all three NASCAR champions.

This 1.5-miler is wide open, making it very difficult to predict who the favorite to win Sunday's Sprint Cup Series finale — the Ford 400.

The basics

Track length: 1.5-miles
Banking in corners: 18-20 degrees (variable banking)
Banking in straights: 4 degrees
Frontstretch: 1,760 feet
Backstretch: 1,760 feet
First Cup race: Nov. 14, 1999

Distance: 267 laps/400.5 miles
Defending polesitter: Jimmie Johnson
Defending race winner: Matt Kenseth

The record book

Most poles: Kurt Busch (2)
Most wins: Greg Biffle (3)
Most top fives: Jeff Gordon, Mark Martin (4)
Most top 10s: Jeff Gordon (7)

Homestead fast facts

  • Jack Roush is the winningest car owner at Homestead-Miami Speedway with five Sprint Cup wins, two Nationwide Series victories and one Craftsman Truck Series triumph
  • The polesitter has won the Homestead Cup race twice
  • No winner has started further back than 22nd
  • Tony Stewart holds the track race record (140.335 mph; 11/14/1999)
  • Ford leads all manufacturers with five victories

    Charting the Chasers

    PAST PERFORMANCES BY CHASERS AT HOMESTEAD
    Driver Starts Wins Top 5s Top 10s Laps led Avg. Start Avg. Finish
    Jimmie Johnson 7 0 2 5 37 20.4 13.4
    Carl Edwards 4 0 2 3 94 16.0 7.8
    Greg Biffle 6 3 3 3 173 16.3 12.7
    Jeff Burton 9 0 3 4 5 20.4 13.1
    Kevin Harvick 7 0 2 5 59 13.3 10.1
    Clint Bowyer 2 0 0 1 0 14.5 24.5
    Jeff Gordon 9 0 4 7 46 14.6 10.6
    Matt Kenseth 8 1 2 3 214 22.4 20.0
    Denny Hamlin 3 0 2 2 20 35.7 13.0
    Dale Earnhardt Jr. 8 0 0 0 93 19.0 21.2
    Kyle Busch 3 0 0 0 29 8.3 33.0
    Tony Stewart 9 2 3 4 330 13.8 12.2
    • CHAMPIONS AT HOMESTEAD
    Driver Year Start Finish Completed Led Status
    Jimmie Johnson 2007 1st 7th 267 1 Running
    Jimmie Johnson 2006 15th 9th 268 2 Running
    Tony Stewart 2005 20th 15th 267 0 Running
    Kurt Busch 2004 1st 5th 271 4 Running

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