NASCAR just raced at the Homestead-Miami Speedway 1.5-miler during the October 2024 Playoff run and this weekend marks the first time it has been a Spring event since 2021.
Ask the drivers where they’d like to see the former, longtime season finale venue on the schedule and the consensus is, they’d love to see it return as the championship race one day.
“I certainly would like to see it play a bigger factor in our championship, whether it’s in the Playoffs or part of the championship race round or whatever it might be,’’ said the Joe Gibbs Racing driver Denny Hamlin, whose three wins are most among active drivers. “I’d just like to see it a part of that because we just talked about how the driver makes a bigger difference at the is race track than the car.’’
Team Penske’s Ryan Blaney took it a step further.
“All the above, really,” Blaney responded with a grin when asked if he preferred the spring or fall Homestead placement on the calendar.
“I’ll be honest, it doesn’t matter to me when we come here, spring all, in the playoffs, championship race, as long as we’re coming here. I think if you asked, some guys would love to come here twice, once in the spring and once in the fall, where that race in the fall lays, I don’t care. Do I think the championship race should rotate between a few tracks? Yeah. And this should be one of them. This place puts on a great show no matter what.”
