The Ford EcoBoost 200 is an annual 200-mile (321.869 km) NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race held at the Homestead-Miami Speedway in Homestead, Florida. The race began as a 250-mile race in 1996, but for the 2002 season, the race was shortened 50 miles.
History [edit]
The 2006 field being told that there was one lap remaining
First held in 1996, the race has had fifteen different winners.[1] Beginning as a 250-mile race, the inaugural race was won by Ford racing driver Dave Rezendes after starting the race tenth on the grid.[2] Kenny Irwin, Jr. and Rick Crawford won the second and third running of the race, while Mike Wallace won the event in 1999 after going an extra seven miles.[2] In 2000, Chevrolet racing driver, Andy Houston won the event after qualifying third on the grid; the highest starting position for any of the winners at the time.[2] Ted Musgrave won the final 250-mile race ahead of Travis Kvapil in 2001.[3]
For the 2002 running of the race, the race's distance was shortened by 50 miles and was moved to November, becoming the last race in the championship season.[4] Ron Hornaday, Jr. recorded the win ahead of the defending winner Musgrave.[4] The next five runnings of the race were won by Bobby Hamilton, Kasey Kahne, Todd Bodine, Mark Martin and Johnny Benson, Jr..[2] In 2008, Bodine became the first driver to win the event more than once.[5] Kevin Harvick, Kyle Busch and Johnny Sauter won the next three runnings of the event in 2009, 2010 and 2011.[1]
Past winners [edit]
- Notes
- 1997: John Nemechek was seriously injured in a crash during the race, and died several days later, becoming the first of two drivers (Tony Roper in 2000) to die in a fatal crash in the history of the Camping World Truck Series.
- 1999, 2007, 2008, 2009, and 2012: Race extended due to a Green-white-checker finish.
- 2005: Race postponed from Friday Night to Saturday Morning due to rain.
- 2006: First truck race at night.
- 2011: The race was shortened because of rain.
Multiple winner (driver) [edit]
Multiple winners (teams) [edit]
Manufacturer wins [edit]
| # Wins |
Make |
Years Won |
| 5 |
 Ford |
1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2006 |
| Chevrolet |
2000, 2002, 2009, 2011, 2012 |
| 4 |
 Toyota |
2005, 2007, 2008, 2010 |
| 3 |
Dodge |
2001, 2003, 2004 |
See also [edit]
References [edit]
- ^ a b "Homestead-Miami Speedway". Racing-Reference. USA Today Sports Media Group. Retrieved July 23, 2012.
- ^ a b c d Stanfield, Chris (November 24, 2009). "With title already won, still plenty to race for at Miami". NASCAR. Turner Sports. Retrieved July 23, 2012.
- ^ Rodman, Dave (March 4, 2001). "Musgrave easily wins Truck Series event at Homestead". NASCAR. Turner Sports. Retrieved July 23, 2012.
- ^ a b "Homestead: Hornaday wins race, Bliss the championship". Motorsport. November 16, 2002. Retrieved July 23, 2012.
- ^ "Benson wins Truck title over Hornaday in final laps". NASCAR. Turner Sports. November 17, 2008. Retrieved July 23, 2012.
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