Practice #1 : 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.
Cole Custer celebrates in victory lane
Avondale, Arizona - November 4, 2023 : Cole Custer, driver of the #00 Haas Automation Ford, celebrates in victory lane after winning the NASCAR Xfinity Series Championship at Phoenix Raceway.
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DRIVER
DRIVER
#
MAKE
SINGLE BEST LAP
RANK
SPEED
TIME
BHND
LAP
LAPS
TOTAL
10-LAP AVG
SPEED
FROM
TO

Christopher Bell
20
Toyota
1
167.193
32.298
0.000
1
25
161.658
1
10
Austin Cindric
22
Ford
2
166.410
32.450
0.152
1
22
0
0
Daniel Hemric
21
Chevrolet
3
165.431
32.642
0.344
1
16
159.477
7
16
Cole Custer
00
Ford
4
165.375
32.653
0.355
1
15
0
0
John Hunter Nemechek
42
Chevrolet
5
165.006
32.726
0.428
1
21
162.254
1
10
Elliott Sadler
1
Chevrolet
6
164.896
32.748
0.450
1
29
159.159
11
20
Tyler Reddick
9
Chevrolet
7
164.394
32.848
0.550
2
32
161.567
1
10
Ryan Sieg
38
Chevrolet
8
164.169
32.893
0.595
1
18
0
0
Matt Tifft
2
Chevrolet
9
164.134
32.900
0.602
1
24
0
0
Kaz Grala
61
Ford
10
164.119
32.903
0.605
22
22
159.743
1
10
Shane Lee
3
Chevrolet
11
163.984
32.930
0.632
1
37
155.872
15
24
Justin Allgaier
7
Chevrolet
12
163.320
33.064
0.766
1
31
157.066
20
29
Ryan Preece
18
Toyota
13
163.039
33.121
0.823
2
30
161.068
1
10
Ryan Truex
11
Chevrolet
14
162.803
33.169
0.871
1
16
0
0
Ryan Reed
16
Ford
15
162.489
33.233
0.935
1
26
157.949
7
16
Michael Annett
5
Chevrolet
16
162.450
33.241
0.943
2
28
159.773
1
10
Spencer Gallagher
23
Chevrolet
17
162.070
33.319
1.021
2
20
0
0
Brandon Jones
19
Toyota
18
161.938
33.346
1.048
5
37
160.254
1
10
Max Tullman
26
Ford
19
161.904
33.353
1.055
36
37
157.089
1
10
Jeremy Clements
51
Chevrolet
20
161.064
33.527
1.229
6
16
0
0
Ross Chastain
4
Chevrolet
21
160.853
33.571
1.273
2
7
0
0
Chase Briscoe
60
Ford
22
159.759
33.801
1.503
1
9
0
0
BJ McLeod
01
Chevrolet
23
159.264
33.906
1.608
1
1
0
0
JJ Yeley
93
Chevrolet
24
159.071
33.947
1.649
2
4
0
0
Brandon Brown
86
Chevrolet
25
159.029
33.956
1.658
2
20
0
0
Garrett Smithley
0
Chevrolet
26
158.474
34.075
1.777
3
7
0
0
David Starr
52
Chevrolet
27
158.089
34.158
1.860
2
6
0
0
Alex Labbe
36
Chevrolet
28
158.070
34.162
1.864
4
22
154.583
9
18
Tommy Joe Martins
8
Chevrolet
29
157.743
34.233
1.935
7
20
0
0
Chad Finchum
66
Toyota
30
157.430
34.301
2.003
2
16
0
0
Joey Gase
35
Chevrolet
31
157.347
34.319
2.021
6
11
0
0
Timmy Hill
13
Toyota
32
157.068
34.380
2.082
3
5
0
0
Carl Long
40
Dodge
33
156.631
34.476
2.178
1
2
0
0
Josh Williams
92
Chevrolet
34
156.006
34.614
2.316
1
13
0
0
Quin Houff
15
Chevrolet
35
155.177
34.799
2.501
28
28
0
0
Caesar Bacarella
90
Chevrolet
36
154.901
34.861
2.563
4
25
0
0
Spencer Boyd
76
Chevrolet
37
153.908
35.086
2.788
9
22
150.087
13
22
Vinnie Miller
78
Chevrolet
38
153.798
35.111
2.813
3
10
0
0
Morgan Shepherd
89
Chevrolet
39
153.474
35.185
2.887
2
6
0
0
Angela Ruch
39
Chevrolet
40
152.057
35.513
3.215
4
5
0
0
Tim Viens
74
Chevrolet
41
149.779
36.053
3.755
6
8
0
0
Stephen Leicht
99
Chevrolet
42
149.353
36.156
3.858
2
2
0
0