NASCAR 2023 Xfinity Series: Final results for Contender Boats 300 at Homestead-Miami Speedway

The 2023 NASCAR Xfinity Series Contender Boats 300 is completed.

The 31st race and the fifth playoff race of the season, with a total of 38 entries, started at 3 pm ET on Saturday, Oct. 21. It took place at the Homestead-Miami Speedway and lasted for two hours, 34 minutes and 29 seconds.

Driving the #1 Chevrolet for JR Motorsports, Sam Mayer earned his first fourth win of the 2023 NASCAR Xfinity Series season that locked his spot into the Championship 4 finale that will decide the series title at Phoenix Raceway in two weeks.

Mayer dominated the final 30 laps but brushed the wall exiting Turn 4 as he pushed forward on the last lap to hold off last race’s winner Riley Herbst.

The 20-year-old Wisconsin native led the 46 laps and crossed the finish line by a margin of 0.227 seconds. It also marked his fourth career win in the series and first at oval track.

Meanwhile, Riley Herbst finished runner-up, followed by John Hunter Nemechek, Austin Hill and Dale Earnhardt, Jr. in the top five.

Daniel Hemric, Parker Kligerman, Brandon Jones, Sammy Smith and Joe Graf Jr. completed the top 10.

The Contender Boats 300 saw 13 lead changes among seven drivers and witnessed six caution flags.

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NASCAR Xfinity series Contender Boats 300 final results explored

Here're the final results for NASCAR's Contender Boats 300 at Homestead-Miami Speedway:

1. #1 - Sam Mayer
2. #98 - Riley Herbst
3. #20 - John Hunter Nemechek
4. #21 - Austin Hill
5. #88 - Dale Earnhardt, Jr.
6. #10 - Daniel Hemric
7. #48 - Parker Kligerman
8. #9 - Brandon Jones
9. #18 - Sammy Smith
10. #19 - Joe Graf, Jr.
11. #11 - Derek Kraus
12. #31 - Parker Retzlaff
13. #00 - Cole Custer
14. #39 - Ryan Sieg
15. #7 - Justin Allgaier
16. #91 - Kyle Weatherman
17. #92 - Josh Williams
18. #44 - Jeffrey Earnhardt
19. #6 - Brennan Poole
20. #27 - Jeb Burton
21. #51 - Jeremy Clements
22. #38 - Kyle Sieg
23. #45 - Leland Honeyman
24. #43 - Ryan Ellis
25. #35 - Patrick Emerling
26. #2 - Sheldon Creed
27. #08 - Mason Massey
28. #78 - Anthony Alfredo
29. #02 - Blaine Perkins
30. #26 - Kaz Grala
31. #24 - Connor Mosack
32. #8 - Josh Berry
33. #29 - Mason Maggio
34. #16 - Chandler Smith
35. #25 - Brett Moffitt
36. #74 - Dawson Cram
37. #28 - CJ McLaughlin
38. #66 - Ryan Newman

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Watch NASCAR Xfinity Series teams and drivers next weekend at Martinsville Speedway for the sixth playoff race of this season.