NASCAR Miami Sunday, October 20, 2024

Miami NASCAR Cup Series Stats Highlights

Christopher Bell 2023 Miami winner

Started 13th, finished 9th in Stage 1 & 22nd in Stage 2, only led 26 of final 38 laps, avg. running pos.: 11th

2023 Winner pit stops: Christopher Bell – 6 Stops 33 (G), 81, 115 (G), 168, 218, 239

8 Different winners last 8 Homestead-Miami races –

Jimmie Johnson, Martin Truex Jr., Joey Logano, Kyle Busch, Denny Hamlin, William Byron, Kyle Larson & Christopher Bell

First Homestead-Miami win for last 3 winners – William Byron, Kyle Larson & Christopher Bell

Kyle Larson led most laps last 2 Homestead-Miami races – 2022 Winner & finished 34th in 2023

Homestead-Miami season finale 2002-‘19

Joe Gibbs Racing: 9 Homestead-Miami wins – 5 Different drivers (Bell, Kyle Busch, Hamlin, B. Labonte & Stewart)

Bill Elliott (2001), Denny Hamlin (2013) & William Byron (2021) scored first win of the season at Homestead-Miami

Denny Hamlin started first 6 of last 9 Homestead-Miami races – 2019, ’20 & ‘21 No qualifying

3 Won Homestead-Miami from first starting position – Bill Elliott 2001, Kurt Busch 2002 & Denny Hamlin 2020

1 Homestead-Miami race settled by last lap pass (2003) – Bobby Labonte passed Bill Elliott

Tony Stewart only Rookie of the Year contender to win Homestead-Miami (1999)

Ford leads all manufacturers with 8 Homestead-Miami wins – 1 Win last 12 races (2018)

Miami NASCAR Xfinity Series Stats Highlights

Miami wins:

Joe Gibbs Racing: 5; JR Motorsports: 4; Richard Childress Racing: 4; Stewart-Haas Racing: 2; Kaulig Racing: 0 

Homestead-Miami season finale 1995-‘19

First Homestead-Miami win last 5 winners – Harrison Burton, Chase Briscoe, Myatt Snider, Noah Gragson & Sam Mayer

2 Homestead-Miami NASCAR Xfinity Series races settled by last lap pass

Final lead change with 2 laps to go 3 of last 5 Homestead-Miami races

Jeff Burton led only final lap 1998 Homestead-Miami

9 Scored first win of the season at Homestead-Miami

5 Won first career race at Homestead-Miami – Lepage, Kahne, Smith, Custer & Snider

3 Rookie of the Year contenders won Homestead-Miami

Cole Custer (2017), Tyler Reddick (2018) & Harrison Burton (6/13/20)