Arena: Homestead-Miami Speedway

Location: Homestead, FL

Date: Nov 18, 2012

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NASCAR Betting Online: The Ford 400, the final race of the Chase for the Sprint Cup at Homestead-Miami, promises high drama, insane speeds, precision passing, and the possibility of desperation-fueled wrecks.  With so much on the line, and nothing coming after, look for each of the twelve drivers to push the pedal to the metal, forcing the issue in a wild attempt to claim the final victory.

Homestead-Miami Speedway has hosted NASCAR Sprint Cup Series events since 1999, officially becoming known as the Ford 400 in 2002.  In 2004, the Ford 400 became the final race of the Chase for the Sprint Cup, and did not disappoint, as Kurt Busch held off Jimmie Johnson by just 8 points to claim the cup in a race full of lead changes and potent drama.

The 1.5 mile stretch of oval track has all the makings of another dramatic event this year, with experienced and hungry racers all vying for the same prize, the Sprint Cup.

Since it became part of the Chase for the Sprint Cup back in 2004, the Ford 400 has seen four different winners, all of whom will be competing in one of the most important races of their lives on Sunday.  Greg Biffle started it all off with a victory in 2004, then rattled off another two to complete the three-peat at Homestead-Miami.  In 2007, Matt Kenseth snatched the victory, breaking Biffle's streak, and posting the third-highest average speed in the track's history, behind only Biffle and Tony Stewart.  In 2008, Carl Edwards grabbed the win, while last year saw Denny Hamlin's number 11 car cross the line first and claim the checkered flag.

So who will finish the year off right, and earn crucial last second points at the Ford 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway?  It may not be as clear as one would think.  In the history of the final race of the Chase, no driver who won the Ford 400 also won the Sprint Cup in that year.  Look for plenty of position jockeying as drivers race not for the single win at Homestead, but rather for the big prize of the cup.

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2011 Ford 400 At Homestead Winner - Stewart Wins Race, Championship

Tony Stewart ran the race of his life, driving with reckless abandon on restarts and rallying twice from deep in the pack to win the Ford 400 and the Sprint Cup championship on a wild and wet Sunday at Homestead-Miami Speedway.

Stewart won the race with some of the boldest driving of his career, outrunning championship challenger Carl Edwards, who finished second. The two finished in a points tie at the top of the standings, but Stewart won the championship based on the first tiebreaker – race victories. Stewart had five – all in the Chase, while Edwards won only one.

It was the first time in the history of NASCAR that two drivers finished the season tied for first place in the point standings.

Edwards chased Stewart from about a second down over the final 30 laps but couldn’t make up the deficit to make a serious challenge for the lead and the win. Stewart won by 1.30 seconds.

The championship, Stewart’s third, ended Jimmie Johnson’s five-year reign atop the NASCAR world.

Kevin Harvick finished third in the points, 58 behind the two leaders. Following were Matt Kenseth, Brad Keselowski, Johnson, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Jeff Gordon, Denny Hamlin and Ryan Newman in the top 10. The top 10 drivers will be honored in two weeks at the season-ending awards banquet in Las Vegas.

The two Chase drivers who didn’t finish in the top 10 were brothers Kurt (11th) and Kyle (12th) Busch. Ironically, the Busches are natives of Las Vegas.

2010 Ford 400 at Homestead - Race Results

Team Chevy driver Jimmie Johnson is the 2010 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion.

Johnson, driver of the No. 48 Lowe's Chevrolet, overcame a 15-point deficit in the season's final race to win his fifth consecutive driver's title. No other series driver has ever won more than three in a row.

To win the championship, Johnson overcame the second-largest points deficit entering the final race since NASCAR went to its current points setup in 1975. Johnson was 15 points off the pace heading into Sunday's season-ending Ford 400 and responded with a solid second-place finish, his series-leading 17th top-five finish of 2010. Johnson, who also scored six victories this year, has never finished outside of the top five in the standings in each of his nine full-time seasons.