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The Nov. 18 Ford 400 season finale of the Nextel Cup Series in Homestead, Fla., received a 4.2 national rating on ABC, down 11 percent from the same race one year ago, according to Nielsen Media Research.
The NASCAR offseason began Monday, and one of the biggest challenges facing teams will be finding a way to beat juggernaut Hendrick Motorsports.
Two Nextel Cup championships down, and Jimmie Johnson and crew chief Chad Knaus are already thinking about a third.
At last we can refer to 10-race winner Jimmie Johnson as the 2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup champion, after he took a virtual stranglehold on the title weeks ago. Well done, Jimmie.
Riding the old racing elevator after Sunday's South Florida finale:
Some observations on Sunday's Ford 400, the final race of the 2007 Nextel CUp season:
Noting the Chase and how those top-12 drivers fared in Sunday's Ford 400:
Key moments in Sunday's Ford 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway:
HOMESTEAD, Fla. - Jimmie Johnson's personality resembles the weather we had just south of Miami on Sunday for NASCAR's finale. He's pleasant. Sunny. And nondescript.
HOMESTEAD, Fla. - Jeff Gordon is acting as if he’s ready to become one of NASCAR’s elder statesmen. Gordon was in a reflective mood Sunday, only a few minutes after finishing fourth in Sunday’s Ford 400.
HOMESTEAD, Fla. – Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s final race in the No. 8 was just like so many others this season.
Jimmie Johnson joined an elite list Sunday, becoming just the 10th driver in NASCAR history to win consecutive season championships.
Re-enacting a scene that’s occurred thousands of times before, a father approached Dale Earnhardt Jr. before Sunday’s Ford 400 and asked the driver to take a photo with his son.
For the 15th straight year, the driver who entered the season’s final race atop the standings wound up winning the NASCAR championship.
Final but unofficial NASCAR Nextel Cup driver standings after Sunday’s Ford 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway :
| TRACK FACTS Date Opened: Fall 1995 First NWCS Race: Pennzoil 400, November 14, 1999 Qualifying Record: Jamie McMurray, 181.111 mph (29.816 sec.), 11/14/03 Race Record: Bobby Labonte, 116.868 mph, 11/16/03 Owner: ISC President: Curtis Gray Phone: (305) 230-5000 Tickets: (305) 230-7223 Shipping Address: One Speedway Blvd. Homestead, FL 33035 Mailing Address: One Speedway Blvd. Homestead, FL 33035 |
TRACK CONFIGURATION Distance: 1.5 Mile Oval Banking: 20° variable Length of Frontstretch: 1,760 ft. Length of Backstretch: 1,760 ft. Grandstand Seating: 72,000 Miles/Laps: 400.5 mi. = 267 laps |
