NASCAR Podcast
Nov. 15, 2013
By Reid Spencer
NASCAR Wire Service
HOMESTEAD, Fla. — It took Kyle Busch three attempts at a green-white-checkered flag finish to win Friday’s NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Ford EcoBoost 200 at Homestead-Miami Speedway, but the overtime laps gave him an unexpected bonus: an owners’ championship for Kyle Busch Motorsports. Continue reading “Kyle Busch Wins Homestead Race; Matt Crafton Clinches Truck Series Title”
Five-time NASCAR Sprint Cup champion Jimmie Johnson and the No. 48 team with crew chief Chad Knaus may seem like they have super human qualities, but we all know they are just people. Great people, no doubt.
by Dwight Drum at Racetake.com
Those talented people take their No. 48 Chevrolet hauler full of super machines to Homestead-Miami Speedway this weekend for the Ford EcoBoost 400 during the Ford Championship Weekend in Homestead, Florida.
They are seeking a sixth NASCAR Sprint Cup championship in the HMS finale after nine races of NASCAR’s playoffs, the Chase for the Sprint Cup.
Their team sits at the top of the point heap with a 28 point buffer. That’s no guarantee as a total of 48 points remain to be grasped potentially by some winner, but given their performance history it’s a substantial hurdle for Matt Kenseth and team. Continue reading “FYI WIRZ: NASCAR’s Chase Finale Has Two Contenders And Maybe One Super Human”
Matt Kenseth faces a huge handicap heading to Homestead-Miami Speedway. The second-place driver entering the season finale has won the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series championship before but Kenseth’s 28-point deficit is far greater than the 15 points Jimmie Johnson overcame in 2010 and the three points Tony Stewart erased the following season. NASCAR Sprint Cup history’s biggest comeback is 30 points – roughly seven under the current system – by Alan Kulwicki in 1992.
1 – Jimmie Johnson (No. 48 Lowe’s Chevrolet)
· Season-to-Date Driver Rating: 110.3
2013 Rundown
· Six wins, 16 top fives, 23 top 10s; three poles
· Average finish of 10.7
· Led 23 races for 1,985 laps
Homestead-Miami Speedway Outlook:
· Four top fives, seven top 10s; two poles
· Average finish of 15.3 in 12 races
· Average Running Position of 13.8, ninth-best
· Driver Rating of 95.1, sixth-best
· 62 Fastest Laps Run, 13th-most
· 1,533 Laps in the Top 15 (71.7%), fifth-most
· 339 Quality Passes (passes of cars in the top 15 under green), fifth-most Continue reading “Top 3 NASCAR Driver Stats Heading To Homestead-Miami Speedway”
Four drivers who won in 2012 – but haven’t visited Victory Lane this season – have one final chance to extend victory streaks. Denny Hamlin has won at least once in seven consecutive seasons from 2006-2012 and won at Homestead-Miami Speedway in 2009. Clint Bowyer’s run from 2010-12 is three years. Marcos Ambrose has a two-season streak from 2011-2012. Dale Earnhardt Jr. hopes to add a victory – his 20th – for a second consecutive year.
The Final Lap Weekly 