NASCAR Drops Massive $13.8 Million News Ahead of Homestead Championship Race

The NASCAR Cup Series championship is decided by what happens on the racetrack. But as the sport prepares to crown its 2026 champion at Homestead-Miami Speedway, another enormous number has entered the conversation. $13,855,063. That’s the total purse for Sunday’s championship race, a staggering sum attached to the final 267 laps of the Cup Series season. And the money doesn’t stop there. With NASCAR’s O’Reilly Auto Parts Series and Craftsman Truck Series also deciding their championships in South Florida, the combined purses for all three races exceed $17 million. The figures, shared Wednesday, Nov.