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If you don’t have plans to visit Las Vegas this week, NASCAR.COM has you covered with the following online viewing schedule.

WEDNESDAY

4:30 p.m.: Fanfest, including “Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader” featuring the Chase drivers and hosted by Carrot Top

THURSDAY

12:30 p.m.: 2013 Chevrolet Sprint Cup Series car unveiling

2 p.m.: NMPA Myers Brothers Awards luncheon

6:30 p.m.: NASCAR Victory Lap, a live ride-along through the Las Vegas Strip with Brad Keselowski

8 p.m.: NASCAR After the Lap live from Planet Hollywood

8 p.m.: Camping World Truck Series and Nationwide Series champion speeches

FRIDAY

3 p.m.: Miss Sprint Cup live chat with champion Brad Keselowski

8 p.m.: Sprint Cup Series awards ceremony

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Multiple Premier Music And Entertainment Acts Will Rock The House
At 2012 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Awards

Train, Lifehouse, Natasha Bedingfield, Phillip Phillips And
The Beatles LOVE By Cirque du Soleil Fill Star-Studded Lineup

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (Nov. 20, 2012) – The Wynn Las Vegas will truly be star-studded on Nov. 30, when Train, Lifehouse, Natasha Bedingfield, Phillip Phillips and performers from The Beatles LOVE take the stage during the 2012 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Awards™.

The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Awards will be hosted by “America’s Got Talent” judge Howie Mandel and will begin at 8 p.m. ET with live coverage on SPEED, Motor Racing Network Radio and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio. The awards are the culmination of NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Champion’s Week™ and will honor the 2012 champion along with the rest of the top 10 drivers in the final Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup™ standings.

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SHOW #229 – We do a complete wrap-up of all three series at Homestead Miami Speedway. Brad Keselowski tells us how he almost wrecked Jeff Gordon’s 24 Cup car with his Nationwide Series car, plus we hear from all the 2012 Champions. To answer your question, YES, we will be here every single week of the off-season. So get your fix! Hosted by Kerry Murphey and Toby Christie

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Continue reading “The Final Lap Weekly #229 – Brad Keselowski, Ricky Stenhouse Jr., and James Buescher 2012 NASCAR Champions”

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By Reid Spencer
NASCAR Wire Service

HOMESTEAD, Fla. — The fuel strategy that was supposed to carry Jimmie Johnson to a sixth championship instead made a winner of his teammate, Jeff Gordon, who triumphed in Sunday’s Ford EcoBoost 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway as Brad Keselowski locked up the NASCAR Sprint Cup title.

Gordon crossed the finish line 1.028 seconds ahead of Clint Bowyer, his nemesis from a week ago at Phoenix, as Johnson’s No. 48 Chevrolet sat forlorn in the garage, Johnson’s title hopes the victim of a pit road mistake and a rare part failure.

Ryan Newman ran third, followed by Kyle Busch and Greg Biffle.

Continue reading “Brad Keselowski Clinches Championship, As Jeff Gordon Wins At Homestead”

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RACE RECAP | HOMESTEAD-MIAMI SPEEDWAY
10 Dale Earnhardt Jr.
9 Kurt Busch (another Top 10)
8 Kevin Harvick
7 Aric Almirola
6 Martin Truex Jr.
5 Greg Biffle
4 Kyle Busch dominated again, led the most laps
3 Ryan Newman
2 Clint Bowyer finished 2nd in points on the season

VICTORY LANE

1 Jeff Gordon takes the checkered flag on the 20th anniversary of his very first Cup Series start. 87th career cup win.

Continue reading “Jeff Gordon Wins Homestead-Miami Speedway, Brad Keselowski Is 2012 Cup Champion”