NASCAR Ford 400 Preview

A look at the upcoming NASCAR Season Finale Ford 400.  NASCAR Championship contenders, Tony Stewart, Jimmie Johnson, Carl Edwards and Greg Biffle will compete Sunday to determine the 2005 NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series Champion.

The race: Ford 400

The track: Homestead-Miami Speedway, Homestead, FL.

The date/time: Sunday, Nov. 20 at 4:10 p.m. (ET).

TV: NBC, 3 p.m. (ET).

Radio: MRN/XM Satellite.

Posted awards: $5,174,014

Track layout: 1.5-mile oval.

Length of frontstretch: 1,760 feet

Length of backstretch: 1,760 feet

Race length: 400.5 miles, 267 laps.

2004 winner: Greg Biffle.

2004 polesitter: Kurt Busch.

Announcers: Bill Weber, Benny Parsons, Wally Dallenbach

Pit Reporters: Allen Bestwick, Matt Yocum, Marty Snider, Dave Burns

Pre-Race Host: Bill Weber

Practice/Qualifying

Practices: Friday, November 18, 1:20 - 2:40pm/et

Happy Hour Practice: Friday, November 18, 4:00 - 5:00pm/et, TV-Speed Channel via tape at 6:00pm/et

Qualifying: 2 laps for positions 1-42 and 43 [past champ or fastest left] if open, Saturday, November 19 at 1:10pm/et, TV-Speed Channel LIVE, no re-air AND live via radio at MRN Radio and XM Satellite NASCAR Radio.

CUP EVENT SCHEDULE

NOTE: these times are ET

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 18TH
5:45 AM NNCS HAULERS ENTER
7:30 AM NNCS REGISTRATION OPENS
8:00 AM NNCS GARAGE OPENS
9:00 AM 10:20 AM NCTS PRACTICE
10:50 AM 11:50 AM NCTS FINAL PRACTICE
12:00 N 1:10 PM NBS PRACTICE
12:20 PM NNCS ROOKIE & SPOTTER MEETINGS & DRAWING FOR QUALIFYING ORDER
1:20 PM 2:40 PM NNCS PRACTICE
2:50 PM 3:50 PM NBS FINAL PRACTICE
4:00 PM 5:00 PM NNCS FINAL PRACTICE
5:10 PM NCTS QUALIFYING (TWO LAPS, ALL POSITIONS) IMPOUND
8:15 PM NCTS RACE (134 LAPS, 201 MILES)

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 19TH
8:00 AM NNCS GARAGE & REGISTRATION OPENS
11:05 AM NBS QUALIFYING (TWO LAPS, ALL POSITIONS) IMPOUND
1:10 PM NNCS QUALIFYING (TWO LAPS, ALL POSITIONS) IMPOUND
4:00 PM NNCS GARAGE & REGISTRATION CLOSES
4:10 PM NBS RACE ( 200 LAPS, 300 MILES)

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 20TH
10:00 AM NNCS REGISTRATION OPENS-ACCESS TO HAULERS
12:00 N NNCS GARAGE OPENS
2:10 PM NNCS DRIVER/CREW CHIEF MEETING (TENT)
3:40 PM NNCS DRIVER INTRODUCTIONS-SECURITY -CLEAR PIT ROAD
4:10 PM NNCS RACE (267 LAPS, 400.5 MILES)
5:00 PM NNCS REGISTRATION CLOSES

NNCS = NASCAR Nextel Cup Series
SUBJECT TO CHANGE

NASCAR On Television

. NASCAR Live: 5 p.m. Fri., SPEED
. Final practice, 6 p.m. Fri., SPEED (tape)
. Trackside: 7 p.m. Fri., SPEED
. Bud Pole Qualifying: 1 p.m. Sat., SPEED
. NASCAR Live: 3 p.m., 8 p.m. Sat., SPEED
. NASCAR Performance: 7:30 p.m. Sat., SPEED
. NASCAR This Morning: 11 a.m. Sun., SPEED
. Pre-race: 3 p.m. Sun., NBC
. NASCAR NEXTEL CUP Ford 400: 4:10 p.m. Sun., NBC

Scheme Paint Schemes:

#10-Scott Riggs Checkers - Florida State Seminoles

#43-Jeff Green Chex Party Mix

#45-Kyle Petty Checkers - Florida Gators

#49-Ken Schrader Red Baron Pizza

After Ford Championship Weekend:

NASCAR, New York Celebrate 25th Anniversary ... The NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series Awards Ceremony will be held on Friday, Dec. 2 at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York City, a tradition that began in 1981. The first awards ceremony at the Waldorf was held in the hotel's Starlight Roof facility. Every year since, the ceremony has been held in the Waldorf's Grand Ballroom, with the exception of 2002, when it was held at the famed Hammerstein Ballroom at the Manhattan Center.

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