Ford 400

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Ford 400
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series
Venue Homestead-Miami Speedway
Location Homestead, Florida, United States
Corporate sponsor Ford Motor Company
First race 1999
Distance 400 miles (643.74 km)
Laps 267
Previous names Pennzoil 400 (1999–2000)
Pennzoil Freedom 400 (2001)
Ford 400 (2002–2011, 2016–)
Ford EcoBoost 400 (2012–2015)
Most wins (driver) Greg Biffle
Tony Stewart (3)
Most wins (team) Roush Fenway Racing (7)
Most wins (manufacturer) Ford (7)
Circuit information
Surface Asphalt
Length 1.5 km (0.93 mi)
Turns 4

The Ford 400 is a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race held at Homestead-Miami Speedway in Homestead, Florida. The inaugural race was held in 1999, and has been the final race in the Sprint Cup Series season since 2002, as well as the final race of the Chase for the Sprint Cup since 2004. It is also part of the Ford Championship Weekend, which consists of two other races, the Ford 200 for the Camping World Truck Series and the Ford 300 for the Xfinity Series. The race is contested over 267 laps, 400.5 miles (644.542 km).

Past winners

Year Date Driver Team Manufacturer Race distance Race time Average speed
(mph)
Report
Laps Miles (km)
1999 November 14 Tony Stewart Joe Gibbs Racing Pontiac 267 400.5 (644.542) 2:51:14 140.335 Report
2000 November 12 Tony Stewart Joe Gibbs Racing Pontiac 267 400.5 (644.542) 3:08:30 127.480 Report
2001 November 11 Bill Elliott Evernham Motorsports Dodge 267 400.5 (644.542) 3:24:36 117.449 Report
2002* November 17 Kurt Busch Roush Racing Ford 267 400.5 (644.542) 3:26:20 116.462 Report
2003* November 16 Bobby Labonte Joe Gibbs Racing Chevrolet 267 400.5 (644.542) 3:25:37 116.868 Report
2004 November 21 Greg Biffle Roush Racing Ford 271* 406.5 (654.198) 3:50:55 105.623 Report
2005* November 20 Greg Biffle Roush Racing Ford 267 400.5 (644.542) 3:02:50 131.932 Report
2006 November 19 Greg Biffle Roush Racing Ford 268* 402 (646.956) 3:12:23 125.375 Report
2007 November 18 Matt Kenseth Roush Fenway Racing Ford 267 400.5 (644.542) 3:02:12 131.888 Report
2008 November 16 Carl Edwards Roush Fenway Racing Ford 267 400.5 (644.542) 3:05:36 129.472 Report
2009 November 22 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 267 400.5 (644.542) 3:06:18 126.986 Report
2010 November 21 Carl Edwards Roush Fenway Racing Ford 267 400.5 (644.542) 3:09:50 126.585 Report
2011 November 20 Tony Stewart Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet 267 400.5 (644.542) 3:29:00 114.976 Report
2012 November 18 Jeff Gordon Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 267 400.5 (644.542) 2:48:56 142.245 Report
2013 November 17 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 267 400.5 (644.542) 3:03:52 130.693 Report
2014 November 16 Kevin Harvick Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet 267 400.5 (644.542) 3:16:31 122.28 Report
2015 November 22 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 267 400.5 (644.542) 3:02:23 131.755 Report
The start of the 2009 race

Multiple winners (drivers)

# of wins Driver Years won
3 Greg Biffle 2004, 2005, 2006
Tony Stewart 1999, 2000, 2011
2 Carl Edwards 2008, 2010
Denny Hamlin 2009, 2013

Multiple winners (teams)

# of wins Team Years won
7 Roush Fenway Racing 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010
6 Joe Gibbs Racing 1999, 2000, 2003, 2009, 2013, 2015
2 Stewart-Haas Racing 2011, 2014

Manufacturer wins

# of wins Manufacturer Years won
7 Ford 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010
4 Chevrolet 2003, 2011, 2012, 2014
3 Toyota 2009, 2013, 2015
2 Pontiac 1999, 2000
1 Dodge 2001

Race summaries

Television broadcasters

NBC had televised the race from 1999 to 2006, and was the only race carried by the network for the first two years as TV contracts were negotiated on a track-by-track basis until the 2001 season. ABC televised the race from 2007 to 2009. From 2010-2014 ESPN, who was also a broadcasting partner with ABC, televised the race. The race returned to NBC in 2015.

Year Network Lap-by-lap Color commentator(s)
1999 NBC Allen Bestwick Joe Gibbs
Mike Wallace
2000 Benny Parsons
2001 Benny Parsons
Wally Dallenbach
2002
2003
2004
2005 Bill Weber
2006
2007 ABC Jerry Punch Rusty Wallace
Andy Petree
2008 Dale Jarrett
Andy Petree
2009
2010 ESPN Marty Reid
2011 Allen Bestwick
2012
2013
2014
2015 NBC Rick Allen Jeff Burton
Steve Letarte
2016

See also

References

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