NASCAR team withdraws from Homestead race

The #7 team of Tommy Baldwin Racing withdrew their entry for Reed Sorenson from Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series race at Homestead-Miami Speedway.

Instead of a 39-car field, the NASCAR Cup Series season is slated to see a 38-car field this Sunday at Homestead-Miami Speedway, tying the lowest field size through the first 12 races of the 2020 season.

After the starting lineup for Sunday afternoon’s 267-lap Dixie Vodka 400 at the four-turn, 1.5-mile (2.414-kilometer) oval in Homestead, Florida was determined via an owner points-based random draw, Tommy Baldwin Racing withdrew their entry.

The team’s #7 Chevrolet, which was slated to be driven by Reed Sorenson, will not compete in this race. As of now, Sorenson is not set to take over another ride for this event after competing in seven of the season’s first 11 races, including two driving for Tommy Baldwin Racing.

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As one of the three drivers slated to compete for an open team in this race and with his team ranking the lowest of those three teams in the owner standings, Sorenson was to have started in 39th (last) place.

Earlier this season, Tommy Baldwin Racing returned to the Cup Series for the first time since failing to qualify for the 2019 Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway with Ryan Truex behind the wheel of the #71 Chevrolet. Their first start of the season came at Darlington Raceway when the sport returned from the 10-week hiatus caused by the coronavirus pandemic.

Their start in the first of two races at Darlington Raceway was their first official start since the 2017 season when Joey Gase competed for the team at Phoenix Raceway in the season’s penultimate race.

This season, Josh Bilicki drove for the team in the first race Darlington Raceway and then in the second race at Charlotte Motor Speedway. J.J. Yeley drove for the team in the first race at Charlotte Motor Speedway and then at Bristol Motor Speedway before Sorenson drove for the team at Atlanta Motor Speedway and Martinsville Speedway.

Sunday’s race is set to be broadcast live from Homestead-Miami Speedway on Fox beginning at 3:00 p.m. ET.