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The NASCAR season comes to a close this weekend at the Homestead Speedway in Miami, FL.  The Chase now focuses on the final race of 2011 with the championship coming down to just 2 drivers.  Tony Stewart and Carl Edwards are separated by just 3 points going into this weekend's Ford 400.  Both drivers have had success at the track but Carl Edwards has a clear advantage with only one finish outside of the top 10 in his Sprint Cup career.  Edwards' made first cup start, and only finish outside the top 10, at Homestead in 2006 while running part-time in the Sprint Cup.  Since then he has also managed to rack up 2 wins at the season finale.  The last race of the year should be one for the NASCAR history books.  The new points system creates more opportunities for the Sprint Cup to have such close finishes between drivers, which is good for the sport and all the great NASCAR fans.

The 2011 NASCAR season prepares for night racing at Bristol this weekend and the field for The Chase is just about set.  This is an exciting time of the season for NASCAR fans everywhere.  This Saturday the Sprint Cup will pack 43 cars into Bristol Motor Speedway to race under the lights, and in just a few weeks the NASCAR "playoffs" will open up at Chicagoland Speedway (GEICO 400) for the track's first Chase appearance.