SNAPSHOT: Miami

From NASCAR.com

Race day info
What: 17th annual Ford EcoBoost 400.
When: Sunday, Nov. 22
Where: Homestead-Miami Speedway, 1.5-mile oval in Homestead, Florida
Green flag time: 3:15 p.m. ET (NBC, MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio)
Forecast: Cloudy, high of 82 degrees, 80 percent chance of rain and possible thunderstorms, according to the National Weather Service
National anthem: Zachary Levi, actor ("Chuck," "Heroes Reborn")
Grand marshal: Hoda Kotb, co-host of NBC's "Today."
Distance: 400.5 miles, 267 laps.
Pit road speed: 45 mph. 
Caution car speed: 55 mph.
 
On the front row
1. Denny Hamlin, No. 11 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota (176.655 MPH)
2. Joey Logano, No. 22 Team Penske Ford (176.263 MPH)
 
Fastest in practice
First practice: Carl Edwards, No. 19 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota (175.143 MPH).
Second practice: Kyle Larson, No. 42 Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet (176.010 MPH).
Final practice: Joey Logano, No. 22 Team Penske Ford (175.404 MPH).
 
Key story lines
1. Truex Jr. and Sherry Pollex already winners
2. Homestead could be 'fairy-tale' ending for Gordon
3. Harvick focused on title -- not verbal jabs
4. Kyle Busch signs contract extension with JGR

 
Former winners in the field
Greg Biffle (3), Tony Stewart (3), Carl Edwards (2), Denny Hamlin (2), Kurt Busch(1), Jeff Gordon (1), Kevin Harvick (1), Matt Kenseth (1).

They said it: Championship 4 final practice edition
Kyle Busch: "Really pleased with it -- it's definitely one of the best race cars I've had here for sure. It does the things that I think that it needs to do so hopefully I’m right and hopefully we’ve got a good race car for tomorrow."
 
Jeff Gordon: "The very first run that final practice was great. I felt really good about it. We've got a few things on the longer run that I felt like we can work on. The second run was so-so. The track definitely lost some grip. I think we have a good indication what the track conditions are going to be like in the race, so that is all really valuable information that we can put into our database and make adjustments and hopefully good decisions for (Sunday)."
 
Rodney Childers, crew chief for Kevin Harvick: "The car seems to have had pretty good speed. Definitely a lot better than what we were here last year. The guys did a good job. Kevin learned a lot running the top up against the wall. I feel like we got a lot of good information with those long runs. We will make a few adjustments for the race to try to keep the car tightened up and hopefully be good."
 
Martin Truex Jr.: "We haven't made any gains on it. It's been a frustrating day. We have been struggling with the car and we really haven't hit on anything that helped it. So we are going to go in there and work on it right now and hopefully come up with something for (Sunday)."