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Line 1: ~~{{About\|\|the engine\|Ford 335 engine\|the spring Las Vegas race now called the Pennzoil 400\|Pennzoil 400 (Las Vegas)}}~~ {{short description\|Auto race held at Homestead, United States}} {{About\|\|the engine\|Ford 335 engine\|the spring Las Vegas race now called the Pennzoil 400\|Pennzoil 400 (Las Vegas)}} {{Infobox motor race \| Race title = ~~Dixie~~Straight ~~Vodka~~Talk Wireless 400 \| Logo = File:192024 Straight Talk Wireless ~~HMS-Dixie-Vodka-~~400 Clogo.png \| Track map = [[File:Homestead-Miami Speedway track map--Speedway.svg\|200px]] \| Series long = [[NASCAR Cup Series]] \| Venue = [[Homestead-Miami Speedway]] \| Location = [[Homestead, Florida]], [[United States]] \| Sponsor = [[~~Dixie~~Verizon\|Straight ~~Vodka~~Talk Wireless]] \| First race = 1999 \| Last race = \| Distance = {{convert\|400.5\|mi\|km\|3}} \| Laps = 267<br>'''Stages 1/2:''' 80 each<br>'''Final stage:''' 107 \| Previous names = '''Pennzoil 400''' (1999–2000)<br>'''Pennzoil Freedom 400''' (2001)<br>'''Ford 400''' (2002–2011)<br>'''Ford EcoBoost 400''' (2012–2019)<br>'''Dixie Vodka 400''' (2020–2022) <br> '''4EVER 400 presented by Mobil 1''' (2023) \| Most wins driver = [[Greg Biffle]], [[Tony Stewart]], [[Denny Hamlin]] (3) \| Most wins team = [[Joe Gibbs Racing]] (89) \| Most wins manufacturer = [[Ford Motor Company\|Ford]] (8) \| Surface = Asphalt Line 23: }} Stock car racing events in the [[NASCAR Cup Series]] has been held at the [[Homestead-Miami Speedway]] since [[1999 NASCAR Winston Cup Series\|1999]]. The race is currently held as a 267 lap, 400.5 mile (644.542 km) race under the moniker '''Straight Talk Wireless 400'''. The '''Dixie Vodka 400''' is a [[NASCAR Cup Series]] race held at [[Homestead–Miami Speedway]] in [[Homestead, Florida]]. The inaugural race was held in 1999 and was the final race in the NASCAR Cup Series from [[2002 NASCAR Winston Cup Series\|2002]] until [[2019 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series\|2019]], as well as the final race of the NASCAR Cup Series' [[NASCAR playoffs\|NASCAR Cup Series playoffs]] from [[2004 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series\|2004]] to 2019. As the season finale, it was also part of the [[Ford Championship Weekend]], which consisted of two other races, the [[Ford EcoBoost 200]] for the [[NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series]] and the [[Ford EcoBoost 300 (Homestead-Miami)\|Ford EcoBoost 300]] for the [[NASCAR Xfinity Series]]. The race is contested over 267 laps, 400.5 miles (644.542 km). [[William Byron (racing driver)\|William Byron]] is the defending winner of the event. [[Christopher Bell (racing driver)\|Christopher Bell]] is the defending winner of the event. In 2020, the race was moved to March after the [[Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500]] at [[Atlanta Motor Speedway]], meaning it no longer served as a championship race as the [[Bluegreen Vacations 500\|fall race]] at [[Phoenix Raceway]] took that slot.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.homesteadmiamispeedway.com/Articles/2019/11/Dixie.aspx\|title=Dixie Vodka to be Entitlement Sponsor of Homestead-Miami Speedway’s 2020 NASCAR Cup Series Race\|work=[[Homestead–Miami Speedway]]\|date=November 13, 2019\|access-date=January 22, 2020}}</ref> In the aftermath of the [[COVID-19 pandemic]], the race was postponed from the original March 15 date to June 14, 2020. In 2021, the race was held in February, and it was moved to October for 2022. ==History== The inaugural race was held in 1999. This race was the final race in the NASCAR Cup Series season from [[2002 NASCAR Winston Cup Series\|2002]] until [[2019 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series\|2019]], as well as the final race of the NASCAR Cup Series' [[NASCAR playoffs\|NASCAR Cup Series playoffs]] from [[2004 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series\|2004]] to 2019. As the season finale, it was also part of the [[Ford Championship Weekend]], which consisted of two other races: the Ford EcoBoost 200 (now the [[Baptist Health 200]]) for the [[NASCAR Truck Series]] and the Ford EcoBoost 300 (now the [[Contender Boats 300]]) for the [[NASCAR Xfinity Series]]. In 2020, the race was moved from November to March after the [[Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500]] at [[Atlanta Motor Speedway]], meaning it no longer served as the championship race. The [[NASCAR Cup Series Championship Race\|fall race]] at [[Phoenix Raceway]], which had been the second-to-last race of the season, became the new championship race for the Cup Series.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.homesteadmiamispeedway.com/Articles/2019/11/Dixie.aspx\|title=Dixie Vodka to be Entitlement Sponsor of Homestead-Miami Speedway's 2020 NASCAR Cup Series Race\|work=[[Homestead–Miami Speedway]]\|date=November 13, 2019\|access-date=January 22, 2020}}</ref> However, due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]], the 2020 race ended up being postponed from the original March 15 date to June 14, 2020. In 2021, the race was held in February. In 2022, the race was moved again from February to October as the third-to-last race of the season, and this is where it is on the Cup Series schedule today. [[Ford Motor Company\|Ford]] ended their title sponsorship of this race and the Xfinity and Truck Series races at Homestead-Miami after they were moved from the last races of the season to March. Dixie Vodka became the title sponsor of the Cup Series race at Homestead-Miami in 2020 and remained for the next two years. In 2023, [[Mobil 1]] became the title sponsor of this race and they decided to name the race in tribute to their driver, [[Kevin Harvick]], as it was his final season as a full-time NASCAR driver.<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://www.jayski.com/2023/10/09/homestead-honoring-kevin-harvick-with-entitlement-sponsor-of-cup-race/ \|title=Homestead honoring Kevin Harvick with entitlement sponsor of Cup race \|website=[[Jayski's Silly Season Site]] \|publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC \|date=October 9, 2023}}</ref> ===Specific races=== '''1999:''' Rookie Tony Stewart wins the inaugural event, and sets the record for most wins by a rookie in the modern era with his 3rd win, with [[Dale Jarrett]] clinching the 1999 Winston Cup Championship. '''2000:''' Stewart made it 2-for-2 as he won the race, with his teammate [[Bobby Labonte]] clinching the 2000 Winston Cup Championship. '''2001:''' [[Bill Elliott]]'s 41st career win snapped his 226 race winless streak, the longest streak in between race wins, dating back to the [[1994 Mountain Dew Southern 500]] at [[Darlington Raceway\|Darlington]]. '''2002:''' In the final race on the old configuration, [[Kurt Busch]] drove to his 4th win in a rain-delayed event, and Stewart won his 1st title. '''2003:''' In the first on a newly reconfigured track, Bobby Labonte's win was marked by a flat tire for leader Bill Elliott on the last lap. In the final race with [[Winston (cigarette)\|Winston]] sponsorship, Labonte took what would become the final win in his Hall of Fame Career. '''2004:''' Fourteen cautions plagued the first race in which it was the final Chase event, and [[Greg Biffle]] held off Jimmie Johnson and Jeff Gordon in a Green-White-Checkered finish to win his first of three consecutive races, while his teammate Kurt Busch (who narrowly avoided disaster entering pit road when his right-front tire came off) won the title by 8 points over Johnson. '''2005:''' In the first night race at the track, Greg Biffle dueled teammate [[Mark Martin]] over the final 7 laps to edge Martin for the win by 0.017 of a second. Roush ended up with a sweep of the Top 4 spots (Kenseth was 3rd and Edwards 4th), and Stewart won his 2nd title. Greg Biffle's win was his 6th win of the season and he and teammate Carl Edwards were tied for second with both of them 35 points behind Stewart, but Biffle got second thanks to his six wins vs. Edwards four. '''2006:''' Greg Biffle scores his third-consecutive win, and completes the hat-trick for Roush. Mark Martin won the Truck event, Kenseth won the Busch race, and then Biffle winning the Cup event. Jimmie Johnson scores his first of five consecutive Cup titles. '''2007:''' Last race with the fourth-generation car. Matt Kenseth leads 214 of the 267 laps to score the final win before the COT went full-time in 2008, while Johnson goes back to back. It was also the last race Cup series race under [[Nextel]] sponsorship. '''2008:''' Carl Edwards scored his 9th win of the season but came up 16 points short of Jimmie Johnson for the Cup title as he stressed his last tank of fuel to the finish, and Johnson tying Cale Yarborough's record of three-consecutive NASCAR Cup Series titles. '''2009:''' Denny Hamlin wins from the furthest back anyone has at the track from 38th to his first win at the track, and Jimmie Johnson scores his record-setting 4th consecutive Championship. '''2010:''' Denny Hamlin came in with a slim lead and lost it after an early race spin. Carl Edwards led a whopping 190 laps on his way to winning the final two races of the season, but Jimmie Johnson scored his inconceivable 5th consecutive Championship. '''2011:''' Tony Stewart and Carl Edwards finished first and second in the race and in the NASCAR Cup Series point standings, Stewart winning the latter due to a tiebreaker. '''2012:''' [[Brad Keselowski]] wins the 2012 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Championship, his first Cup title, and giving Dodge a going away gift. Jeff Gordon won the race beating Clint Bowyer who both fought the week before at Phoenix after crashing on fuel mileage, his first win at Homestead-Miami Speedway, leaving only Kentucky Speedway as the only track he failed to win at in his career. This was also Dodge's last race for the foreseeable future, as they stopped in the NASCAR Cup Series after 2012. '''2013:''' Denny Hamlin ended a miserable 2013 by winning for the second time at Homestead, and Jimmie Johnson scoring his sixth-career Cup title. '''2014:''' With the new Chase Grid format where the top four in points have a shot at the title, the race became known as the Championship Round race, and whoever finished the highest would win the Championship. [[Kevin Harvick]], [[Denny Hamlin]], [[Joey Logano]], and [[Ryan Newman (racing driver)\|Ryan Newman]] were the ones who would have the shot at the title. At one point, all four drivers were running 1st–4th, but the race was dominated by pole-sitter [[Jeff Gordon]], who led 160 laps. Due to pit strategy and crazy restarts, Harvick found himself battling Newman on a restart with three laps to go. Harvick in the No. 4 pulled off what his car owner [[Tony Stewart]] did three years prior, a [[Stewart-Haas Racing]] driver winning both the race and the championship, with Harvick becoming the 2014 champion. Newman would finish second, Hamlin seventh, and Logano 16th due to the jack slipping on a late pit stop. '''2015:''' Kevin Harvick, Kyle Busch, Jeff Gordon, and [[Martin Truex Jr.]] were the four drivers going for the title. For the second year in a row, and for the third time in the last five years, a driver won both the race and the championship. This time, it was [[Joe Gibbs Racing]]'s [[Kyle Busch]], who became the 2015 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Champion despite missing the first 11 races of the season due to an injury to his leg and foot that he suffered in a wreck during the first [[Xfinity Series]] race of the season at [[Daytona International Speedway]]. He held off defending champion Harvick in a seven-lap shootout. Also, Gordon, who led nine laps early, finished sixth in his final NASCAR Cup Series start before retiring from racing full-time and moving into the ''[[Fox NASCAR]]'' broadcast booth for the 2016 season. Truex would wind up finishing 12th, with the Penske guys of Keselowski and Logano being the dominators of the race leading 86 and 72 laps respectively. '''2016:''' This race was the last one under the Sprint brand before [[Monster Energy]] would take over for 2017. It was also the last race for [[Carl Edwards]], three-time champion [[Tony Stewart]], [[Brian Scott]], and [[Greg Biffle]]. Defending champion [[Kyle Busch]], [[Joey Logano]], Carl Edwards, and six-time champion [[Jimmie Johnson]] entered as the four who would compete for the title. [[Kyle Larson]] dominated the day, leading 132 laps. On a restart within the final laps, Edwards attempted to block an advancing Logano, but hooked himself into Logano's bumper, sending him careening back into traffic and hard into the outside wall, with the car becoming airborne briefly. Logano came up into his teammate [[Brad Keselowski]] and [[Martin Truex Jr.]], with Truex's car catching fire. After a lengthy red flag for cleanup, another quick caution flew when [[Ricky Stenhouse Jr.]] spun coming onto the backstretch. On an overtime finish, Johnson blasted by Larson and held off Logano to hoist his seventh crown, tying him with [[Dale Earnhardt]] and [[Richard Petty]] for most all-time in NASCAR's premier division. '''2017:''' For the fourth time using the format, the Championship 4 drivers were Keselowski, Harvick, Kyle Busch, and Martin Truex Jr. For the second straight year, Kyle Larson led the most laps (145) and won the first two stages (NASCAR's new stage format) at laps 80 and 160. A final green-flag run saw Truex and Busch running 1-2 riding up against the wall, with Truex winning the race over Busch and scoring his first championship after leading 78 laps in the No. 78 car. '''2018:''' Kevin Harvick, Kyle Busch, and Martin Truex Jr., and Joey Logano were the final four drivers in the championship round. Truex was in position to win in the final race for Furniture Row Motorsports (which was shutting down at the end of the season). However, a late-race caution with less than 20 laps set up a run to the finish that saw Logano win his first series championship. All four Championship 4 drivers swept the top four finishing positions: Logano-1st, Truex Jr.-2nd, Harvick-3rd, and Kyle Busch-4th. Logano led a race-high 80 laps to become the first driver to lead the most laps and win the race since Carl Edwards in 2010. ==Past winners== Line 36 ⟶ 65: ! rowspan="2"\|Team ! rowspan="2"\|Manufacturer ! rowspan="2"\|Sponsor ! colspan="2"\|Race distance ! rowspan="2"\|Race time Line 45 ⟶ 75: ! Miles (km) \|- ! colspan=1213\| Second 1.5 mile Layout (6 degree corner banking) \|- \| [[1999 NASCAR Winston Cup Series\|1999]] Line 53 ⟶ 83: \| [[Joe Gibbs Racing]] \| [[Pontiac (automobile)\|Pontiac]] \| [[The Home Depot]] \|align="center"\|267 \|align="center"\|400.5 (644.542) Line 66 ⟶ 97: \| [[Joe Gibbs Racing]] \| [[Pontiac (automobile)\|Pontiac]] \| [[The Home Depot\|The Home Depot Kids' Workshop]] \|align="center"\|267 \|align="center"\|400.5 (644.542) Line 79 ⟶ 111: \| [[Evernham Motorsports]] \| [[Dodge]] \| [[Dodge\|Dodge Dealers]]/[[UAW]] \|align="center"\|267 \|align="center"\|400.5 (644.542) Line 92 ⟶ 125: \| [[Roush Racing]] \| [[Ford Motor Company\|Ford]] \| [[Little Tikes]]/[[Rubbermaid]] \|align="center"\|267 \|align="center"\|400.5 (644.542) Line 99 ⟶ 133: \| <ref>{{cite web\|title=2002 Ford 400\|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/race-results/2002_Ford_400/W/\|publisher=Racing-Reference\|access-date=November 11, 2021}}</ref> \|- ! colspan=1213\| Current 1.5 mile Layout (18 to 20 degree progressive corner banking) \|- \| [[2003 NASCAR Winston Cup Series\|2003]] Line 107 ⟶ 141: \| [[Joe Gibbs Racing]] \| [[Chevrolet]] \| [[Interstate Batteries]] \|align="center"\|267 \|align="center"\|400.5 (644.542) Line 120 ⟶ 155: \| [[Roush Racing]] \| [[Ford Motor Company\|Ford]] \| [[National Guard]]/[[Subway (restaurant)\|Subway]] \|align="center"\|271* \|align="center"\|406.5 (654.198) Line 133 ⟶ 169: \| [[Roush Racing]] \| [[Ford Motor Company\|Ford]] \| [[Post-It]]/[[National Guard]] \|align="center"\|267 \|align="center"\|400.5 (644.542) Line 146 ⟶ 183: \| [[Roush Racing]] \| [[Ford Motor Company\|Ford]] \| [[National Guard]] \|align="center"\|268* \|align="center"\|402 (646.956) Line 159 ⟶ 197: \| [[Roush Fenway Racing]] \| [[Ford Motor Company\|Ford]] \| [[DeWalt\|DeWalt Nano Technology]] \|align="center"\|267 \|align="center"\|400.5 (644.542) Line 172 ⟶ 211: \| [[Roush Fenway Racing]] \| [[Ford Motor Company\|Ford]] \| [[Office Depot]] \|align="center"\|267 \|align="center"\|400.5 (644.542) Line 185 ⟶ 225: \| [[Joe Gibbs Racing]] \| [[Toyota]] \| [[FedEx Express]] \|align="center"\|267 \|align="center"\|400.5 (644.542) Line 198 ⟶ 239: \| [[Roush Fenway Racing]] \| [[Ford Motor Company\|Ford]] \| [[Aflac]] \|align="center"\|267 \|align="center"\|400.5 (644.542) Line 211 ⟶ 253: \| [[Stewart-Haas Racing]] \| [[Chevrolet]] \| [[Office Depot]]/[[Mobil 1]] \|align="center"\|267 \|align="center"\|400.5 (644.542) Line 224 ⟶ 267: \| [[Hendrick Motorsports]] \| [[Chevrolet]] \| [[DuPont (1802–2017)\|DuPont 20 Years Celebratory]] \|align="center"\|267 \|align="center"\|400.5 (644.542) Line 237 ⟶ 281: \| [[Joe Gibbs Racing]] \| [[Toyota]] \| [[FedEx Express]] \|align="center"\|267 \|align="center"\|400.5 (644.542) Line 250 ⟶ 295: \| [[Stewart-Haas Racing]] \| [[Chevrolet]] \| [[Budweiser]] \|align="center"\|267 \|align="center"\|400.5 (644.542) Line 263 ⟶ 309: \| [[Joe Gibbs Racing]] \| [[Toyota]] \| [[M&M's\|M&M's Crispy]] \|align="center"\|267 \|align="center"\|400.5 (644.542) Line 276 ⟶ 323: \| [[Hendrick Motorsports]] \| [[Chevrolet]] \| [[Lowe's]] \|align="center"\|268* \|align="center"\|402 (646.956) Line 289 ⟶ 337: \| [[Furniture Row Racing]] \| [[Toyota]] \| [[Bass Pro Shops]]/Tracker Boats \|align="center"\|267 \|align="center"\|400.5 (644.542) Line 302 ⟶ 351: \| [[Team Penske]] \| [[Ford Motor Company\|Ford]] \| [[Shell plc\|Shell]]/[[Pennzoil]] \|align="center"\|267 \|align="center"\|400.5 (644.542) Line 315 ⟶ 365: \| [[Joe Gibbs Racing]] \| [[Toyota]] \| [[M&M's]] \|align="center"\|267 \|align="center"\|400.5 (644.542) Line 328 ⟶ 379: \| [[Joe Gibbs Racing]] \| [[Toyota]] \| [[FedEx Office]] \|align="center"\|267 \|align="center"\|400.5 (644.542) Line 341 ⟶ 393: \| [[Hendrick Motorsports]] \| [[Chevrolet]] \| [[Axalta]] \|align="center"\|267 \|align="center"\|400.5 (644.542) Line 347 ⟶ 400: \| [[2021 Dixie Vodka 400\|Report]] \| <ref>{{cite web\|title=2021 Dixie Vodka 400\|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/race-results/2021_Dixie_Vodka_400/W/\|publisher=Racing-Reference\|access-date=November 11, 2021}}</ref> \|- \| [[2022 NASCAR Cup Series\|2022]] \| October 23 \|align="center"\| 5 \| [[Kyle Larson]] \| [[Hendrick Motorsports]] \| [[Chevrolet]] \| [[Valvoline]] \|align="center"\|267 \|align="center"\|400.5 (644.542) \|align="center"\|3:05:24 \|align="center"\|129.612 \| [[2022 Dixie Vodka 400\|Report]] \| <ref>{{cite web\|title=2022 Dixie Vodka 400\|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/race-results/2022_Dixie_Vodka_400/W/\|publisher=Racing-Reference\|access-date=October 23, 2022}}</ref> \|- \| [[2023 NASCAR Cup Series\|2023]] \| October 22 \|align="center"\|20 \| [[Christopher Bell (racing driver)\|Christopher Bell]] \| [[Joe Gibbs Racing]] \| [[Toyota]] \| [[Rheem Manufacturing Company\|Rheem]]/Watts \|align="center"\|267 \|align="center"\|400.5 (644.542) \|align="center"\|3:11:54 \|align="center"\|125.221 \| [[2023 4EVER 400\|Report]] \| <ref>{{cite web\|title=2023 4EVER 400\|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/race-results/2023_4EVER_400/W/\|publisher=Racing-Reference\|access-date=October 22, 2023}}</ref> \|- \| [[2024 NASCAR Cup Series\|2024]] \| October 27 \|align="center"\| \| \| \| \| \|align="center"\| \|align="center"\| \|align="center"\| \|align="center"\| \| [[2024 Dixie Vodka 400\|Report]] \| \|} [[File:Ford400.JPG\|thumb\|right\|The start of the [[2009 Ford 400\|2009 race]]]] ===Notes=== '''2004, 2006, and 2016:''' Races extended due to [[green–white–checker finish\|NASCAR overtime]]. '''2005:''' First race run under the lights, after being installed during the summer. Ford's last win with the Taurus before switching to the Fusion in 2006. Line 365 ⟶ 461: !rowspan="3" \| 3 \| [[Greg Biffle]] \| 2004~~, 2005,~~ -2006 \|- \| [[Tony Stewart]] Line 388 ⟶ 484: ! Years won \|- ! 89 \| [[Joe Gibbs Racing]] \| 1999, 2000, 2003, 2009, 2013, 2015, 2019, 2020, 2023 \|- ! 7 \| [[~~Roush Fenway~~RFK Racing]] \| 2002, ~~2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008~~2004–2008, 2010 \|- ! 34 \| [[Hendrick Motorsports]] \| 2012, 2016, 2021, 2022 \|- ! 2 Line 414 ⟶ 510: ! 8 \| [[Ford Motor Company\|Ford]] \| 2002, ~~2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008~~2004–2008, 2010, 2018 \|- ! rowspan=2\| 7 \| [[Chevrolet]] \| 2003, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2021, 2022 \|- ~~!rowspan=2\| 6~~ \| [[Toyota]] \| 2009, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2023 \|- ~~\| [[Chevrolet]]~~ ~~\| 2003, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2021~~ \|- ! 2 Line 432 ⟶ 528: \|} ==~~Race~~=Sponsor ~~summaries~~wins=== {\| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" '''1999:''' Rookie Tony Stewart wins the inaugural event, and sets the record for most wins by a rookie in the modern era with his 3rd win, with [[Dale Jarrett]] clinching the 1999 Winston Cup Championship. \|- '''2000:''' Stewart made it 2-for-2 as he won the race, with his teammate [[Bobby Labonte]] clinching the 2000 Winston Cup Championship. ! # of wins '''2001:''' [[Bill Elliott]]'s 41st career win snapped his 226 race winless streak, the longest streak in between race wins, dating back to the [[1994 Mountain Dew Southern 500]] at [[Darlington Raceway\|Darlington]]. ! Sponsor '''2002:''' In the final race on the old configuration, [[Kurt Busch]] drove to his 4th win in a rain-delayed event, and Stewart won his 1st title. ! Years won '''2003:''' In the first on a newly reconfigured track, Bobby Labonte's win was marked by a flat tire for leader Bill Elliott on the last lap. In the final race with [[Winston (cigarette)\|Winston]] sponsorship, Labonte took what would become the final win in his Hall of Fame Career. \|- '''2004:''' Fourteen cautions plagued the first race in which it was the final Chase event, and [[Greg Biffle]] held off Jimmie Johnson and Jeff Gordon in a Green-White-Checkered finish to win his first of three consecutive races, while his teammate Kurt Busch won the title by 8 points over Johnson. !rowspan="2" \| 3 '''2005:''' In the first night race at the track, Greg Biffle dueled teammate [[Mark Martin]] over the final 7 laps to edge Martin for the win by 0.017 of a second. Roush ended up with a sweep of the Top 4 spots (Kenseth was 3rd and Edwards 4th), and Stewart won his 2nd title. Greg Biffle's win was his 6th win of the season and he and teammate Carl Edwards were tied for second with both of them 35 points behind Stewart, but Biffle got second thanks to his six wins vs. Edwards four. \| [[National Guard]] '''2006:''' Greg Biffle scores his third-consecutive win, and completes the hat-trick for Roush. Mark Martin won the Truck event, Kenseth won the Busch race, and then Biffle winning the Cup event. Jimmie Johnson scores his first of five consecutive Cup titles. \| 2004–2006 '''2007:''' Last race with the fourth-generation car. Matt Kenseth leads 214 of the 267 laps to score the final win before the COT went full-time in 2008, while Johnson goes back to back. It was also the last race Cup series race under [[Nextel]] sponsorship. \|- '''2008:''' Carl Edwards scored his 9th win of the season but came up 16 points short of Jimmie Johnson for the Cup title as he stressed his last tank of fuel to the finish, and Johnson tying Cale Yarborough's record of three-consecutive NASCAR Cup Series titles. \| [[FedEx]] '''2009:''' Denny Hamlin wins from the furthest back anyone has at the track from 38th to his first win at the track, and Jimmie Johnson scores his record-setting 4th consecutive Championship. \| 2009, 2013, 2020 '''2010:''' Denny Hamlin came in with a slim lead and lost it after an early race spin. Carl Edwards led a whopping 190 laps on his way to winning the final two races of the season, but Jimmie Johnson scored his inconceivable 5th consecutive Championship. \|- '''2011:''' Tony Stewart and Carl Edwards finished first and second in the race and in the NASCAR Cup Series point standings, Stewart winning the latter due to a tiebreaker. !rowspan="3" \| 2 '''2012:''' [[Brad Keselowski]] wins the 2012 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Championship, his first Cup title, and giving Dodge a going away gift. Jeff Gordon won the race beating Clint Bowyer who both fought the week before at Phoenix after crashing on fuel mileage, his first win at Homestead-Miami Speedway, leaving only Kentucky Speedway as the only track he failed to win at in his career. This was also Dodge's last race for the foreseeable future, as they stopped in the NASCAR Cup Series after 2012. \| [[The Home Depot]] '''2013:''' Denny Hamlin ended a miserable 2013 by winning for the second time at Homestead, and Jimmie Johnson scoring his sixth-career Cup title. \| 1999, 2000 '''2014:''' With the new Chase Grid format where the top four in points have a shot at the title, the race became known as the Championship Round race, and whoever finished the highest would win the Championship. [[Kevin Harvick]], [[Denny Hamlin]], [[Joey Logano]], and [[Ryan Newman (racing driver)\|Ryan Newman]] were the ones who would have the shot at the title. At one point, all four drivers were running 1st–4th, but the race was dominated by pole-sitter [[Jeff Gordon]], who led 160 laps. Due to pit strategy and crazy restarts, Harvick found himself battling Newman on a restart with three laps to go. Harvick in the No. 4 pulled off what his car owner [[Tony Stewart]] did three years prior, a [[Stewart-Haas Racing]] driver winning both the race and the championship, with Harvick becoming the 2014 champion. Newman would finish second, Hamlin seventh, and Logano 16th due to the jack slipping on a late pit stop. \|- '''2015:''' Kevin Harvick, Kyle Busch, Jeff Gordon, and [[Martin Truex Jr.]] were the four drivers going for the title. For the second year in a row, and for the third time in the last five years, a driver won both the race and the championship. This time, it was [[Joe Gibbs Racing]]'s [[Kyle Busch]], who became the 2015 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Champion despite missing the first 11 races of the season due to an injury to his leg and foot that he suffered in a wreck during the first [[Xfinity Series]] race of the season at [[Daytona International Speedway]]. He held off defending champion Harvick in a seven-lap shootout. Also, Gordon, who led nine laps early, finished sixth in his final NASCAR Cup Series start before retiring from racing full-time and moving into the ''[[Fox NASCAR]]'' broadcast booth for the 2016 season. Truex would wind up finishing 12th, with the Penske guys of Keselowski and Logano being the dominators of the race leading 86 and 72 laps respectively. \| [[Office Depot]] '''2016:''' This race was the last one under the Sprint brand before [[Monster Energy]] would take over for 2017. It was also the last race for [[Carl Edwards]], three-time champion [[Tony Stewart]], [[Brian Scott]], and [[Greg Biffle]]. Defending champion [[Kyle Busch]], [[Joey Logano]], Carl Edwards, and six-time champion [[Jimmie Johnson]] entered as the four who would compete for the title. [[Kyle Larson]] dominated the day, leading 132 laps. On a restart within the final laps, Edwards attempted to block an advancing Logano, but hooked himself into Logano's bumper, sending him careening back into traffic and hard into the outside wall, with the car becoming airborne briefly. Logano came up into his teammate [[Brad Keselowski]] and [[Martin Truex Jr.]], with Truex's car catching fire. After a lengthy red flag for cleanup, another quick caution flew when [[Ricky Stenhouse Jr.]] spun coming onto the backstretch. On an overtime finish, Johnson blasted by Larson and held off Logano to hoist his seventh crown, tying him with [[Dale Earnhardt]] and [[Richard Petty]] for most all-time in NASCAR's premier division. \| 2008, 2011 '''2017:''' For the fourth time using the format, the Championship 4 drivers were Keselowski, Harvick, Kyle Busch, and Martin Truex Jr. For the second straight year, Kyle Larson led the most laps (145) and won the first two stages (NASCAR's new stage format) at laps 80 and 160. A final green-flag run saw Truex and Busch running 1-2 riding up against the wall, with Truex winning the race over Busch and scoring his first championship after leading 78 laps in the No. 78 car. \|- '''2018:''' Kevin Harvick, Kyle Busch, and Martin Truex Jr., and Joey Logano were the final four drivers in the championship round. Truex was in position to win in the final race for Furniture Row Motorsports (which was shutting down at the end of the season). However, a late-race caution with less than 20 laps set up a run to the finish that saw Logano win his first series championship. All four Championship 4 drivers swept the top four finishing positions: Logano-1st, Truex Jr.-2nd, Harvick-3rd, and Kyle Busch-4th. Logano led a race-high 80 laps to become the first driver to lead the most laps and win the race since Carl Edwards in 2010. \| [[M&M's]] \| 2015, 2019 ~~==See also==~~ \|} [[Baptist Health 200]] [[Contender Boats 250]] ==References== Line 462 ⟶ 557: ==External links== * {{Racing-Reference track\|Homestead-Miami_Speedway\|Homestead–Miami Speedway}} {{NASCAR next race \| Series = NASCAR Cup Series \| Race = ~~Dixie~~Straight ~~Vodka~~Talk ~~400~~Wireless \| Previous_race = [[South Point 400]] \| Next_race = [[Xfinity 500]] Line 476 ⟶ 571: [[Category:1999 establishments in Florida]] [[Category:Ford Motor Company]] [[Category:NASCAR races at Homestead-Miami Speedway\| ]] [[Category:NASCAR Cup Series races]] [[Category:Recurring sporting events established in 1999]]