Hendrick Motorsports driver Kyle Larson “clinched” his third NASCAR Cup Series title at Homestead-Miami Speedway, becoming the 11th driver with three Cup titles and first back-to-back champion since Jimmie Johnson in 2010. The championship had “perfect weather and a star-studded lineup of celebrities,” including Johnson, Jason Derulo, Cole Swindell, Fever G Sophie Cunningham and golfer John Daly (AP, 11/8). Cunningham, alongside Swindell, “gave the ‘start your engines command’ for the race” (USA TODAY, 11/8). The race was sold out, marking NASCAR’s 14th sellout of the Cup Series season — the ”most since 2006″ (X, 11/7).
