HOMESTEAD, Fla. - Tony Stewart outran Carl Edwards to the checkered flag to win Sunday's Ford 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway and clinch the 2011 NASCAR Sprint Cup championship.
In what will be remembered as one of NASCAR's most thrilling races and epic points championships, Stewart and Edwards tied for the lead on top of the standings after Sunday night's final race of the season. But by virtue of his five wins over the course of the season to Edwards lone victory, Stewart won the title in a tiebreaker.
The duo battled tooth and nail all night long rarely leaving each other's sight throughout the entire race with Stewart taking the checkered flag over Edwards by just over a second to win the race and the championship.
Harry Jeffery and his team, Coast To Coast Racing could not ask for a more perfect way to end the season. What better way than to win a race, win a driver's championship and win a team championship together? That's just what happened as the team put together the perfect race and go out with a bang. Harry Jeffery had a comfortable lead going into Homestead, as long as he had a decent finish, he would end up winning the title. Decent was an understatement... Harry ended up winning the race which was the 3rd of the season and 10th of his career. Harry is now all alone in second place for most Cup victories. En route to his victory, Harry easily claimed the 2011 Sprint Cup Championship, his first title in Lucky Dog Racing.
Ford 400 Top 5 Finishers
1. Harry Jeffery
2. Kevin Sullivan
3. Greg Miller
4. Ed Blackman
5. Frank Page
HOMESTEAD, Fla. – Ricky Stenhouse Jr. brought home the 2011 Nationwide Series championship to his Roush Fenway Racing team that stuck with him through a rough start to his NASCAR career.
With a 41-point advantage coming into the race, the 24 year-old from Olive Branch, MS secured the championship on lap 28 after enough cars fell out of season finale Ford 300 at Homestead-Miami Speedway. Following the call over the radio, Stenhouse continued to race his way to the front, and in the end came up shy of celebrating both the title and a win in the race.
He clinched the championship a few races ago at Texas but Lou Demian was officially crowned the 2011 Nationwide series champion at the conclusion of the Ford 300. It was a great season for Lou after scoring 9 top 5's which led the league and 15 top 10's which was tied for the lead. Lou won the championship in 2005, 2009 and now 2011. It's the fifth total championship between the Nationwide and Truck series and is also the fourth straight year that Lou has won a championship between the two series.
Ford 300 Top 5 Finishers
1. Stephen DiCaprio
2. Jose Rodriguez
3. Randy Cook
4. Kevin Sullivan
5. Rodney Webb
HOMESTEAD, Fla. - Johnny Sauter won Friday night's rain-shortened Ford 200 at Homestead-Miami Speedway and Austin Dillon's 10th-place finish earned him his first NASCAR Camping World Truck Series championship.
Sauter was ahead of the field on lap 119 of the race when heavy rains hit the track. NASCAR stopped the race and after about a five-minute wait decided to call the race official and Sauter was declared the winner.
Coming into the final race of the year, the race for the championship was so tight that any of the top 4 could swap spots and leave as the champion. In the end, there was no movement at all even though it got even tighter. Jose Rodriguez finished in 23rd place and just barely held off James Dillon and Dean Higley who ended the season tied in points. Unfortunately for them, they finished 3 points shy of the championship. That means in his first full season in the league, Jose Rodriguez is your 2011 Truck series champion!
In the final race, it's only fitting that Dave Smith win. Dave won the season opener at Daytona and now wins the season finale at Homestead. He gained three spots and finished the season in 14th place.
1. Dave Smith
2. Jordan Hunt
3. Randal Webb
4. Steve Willard
5. James Dillon
It was a close race until the end of the season, but Lucky Dog Racing held on to the team points lead and win its second consecutive LROC title. It was just a mere 62 points that Lucky Dog Racing held over P10 Select after the end of the final race of the year.
The highest ranking player for Lucky Dog Racing in the driver standings was Ed Blackman who finished in 3rd place. Team captain Lou Demian finished right behind him in 4th place. Two other members finished in the top 10, Jordan Hunt finished in 6th and Dean Higley 7th. The remaining two players were Greg Eichele in 14th and Gwen Demian 15th.
Don Hardison ended up winning the LROC driver championship for The Cool Pool.
Congrats to Don and to the entire Lucky Dog Racing team for a great season!
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