Homestead-Miami

Parker Kligerman fought back from a flat tire to finish P7 at the Contender Boats 300 at Homestead-Miami Speedway and holds at 10th place in points with 2,161. He is 16 points away from ninth place Daniel Hemric.

Sam Mayer won the race and locked in his final four playoff spot. 

Up next, we go to Martinsville for the Dead On Tools 250, Saturday October 28 at 3:30 p.m. eastern on USA Network. Hear it on Sirius XM Channel 90 and MRN. For the station near you, click here. The race will formally decide which three drivers will join Mayer in the championship at the Phoenix season-ender.

Final Results:

1- Sam Mayer

2- Riley Herbst

3- John Hunter Nemechek

4- Austin Hill

5- Dale Earnhardt Jr.

6- Daniel Hemric

7- Parker Kligerman

8- Brandon Jones

9- Sammy Smith

10- Joe Graf Jr.

11-Derek Kraus

12- Parker Retzlaff

13- Cole Custer (P)

14- Ryan Sieg

15- Justin Allgaier

16-Kyle Weatherman

17- Josh Williams

18- Jeffrey Earnhardt

19- Brennan Poole

20- Jeb Burton

21- Jeremy Clements

22- Kyle Sieg

23- Leland Honeyman

24- Ryan Ellis

25- Patrick Emerling

26- Sheldon Creed (P)

27- Mason Massey

28- Anthony Alfredo

29- Blaine Perkins

30- Kaz Grala

31- Connor Mosack

32- Josh Berry

33- Mason Maggio

34- Chandler Smith

35- Brett Moffitt

36- Dawson Cram

37- CJ McLaughlin

38- Ryan Newman

Overview

Event: Contender Boats 300

Date: Saturday October 21, 2023

Time: 3:00 p.m. eastern

Location: Homestead-Miami Speedway, 1 Speedway Boulevard Homestead, FL 33035

Layout: Oval

Banking: Turns 18-20’ (progressive) Starights 3’

Laps: 200

Miles: 300

Stage Lengths: Stage 1 ends on Lap Stage 2 ends on Lap Final Stage ends on Lap

TV: USA Network and Peacock

Radio: Sirius XM Channel 90 and MRN. For the station near you click here.

Driver Points: 2126, 10th

Notes of Interest:

“I Love going to Homestead-Miami,” says Parker Kligerman. “It’s one of my favorite race tracks in all of NASCAR. The weather is amazing. The track is one of coolest in terms of the multiple grooves that you have and the ability to use those grooves at different times. To run up to the wall is one of my favorite things to do in all of racing. I’ve been really successful there in the past so I always feel like I can have a great run. I think last weekend in Las Vegas we didn’t have the race we hoped to, but we learned a lot and that’s part of the process of getting better. We’ll be even better at Homestead-Miami because of it. I want to keep up the momentum we have this year and fight for a trophy.”

Riley Herbst finally accomplished what every driver strives for when they get behind the wheel of a race car – a trip to Victory Lane in Las Vegas last Saturday. His first win in the NASCAR Xfinity Series came after 139 starts, 24 top fives, 68 top 10s and three Xfinity Series Playoff appearances (2020, 2021, 2022). Herbst is the 15th different winner in the NASCAR Xfinity Series this season, tying 2023 with the 1987, 2004, 2014 and 2018 seasons for the fourth-most different winners through 30 races.

As a Las Vegas, Nevada native, the win was all the more special as Herbst was able to share the moment with 60 of his closest friends and family. He definitely put on a show, leading 103 of the 201 laps and crossed the finish line with the largest margin of victory of the season in the series – an impressive 14.9 seconds over current Xfinity Series standings leader John Hunter Nemechek.

Although Herbst didn’t make the Playoffs this season, he’ll aim to carry this momentum into this weekend’s race at Homestead-Miami Speedway, a track that his treated him well. In his four starts, he’s posted three top 10s. His only finish outside of the top-10 at the track was in 2021 when he raced his way up to an 11th-place finish after starting from the 29th position.

Setting the stage in South Beach: Homestead-Miami Speedway up next…

The 1.5-mile South Florida track has hosted 29 Xfinity Series races, producing 22 different race winners and almost as many pole winners (21). Only five races have been won from the pole or first starting position, most recently by Harrison Burton in 2020.

The name Nemechek is a popular name at the track, thanks to Joe Nemechek who sits as the winningest driver with three victories and also has the most lead lap finishes (11) and laps completed (3,514). Although he hasn’t made a start in the Xfinity Series since the 2020 season, now his son and current Playoff contender John Hunter Nemechek will look to keep the Nemechek name prevalent as he heads into the weekend for his third-ever start at the track in the Xfinity Series.

This will be the second time that Homestead-Miami Speedway plays host to the fifth race in the Xfinity Series Playoffs (second race in the Round of 8). From 2016 to 2019, the track was home to the championship race. Daniel Suárez (2016), William Byron (2017) and Tyler Reddick (2018, 2019), took the checkered flags in those seasons. In 2020 and 2021, the track was not a Playoff track but was on the regular season schedule.

Only two previous winners are entered in this weekend’s Contender Boats 300 – Cole Custer and Myatt Snider. Custer, who is in Playoff contention, snagged his win in 2017, beating runner-up Sam Hornish Jr. by 15.405 seconds and leading 182 of the 200 laps. Snider, who will be getting behind the wheel of the No. 19 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota for his fifth Xfinity Series start of the season, grabbed his win in 2021 by a mere .085 seconds.

Not only does Custer know what it takes to win at Homestead, he also knows what it takes to win the second race in the Round of 8, or 31st race of the season. In 2018, he won the second race of the Round of 8 at Texas Motor Speedway. He went on to run in the Championship race that season where he ultimately finished second in the final standings.