10/17/2023

RFK Advance | Homestead

Homestead-Miami Event Info:
Track Info: Homestead-Miami Speedway, 1.502-mile oval
Date: Sunday, Oct. 22
Time: 2:30 p.m. ET
Series: NASCAR Cup Series (NCS)
Location: Homestead, Florida
Format: 267 laps, 400.5 miles, Stages: 80-85-102
TV: NBC
Radio: MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio

Weekend Schedule:
Saturday: 9:05 a.m. ET, Practice (NBC Sports App, MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio)
Saturday: 9:05 a.m. ET, Qualifying (NBC Sports App, MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio)
Sunday: 2:30 p.m. ET, Race (NBC, NBC Sports App, MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio)

6 Team Info:
Crew Chief: Matt McCall
Partner: BuildSubmarines.com

17 Team Info:
Crew Chief: Scott Graves
Partner: Fastenal

Pace Laps:

• Race two in the Round of 8 of the NASCAR Playoffs takes place this weekend in south Florida, as Homestead-Miami Speedway hosts its lone race date of 2023.
• Chris Buescher maintains the best average finish among all Cup drivers in the last 15 races with a 10.2 average result since the Chicago race. In that span he has eight top-10s and give finishes inside the top five.
• Brad Keselowski is fourth in that category with a 10.5 average, and 10 top-10s in the span.

Keselowski at Homestead-Miami
Starts: 15
Wins: —
Top-10s: 7
Poles: —

• Keselowski makes his 16^th Cup start at Homestead-Miami Speedway this weekend where he has a 13.6 average finish and seven top-10 finishes. His best career finish is third (2014-15), as he’s coming off a fifth-place finish there last fall.
• He’s finished 10^th or better in four of the last six races at Homestead, leading laps in three of those events. Overall he’s led 155 laps at the 1.5-mile track.
• Keselowski has a 9.2 average starting position in Miami – his best among active tracks – with 12-straight starts inside the top-10 and eight starts inside the top five overall. Last season he qualified ninth.
• Keselowski has two Xfinity wins at Homestead (2011, 2013) in eight starts, and an additional two starts in the Truck Series.

Buescher at Homestead-Miami
Starts: 7
Wins: —
Top-10s: —
Poles: —

• Buescher makes his eighth Cup start at Homestead-Miami where he has a 19.7 average finish.
• He’s coming off the best finish of his career there to date – a P13 result last fall.
• Buescher carries a 19.4 average qualifying position with his three best efforts coming in the last three races, including a top-10 starting spot (P8) last fall.
• Buescher made two Xfinity Series starts at HMS in 2014-15 with a best finish of fifth in the No. 60 machine.

RFK Historically at Homestead-Miami
Cup Wins: 7 (Kurt Busch, 2002; Greg Biffle, 2004, 2005, 2006; Matt Kenseth, 2007; Carl Edwards, 2008, 2010)

• Welcome to Miami: RFK has 175 combined starts at HMS, totaling 11 wins (7 NCS, 3 NXS, 1 NCWTS), 51 top-fives, 75 top-10s and eight poles. RFK drivers have led 1,900 laps at the 1.5-mile track over the years, logging more than 56,000 miles.
• Tale of the Tape: RFK has started 89 NCS races at Homestead, recording a total of seven victories, 23 top five finishes, 32 top-10 finishes, four poles and has led 1,167 laps. Former driver Carl Edwards earned the organization’s most recent win at the 1.5-mile oval in 2010.
• Five Straight: RFK earned five consecutive victories in the NCS at Homestead from 2004-2008 with drivers Matt Kenseth (2007), Edwards (2008) and Greg Biffle, who won three consecutive races from 2004-2006.
• Miami Nights: In 57 starts in the NASCAR Xfinity Series at Homestead, RFK earned three wins, 22 top-fives, 32 top-10s and two pole positions. Edwards recorded the most recent victory at Homestead in the 2008 season finale.

RFK Homestead Wins

1998       Burton  NXS

2002       Busch    Cup

2004       Biffle     Cup

2005       Biffle     Cup

2006       Biffle     Cup

2006       Kenseth NXS

2006       Martin  Truck

2007       Kenseth Cup

2008       Edwards Cup

2008       Edwards NXS

2010       Edwards Cup

Last Time Out & Where They Stand
Las Vegas: Keselowski led the third-most laps of any driver (37) and went on to finish fourth, his seventh top five finish of the season. Buescher finished 11^th.

Points Standings (17: 8^th, 6: 9^th): Buescher sits eighth in the playoff standings entering Homestead, while Keselowski is ninth, first among drivers not remaining in the playoff picture.

By the Numbers at Homestead

Race      Win       T5           T10         Pole       Laps       Led        AvSt      AvFn     Miles

 89           7              23           32           4              22784    1167       17.8        16.6        34176

57           3              22           32           2              11271    540         11.6        11.5        16906.5

29           1              6              11           2              3912       193         12.2        14.7        5868

175         11           51           75           8              37967    1900       14.8        14.6        56950.5