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2026 NASCAR Championship Weekend Moves to Homestead-Miami Speedway on Nov. 6-8

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Homestead-Miami Speedway Previously Hosted NASCAR Championship Weekend for 18 Years from 2002-2019

New Rotating Model for NASCAR Championship Weekend to be Shared Among NASCAR’s Marquee Venues & Key Markets

MIAMI, Fla. (May 6, 2025) – NASCAR announced today that the 2026 NASCAR Championship Weekend, featuring the NASCAR Cup Series, NASCAR Xfinity Series, and NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series, will be held at Homestead-Miami Speedway to conclude the 2026 season. This will be the first time since 2019 that NASCAR’s three national series will crown their champions at the South Florida racetrack.

The announcement marks a Homestead homecoming for the conclusion to the NASCAR Playoffs, as the track previously hosted the NASCAR Championship from 2002 to 2019. NASCAR Championship Weekend at Homestead-Miami Speedway will be held on Nov. 6-8, 2026.

As part of this shift, the NASCAR Championship Weekend will move to a new rotating model as part of a fan-centric effort to ensure that the season’s exciting conclusion is shared amongst NASCAR’s marquee venues and key markets. Similar to other major sports championships, NASCAR will showcase its championship weekend on the new rotating model to provide greater exposure for its season’s finale in multiple markets.

“Homestead-Miami Speedway has a history of competitive, championship racing that will provide nostalgia for veteran drivers and fans and exhilaration for NASCAR’s new generation,” said Ben Kennedy, EVP, Chief Venue & Racing Innovation Officer. “As we move forward, the rotating model will provide new challenges for competitors as well as opportunities for unique venues to host our loyal fans at NASCAR Championship Weekend.”

“As we celebrate our 30th season, it is fitting we will start our next decade returning to our championship roots at Homestead-Miami Speedway,” said Guillermo Santa Cruz, Homestead-Miami Speedway President. “The 2026 NASCAR Championship Weekend will offer the brightest young stars of the sport the opportunity to join the illustrious 18-year history of championship racing in South Florida alongside veteran fan-favorite drivers.”

Three active drivers who were crowned Cup Series champions at Homestead-Miami Speedway will be hoping that history repeats itself in 2026 – Kyle Busch of Richard Childress Racing (2015, 2019), Brad Keselowski of RFK Racing (2012), and Joey Logano of Team Penske (2018). Logano has also added two championships at Phoenix Raceway (2022, 2024).

Phoenix Raceway has been a model racetrack hosting NASCAR Championship Weekend with sellouts and an unparalleled fan experience since 2020. As part of the 2026 NASCAR schedule, Phoenix Raceway will continue to host two Cup Series race dates and be a part of the NASCAR Championship as it will continue to host a prominent race in the Round of 8 in the NASCAR Playoffs. Those dates will be announced in the near future. The racetrack will also be included in the championship rotation, so NASCAR Championship Weekend will return to conclude a future season.

Tickets for 2026 NASCAR Championship Weekend at Homestead-Miami Speedway can be purchased at 866-409-7223 or online at www.homesteadmiamispeedway.com. Fans can stay connected to Homestead-Miami Speedway on Facebook, Instagram, and X.

About Homestead-Miami Speedway

Founded by Miami businessman, racing enthusiast and philanthropist Ralph Sanchez, Homestead-Miami Speedway has been open since 1995 following an initiative to spur economic recovery in the aftermath of Hurricane Andrew. The 650-acre facility features a 1.5-mile oval and 2.21-mile road course which also hosts on-track events nearly 300 days per year and generates more than $301 million annually for the region. NASCAR crowned champions in all three of its national series at Homestead-Miami Speedway for 18 straight years (2002-19). For more information on Homestead-Miami Speedway, including tickets and schedule information for the 2026 NASCAR Championship Weekend on Nov. 6-8, visit www.homesteadmiamispeedway.com. Fans can stay connected to Homestead-Miami Speedway on Facebook, Instagram, and X.

About NASCAR

The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) is the sanctioning body for the No. 1 form of motorsports in the United States and owner of 14 of the nation’s major motorsports entertainment facilities. NASCAR sanctions races in three national series (NASCAR Cup Series™, NASCAR Xfinity Series™, and NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series™), four international series (NASCAR Brasil Series, NASCAR Canada Series, NASCAR Euro Series, NASCAR Mexico Series), four regional series (ARCA Menards Series, ARCA Menards Series East & West and the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour) and a local grassroots series (NASCAR Advance Auto Parts Weekly Series). The International Motor Sports Association™ (IMSA®) governs the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship™, the premier U.S. sports car series. NASCAR also owns Motor Racing Network, Racing Electronics, and ONE DAYTONA. Based in Daytona Beach, Florida, with offices in five cities across North America, NASCAR sanctions more than 1,200 races annually in 11 countries and more than 30 U.S. states.

For more information visit www.NASCAR.com and www.IMSA.com, and follow NASCAR on Instagram, YouTube, TikTok, X and Facebook.

El Fin de Semana del Campeonato NASCAR 2026 se traslada al Homestead-Miami Speedway del 6 al 8 de noviembre

El Homestead-Miami Speedway albergó anteriormente el Fin de Semana del Campeonato NASCAR durante 18 años, de 2002 a 2019

El nuevo modelo de rotación para el Fin de Semana del Campeonato NASCAR se repartirá entre las sedes más importantes y los mercados clave de la NASCAR

MIAMI, Florida (6 de mayo de 2025) – La NASCAR anunció hoy que el Fin de Semana del Campeonato NASCAR 2026, en el que participarán la NASCAR Cup Series, la NASCAR Xfinity Series y la NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series, se celebrará en el Homestead-Miami Speedway para concluir la temporada 2026. Esta será la primera vez desde 2019 que las tres series nacionales de la NASCAR coronarán a sus campeones en el autódromo del sur de la Florida.

El anuncio marca el regreso de Homestead para la conclusión de los Playoffs de la NASCAR, ya que la pista albergó previamente el Campeonato de NASCAR de 2002 a 2019. El Fin de Semana del Campeonato NASCAR en el Homestead-Miami Speedway se celebrará del 6 al 8 de noviembre de 2026.

Como parte de este cambio, el Fin de Semana del Campeonato NASCAR adoptará un nuevo modelo rotatorio como parte de un esfuerzo centrado en los aficionados para garantizar que el emocionante final de la temporada se comparta entre las principales sedes y mercados clave de la NASCAR. Al igual que otros campeonatos deportivos importantes, la NASCAR presentará su Fin de Semana de Campeonato en el nuevo modelo rotativo para proporcionar una mayor visibilidad a su final de temporada en múltiples mercados.

“Homestead-Miami Speedway cuenta con una larga trayectoria de carreras de campeonato competitivas que inspirará nostalgia a los pilotos y aficionados veteranos e inyectará emoción a la nueva generación de NASCAR”, dijo Ben Kennedy, Vicepresidente Ejecutivo y director de Innovación de Carreras. “A medida que avanzamos, el modelo rotativo ofrecerá nuevos desafíos para los competidores, así como oportunidades para que sedes únicas reciban a nuestros fieles aficionados durante el Fin de Semana del Campeonato NASCAR”.

“Al celebrar nuestra temporada número 30, es apropiado que iniciemos nuestra próxima década volviendo a nuestras raíces de campeonato en el Homestead-Miami Speedway”, dijo Guillermo Santa Cruz, Presidente del Homestead-Miami Speedway. “El Fin de Semana del Campeonato NASCAR 2026 ofrecerá a las estrellas jóvenes más brillantes del deporte la oportunidad de unirse a la ilustre historia de 18 años de carreras de campeonato en el sur de la Florida junto a los pilotos veteranos favoritos de los aficionados”.

Tres pilotos en activo que se coronaron campeones de la Cup Series en el Homestead-Miami Speedway esperan que la historia se repita en 2026: Kyle Busch, de Richard Childress Racing (2015, 2019), Brad Keselowski, de RFK Racing (2012), y Joey Logano, de Team Penske (2018). Logano también ha sumado dos campeonatos en Phoenix Raceway (2022, 2024).

Phoenix Raceway ha sido un autódromo modelo, sede del Fin de Semana del Campeonato NASCAR con entradas agotadas y una experiencia inigualable para los aficionados desde 2020. Como parte del calendario de la NASCAR de 2026, el Phoenix Raceway seguirá albergando dos fechas de carreras de la Cup Series y formará parte del Campeonato de la NASCAR, ya que seguirá albergando una carrera destacada en la Ronda de 8 de los Playoffs de la NASCAR. Esas fechas se anunciarán en un futuro próximo. El autódromo también se incluirá en la rotación del campeonato, por lo que el Fin de Semana del Campeonato NASCAR volverá para concluir una temporada futura.

Las entradas para el Fin de Semana del Campeonato NASCAR 2026 en el Homestead-Miami Speedway se pueden adquirir llamando al 866-409-7223 o en línea en www.homesteadmiamispeedway.com. Los aficionados pueden mantenerse en contacto con Homestead-Miami Speedway en Facebook, Instagram y X

Sobre Homestead-Miami Speedway

Fundado por el empresario de Miami, amante del automovilismo y filántropo Ralph Sanchez, el autódromo Homestead-Miami Speedway abrió en 1995 tras una iniciativa que buscaba revitalizar la recuperación económica de la región tras el paso del huracán Andrew. La instalación de 650 acres cuenta con un óvalo de 1.5 millas y un circuito de 2.21 millas en el cual se realizan distintos eventos 300 días al año, generando más de $301 millones anuales para la región. En esta pista NASCAR coronó a los campeones de las tres series nacionales durante 18 años consecutivos (2002-2019). Para más información acerca de Homestead-Miami Speedway, incluyendo boletos e itinerario para el Fin de Semana del Campeonato NASCAR 2026 visite www.homesteadmiamispeedway.com. Los aficionados pueden mantenerse en contacto con Homestead-Miami Speedway en Facebook, Instagram y X

Sobre la NASCAR

La National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing, Inc. (NASCAR) es el ente sancionador de la serie de automovilismo No. 1 de Estados Unidos y propietaria de 14 principales instalaciones para el automovilismo y entretenimiento en el país. La NASCAR consiste en 3 series nacionales (la NASCAR Cup Series™, la NASCAR Xfinity Series™ y la NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series™), cuatro series internacionales (NASCAR Brasil Series, NASCAR Canada Series, NASCAR Euro Series, NASCAR Mexico Series) y cuatro series regionales (ARCA Menards Series, ARCA Menards Series East & West y la NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour), y una serie local de desarrollo (NASCAR Advance Auto Parts Weekly Series). La International Motor Sports Association™ (IMSA®) gobierna el IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship™, la principal serie de autos deportivos en Estados Unidos. La NASCAR también es dueña de la Motor Racing Network, la Racing Electronics y ONE DAYTONA. Con sede en Daytona Beach, Florida y oficinas en cinco ciudades en América del Norte, la NASCAR sanciona más de 1,200 carreras en 11 países y más de 30 estados de Estados Unidos.

Para más información, visita www.NASCAR.com y http://www.IMSA.com Sigue a la NASCAR en Instagram, YouTube, TikTok, X y Facebook.

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Championship Weekend Comes Home: After Seven Years Away, NASCAR’s Titles Return to Homestead

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HOMESTEAD, Fla. — For 18 straight years, NASCAR’s season ended under the South Florida sun. From 2002 through 2019, every Cup Series champion was crowned at Homestead-Miami Speedway, on a 1.5-mile oval where the fastest line runs inches from the wall and the palm trees sway over the backstretch. Then the finale moved away. This year, it comes home.

NASCAR Championship Weekend runs Nov. 6–8, 2026, at Homestead-Miami Speedway, and for the first time since 2019 all three national series will settle their championships on the same South Florida weekend. The sport made it official back in May 2025, announcing that Homestead would host the finale as part of a new rotating model — championship weekend will move among tracks year to year, with Homestead first up and Phoenix Raceway, the finale’s home since 2020, staying in the rotation.

“It’s the place to be,” Homestead-Miami Speedway president Guillermo Santa Cruz said when the return was announced. “South Florida is the best place in America to host events — we have the weather, the people, the culture and the excitement.”

A weekend built in threes

The weekend stacks one championship per day. It opens Friday night, Nov. 6, when the NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series runs its title race at 7:30 p.m. ET on FS1 — 134 laps, 201 miles. Trucks get the weekend started early, with practice on Thursday evening and qualifying Friday afternoon.

Saturday, Nov. 7, belongs to the NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series — the circuit formerly known as the Xfinity Series, renamed for 2026. Its championship race goes off at 5 p.m. ET on The CW, 200 laps and 300 miles, with qualifying earlier in the day. When the checkered flag falls, the track keeps the party going with a post-race concert by Orlando Mendez from 8 to 9:30 p.m.

Sunday, Nov. 8, is the main event: the NASCAR Cup Series Championship, 267 laps and 400.5 miles, live on NBC at 3 p.m. ET. Before the green flag, a pre-race concert takes over the frontstretch at 1 p.m. — the speedway has announced Miami’s own Jason Derulo will headline it — and when the race ends, fans can reach the frontstretch through the crossover gates for the championship celebration.

The Chase changes everything

This is not the championship format Homestead fans remember. Gone is the elimination playoff that produced a winner-take-all Championship 4. In its place, NASCAR brought back The Chase for 2026 — in all three series.

Here is how it works in the Cup Series: the top 16 drivers in points after the 26-race regular season make the Chase. There is no more “win and you’re in” — a victory no longer locks anyone into the postseason. The 16 are seeded by their regular-season points, with the regular-season champion starting at 2,100 points, and they run 10 races with no eliminations, no rounds and no resets. A race win is worth 55 points, stage points still count, and when the last lap ends at Homestead on Nov. 8, the driver with the most points is the champion. Simple as that.

The other two series run the same playbook on a smaller scale: 12 drivers over nine races in the O’Reilly Auto Parts Series, and 10 drivers over seven races in the Truck Series. All three titles come down to who has been best, most consistently, over the full stretch run — and all three will be decided at Homestead.

With two races left — Martinsville on Nov. 1, then Homestead — Kyle Larson leads the Cup Series Chase after winning at Talladega on Oct. 25, and the field behind him is fighting to keep his run from turning into a coronation. Larson knows this track as well as anyone in the field: he won the Cup races at Homestead in 2022 and again in March 2025. Nothing is decided yet. Under The Chase, every position at Martinsville and every lap at Homestead carries championship weight — there is no scenario where Nov. 8 is a formality.

A track that demands everything

Homestead-Miami Speedway opened in 1995, part of South Florida’s rebuild after Hurricane Andrew, and it has been making champions uncomfortable ever since. The 1.5-mile asphalt oval carries variable banking — 18 to 20 degrees through the turns — that lets drivers search for grip from the apron to the wall. The signature Homestead move is running the top lane, throttle down, with the right side of the car kissing the barrier. It is how Tyler Reddick won here in 2024, and it is how titles were won here for nearly two decades: Jimmie Johnson sealed his record-tying seventh championship at Homestead in 2016, and Kyle Busch (2015, 2019), Brad Keselowski (2012) and Joey Logano (2018) all lifted the Cup at this track.

The grandstands hold 55,000, the Fan Zone opens every race day and stays open until the checkered flag, and the campgrounds fill up early — camper load-in starts Thursday alongside the first practice session. The weekend also has a hometown artistic stamp: Miami pop artist Romero Britto, announced as the weekend’s honorary creative director, designed a special trophy for the winner’s Victory Lane celebration and painted a mural on the speedway tower.

The practical details: tickets, hospitality packages and camping are on sale now through homesteadmiamispeedway.com or by calling 866-409-7223. If you are watching from home, it is FS1 on Friday night, The CW on Saturday, and NBC for the Cup finale on Sunday at 3 p.m. ET.

Seven years ago, Homestead-Miami Speedway stopped being where NASCAR seasons end. On Nov. 8, with three champions crowned in three days and a Chase that rewards the best driver over the long haul, it becomes that place again.

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