2008 Ford 400 is Scheduled for November 16!
With all the preparations that are going on at the Homestead-Miami Speedway, one can be sure that the 2008 Ford 400 will be bigger and more competitive than ever before. As some of the best racers gather at the Miami Speedway, fans just can’t wait for the super event to begin.
The Ford 400 is a NASCAR Sprint Cup stock car race held at Homestead-Miami Speedway in Homestead, Florida. The race is new on the NASCAR circuit, first being run in 1999. Since 2002, the Ford 400 has been part of the Ford Championship Weekend, the last week of the NASCAR season.
Starting in 2004, it has been the final race in the ‘Sprint for the Cup’. The race is 400 miles long and covers 267 laps.
The first Ford 400
One of the newest additions to NASCAR, the Ford 400 was first raced on November 14, 1999, as the Pennzoil 400. David Green won the pole. During the inaugural Ford 400, Dale Jarrett clinched the Winston Cup Series championship and Tony Stewart broke Davey Allison’s record for most wins in a rookie season.
Some Ford 400 trivia
• NBC televised the Ford 400 from 1999-2006. It was the only race carried by the network from 1999-2000.
• ABC began televising the race in 2007 and will do so till at least 2014.
• Previous names of the Ford 400 include Pennzoil 400 and Pennzoil Freedom 400.
• Making the Ford 400 the final race in the Sprint for the Cup has turned it into a major success thanks to the exciting 2004 race put up by Kurt Busch and Jimmie Johnson.
Some past Ford 400 winners
• 1999 - Tony Stewart
• 2000 - Tony Stewart
• 2001 - Bill Elliott
• 2002 - Kurt Busch
• 2003 - Bobby Labonte
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