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 Hard to believe but another season of NASCAR racing winds down with the Ford Championship Weekend getting underway at Homestead-Miami Speedway on Thursday. Denny Hamlin leads Jimmie Johnson by 15 points in the Chase for the Sprint Cup, the closest battle since the inception of the Chase format.
On track activities at the 1.5-mile speedway in South Florida begin Thursday afternoon with Camping World Truck Series competitiors participating in two rounds of practice, the first at 5:00 pm and the final session at 6:30 pm.
Sprint Cup drivers open the show Friday morning at 11:30 with a one and one half hour practice session followed by Nationwide practice at 1:10 pm, Sprint Cup qualifying at 3:10 and Truck Series qualifying at 5:05 pm. Nationwide Happy Hour is set for 6:35 pm and the 200-mile truck race is at 8:00 pm. ESPN2 will have coverage of Sprint Cup practice and qualifying while SPEED will provide live telecasts of the Nationwide practices, Truck Series qualifying and race. Nationwide qualifying starts the day on Saturday at 11:35 am with Sprint Cup practice at 1:30 pm and Sprint Cup Happy Hour at 2:50 pm. The 300-mile Nationwide race goes green at 4:30 pm. Catch Nationwide qualifying and Saturday's first Sprint Cup practice on SPEED, Happy Hour and the Nationwide race on ESPN2. ESPN will broadcast Sunday's 400-mile Sprint Cup season finale from the Homestead-Miami Speedway at 1:00 pm. All times are eastern. Thursday
5:00 pm 6:00 pm Truck Series Practice
6:30 pm 8:00 pm Truck Series Final Practice Friday 11:30 am 1:00 pm Sprint Cup Practice ESPN2
1:10 pm 2:30 pm Nationwide Practice SPEED
3:10 pm Sprint Cup Qualifying ESPN2
5:05 pm Truck Series Qualifying SPEED
6:35 pm 7:25 Nationwide Final Practice SPEED
8:00 pm Truck Series Race SPEED Saturday 11:35 am Nationwide Qualifying SPEED
1:30 pm 2:15 pm Sprint Cup Practice SPEED
2:50 pm 3:50 pm Sprint Cup Final Practice ESPN2
4:30 pm Nationwide Race ESPN2 Sunday
1:00 pm Sprint Cup Race ESPN  MORE NASCAR NEWS
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