Sprint Cup Championship Ford 400 Betting

Ford EcoBoost 400
Sun, November 18th, 2012
400.5 miles
Homestead-Miami Speedway
Miami, FL

The 2012 NASCAR season reaches its pinnacle, after 38 races, on Sunday, Nov. 18th with the Ford EcoBoost 400. Don't miss your chance to bet on one of the biggest events of the racing year where, after 267 dramatic laps, a Sprint Cup Champion will be crowned at Homestead-Miami Speedway, the defending champion is Tony Stewart. During 2011 is was announced that the Sprint Cup Series would be changing from carburetores to fuel injection. Sprint Nextel also announced that they had entended the sponsorship of the series until 2016.

With it's inception in 1999, the Ford 400 has grown in favor with NASCAR fans by leaps and bounds. The Ford 400 took a major leap in popularity when it became the last race of the NASCAR season, meaning the results of the race had a major impact on the Sprint Cup standings.

Over the years the raceway has gone through many renovations by widening the turns on the track and raising the banking level for a higher speed of racing. Shortly afterwards, lights were installed to allow night racing for the first time. The renovations were praised by fans, and the track has produced a number of close finishes, including 2005's last-lap battle between Greg Biffle and Mark Martin.

The Homestead Miami Speedway hosts the Sprint Series Championship weekend, which includes the Ford 400 Sprint Cup Series Race, the Ford 300 Nationwide Series Race, and the Ford 200 Craftsman Truck Series Race. For the past 10 years the Homestead Miami Speedway has been the site to host the Nascar Sprint Cup Championship and crowning the its winner. The track started with construction in 1993 and opened in 1995 at a $70 million cost. It has a capacity of 65,000 seats, it is owned and operated by the International Speedway Corporation. From 1995-1996 it was called the Metro-Dade Homestead Motorsports Complex. It has an oval shape of 1.5 mi(2.4 km) with 11 turns and banking Turns 18–20° (progressive) straights 3°.

2012 Ford EcoBoost 400 Schedule

2012 Ford 400 Results

2011 Ford 400 Results

Tony Stewart won the 2011 Ford 400 this Nov. 20th, he was able to keep the lead for the last 17 laps and held off Carl Edwards. With this win Stewart tied score points for the year, both had 58 points more than Jimmie Johnson who was the defending champion. Tony won 5 of the 10 last season races of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Championship, making him the winner of this title.

2010 Ford 400 Results

Jimmie Johnson wins the fifth consecutive NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Championship; Johnson won the title by 39 points, Denny Hamlin and Kevin Harvick were very close in points but Jimmie was able to held them off and win the title. Card Edwards was the winner of the Ford 400 this Sunday November 21st, 2010.

Hamlin was not so lucky on this race, while he was up there in points with Johnson he had an atrocious competition and ended up 14th place. kevin Harvick finished 3rd in the standings 41 points behind Jimmie Johnson.

2009 Ford 400 Results

Denny Hamlin won the 2009 Ford 400, but it was Jimmie Johnson that stole the show on Sunday. Jimmie Johnson shouted as the crossed the finish line at Homestead-Miami Speedway.

No, Johnson didn't win Sunday's Ford 400, But Johnson accomplished something far more significant than a victory in a single event. His fifth-place finish was more than good enough to clinch his fourth Cup Series title in a row, breaking a tie with Cale Yarborough for most consecutive championships.

2008 Ford 400 Results

In 2008, Tony Stewart cruised to his second NASCAR championship in four years at the Ford 400, capping an uncharacteristically calm season for the former bad boy. He won races, kept his temper in check and avoided every major incident long enough to cement himself as one of the greatest drivers of his time.

Needing only to run a clean race at the Ford 400, he hovered just outside the top 10 and away from any potential danger. He ended up 15th, winning the title by 35 points over Greg Biffle, and winning his second Ford 400 in a row. Stewart became just the 14th driver in NASCAR history with more than one championship and joined four-time winner Jeff Gordon as the only active full-time drivers with multiple titles.

Past Winners

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