“Nobody wants to hear my political views; I won’t be talking about that,” France said during a news conference at Homestead-Miami Speedway, after being asked if questions will be raised about his support of Trump after Mexico-native Daniel Suarez won the Xfinity Series title Saturday night. An occasionally combative chairman Brian France said Sunday he expects to soon announce a new title sponsor for NASCAR’s top series, while aggressively pushing back on issues that included how his endorsement of President-elect Donald Trump might impact the sport’s diversity push and NASCAR’s drop in attendance and television ratings. "And on the side of that, I have my mom, my dad, my family from Houston, my friends from Mexico [and] my friend Coco over there that I used to race cars with him when I was 13 years old. “Go back a year ago for the Xfinity Series … you had the winner and the champion and a couple others talk about all they needed to do was finish the race. Byron’s season was so good that team owner Kyle Busch said: “It’s kind of scary to be teaching him all the things I’m teaching him, but I was done about three weeks ago telling him anymore. I don’t know exactly how we’ll do that, but we’ll look at that.”

On consideration of adding other manufacturers to NASCAR: “Yes, but we’re not in a position to make that announcement.”

On new rules next season limiting Cup regulars’ appearances in Xfinity and Truck series races: “Cup drivers obviously were able to compete in events, but you saw the championship get settled down to the series participants. Seven wins for a rookie is remarkable and to come out here and to win this race on the stage that was set with everybody else out there was a lot of fun to watch.”

Sunday’s Fort EcoBoost 400 will be broadcast on live TV to 185 countries in 24 languages. Of course, the average fan should be properly informed that the shiny car they are looking at in the showroom is not the same car that is whirring around the track at Homestead. The 24-year-old Mexican bested fellow championship contenders Elliott Sadler, Justin Allgaier and Erik Jones on a botched restart with three laps to go. The things that we’re going to be able to do are going to take many, many years to achieve our end goal, which is to really lower costs in the industry by working with our interests better aligned with the teams. Sorry, didn’t mean to dash someone’s dream of cruising down Florida’s Turnpike at 200 mph, but that’s just a fact. “But some of the things are not going to change, of course, like you’ve got to compete at a high level, you’ve got to get sponsorship, you’ve got to have a manufacturing relationship.
In NASCAR, Daniel Suárez wins the season's final race in the second-tier Xfinity Series, the Ford EcoBoost 300, claiming the season title in the process. The Mexican becomes the first foreign driver ever to win a season championship in any of NASCAR's three U.S.-based national touring series.