Sources — Championship Weekend 2026

Television audience

Slide 3 · 2.77M finale viewers, 2.45M season average

Confirmed

2.45M viewers across the full 38-race 2025 Cup season; 2.77M for the finale on NBC.

Context worth knowing. The same article describes the 2.77M as the lowest-ever viewership for a NASCAR championship finale, and the 2025 finale ran at Phoenix, not Homestead. The proposal does not claim otherwise, but an advertiser who checks will find that framing.

Three championships, one weekend

Slides 3 and 4 · First time since 2019 all three national series crown champions at Homestead

Confirmed

The six-year gap

Slide 3 · Six years since the finale last ran here

Confirmed

The finale last ran at Homestead in 2019 and moved to Phoenix for 2020 through 2025 — six seasons. Wikipedia describes the 2026 return as ending a six-year hiatus that began when the finale moved to Phoenix Raceway in 2020.

Track history

Slides 3 and 4 · 18 consecutive championship seasons, 1.5-mile oval, opened 1995

Confirmed

Champions were crowned at Homestead for 18 consecutive seasons, 2002 through 2019. The track opened in November 1995 as a 1.5-mile oval.

Anniversary maths. Opening in November 1995 makes 2026 the track's 32nd season of racing. Cup racing began in 1999, making 2026 the 28th Cup season. A 30th anniversary would have fallen in 2025 — worth avoiding in copy.

Race dates, times and names

Slide 4

Confirmed

Day	Race	Series	Time	Network
Fri 6 Nov	Craftsman 200	Craftsman Truck Series	7:30 PM ET	FS1
Sat 7 Nov	O’Reilly Auto Parts 300	O’Reilly Auto Parts Series	5:00 PM ET	CW
Sun 8 Nov	Season Finale 400	Cup Series	3:00 PM ET	NBC

Race names resolved 28 August 2026. The official 2026 event logos are the authority here. The Cup race is the Season Finale 400, not the Straight Talk Wireless 400 that Wikipedia still lists, and the Truck race is the Craftsman 200, not the Baptist Health 200. Official artwork supersedes both.

NASCAR.com — 2026 start times and networks

Hospitality capacities

Slide 5 · Suite capacities and pass counts

Confirmed

Product	Capacity	Detail
Skybox Suites	24 or 40 suite passes	Eight stories above the frontstretch
Turn 1 Suites	42 suite passes	Climate-controlled indoor seating for 32, ten stories up
Shared Suite	10 passes	Catering and open bar

The full 2026 Championship Weekend hospitality range: Skybox Suites, Turn 1 Suites, Shared Suites, Speedway Terrace, Ally Champions Club and Ally Pit Box.

Economic impact

$301M annual impact on Miami-Dade County

Dated — use with care

The figure comes from a Washington Economics Group study reported in October 2015.

Eleven years old. It is a real study and it is widely cited, but it predates the finale leaving for Phoenix and returning. We would not lead with it, and if it is used it should be attributed with its date.

Why we publish this

A proposal is easier to trust when the numbers can be checked. Everything above is either a primary source or a caveat we would rather raise ourselves than have a prospective advertiser discover after signing.

Questions about any figure: tom@edgeset.us.