Homestead will host first NASCAR championship weekend since 2019.
NASCAR is bringing its championship back to Homestead-Miami Speedway for the 2026 season, NASCAR announced on May 6.
All three NASCAR national series, the Cup Series, Xfinity Series and Craftsman Truck Series, will run the championship races in Homestead, where the championship races were run from 2002-19 before moving to Phoenix Raceway beginning with the 2020 season.
The 2026 championship races will be run Nov. 6-8. After the 2026 championship races, the weekend event will be put into a rotation, including Phoenix and other tracks to be announced later, according to a report from The Athletic.
Phoenix will still have two races in 2026 and will stay in the playoffs, hosting a Round of 8 race. Homestead has been shifted around in years past, hosting a race in the Round of 8 in 2024 and an early regular season race in 2025.
Homestead-Miami Speedway opened in 1995 and has worked to renovate the track and infrastructure in recent years, a large part of why the track lost the championship race to begin with. Fans have been wanting the championship race to move back to Homestead as it’s a competitive track that produces exciting racing.
Does NASCAR race at Homestead-Miami?
Yes, NASCAR still races at Homestead-Miami once per season. Kyle Larson won the 2025 NASCAR Homestead race.
Homestead-Miami track length
Homestead-Miami is a 1.5-mile oval.
Homestead-Miami last championship race
The last NASCAR Cup Series championship race at Homestead-Miami was 2019. Kyle Busch won his second championship in that race.
When did NASCAR start racing at Homestead-Miami?
NASCAR’s first Cup Series race at Homestead was in 1999. Tony Stewart won the inaugural race and won again the following year.
Homestead-Miami past winners
- 2025: Kyle Larson
- 2024: Tyler Reddick
- 2023: Christopher Bell
- 2022: Kyle Larson
- 2021: William Byron
- 2020: Denny Hamlin
- 2019: Kyle Busch
- 2018: Joey Logano
- 2017: Martin Truex Jr.
- 2016: Jimmie Johnson
- 2015: Kyle Busch
- 2014: Kevin Harvick
- 2013: Denny Hamlin
- 2012: Jeff Gordon
- 2011: Tony Stewart
- 2010: Carl Edwards
- 2009: Denny Hamlin
- 2008: Carl Edwards
- 2007: Matt Kenseth
- 2006: Greg Biffle
- 2005: Greg Biffle
- 2004: Greg Biffle
- 2003: Bobby Labonte
- 2002: Kurt Busch
- 2001: Bill Elliott
- 2000: Tony Stewart
- 1999: Tony Stewart
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