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By: Dan Cross, Matt Beer, David Evans, Scott Mitchell, Marcus Simmons, Sam Tremayne, Charles Bradley

Summary

Status: Stopped
NASCAR - Homestead: But all eyes are on Johnson who finishes ninth and in doing so claims his sixth title!
NASCAR - Homestead: And Hamlin ends the year with a victory, his first since Loudon in 2012! Kenseth comes home second, ahead of Earnhardt.
NASCAR - Homestead: Final lap and Hamlin looks to have this, his first win of the season, in the bag. Kenseth continues to fend off Earnhardt, while Johnson is running in eighth.
NASCAR - Homestead: This fight for second is allowing Hamlin to head off into the distance, with six laps remaining.
NASCAR - Homestead: Earnhardt isn't about to give up, however, as he momentarily takes second before Kenseth holds his nerve and maintains his place.
NASCAR - Homestead: Johnson's now battling with Bowyer for sixth while Kenseth is 0.4s behind leader Hamlin with 10 laps to go.
NASCAR - Homestead: And now Johnson's up to eighth having disposed of team-mate Gordon and Kyle Busch in quick succession.
NASCAR - Homestead: Hamlin has retaken the lead from Earnhardt, while Johnson is 10th and looks likely to claim his sixth title with 23 laps remaining.
NASCAR - Homestead: Is Kenseth about to make a late challenge for the lead? He's third at present but is closing quickly on the front two.
NASCAR - Homestead: And back to green on lap 239 of 267. Hamlin leads the way, but Earnhardt Jr quickly overtakes!
NASCAR - Homestead: Kurt Busch made the biggest gain in the pits, climbing 20 positions as he was the only one to take on two tyres. He is fourth.
NASCAR - Homestead: Hamlin and Earnhardt Jr manage to hang on to the top two spots.
NASCAR - Homestead: Five laps of this caution period completed and the pit road is finally open for what will be crucial stop for, well, everyone.
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NASCAR - Homestead: Smoke and fire extinguisher foam is scattered throughout pit road, which is not open for drivers to enter.
NASCAR - Homestead: Caution arrives on lap 232 as he enters the pits and his tyre spectacularly explodes.
NASCAR - Homestead: And Menard's right rear appears to have blown again, with sparks flying underneath his car.
NASCAR - Homestead: Johnson has re-entered the top 10 after passing Newman low into Turn 3.
NASCAR - Homestead: Earnhardt is back to the front once again on lap 224 of 267, with Keselowski and Hamlin in close proximity.
NASCAR - Homestead: Great battle going on at the moment for fourth position as Kenseth is forced to fend off Gordon, Harvick and Lango.
NASCAR - Homestead: There's no stopping Keselowski as he now has a go at leading the field while Harvick begins dropping down the order. Johnson, meanwhile, is up to 14th.
NASCAR - Homestead: Harvick just about manages to hold on to the lead as Keselowski gains a place.
NASCAR - Homestead: Question is, with 57 laps still to go, will anyone be able to make it to the end without having to take on more fuel?
NASCAR - Homestead: Back to green on lap 212 of 267 as Harvick leads ahead of Hamlin, Truex Jr, Keselowski and Kenseth.
NASCAR - Homestead: Leaders head to pit road again and while Johnson's speed seems unaffected by his fender damage, the Hendrick crew give it some attention.
NASCAR - Homestead: Seventh caution of the day, this time for Menard whose car is emitting smoke from its rear.
NASCAR - Homestead: Johnson has finally found a way past Biffle - the two had their issues at Martinsville earlier in the season - and has moved up to 17th.
NASCAR - Homestead: Johnson's title rival Kenseth is in ninth, so as things stand, Johnson will still win the title.
NASCAR - Homestead: Johnson is already up to 21st as he begins his recovery drive. Hamlin currently leads, ahead of Keselowski and Earnhardt.
NASCAR - Homestead: Replays show Johnson had a scrap with Kenseth, but it doesn't look like anything major.
NASCAR - Homestead: And we're back to racing once again, on lap 193 of 267, as Johnson appears to have taken damage to front-left fender! He drops from eighth to 23rd!
NASCAR - Homestead: The order on lap 192 looks like this:

1 Hamlin; 2 Gordon; 3 Earnhardt; 4 Kenseth; 5 Keselowski; 6 Busch; 7 Bowyer; 8 Johnson; 9 Truex Jr; 10 Menard.
NASCAR - Homestead: Frontrunners head for the pits, with Johnson, Earnhardt and Kenseth taking on four fresh tyres. Johnson lost three positions in all that and drops to eighth.
NASCAR - Homestead: Sixth caution period of the day as Earnhardt Jr was closing in on Hamlin on lap 189. The reason for the caution? Debris on Turn 3. Again.
NASCAR - Homestead: Looks like Earnhardt Jr has the quickest car out there at the moment as he closes the gap to Hamlin. It was 1.6s on the last tour and now it's down to 1.2s on this, lap 186 of 267.
NASCAR - Homestead: Kenseth's now down to fourth, the lowest he's been all afternoon, as Gordon and Earnhardt are displaying a good turn of speed.
NASCAR - Homestead: And Hamlin is in the double digits now for laps led while his lead advantage is now almost two seconds.
NASCAR - Homestead: Hamlin is managing to increase his lead with every passing lap and is now a second clear of Kenseth.

Johnson is filtering his way through the field and has passed Keselowski and Earnhardt in quick succession to go fourth.
NASCAR - Homestead: And, with 100 laps left to run, Hamlin takes the lead away from Kenseth.
NASCAR - Homestead: Seven laps after the restart and Johnson's back to fifth as Kenseth holds off team-mate Hamlin at the front. 2012 champion Keselowski is third.
NASCAR - Homestead: Johnson had dropped from fifth to ninth on the restart, but he's slowly gaining ground and is now up to sixth with Gordon in his sights.

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