In the leadup to Sunday's race, the city of Homestead had been offering numerous updates concerning a wildfire in the Miami-Dade area, which is encroaching on the area around the speedway. Firefighters have continued to battle a brush fire that has burned over 26,000 acres of land, and the fire was 65% contained as of Saturday afternoon.

Alex Bowman will lead the field to the green flag in Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series race at Homestead-Miami Speedway. As the only car to post a sub-32 second time, Bowman drove his No. 48 Ally Unrivaled League Chevrolet Camaro to his sixth career pole, his first of 2025.