NASCAR Xfinity Series at Homestead-Miami

Annual NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Homestead-Miami Speedway

"Ford EcoBoost 300" redirects here. For the 2012 race at Bristol Motor Speedway, see Fitzgerald Glider Kits 300.

Contender Boats 300

NASCAR Xfinity Series
Venue| Homestead–Miami Speedway
Location| Homestead, Florida, United States
Corporate sponsor| Contender Boats
First race| 1995 (1995)
Distance| 300 miles (480 km)
Laps| 167
Stages 1/2: 40 each
Final stage: 87
Previous names| Jiffy Lube Miami 300 (1995–1998)
HotWheels.com 300 (1999)
Miami 300 (2000)
GNC Live Well 300 (2001)
Ford 300 (2002–2011)
Ford EcoBoost 300 (2012–2019)
Hooters 250 (2020 race 1)
Contender Boats 250 (2020–2021)
Most wins (driver)| Joe Nemechek (3)
Most wins (team)| Joe Gibbs Racing (5)
Most wins (manufacturer)| Chevrolet (14)
Circuit information
Surface| Asphalt
Length| 1.5 mi (2.4 km)
Turns| 4

Stock car racing events in the NASCAR Xfinity Series has been held at the Homestead–Miami Speedway since the track's inauguration in 1995. For much of its history, it was the final race of the second-tier series' season. The event is currently named Contender Boats 300 for sponsorship reasons; with exception of one-off emergency races in 2020 and a one-off change in 2021, the race has been held as a 300-mile race.

Sam Mayer is the defending winner.

## Race history[edit]

The race at Homestead was added to the then-Busch Series calendar in 1995, and was immediately positioned as the final event of the series' season. Through the 2001 season, the Busch Series was the only one of NASCAR's three major series to end its season at the track. The NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series began racing at the track in 1996 with an early season date, while the NASCAR Cup Series placed the series on its 1999 schedule and gave it the penultimate race date on its schedule.

In 2002, NASCAR began having its season ending weekend at Homestead, with all three series crowning their respective champions at the end of the weekend. The 300 mile event was run on Saturday of that weekend, and carried sponsorship from Ford Motor Company until 2019.

In 2020, the race date was changed to early spring as part of a schedule realignment. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the race was moved to June and changed from a single 300-mile race to two races combined for a total distance of 501 miles, replacing a date at Iowa Speedway.[1] Hooters assumed naming rights for the first race, while Contender Boats, a local boat manufacturer, sponsored the second, a Dash 4 Cash event.[2][3][4] The Sunday race was originally named the 2020Census.gov 300 as the United States Census was going on at the time of the initially-scheduled date.[5]

For the 2021 season, the race was originally announced as reverting to its original 300-mile distance with Contender Boats returning as title sponsor,[6] but it instead remained at 250 miles with 167 laps and the Contender Boats 250 race name.[7][8]

A NASCAR bulletin that Fox Sports' Bob Pockrass received notes the 300-mile distance will return in 2022.

## Past winners[edit]

Year  | Date  | No. | Driver  | Team  | Manufacturer  | Race Distance  | Race Time  | Average Speed
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Laps  | Miles (km)
1995 | November 5  | 32  |  Dale Jarrett | Dale Jarrett | Ford | 200  | 300 (482.803)  | 3:16:28  | 92.229  | [9]
1996 | November 3  | 88  |  Kevin Lepage | Lepage Racing | Chevrolet | 200  | 300 (482.803)  | 2:32:04  | 119.158  | [10]
1997 | November 9  | 87  |  Joe Nemechek*  | NEMCO Motorsports | Chevrolet | 200  | 300 (482.803)  | 2:39:26  | 112.9  | [11]
1998 | November 15  | 9  |  Jeff Burton | Roush Racing | Ford | 200  | 300 (482.803)  | 2:18:53  | 129.605  | [12]
1999 | November 13  | 87  |  Joe Nemechek | NEMCO Motorsports | Chevrolet | 200  | 300 (482.803)  | 2:24:28  | 124.596  | [13]
2000 | November 11  | 24  |  Jeff Gordon | JG Motorsports | Chevrolet | 200  | 300 (482.803)  | 2:23:29  | 125.45  | [14]
2001 | November 10  | 87  | Joe Nemechek | NEMCO Motorsports | Chevrolet | 200  | 300 (482.803)  | 2:16:10  | 132.191  | [15]
2002 | November 16  | 23  | Scott Wimmer | Bill Davis Racing | Pontiac | 200  | 300 (482.803)  | 2:25:42  | 123.542  | [16]
2003 | November 15  | 38  |  Kasey Kahne | Akins Motorsports | Ford | 200  | 300 (482.803)  | 2:28:18  | 121.376  | [17]
2004 | November 20  | 29  |  Kevin Harvick | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 202*  | 303 (487.631)  | 2:45:22  | 110.482  | [18]
2005*  | November 19  | 39  |  Ryan Newman | Penske Racing | Dodge | 200  | 300 (482.803)  | 2:24:41  | 124.41  | [19]
2006 | November 18  | 17  |  Matt Kenseth | Roush Racing | Ford | 200  | 300 (482.803)  | 2:22:16  | 126.523  | [20]
2007*  | November 17  | 29  |  Jeff Burton | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 200  | 300 (482.803)  | 2:39:59  | 112.512  | [21]
2008 | November 15  | 60  |  Carl Edwards | Roush Fenway Racing | Ford | 200  | 300 (482.803)  | 2:33:24  | 117.34  | [22]
2009 | November 21  | 18  |  Kyle Busch | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 200  | 300 (482.803)  | 2:21:49  | 126.924  | [23]
2010 | November 20  | 18  |  Kyle Busch | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 200  | 300 (482.803)  | 2:42:32  | 110.747  | [24]
2011 | November 19  | 22  | Brad Keselowski | Penske Racing | Dodge | 200  | 300 (482.803)  | 2:30:47  | 119.377  | [25]
2012 | November 17  | 5  |  Regan Smith | JR Motorsports | Chevrolet | 200  | 300 (482.803)  | 2:19:44  | 128.817  | [26]
2013 | November 16  | 48  |  Brad Keselowski | Penske Racing | Ford | 200  | 300 (482.803)  | 2:45:06  | 109.025  | [27]
2014*  | November 15  | 20  |  Matt Kenseth | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 206*  | 309 (497.287)  | 2:40:36  | 115.442  | [28]
2015 | November 21  | 42  |  Kyle Larson | HScott Motorsports | Chevrolet | 200  | 300 (482.803)  | 2:20:20  | 128.266  | [29]
2016 | November 19  | 19  | Daniel Suárez | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 200  | 300 (482.803)  | 2:34:34  | 116.455  | [30]
2017 | November 18  | 00  |  Cole Custer | Stewart-Haas Racing | Ford | 200  | 300 (482.803)  | 2:12:13  | 136.14  | [31]
2018 | November 17  | 9  |  Tyler Reddick | JR Motorsports | Chevrolet | 200  | 300 (482.803)  | 2:08:06  | 140.515  | [32]
2019 | November 16  | 2  |  Tyler Reddick | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 200  | 300 (482.803)  | 2:31:49  | 118.564  | [33]
2020 | June 13*  | 20  |  Harrison Burton | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 167  | 250.5 (403.140)  | 2:06:34  | 118.752  | [34]
June 14*  | 98  |  Chase Briscoe | Stewart-Haas Racing | Ford | 177*  | 265.5 (427.280)  | 2:15:52  | 117.247  | [35]
2021 | February 27*  | 2  |  Myatt Snider | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 179*  | 268.5 (432.108)  | 2:30:59  | 103.72  | [36]
2022 | October 22  | 9  |  Noah Gragson | JR Motorsports | Chevrolet | 200  | 300 (482.803)  | 2:24:08  | 124.884  | [37]
2023 | October 21  | 1  |  Sam Mayer | JR Motorsports | Chevrolet | 200  | 300 (482.803)  | 2:34:29  | 116.517  | [38]

### Notes[edit]

* 2004, 2014, 2020 II, & 2021: Races extended due to NASCAR overtime.
* 2020: Race postponed from March 21 due to COVID-19 pandemic; event format changed to twin 250-mile races due to Iowa Speedway's cancellation.
* 2021: Race moved from February 20 due to scheduling changes triggered by Auto Club Speedway's cancellation.

### Track configuration notes[edit]

* 1995–1996: Rectangular oval
* 1997–2002: True oval; low banking
* 2003–present: True oval; steep, progressive banking

### Multiple winners (drivers)[edit]

# Wins  | Driver  | Years Won

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3  |  Joe Nemechek | 1997, 1999, 2001
2  |  Jeff Burton | 1998, 2007
Kyle Busch | 2009, 2010
Brad Keselowski | 2011, 2013
Matt Kenseth | 2006, 2014
Tyler Reddick | 2018, 2019

### Multiple winners (teams)[edit]

# Wins  | Team  | Years Won

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5  | Joe Gibbs Racing | 2009, 2010, 2014, 2016, 2020 (1 of 2)
4  | Richard Childress Racing | 2004, 2007, 2019, 2021
JR Motorsports | 2012, 2018, 2022, 2023
3  | NEMCO Motorsports | 1997, 1999, 2001
Roush Fenway Racing | 1998, 2006, 2008
Penske Racing | 2005, 2011, 2013
2  | Stewart-Haas Racing | 2017, 2020 (1 of 2)

### Manufacturer wins[edit]

# Wins  | Make  | Years Won

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14  |  Chevrolet | 1996, 1997, 1999-2001, 2004, 2007, 2012, 2015, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023
8  |  Ford | 1995, 1998, 2003, 2006, 2008, 2013, 2017, 2020 (1 of 2)
5  |  Toyota | 2009, 2010, 2014, 2016, 2020 (1 of 2)
2  |  Dodge | 2005, 2011
1  |  Pontiac | 2002

## See also[edit]

* Baptist Health Cancer Care 200
* 4EVER 400
* Ford Championship Weekend

## References[edit]

1. ^ Norris, Brad. "NASCAR realigns 2020 schedule, shifts events from Chicagoland, Richmond, Sonoma". NASCAR.com. Retrieved May 18, 2020.
2. ^ "Dash 4 Cash is back: 2020 dates, tracks, results for Xfinity Series". NASCAR. June 1, 2020. Retrieved June 9, 2020.
3. ^ "Hooters Backing First Of Two Miami Xfinity Races". Speed Sport. June 8, 2020. Retrieved June 9, 2020.
4. ^ "Contender Boats Named Entitlement Sponsor for One of Homestead-Miami Speedway's Two 2020 NASCAR Xfinity Series Races". Homestead–Miami Speedway (Press release). June 11, 2020. Retrieved June 11, 2020.
5. ^ "Homestead-Miami Speedway's NASCAR Xfinity Series Race to be Named 2020CENSUS.GOV 300". Homestead–Miami Speedway. March 5, 2020. Retrieved March 5, 2020.
6. ^ "Contender Boats to Serve as Entitlement Partner for Upcoming NASCAR Xfinity Series Race at Homestead-Miami Speedway". Homestead–Miami Speedway. January 12, 2021. Retrieved January 12, 2021.
7. ^ "Stage lengths for 2021 NASCAR season". NASCAR. January 25, 2021. Retrieved January 31, 2021.
8. ^ "Contender Boats 250". Homestead–Miami Speedway. Retrieved February 22, 2021.
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10. ^ "1996 Jiffy Lube Miami 300". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved January 1, 2022.
11. ^ "1997 Jiffy Lube Miami 300". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved January 1, 2022.
12. ^ "1998 Jiffy Lube Miami 300". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved January 1, 2022.
13. ^ "1999 HotWheels.com 300". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved January 1, 2022.
14. ^ "2000 Miami 300". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved January 1, 2022.
15. ^ "2001 GNC Live Well 300". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved January 1, 2022.
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25. ^ "2011 Ford 300". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved January 1, 2022.
26. ^ "2012 Ford EcoBoost 300". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved January 1, 2022.
27. ^ "2013 Ford EcoBoost 300". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved January 1, 2022.
28. ^ "2014 Ford EcoBoost 300". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved January 1, 2022.
29. ^ "2015 Ford EcoBoost 300". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved January 1, 2022.
30. ^ "2016 Ford EcoBoost 300". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved January 1, 2022.
31. ^ "2017 Ford EcoBoost 300". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved January 1, 2022.
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33. ^ "2019 Ford EcoBoost 300". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved January 1, 2022.
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36. ^ "2021 Contender Boats 250". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved January 1, 2022.
37. ^ "2022 Contender Boats 250". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved October 22, 2022.
38. ^ "2023 Contender Boats 250". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved October 21, 2023.

## External links[edit]

* Homestead-Miami Speedway race results at Racing-Reference

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