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NASCAR Cup Series At Homestead–Miami Speedway
The Straight Talk Wireless 400 is a NASCAR Cup Series race held at 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. Kyle Larson is the defending winner of the event. History The inaugural race was held in 1999 in mid-November as the second to last race of the Cup series the season behind the Ambetter Health 400, NAPA 500 and where it would remain that way as the second to third final race of the season until 2002. In 2002 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, 2002 the race was made the final race in the NASCAR Cup Series season, a position it would hold until 2019 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, 2019, during which it was also the final race of the 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NASCAR Cup Series
The NASCAR Cup Series is the top racing series of the NASCAR, National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR), the most prestigious stock car racing series in the United States. The series began in 1949 as the Strictly Stock Division, and from 1950 to 1970 it was known as the Grand National Division. In 1971, when the series began leasing its naming rights to the R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, it was referred to as the NASCAR Winston Cup Series (1971–2003). A similar deal was made with Nextel Communications, Nextel in 2003, and it became the NASCAR Nextel Cup Series (2004–2007). Sprint Corporation, Sprint acquired Nextel in 2005, and in 2008 the series was renamed the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (2008–2016). In December 2016, it was announced that Monster Energy would become the new title sponsor, and the series was renamed the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series (2017–2019). In 2019, NASCAR rejected Monster's offer to extend the naming rights deal beyond the end of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
