Entry List : Homestead Miami Speedway
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- Homestead-Miami Speedway
- 24th Annual Ford EcoBoost 300
- Pole Winner: Cole Custer
- Age: 20
- Team : No. 00 - Haas Automation Ford
- Owner: Gene Haas
- Crew Chief: Jeff Meendering
- Cole Custer won the Pole Award for the 24th Annual Ford EcoBoost 300 with a lap of 32.609 seconds, 165.598 mph.
- This is his sixth pole in 71 NASCAR XFINITY Series races.
- This is his sixth pole and 28th top-10 start in 2018.
- This is his first pole in three races at Homestead-Miami Speedway.
- Christopher Bell (second) posted his 23rd top-10 start of 2018 and his second in two races at Homestead-Miami Speedway.
- John Hunter Nemechek (third) posted his first top-10 start at Homestead-Miami Speedway. It is his 13th in 18 races this season.
- Christopher Bell (second) was the fastest qualifying rookie.
- Drivers Entered: 45 (7 drivers will not make the race)
- Laps Scheduled: 200
- Margin of Victory: 06.902 Seconds
- Time of Race: 2 Hours 8 Minutes 6 Seconds
- Average Speed: 140.515
- Cautions: 2 for 10 laps
- Lead Changes: 5
- Green Flag Passes: 1,094 (5.8 passes per green flag lap)
- Homestead-Miami Speedway
- 24th Annual Ford EcoBoost 300
- Race Winner: Tyler Reddick
- Age: 22
- Team : No. 9 - BurgerFi Chevrolet
- Owner: JR Motorsports
- Crew Chief: David Elenz
- Tyler Reddick won the 24th Annual Ford EcoBoost 300, his third victory in 51 NASCAR XFINITY Series races.
- This is his second victory and 20th top-10 finish in 2018.
- This is his first victory and second top-10 finish in two races at Homestead-Miami Speedway.
- Cole Custer (second) posted his second top-10 finish in three races at Homestead-Miami Speedway. It is his 26th top-10 finish in 2018.
- John Hunter Nemechek (third) posted his first top-10 finish in his series track debut at Homestead-Miami Speedway.
- Tyler Reddick has won the 2018 NASCAR Xfinity Series driver championship.
- Tyler Reddick has won the 2018 Sunoco Rookie of the Year honors.
- Stewart-Haas Racing's No. 00 Ford Mustang team has won the 2018 NASCAR Xfinity Series owners championship.
- Chevrolet has won the 2018 NASCAR Xfinity Series manufacturers championship.
- Driver Champion: Tyler Reddick
- Team: No. 9 JR Motorsports Chevrolet Camaro
- Tyler Reddick won his first NASCAR Xfinity Series championship; becoming the 29th different driver to win the title and the third in series history to win the championship in his Sunoco rookie season joining Chase Elliott (2014) and William Byron (2017).
- Reddick won the season finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway to claim the title.
- Reddick made 33 starts this season posting two wins (Daytona-1 and Homestead), seven top fives and 20 top 10s.
- In the Playoffs this season Reddick has posted one win (Homestead), three top fives and six top 10s.
- Reddick (Corning) has become the second NASCAR Xfinity Series champion from the state of California joining Kevin Harvick from Bakersfield, who won the championship in 2001 and 2006.
- Owner Of Driver Champion: Dale Earnhardt Jr., JR Motorsports
- This is JR Motorsport's third NASCAR Xfinity Series driver championship (Chase Elliott, 2014; William Byron, 2017).
- Owner Dale Earnhardt Jr., a two-time (1998, '99) NASCAR Xfinity Series driver champion, fielded his first car as an owner in the series with driver Mark McFarland at Homestead-Miami Speedway on November 19, 2005.
- JR Motorsports has led 12 different drivers to Victory Lane for a total of 44 wins in the NASCAR Xfinity Series.
- Crew Chief Champion: David Elenz
- This is David Elenz's second career NASCAR Xfinity Series championship (William Byron, 2017 and Tyler Reddick, 2018).
- Elenz is the 25th different crew chief to win the NASCAR Xfinity Series title and the 10th to win multiple titles.
- Elenz has won 10 NASCAR Xfinity Series races with five different drivers: William Byron (four), Kevin Harvick (two), Dale Earnhardt Jr. (one), Chase Elliott (one) and Tyler Reddick (two).
- Owner Champion: Tony Stewart & Gene Haas, Stewart-Haas Racing No. 00 Ford
- This is Stewart-Haas Racing's first NASCAR Xfinity Series owner championship.
- Stewart-Haas Racing began its NASCAR Xfinity Series program in 2017 at Daytona International Speedway with driver Cole Custer.
- Stewart-Haas Racing has two wins in the NASCAR Xfinity Series.
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VEHICLE
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1
Roxboro, NC
Sep 20, 1967
51
40
Dodge
Thanks Dodge / CrashClaimsR.us
5
Conover, NC
Oct 21, 1941
77
89
Chevrolet
Visone RV
6
Asheville, NC
Jan 9, 1987
31
99
Chevrolet
B.J. McLeod Motorsports
10
Riverton, IL
Jun 6, 1986
32
7
Chevrolet
BRANDT Professional Agriculture
17
Alva, FL
Dec 4, 1992
25
4
Chevrolet
Florida Watermelon Association
18
Kannapolis, NC
Jan 27, 1991
27
21
Chevrolet
South Point Hotel & Casino
27
Driftwood, TX
Oct 29, 1996
22
55
Toyota
Rollin Smoke Barbeque / Touched by Pros
29
Mooresville, NC
Jun 11, 1997
21
42
Chevrolet
Fire Alarm Services Inc.
30
Norman, OK
Dec 16, 1994
23
20
Toyota
GameStop Transformers
34
Woodbridge, VA
Sep 14, 1993
25
86
Chevrolet
Coalition to Salute America's Heroes
38
Spartanburg, SC
Jan 16, 1985
33
51
Chevrolet
Fly and Form / RepairableVehicles.com
39
Port Charlotte, FL
Aug 3, 1993
25
92
Chevrolet
Sleep Well / StarTron
40
Como, MS
Dec 7, 1986
31
8
Chevrolet
B.J. McLeod Motorsports
41
Metamora, MI
Aug 16, 1997
21
78
Chevrolet
JAS Expedited Trucking LLC
43
Newton, NC
Jul 4, 1993
25
3
Chevrolet
CMR Construction & Roofing