MOTORSPORTS 101

The 2012 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season comes to a close at Homestead-Miami Speedway this weekend with Brad Keselowski and Jimmie Johnson being the two drivers that still can win the championship. Both drivers have never visited victory lane at Homestead where the series will be racing for the 14th time.

Roush Fenway Racing has won seven of the 13 races at the 1.5 mile track with Greg Biffle having three wins, Carl Edwards two, Matt Kenseth one, and Kurt Busch one back in in 2002 when he was with the team. Tony Stewart won the first two races in 1999 and 2000 at the facility and also won last year's season finale to clinch the championship. The only other two drivers to win at Homestead were Bobby Labonte in 2003 and Denny Hamlin in 2009.

There are 47 cars entered to make the 43 car field meaning that four of the 12 go-or-go-home cars will not make the race. Qualifying is set for 6 p.m. ET on Friday evening. Here is the complete entry list for the Ford EcoBoost 400.

Car #	Driver	Make	Sponsor	Team	In/Out	Homestead Wins
1	Jamie McMurray	Chevrolet	Bass Pro Shops	EGR	In	0
2	Brad Keselowski	Dodge	Miller Lite	Penske	In	0
5	Kasey Kahne	Chevrolet	Farmers Insurance	Hendrick	In	0
6	Rikcy Stenhouse Jr.	Ford	Fifth Third Bank	Roush	Not In	0
9	Marcos Ambrose	Ford	Black & Decker	RPM	In	0
10	David Reutimann	Chevrolet	TMone.com	TBR	In	0
11	Denny Hamlin	Toyota	FedEx Express	JGR	In	1
13	Casey Mears	Ford	GEICO	Germain	In	0
14	Tony Stewart	Chevrolet	Office Depot / Mobil 1	SHR	In	3
15	Clint Bowyer	Toyota	5-hour Energy	MWR	In	0
16	Greg Biffle	Ford	3M	Roush	In	3
17	Matt Kenseth	Ford	Best Buy	Roush	In	1
18	Kyle Busch	Toyota	M&M's	JGR	In	0
19	Mike Bliss	Toyota	Plinker Tactical	HSR	Not In	0
20	Joey Logano	Toyota	The Home Depot	JGR	In	0
21	Trevor Bayne	Ford	Motorcraft / Quick Lane Tire & Auto Center	Wood Brothers	Not In	0
22	Sam Hornish Jr.	Dodge	Shell / Pennzoil	Penske	In	0
23	Scott Riggs	Chevrolet	North Texas Pipe	R3	Not In	0
24	Jeff Gordon	Chevrolet	DuPont	Hendrick	In	0
26	Josh Wise	Ford	MDS Transport	Front Row	Not In	0
27	Paul Menard	Chevrolet	Menards / Duracell	RCR	In	0
29	Kevin Harvick	Chevrolet	Budweiser	RCR	In	0
30	David Stremme	Toyota	Inception Motorsports	IM	Not In	0
31	Jeff Burton	Chevrolet	Caterpillar	RCR	In	0
32	Ken Schrader	Ford	Federated Auto Parts	FAS Lane	In	0
33	Stephen Leicht	Chevrolet	Little Joes Autos.com	Joe Falk	Not In	0
34	David Ragan	Ford	Barrett-Jackson	Front Row	In	0
36	Dave Blaney	Chevrolet	Florida Lottery	TBR	In	0
37	JJ Yeley	Chevrolet	C&C Audio Video & Appliance, Inc.	LGM	Not In	0
38	David Gilliland	Ford	Long John Silver's	Front Row	In	0
39	Ryan Newman	Chevrolet	U.S. Army	SHR	In	0
42	Juan Montoya	Chevrolet	Target	EGR	In	0
43	Aric Almirola	Chevrolet	Smithfield	RPM	In	0
47	Bobby Labonte	Toyota	Clorox	JTG	In	1
48	Jimmie Johnson	Chevrolet	Lowe's	Hendrick	In	0
51	Regan Smith	Chevrolet	Phoenix Construction	Phoenix	In	0
55	Mark Martin	Toyota	Aaron's Dream Machine	MWR	In	0
56	Martin Truex Jr.	Toyota	NAPA Auto Parts	MWR	In	0
78	Kurt Busch	Chevrolet	Furniture Row	Furniture Row	In	1
79	Reed Sorenson	Toyota	United Supermarkets	GGR	Not	0
83	Landon Cassill	Toyota	Burger King	BK Racing	In	0
87	Joe Nemechek	Toyota	AM-FM Energy Wood & Pellet Stoves / aloft hotel tempe	NEMCO	Not In	0
88	Dale Earnhardt Jr.	Chevrolet	National Guard / Diet Mountain Dew	Hendrick	In	0
91	Jason Leffler	Toyota	Plinker Tactical	HSR	Not In	0
93	Travis Kvapil	Toyota	Burger King	BK Racing	In	0
98	Michael McDowell	Ford	Phil Parsons Racing	PPR	Not In	0
99	Carl Edwards	Ford	Fastenal	Roush	In	2

 

Tags: Bobby Labonte, Brad Keselowski, Carl Edwards, Denny Hamlin, Greg Biffle, Homestead-Miami Speedway, Jimmie Johnson, Kurt Busch, matt kenseth, Motorsports, NASCAR, NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, Tony Stewart

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