Homestead doesn’t have much time to look back on, having only 7 Cup races here, but that doesn’t necessarily mean there’s no history to look back on here.

History comes with the first race here in 1999. Tony Stewart broke two rookie records here. Not only did he win this event in its inaugural event, but it was his third win in his rookie year. This was a record for number of wins for a rookie. It was also the first time the Cup series saw a rookie win back to back races. He finished 4th in the points in his rookie year, the highest in NASCAR’s modern era. Sounds sort of like Denny’s year.

Not much else to write that won’t be covered in my stats post. Hopefully I’ll get that up tomorrow.