The final
showdown in the Sprint
Cup Chase kicks off on Sunday afternoon, November 18, 2012 airing live from the Homestead-Miami Speedway on ESPN.
Since 2002, the Ford 400 has been part of the Ford Championship Weekend, the final week of the official NASCAR season. As such, it's THE biggest race of the year and the hottest ticket in racing.
Ultimately, it's all about racking up the points at the Ford 400 for the last chance to vie for the NASCAR crown.
Ford 400 tickets traditionally go on sale in the spring, with prices ranging anywhere from the hundreds of dollars to thousands for special ticket-and-travel packages to Miami. As the Ford 400 is the only major NASCAR race to occur in the Miami area, tickets go fast as locals snatch them up as soon as they are made available.
In 2011, the phenomenal Tony Stewart won his third Sprint Cup championship when he held off Carl Edwards to win the season-ending race at Homestead-Miami Speedway in the closest title race in NASCAR history.
Ford 400 winners:
2004 Greg Biffle
2005 Greg Biffle
2006 Greg Biffle
2007 Matt Kenseth
2008 Carl Edwards
2009 Denny Hamlin
2010 Carl Edwards
2011 Tony Stewart
Sprint Cup winners: 2004 Kurt Busch
2005 Tony Stewart
2006 Jimmie Johnson
2007 Jimmie Johnson
2008 Jimmie Johnson
2009 Jimmie Johnson
2010 Jimmie Johnson
2011 Tony Stewart
Tony Stewart wins the 2011 Ford 400 and Sprint Cup Championship
More about
the Ford 400 around the Web:
Homestead-Miami
Speedway - The official site of the Ford 400 venue with photos, news features & ticket info.
NASCAR
on Yahoo! Sports - Extensive coverage of the Ford 400 with feature articles, news, video and picture gallery.
NASCAR
on ESPN - Top Ford 400 news & stories, photos, streaming video reports, current standings, and more in the Nextel Cup archive.