Nascar Rules

[the H team]

The top 10 finishers,

Joey Logano
Kyle Busch
Kyle Larson
Kevin Harvick
Kurt Busch
Alex Bowman
Denny Hamlin
Ryan Blaney
Chase Elliot
Paul Menard

[the H team]

Other faves finish,

13-Kasey
14-Brad
15-Tony
19-Carl
21-Matt
29-Danica
38-Jimmie
40-Martin

[the H team]

The top 4 that will compete for the championship at Homestead are Jimmie Johnson, Carl Edwards, Joey Logano & Kyle Busch.

[the H team]

This will be the 1st time that Kevin will not be in the final 4 since this format has started.

[the H team]

[rockit]

Didn't know you were on SC for the race H...Should have given me a text I would of chatted with you. Lied on the couch all day watching race and football waiting for a couple of friends who never did show up...

Gonna be hard to vote for a winner, If Jimmy wins that's his 7th championship - and we can't have that...and the other three I just don't like!!! So I guess I'm gonna have to take one for Team Chevy and Go Jimmy Go!!!

[the H team]

Going for JJ, don't like the others either. JJ could be the 1 to break the tie for champions in the next few years.

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[bluerose]

Old guy is watching the race hoping for a Chevy win with Jimmy,love the helmets for Tony & Jimmy.
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[the H team]

Afternoon race fans. This is it, the Championship race for all the marbles. Who will win it?



​Homestead Stretch

[the H team]

After 35 races, including nine in the playoffs, the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season comes down to one 400-mile afternoon with a championship up for grabs. One from the select group of Kyle Busch, Carl Edwards, Jimmie Johnson and Joey Logano will hoist the Sprint Cup trophy after Sunday afternoon's Ford EcoBoost 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway. No number crunching or bonus points to calculate in this final showdown: Simply put, the champion will be the driver who finishes ahead of the other three. With one race to close the curtain on the season, here's a Snapshot glance at the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup finale.

[the H team]

The starting line up for today's race are;

Kevin Harvick
Brad Keselowski
Ryan Newman
Denny Hamlin
Chase |Elliot
Martin Truex Jr
Matt Kenseth
Ryan Blaney
Kyle Busch
Carl Edwards

[the H team]

Other faves start;

11-Tony
13-Joey
14-Jimmie
16-Kurt
29-Kasey
30-Danica

[the H team]

Another mile stone today is the retiring of Tony Stewart at the end of the race.

The fans were gathered four and five deep around Tony Stewart's garage stall at Homestead-Miami Speedway following Saturday's opening NASCAR Sprint Cup Series practice. Some posed for photos at the rear of Stewart's No. 14 Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet, others stood farther back shouting encouragement toward "The People's Champion" as he is affectionately known.

When Stewart left the garage to walk to his motorhome, the huge swarm surrounded him and walked, too. People young and old stretched and contorted to get alongside the three-time NASCAR champ as he walked away. Two even followed in motorized wheelchairs. Dozens asked for autographs and photographs, dropping out of the mobile mob one-by-one and flashing wide grins as Stewart acknowledged their well wishes or signed a photo.

Despite the crowd, Stewart never stopped moving forward. And, he has promised, that will continue in all ways.

His impending retirement from Sprint Cup Series racing following Sunday's Ford EcoBoost 400 will mark the end of an 18-year stock car career that has earned the 45-year old three premier series championships and 49 victories -- including one this season at Sonoma Raceway. He is a certain first-ballot NASCAR Hall of Famer.

But Stewart has steadfastly maintained climbing out of the driver's seat is not so much an ending as another beginning. He will still be around.

And while others may be getting emotional, Stewart appears to be, quite literally, taking it all in stride.
"I don't know that I'm really going to miss anything because you know the great thing is I still get to see the people and be around the people," said Stewart, who will remain active in NASCAR in his job as co-owner of Stewart-Haas Racing. "That is probably the best part of the whole deal. I'm still going to be around the sport. I'm still going to be active. If you don't think being an owner is competitive I can show you a bunch of different cases where it's competitive being an owner.

"That part of it is not going to change, so I don't think I’m going to miss a lot."

Then came that trademark Stewart snark.

"The thing that I'm not going to miss is 9 a.m. practices on Saturday morning," he added with a grin. "So, I never have to get up for a 9 a.m. practice ever again."

Stewart certainly seemed to be taking his final race weekend in stride, alternating between work -- he advanced to the final round of qualifying and will start his final race 11th -- and taking in the handshakes, pats on the back and loud cheers he is receiving with every step around the track.

He is unable to walk two feet without another race official, fellow driver or adoring fan approaching to offer a "Good luck" and a "Thank you."

[the H team]

After finding an issue with Jimmie's car, getting it fixed, he will have to start at the very back. Best time for this to happen is the very beginning. He has a long way to go that will help him make it to the front.

[rockit]

Hello Race Fans

Grab your beers, popcorn and other party favorites...

It's time for the 2016 championship to be settled!!!