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Qualifying is scheduled to START at approx 6:10 pm/et on Friday, November 15, 2013

THIS IS UNOFFICIAL but usually correct or darn close

  • 2012 Pole Sitter: #20-Joey Logano, 176.056mph, finished 14th
  • Track Qualifying Record [new layout]: Jamie McMurray, Nov 2003, 181.111mph
  • Track Qualifying Record [old layout]: Steve Park, Nov 2000, 156.440mph
  • Oldest Pole Winner: Bill Elliott, 46 years, 1 months, 3 days, 11/11/2001
  • Youngest Pole Winner: Joey Logano, 22 years, 5 months, 23 days, 11/16/2012

  • Fastest First Practice Speed: #56-Truex Jr., 176.661 mph, scheduled to qualify 1st out of 43 drivers


  • Kenseth wins Homestead pole: #20-Matt Kenseth won the pole for the Ford EcoBoost 400 Sprint Cup Series race at Homestead-Miami Speedway with speed of 177.667mph for his 3rd pole of 2013, 1st at Homestead and 11th of his career. Kenseth has won two races from the pole out of 1o previous poles.
    #78-Busch is on the outside pole, followed by #22-Logano, #2-Keselowsi, #11-Hamlin, #29-Harvick, #48-Johnson, #56-Truex Jr., #17-Stenhouse Jr. and #55-Sadler.
    Since only 43 cars were entered, no driver missed the race.(11-15-2013)

  • Qualifying Fast Facts - Homestead:
    #20-Matt Kenseth won the Coors Light Pole Award for the 15th Annual Ford EcoBoost 400 with a lap of 30.394 seconds, 177.667 mph.
    This is his 11th pole in 508 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races.
    This is his third pole and 24th top-10 start in 2013.
    This is his first pole in 14 races at Homestead-Miami Speedway.
    #78-Kurt Busch (second) posted his 17th top-10 start of 2013 and his seventh in 13 races at Homestead-Miami Speedway.
    #22-Joey Logano (third) posted his second top-10 start at Homestead-Miami Speedway. It is his 19th in 36 races this season.
    #17-Ricky Stenhouse Jr. (ninth) was the fastest qualifying rookie.(NASCAR Statistics)(11-15-2013)

  • Starting positions for the 2013 Sprint Cup Chase Drivers at Homestead:
    [listed by current driver points position]
    1) #48-Jimmie Johnson, 7th
    2) #20-Matt Kenseth, POLE
    3) #29-Kevin Harvick, 6th
    4) #18-Kyle Busch, 11th
    5) #88-Dale Earnhardt Jr., 21st
    6) #24-Jeff Gordon, 26th
    7) #16-Greg Biffle, 16th
    8) #15-Clint Bowyer, 25th
    9) #22-Joey Logano, 3rd
    10) #78-Kurt Busch, 2nd
    11) #39-Ryan Newman, 15th
    12) #5-Kasey Kahne, 13th
    13) #99-Carl Edwards, 18th
    (11-15-2013)

  • Coverage of Qualifying for the Ford EcoBoost 400 Sprint Cup Series race at Homestead-Miami Speedway is scheduled for Friday, November 15, 2013 at 6:10pm/et.
    Television: ESPN2 at 6:00pm/et
    Radio: Motor Racing Network at motorracingnetwork.com.
    Scheduled Qualifying TV Re-Air: none

  • Pole Progression: (who had the pole first, who got it next and who ended up with it)
    #56-Truex Jr., 1st out to qualify, 176.436mph, starts 8th
    #78-Busch, 6th out, 177.445mph, starts 2nd
    #20-Kenseth, 16th out, 177.667mph, starts 1st

  • Friday practice for the FORD EcoBoost 400 Sprint Cup Series Season Finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway is over, after 85 scheduled minutes, the top five, chase contenders, slowest and notes:
    #56-Truex Jr. 176.661
    #5-Kahne 176.494
    #27-Menard 175.787
    #15-Bowyer 175.598
    #17-Stenhouse Jr. 175.575
    #48-Johnson was 11th fastest
    #20-Kenseth was 19th
    #29-Harvick was 16th
    slowest: #40-Raines 166.554 & #87-Nemechek 167.916
    note: with rain in the area all afternoon, if qualifying was to be canceled, this practice would set the starting lineup.
    See fastest speeds, laps run and more on the Homestead Practice 1 Speeds page (pdf).(11-15-2013)

  • Race info at: Race Info Page

  • Event Entry List

  • Qualifying Rules

  • Past Champions Provisional

  • All Time Sprint Cup Pole Winners


Starting Lineup
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series
Ford EcoBoost 400
Homestead-Miami Speedway
Provided by NASCAR Statistics

Starting
Position
Car# Driver Sponsor
Manu
Qualifying
Speed
(mph)
Qualifying
Time
(secs)
1 20 Matt Kenseth(PC4) Dollar General Toyota 177.667 30.394
2 78 Kurt Busch(PC3) Furniture Row / Denver Mattress Chevy 177.445 30.432
3 22 Joey Logano Shell Pennzoil Ford 177.282 30.460
4 2 Brad Keselowski(PC1) Miller Lite Ford 177.061 30.498
5 11 Denny Hamlin FedEx Express Toyota 176.846 30.535
6 29 Kevin Harvick Budweiser Chevy 176.655 30.568
7 48 Jimmie Johnson(PC2) Lowe`s Chevy 176.598 30.578
8 56 Martin Truex Jr. NAPA Auto Parts Toyota 176.436 30.606
9 17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. # Ford EcoBoost Ford 176.436 30.606
10 55 Elliott Sadler(i) Aaron`s Dream Machine Toyota 176.413 30.610
11 18 Kyle Busch M&M`s Toyota 176.355 30.620
12 27 Paul Menard MOEN / Menards Chevy 176.355 30.620
13 5 Kasey Kahne Farmers Insurance Chevy 176.304 30.629
14 31 Jeff Burton Caterpillar Chevy 175.747 30.726
15 39 Ryan Newman Quicken Loans Chevy 175.730 30.729
16 16 Greg Biffle 3M Fan Appreciation Ford 175.690 30.736
17 21 Trevor Bayne(i) Motorcraft / Quick Lane Tire & Auto Center Ford 175.507 30.768
18 99 Carl Edwards Fastenal Ford 175.433 30.781
19 43 Aric Almirola Smithfield Foods Ford 175.376 30.791
20 51 Kyle Larson(i) Target Chevy 175.353 30.795
21 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. National Guard Chevy 175.347 30.796
22 14 Mark Martin Bass Pro Shops / Mobil 1 Chevy 175.273 30.809
23 9 Marcos Ambrose DeWalt Ford 175.109 30.838
24 10 Danica Patrick # GoDaddy - It`s Go Time Chevy 175.092 30.841
25 15 Clint Bowyer 5-hour Energy Toyota 174.780 30.896
26 24 Jeff Gordon(PC5) Axalta Coating Systems Chevy 174.610 30.926
27 42 Juan Pablo Montoya Target Chevy 174.537 30.939
28 1 Jamie McMurray McDonald`s Chevy 174.329 30.976
29 34 David Ragan Taco Bell Ford 174.317 30.978
30 30 Parker Kligerman(i) Lean1 / Swan Energy Toyota 173.171 31.183
31 38 David Gilliland Long John Silver`s Ford 173.099 31.196
32 83 David Reutimann VooDoo BBQ & Grill Toyota 172.563 31.293
33 93 Travis Kvapil Dr Pepper Toyota 172.287 31.343
34 98 Michael McDowell Phil Parsons Racing Ford 172.260 31.348
35 35 Josh Wise(i) MDS Transport Ford 172.046 31.387
36 47 AJ Allmendinger Scott Win My Car Toyota 171.734 31.444
37-OP 36 JJ Yeley United Mining Equipment Chevy 171.717 31.447
38-OP 7 Dave Blaney Florida Lottery Chevy 170.891 31.599
39-OP 33 Landon Cassill(i) Little Joe`s Autos Chevy 170.481 31.675
40-OP 13 Casey Mears GEICO Ford 170.154 31.736
41-OP 32 Ken Schrader Federated Auto Parts Ford 170.122 31.742
42-OP 87 Joe Nemechek(i) Royal Teak Collection Toyota 169.817 31.799
43-OP 40 Tony Raines(i) Hillman Racing Chevy 167.183 32.300

GREEN = Chase drivers still in contention for the Championship.

PC1 = is the first past champ eligible, PC2 is the 2nd...and so on if more

# Sunoco Rookie of the Year candidate

(i) = driver not running for 2013 Sprint Cup Series Championship Drivers Points

Starting Lineup (pdf)


Qualifying Results
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series
Ford EcoBoost 400
Homestead-Miami Speedway
Provided by NASCAR Statistics

Rank Sched
Qual
Pos
Actual
Qual
Pos
Car# Driver Manu Qualifying
Speed
(mph)
Qualifying
Time
(secs)
Practice
Speed
Practice
Speed
Rank
Difference from
practice speed
Owners
Points
Rank
1 16 16 20 Matt Kenseth (PC4) Toyota 177.667 30.394 174.531 19 3.136 2
2 6 6 78 Kurt Busch (PC3) Chevy 177.445 30.432 175.575 6 1.870 10
3 29 29 22 Joey Logano Ford 177.282 30.460 175.245 10 2.037 9
4 43 43 2 Brad Keselowski (PC1) Ford 177.061 30.498 175.126 12 1.935 14
5 37 37 11 Denny Hamlin Toyota 176.846 30.535 175.262 9 1.584 25
6 31 31 29 Kevin Harvick Chevy 176.655 30.568 174.944 16 1.711 3
7 35 35 48 Jimmie Johnson (PC2) Chevy 176.598 30.578 175.194 11 1.404 1
8 1 1 56 Martin Truex Jr. Toyota 176.436 30.606 176.661 1 -0.225 16
9 14 14 17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. # Ford 176.436 30.606 175.575 5 0.861 19
10 41 41 55 Elliott Sadler(i) Toyota 176.413 30.610 173.550 25 2.863 24
11 15 15 18 Kyle Busch Toyota 176.355 30.620 175.421 8 0.934 4
12 26 26 27 Paul Menard Chevy 176.355 30.620 175.787 3 0.568 17
13 40 40 5 Kasey Kahne Chevy 176.304 30.629 176.494 2 -0.190 12
14 12 12 31 Jeff Burton Chevy 175.747 30.726 174.357 21 1.390 20
15 22 22 39 Ryan Newman Chevy 175.730 30.729 173.282 27 2.448 11
16 20 20 16 Greg Biffle Ford 175.690 30.736 175.109 13 0.581 7
17 39 39 21 Trevor Bayne(i) Ford 175.507 30.768 173.321 26 2.186 41
18 25 25 99 Carl Edwards Ford 175.433 30.781 174.565 17 0.868 13
19 3 3 43 Aric Almirola Ford 175.376 30.791 174.984 15 0.392 21
20 38 38 51 Kyle Larson(i) Chevy 175.353 30.795 173.885 23 1.468 31
21 4 4 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevy 175.347 30.796 175.001 14 0.346 5
22 8 8 14 Mark Martin Chevy 175.273 30.809 174.098 22 1.175 18
23 24 24 9 Marcos Ambrose Ford 175.109 30.838 172.293 30 2.816 23
24 11 11 10 Danica Patrick # Chevy 175.092 30.841 174.357 20 0.735 28
25 5 5 15 Clint Bowyer Toyota 174.780 30.896 175.598 4 -0.818 8
26 36 36 24 Jeff Gordon (PC5) Chevy 174.610 30.926 175.496 7 -0.886 6
27 10 10 42 Juan Pablo Montoya Chevy 174.537 30.939 174.537 18 0.000 22
28 21 21 1 Jamie McMurray Chevy 174.329 30.976 173.807 24 0.522 15
29 42 42 34 David Ragan Ford 174.317 30.978 171.641 33 2.676 29
30 17 17 30 Parker Kligerman(i) Toyota 173.171 31.183 172.811 29 0.360 34
31 33 33 38 David Gilliland Ford 173.099 31.196 170.197 37 2.902 27
32 32 32 83 David Reutimann Toyota 172.563 31.293 171.696 32 0.867 36
33 27 27 93 Travis Kvapil Toyota 172.287 31.343 170.514 34 1.773 33
34 7 7 98 Michael McDowell Ford 172.260 31.348 170.293 35 1.967 42
35 13 13 35 Josh Wise(i) Ford 172.046 31.387 169.603 38 2.443 39
36 34 34 47 AJ Allmendinger Toyota 171.734 31.444 172.927 28 -1.193 30
37 18 18 36 JJ Yeley Chevy 171.717 31.447 169.295 39 2.422 35
38 2 2 7 Dave Blaney Chevy 170.891 31.599 170.283 36 0.608 32
39 28 28 33 Landon Cassill(i) Chevy 170.481 31.675 168.581 40 1.900 38
40 19 19 13 Casey Mears Ford 170.154 31.736 171.778 31 -1.624 26
41 30 30 32 Ken Schrader Ford 170.122 31.742 168.387 41 1.735 37
42 9 9 87 Joe Nemechek(i) Toyota 169.817 31.799 167.916 42 1.901 40
43 23 23 40 Tony Raines(i) Chevy 167.183 32.300 166.554 43 0.629 43

GREEN = Chase drivers still in contention for the Championship.

PC1 = is the first past champ eligible, PC2 is the 2nd...and so on if more

# Sunoco Rookie of the Year candidate

(i) = driver not running for 2013 Sprint Cup Series Championship Drivers Points

Ties are broken as follows:
1) Owners Points
2) Best finishes, most wins, 2nds, 3rds and so on until the tie is broken
3) If tie still remains, then the team with the highest position first breaks the tie
(so if two are ties, both have a win, then the team who won first gets the spot)

Qualifying Results (pdf)


Qualifying Order
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series
Ford EcoBoost 400
Homestead-Miami Speedway
Provided by NASCAR Statistics

Sched
Qual
Pos
Car# Driver Sponsor/
Manu
Owners
Points
Rank
Owners
Race
Attempts
First
Practice
Speed
Practice
Speed
Rank
1 56 Martin Truex Jr. Toyota 16 35 176.661 1
2 7 Dave Blaney Chevy 32 35 170.283 36
3 43 Aric Almirola Ford 21 35 174.984 15
4 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevy 5 35 175.001 14
5 15 Clint Bowyer Toyota 8 35 175.598 4
6 78 Kurt Busch (PC3) Chevy 10 35 175.575 6
7 98 Michael McDowell Ford 42 32 170.293 35
8 14 Mark Martin Chevy 18 35 174.098 22
9 87 Joe Nemechek(i) Toyota 40 35 167.916 42
10 42 Juan Pablo Montoya Chevy 22 35 174.537 18
11 10 Danica Patrick # Chevy 28 35 174.357 20
12 31 Jeff Burton Chevy 20 35 174.357 21
13 35 Josh Wise(i) Ford 39 35 169.603 38
14 17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. # Ford 19 35 175.575 5
15 18 Kyle Busch Toyota 4 35 175.421 8
16 20 Matt Kenseth (PC4) Toyota 2 35 174.531 19
17 30 Parker Kligerman(i) Toyota 34 35 172.811 29
18 36 JJ Yeley Chevy 35 35 169.295 39
19 13 Casey Mears Ford 26 35 171.778 31
20 16 Greg Biffle Ford 7 35 175.109 13
21 1 Jamie McMurray Chevy 15 35 173.807 24
22 39 Ryan Newman Chevy 11 35 173.282 27
23 40 Tony Raines(i) Chevy 43 15 166.554 43
24 9 Marcos Ambrose Ford 23 35 172.293 30
25 99 Carl Edwards Ford 13 35 174.565 17
26 27 Paul Menard Chevy 17 35 175.787 3
27 93 Travis Kvapil Toyota 33 35 170.514 34
28 33 Landon Cassill(i) Chevy 38 35 168.581 40
29 22 Joey Logano Ford 9 35 175.245 10
30 32 Ken Schrader Ford 37 35 168.387 41
31 29 Kevin Harvick Chevy 3 35 174.944 16
32 83 David Reutimann Toyota 36 35 171.696 32
33 38 David Gilliland Ford 27 35 170.197 37
34 47 AJ Allmendinger Toyota 30 35 172.927 28
35 48 Jimmie Johnson (PC2) Chevy 1 35 175.194 11
36 24 Jeff Gordon (PC5) Chevy 6 35 175.496 7
37 11 Denny Hamlin Toyota 25 35 175.262 9
38 51 Kyle Larson(i) Chevy 31 35 173.885 23
39 21 Trevor Bayne(i) Ford 41 11 173.321 26
40 5 Kasey Kahne Chevy 12 35 176.494 2
41 55 Elliott Sadler(i) Toyota 24 35 173.550 25
42 34 David Ragan Ford 29 35 171.641 33
43 2 Brad Keselowski (PC1) Ford 14 35 175.126 12

GREEN = the three Chase drivers who can win the Championship.

PC1 = is the first past champ eligible, PC2 is the 2nd...and so on if more

# Sunoco Rookie of the Year candidate

(i) = driver not running for 2013 Sprint Cup Series Championship Drivers Points

Qualifying Order (pdf)


  • NOTE: not doing semi-live qualifying anymore. With NASCAR.com and FoxSports having real time qualifying and hits for my qualifying pages way down due to the availability of the real-time qualifying found elsewhere, not worth the time.
    Will still post my unique qualifying results here, to help explain how drivers make the race.
    For real time qualifying, check out:
    NASCAR.com
    FoxSports

  • Qualifying order is by a random draw. Someone from the team draws a bingo like ball just before the first practice of the event.

  • NASCAR Sprint Cup Series qualifying rules for 2013: (except Daytona 500)
    1) Starting positions 1 through 36 determined by the fastest qualifying speeds in descending order with the fast qualifier being first.
    2) Starting positions 37 through 42 will be provisional starting positions that were not among the fastest 36 from qualifying. Provisional starting positions will be assigned to the highest ranked NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Championship car owners who are present at the Event and have entered the Event by the entry deadline and will be assigned in descending order until the six (6) provisional spots are filled.
    3) If positions 37 - 42 are not filled by eligible car owners, the remaining positions will be assigned to car owners based on qualifying results.
    NOTE: Once provisional starting positions have been assigned, the cars will be placed in the starting lineup by their qualifying speed in descending order with the fastest qualifying speed starting thirty-seventh.
    4) If after starting positions 1 through 42 are assigned and there remains a car owner whose driver is the current or a former NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion who participated as a driver in the previous NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season and who was entered in the Event for that owner in that car prior to the entry deadline, a 43rd provisional starting position, the "Champion's Provisional", will be assigned to that car owner. The most recent NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Champion driver not previously qualifying for positions 1 through 42 will be assigned the position. 5) If the 43rd provisional starting position is not filled by an eligible NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion, it will be assigned to the next highest ranked car owner based on the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Championship car owner points.
    6) If any starting positions remain unfilled, they will be assigned according to current calendar year NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Championship car owner point standings.
    7) If any starting positions remain unfilled, they will be assigned to the car owners who have made the greatest number of qualifying attempts during the current season.
    8) If any starting positions remain unfilled, they will be assigned to cars in order (1,2,3&etc.) in which their numbers were selected in the qualifying draw.
    NOTE: Until the completion of three races of the current NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season, the final previous season NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Championship car owner point standings will be used for determining the starting positions for the highest ranked car owners as described above.

  • Practice held but Qualifying canceled: If the first practice is run, but qualifying is unable to take place and is canceled, the procedure for how teams are chosen to fill the field:
    1) Top 36 in owners points.
    2) Past Series Champions not in the top 36 of owners points.
    3) Race attempts, ties broken by owners points rank.
    The starting order is then set by 1st practice speed.
    If two or more teams have no attempts, the team highest in qualifying draw gets in the race.
    Provisionals are not used and not charged to past series champions.

    Practice AND qualifying are cancelled [rain, etc], the following procedure is used:
    1) For the first three races of the current season the top 36 teams in the previous season owner points would make the race [team doesn't have to had run all the races in that season]. After the first three races of the current season, the top 36 teams in the current season owners points, would make the race.
    2) Then any winning driver or team owner from 2012 or 2013, as well as any past champions, make the field.
    3) Then, for the first three races of the current season, any of the top 36 teams in owner points for this year would make the field.
    4) Then it goes to qualifying attempts this year, with ties broken by owner points.

  • More info on Past Champions Provisional and rules and limits on my 2013 Past Champions Provisional Page

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