2025 NASCAR Cup Series Race Six Homestead

Cars in field: 37
Pole: Alex Bowman (48)
Outside Pole: Josh Berry (21)
Stages: 80-85-102
Weather: Mostly sunny, 78°F, Feels like (sun) 77°, Feels like (shade) 74°, Wind ENE 13 mph, Wind Gusts 13 mph

Caution on lap 70 of 267 for a spin by Christopher Bell (20).

Changed to the IndyCar race.

Ryan Blaney (12) held off Alex Bowman (48) to win stage one.

Due to technical difficulties with the IndyCar race, FOX has switched to the NASCAR Cup race.

‘Desperate’ Denny Hamlin (11) wins stage two.

They returned to the IndyCar race during the final pit stops.

With new tires Alex Palou eliminated a more than eight second deficit to chase down leader Pato O’Ward in four of the remaining fifteen laps.

Congrats to Alex Palou coming from behind to win the Indy Car race.

Ryan Blaney (12) brings out the caution as his engine expires on lap 208 of 267. He led 124 laps today.

Restarting on lap 215 of 267 with Darrell ‘Bubba’ Wallace (23), Kyle Larson (5), ‘Desperate’ Denny Hamlin (11), Alex Bowman (48), Tyler ‘TyRed’ Reddick (45), Chris Buescher (17), Chase Briscoe (19), and Noah Gragson (4) up front.

Alex Bowman (48) takes the lead on lap 234 of 267 from Bubba Wallace (23).

Kyle Larson (5) passes Bowman (48) for the lead on lap 261 of 267

Larson takes the white flag.

Larson wins. He finishes 1.205 seconds ahead of teammate and pole-sitter Alex Bowman (48).

Bowman said he hit the wall a couple of times which caused him to lose feel which allowed Larson to get by him.

The final fifteen laps of the race were enjoyable when the television cameras were showing the on-track action from the outside of the cars. At one point they had been showing ongoing battles between cars, then switched to a split-screen shot of a driver driving and the track surface outside the window, or something else useless, instead of the on-track action that was actually occurring. There seemed to be more battles than were shown. It seemed they focused on the battles involving the drivers who are most accommodating to their interview requests, rather than the best, or a variety of battles. I would prefer to see battles throughout the field, if there’s a lack of action at the front of the field. The Xfinity series race was okay, with an exciting final few laps. The Cup race, what I watched of it, was boring, with a decent final fifteen laps. The early part of the Truck race was so boring I stopped watching. I would like to see NASCAR let the Trucks and Xfinity series cars race elsewhere in the Miami area, or race after the Cup cars, instead of allowing the Cup teams to study the racing and the track all weekend before competing. There are a few tracks I feel that way about. The Cup race is generally more boring because of the things the drivers and teams learn watching the Trucks and Xfinity cars on track. I would like to see NASCAR go back to making the Cup tracks more exclusive to the series and allowing the Trucks and Xfinity cars to compete at different nearby tracks. I think eliminating the other series on the tracks, along with retaining the very limited practice will make for a more exciting Cup race since the teams won’t have as much data to rely on and will have to figure out more during the race itself.

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Next Race: Martinsville

GO Hendrick 48 & 9!!!!