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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 national series' season. The event is currently named Hard Rock Bet 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.

Quick facts Venue, Location ...
Hard Rock Bet 300
NASCAR Xfinity Series
VenueHomestead–Miami Speedway
LocationHomestead, Florida, United States
Corporate sponsorHard Rock Bet
First race1995 (1995)
Distance300 miles (480 km)
Laps200
Stages 1/2: 45 each
Final stage: 110
Previous namesJiffy 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 I)
Contender Boats 250 (2020 II–2021)
Contender Boats 300
(2022–2023)
Credit One NASCAR Amex Credit Card 300
(2024)
Most wins (driver)Joe Nemechek (3)
Most wins (team)Joe Gibbs Racing
Richard Childress Racing
JR Motorsports (5)
Most wins (manufacturer)Chevrolet (16)
Circuit information
SurfaceAsphalt
Length1.5 mi (2.4 km)
Turns4
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Justin Allgaier is the defending winner.

Race history

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]

In 2024, Credit One Bank became the title sponsor of the race and in 2025, Hard Rock Bet became the title sponsor of the race, replacing Credit One Bank. The 2025 event would also be the first Dash 4 Cash event of the year.

Past winners

More information Year, Date ...
Year Date No. Driver Team Manufacturer Race Distance Race Time Average Speed
(mph)
Report Ref
Laps Miles (km)
1995 November 5 32 Dale Jarrett Dale Jarrett Ford 200 300 (482.803) 3:16:28 92.229 Report [9]
1996 November 3 88 Kevin Lepage Lepage Racing Chevrolet 200 300 (482.803) 2:32:04 119.158 Report [10]
1997 November 9 87 Joe Nemechek* NEMCO Motorsports Chevrolet 200 300 (482.803) 2:39:26 112.9 Report [11]
1998 November 15 9 Jeff Burton Roush Racing Ford 200 300 (482.803) 2:18:53 129.605 Report [12]
1999 November 13 87 Joe Nemechek NEMCO Motorsports Chevrolet 200 300 (482.803) 2:24:28 124.596 Report [13]
2000 November 11 24 Jeff Gordon JG Motorsports Chevrolet 200 300 (482.803) 2:23:29 125.45 Report [14]
2001 November 10 87 Joe Nemechek NEMCO Motorsports Chevrolet 200 300 (482.803) 2:16:10 132.191 Report [15]
2002 November 16 23 Scott Wimmer Bill Davis Racing Pontiac 200 300 (482.803) 2:25:42 123.542 Report [16]
2003 November 15 38 Kasey Kahne Akins Motorsports Ford 200 300 (482.803) 2:28:18 121.376 Report [17]
2004 November 20 29 Kevin Harvick Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 202* 303 (487.631) 2:45:22 110.482 Report [18]
2005* November 19 39 Ryan Newman Penske Racing Dodge 200 300 (482.803) 2:24:41 124.41 Report [19]
2006 November 18 17 Matt Kenseth Roush Racing Ford 200 300 (482.803) 2:22:16 126.523 Report [20]
2007* November 17 29 Jeff Burton Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 200 300 (482.803) 2:39:59 112.512 Report [21]
2008 November 15 60 Carl Edwards Roush Fenway Racing Ford 200 300 (482.803) 2:33:24 117.34 Report [22]
2009 November 21 18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 200 300 (482.803) 2:21:49 126.924 Report [23]
2010 November 20 18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 200 300 (482.803) 2:42:32 110.747 Report [24]
2011 November 19 22 Brad Keselowski Penske Racing Dodge 200 300 (482.803) 2:30:47 119.377 Report [25]
2012 November 17 5 Regan Smith JR Motorsports Chevrolet 200 300 (482.803) 2:19:44 128.817 Report [26]
2013 November 16 48 Brad Keselowski Penske Racing Ford 200 300 (482.803) 2:45:06 109.025 Report [27]
2014* November 15 20 Matt Kenseth Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 206* 309 (497.287) 2:40:36 115.442 Report [28]
2015 November 21 42 Kyle Larson HScott Motorsports Chevrolet 200 300 (482.803) 2:20:20 128.266 Report [29]
2016 November 19 19 Daniel Suárez Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 200 300 (482.803) 2:34:34 116.455 Report [30]
2017 November 18 00 Cole Custer Stewart–Haas Racing Ford 200 300 (482.803) 2:12:13 136.14 Report [31]
2018 November 17 9 Tyler Reddick JR Motorsports Chevrolet 200 300 (482.803) 2:08:06 140.515 Report [32]
2019 November 16 2 Tyler Reddick Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 200 300 (482.803) 2:31:49 118.564 Report [33]
2020 June 13* 20 Harrison Burton Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 167 250.5 (403.140) 2:06:34 118.752 Report [34]
June 14* 98 Chase Briscoe Stewart–Haas Racing Ford 177* 265.5 (427.280) 2:15:52 117.247 Report [35]
2021 February 27* 2 Myatt Snider Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 179* 268.5 (432.108) 2:30:59 103.72 Report [36]
2022 October 22 9 Noah Gragson JR Motorsports Chevrolet 200 300 (482.803) 2:24:08 124.884 Report [37]
2023 October 21 1 Sam Mayer JR Motorsports Chevrolet 200 300 (482.803) 2:34:29 116.517 Report [38]
2024 October 26 21 Austin Hill Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 200 300 (482.803) 2:20:23 128.220 Report [39]
2025 March 22 7 Justin Allgaier JR Motorsports Chevrolet 201* 301.5 (485.217) 2:32:56 118.287 Report [40]
2026 November 7 Report
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Notes

Track configuration notes

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

Multiple winners (drivers)

More information # Wins, Driver ...
# Wins Driver Years won
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
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Multiple winners (teams)

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# Wins Team Years won
5 Joe Gibbs Racing 2009, 2010, 2014, 2016, 2020 (1 of 2)
Richard Childress Racing 2004, 2007, 2019, 2021, 2024
JR Motorsports 2012, 2018, 2022, 2023, 2025
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)
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Manufacturer wins

More information # Wins, Make ...
# Wins Make Years won
16 United States Chevrolet 1996, 1997, 1999–2001, 2004, 2007, 2012, 2015, 2018, 2019, 2021–2025
8 United States Ford 1995, 1998, 2003, 2006, 2008, 2013, 2017, 2020 (1 of 2)
5 Japan Toyota 2009, 2010, 2014, 2016, 2020 (1 of 2)
2 United States Dodge 2005, 2011
1 United States Pontiac 2002
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