Joey Logano

Just 400 miles remain in the 2019 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series season. Homestead-Miami Speedway's 1.5-mile oval is the spot for their finale, the Ford EcoBoost 400, in which four drivers will compete amongst each other to win the series title.

It's the last year this track will host NASCAR's championship weekend for the foreseeable future. A 2020 schedule shakeup has moved the track's race date to March; Phoenix's ISM Raceway will take over this spot next year.

After eight months and 34 races in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, it's finally time to whittle down the playoff field to this year's Championship 4. ISM Raceway in Phoenix hosts the penultimate race of the season, a Round of 8 elimination which sets up the grand finale next week at Homestead-Miami Speedway.

The Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series begins its Round of 8 with the last short track of the 10-race playoff. Martinsville Speedway's half-mile paperclip is the place where the unexpected can and often does happen.

Last season, Joey Logano used a bump-and-run on the final lap to blow by Martin Truex Jr. and earn himself a spot in the Championship 4. Without the victory, Logano would never have qualified for the final round and earned himself the 2018 Cup title.

Talladega Superspeedway sits right in the heart of Alabama, a state the hit movie Forrest Gump was based around. And, just like the main character there would say, a race here is like a box of chocolates: you never know what you’re going to get.