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NASCAR Xfinity Series

Contender Boats 300

Homestead Miami Speedway

October 21st, 2023

Race #31 of the 2023 NASCAR Xfinity Series Season

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Laps Scheduled: 200
Miles Raced : 300.0
Time of Race : 02 Hours 34 minutes 29 seconds
Average Speed: 116.517 mph
Margin of Victory : 00.227 seconds
Cautions: 6
Caution Laps: 33
Lead Changes: 13

Sam Mayer and Cole Custer race — Homestead, Florida - October 21st, 2023: Sam Mayer, driver of the #1 Accelerate Pros Talent Chevrolet, and Cole Custer, driver of the #00 Haas Automation Ford, race during the NASCAR Xfinity Series Contender Boats 300 at Homestead-Miami Speedway. Photo by James Gilbert | Getty Images

Driver	ST	50%	10%	FIN	HI	LW	AVG	PC D	Pass	Passed	PS D	Q PASS	Fast	%T15	TOT Led	Laps	Rating	TOT PTS
Sam Mayer	13	4	1	1	1	16	3.3	+12	49	39	+10	37	24	99.0%	46	200	130.8	56
Riley Herbst	7	6	4	2	2	21	5.8	+5	61	59	+2	43	15	98.0%	0	200	110.4	42
John Hunter Nemechek	2	3	3	3	1	21	3.4	-1	42	39	+3	31	10	99.5%	7	200	117.3	51
Austin Hill	4	5	2	4	1	24	5.4	+0	55	59	-4	37	3	98.0%	0	200	108.3	38
Dale Earnhardt Jr	23	14	6	5	4	25	11.4	+18	106	89	+17	76	1	84.5%	0	200	90.4	32
Daniel Hemric	15	8	8	6	6	23	10.4	+9	110	104	+6	86	2	95.0%	0	200	95.7	33
Parker Kligerman	10	7	11	7	4	28	11.8	+3	94	96	-2	71	13	83.0%	0	200	98.1	35
Brandon Jones	17	12	5	8	2	27	14.2	+9	68	56	+12	31	0	52.5%	0	200	82.2	29
Sammy Smith	5	9	7	9	3	23	8.8	-4	58	66	-8	45	2	99.0%	0	200	96.2	28
Joe Graf Jr	11	21	9	10	8	28	18.3	+1	77	80	-3	18	1	36.5%	0	200	74.9	27
Derek Kraus	20	10	12	11	1	25	13.4	+9	101	74	+27	42	8	60.5%	21	200	81.8	36
Parker Retzlaff	16	28	14	12	3	34	17.8	+4	75	73	+2	26	9	41.5%	0	200	77.0	25
Cole Custer	1	1	18	13	1	26	5.3	-12	43	58	-15	19	27	82.0%	114	199	131.0	42
Ryan Sieg	14	15	15	14	10	32	16.7	+0	84	85	-1	46	1	45.5%	0	199	75.1	23
Justin Allgaier	3	2	16	15	1	28	8.3	-12	54	70	-16	21	17	74.0%	8	199	106.1	33
Kyle Weatherman	18	19	17	16	6	30	21.9	+2	68	75	-7	7	0	2.5%	0	199	60.7	21
Josh Williams	26	26	19	17	5	29	21.8	+9	80	65	+15	9	1	4.5%	0	199	57.8	20
Jeffrey Earnhardt	33	20	21	18	9	35	24.2	+15	84	81	+3	7	0	2.0%	0	199	50.7	19
Brennan Poole	29	23	20	19	10	29	24.3	+10	82	76	+6	6	0	2.0%	0	199	51.7	18
Jeb Burton	28	16	10	20	7	31	21.1	+8	76	79	-3	15	0	21.5%	0	199	62.3	17
Jeremy Clements	22	22	22	21	13	27	21.0	+1	78	79	-1	4	0	0.5%	0	199	57.8	16
Kyle Sieg	25	17	23	22	5	31	22.0	+3	80	68	+12	14	2	9.5%	0	199	61.2	19
Leland Honeyman Jr	27	25	24	23	8	34	27.3	+4	73	69	+4	7	0	2.0%	0	199	46.2	14
Ryan Ellis	37	29	25	24	14	37	26.7	+13	69	52	+17	1	0	0.0%	0	199	52.0	13
Patrick Emerling	36	27	26	25	17	38	29.7	+11	51	55	-4	0	0	0.0%	0	198	35.3	12
Sheldon Creed	9	11	13	26	1	26	9.7	-17	91	114	-23	70	10	97.0%	4	198	84.3	18
Mason Massey	35	31	27	27	27	37	31.7	+8	20	16	+4	0	0	0.0%	0	198	36.5	10
Anthony Alfredo	31	30	28	28	19	34	29.0	+3	45	44	+1	0	1	0.0%	0	197	41.1	9
Blaine Perkins	34	33	29	29	27	35	31.9	+5	30	29	+1	0	0	0.0%	0	196	35.5	8
Kaz Grala	19	13	30	30	4	32	17.8	-11	66	82	-16	46	0	59.5%	0	194	65.3	9
Connor Mosack	21	18	31	31	13	32	23.5	-10	57	74	-17	1	0	1.0%	0	190	47.5	6
Josh Berry	8	24	32	32	2	29	15.5	-24	70	68	+2	42	4	62.5%	0	171	67.2	5
Mason Maggio	30	35	33	33	30	38	34.7	-3	14	20	-6	0	0	0.0%	0	153	30.2	0
Chandler Smith	12	32	34	34	4	33	22.7	-22	38	41	-3	31	0	48.0%	0	138	62.3	3
Brett Moffitt	6	34	35	35	5	30	23.5	-29	35	38	-3	26	8	39.0%	0	97	59.6	8
Dawson Cram	32	36	36	36	30	34	34.6	-4	20	18	+2	0	0	0.0%	0	65	30.2	1
CJ McLaughlin	38	37	37	37	35	38	36.9	+1	7	7	+0	0	0	0.0%	0	37	23.7	1
Ryan Newman	24	38	38	38	19	28	35.6	-14	19	35	-16	0	0	0.0%	0	27	32.3	1

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Race Fast Facts

Homestead-Miami Speedway
Contender Boats 300
Race Winner: Sam Mayer
Age: 20
Team : No. 1 - Accelerate Pros Talent Chevrolet
Owner: JR Motorsports
Crew Chief: Mardy Lindley
Sam Mayer won the Contender Boats 300, his fourth victory in 82 Xfinity Series races.
This is his fourth victory and 18th top-10 finish in 2023.
This is his first victory and second top-10 finish in two races at Homestead-Miami Speedway.
Riley Herbst (second) posted his fourth top-10 finish in five races at Homestead-Miami Speedway. It is his 15th top-10 finish in 2023.
John Hunter Nemechek (third) posted his third top-10 finish in three races at Homestead-Miami Speedway.
Sammy Smith (ninth) was the highest finishing rookie.
Sam Mayer clinches a spot in the Championship 4.

Race Recap

Sam Mayer Makes Miami Moves; Wins in Homstead and Clinches Spot in Championship 4

October 21st, 2023

By Holly Cain - NASCAR Wire Service

Sam Mayer claimed his first career NASCAR Xfinity Series oval-race victory in the second half of a NASCAR double-header at Homestead-Miami Speedway on Saturday in the Contender Boats 300 after holding off last week’s race winner Riley Herbst by a mere .227-second.

It marks the JR Motorsports driver Mayer’s fourth series victory of the season – and his career – most important for Mayer – who joked he didn’t breath the final four laps – it is his ticket into the Championship 4 finale that will decide the series title at Phoenix Raceway in two weeks.

The 20-year old Wisconsin native’s No. 1 JR Motorsports Chevrolet led 46 laps on the day – including the final 30 – but brushed the wall exiting Turn 3 as he pushed forward on the last lap to keep a fast-closing Herbst behind him. Mayer’s fellow NASCAR Xfinity Series championship contender John Hunter Nemechek finished third in the No. 20 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota; leading seven laps despite feeling under the weather.

Regular-season champion Austin Hill was fourth in the No. 21 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet and NASCAR Hall of Famer and crowd favorite, Dale Earnhardt Jr. finished fifth in his second and final race start of the season. He’s also the owner of Mayer’s Chevy.

“It’s unreal, we won on an oval,’’ a grinning Mayer screamed into the front grandstands. “This Chevrolet Camaro was so good.

“It’s all about putting a full race together,’’ he continued, “and I’m so proud of these guys. They kicked tail on pit road and we made it happen with these HMS (Hendrick Motorsports) engines.

“It’s just really cool to be able to beat an amazing organization like that (Herbst’s Stewart-Haas Racing team). We’ve got to turn it on a little harder going into Phoenix.’’

Herbst’s Stewart-Haas Racing teammate Cole Custer won Stage 1 and led a dominating 114 of the race’s 200 laps only to suffer a tire problem with 50 laps remaining and drop a lap down. He rallied back but still finished 13th after such an impressive early race. Custer and Hill are now tied three points above the cutoff line heading into next week’s regular season finale at the half-mile Martinsville (Va.) Speedway. Nemechek holds a healthy 44 point edge above them.

Another title favorite, Mayer’s JRM teammate Justin Allgaier – who came into the race ranked second in the championship standings, also had a tire issue after a pit stop and dropped back midway through the race. He rallied back to finish 15th, but dropped to fifth place in the standing, three points behind Hill for the automatic transfer position for the Championship 4.

Nemechek’s JGR teammate Sammy Smith, who finished ninth, is now 49 points back in sixth place. And it was a more dramatic day for the other championship contenders with Richard Childress Racing’s Sheldon Creed finishing 26th after exiting onto pit road with smoke trailing out of his Chevy with only two laps remaining in the race.

Kaulig Racing’s Chandler Smith rounds out the Playoff 8 – but finished a frustrating 34th place after being collected in an early race accident. They are now 54 (Smith) and 65 (Creed) points below the fourth place transfer line and will need to win the race at Martinsville next week to meet their Playoff goals.

Kaulig’s Daniel Hemric, Big Machine Racing’s Parker Kligerman, JRM’s Brandon Jones, and the Joe Gibbs Racing teammates Sammy Smith, and Joe Graf Jr. rounded out the top 10 Saturday.

Earnhardt’s participation was certainly a crowd pleaser and his fifth-place effort in the JR Motorsports Chevy was his fifth top-five showing since he retired from fulltime competition in the NASCAR Cup Series after the 2017 season. He methodically worked his way forward from a 23rd place starting position and survived a close call in the closing laps, ironically with Josh Berry, who drives for Earnhardt.

“Luckily it didn’t hurt our car and we were able to finish really good, so I’m happy about that,’’ Earnhardt said, noting he felt badly having an incident with one of his own team cars.

The series moves to the half-mile Martinsville (Va.) Raceway for next Saturday’s Dead On Tools 250 (3:30 p.m. ET, USA Network, MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio) which will formally decide which three drivers will join Mayer in championship eligibility at the Phoenix season-ender.

“Getting that first oval win [today] was big. … we finally won on an oval and my confidence is feeling good,’’ Mayer said with a huge grin.