The Xfinity series returns for the second race in less than 24 hours at Homestead-Miami Speedway with the Contender Boats 250. This also marks the second of four races in the Dash-4-Cash Series where four drivers will compete for $100,000. Noah Gragson won the first prize in Atlanta and shared it with his racing team.
Driving the same cars as they did in Saturday’s 250 mile race, the drivers return with a slightly different lineup. Daniel Hemric takes over the driving duties of the number eight car that was driven to a fifth place finish on Saturday by Dale Earnhardt Jr.
For this race the starting line up was based on the finishing order of Saturday’s Hooter’s 250 with the top 15 finishers inverted putting Myatt Snider on the pole with Brandon Brown starting alongside on the front row.
Stages one and two of the race are 40 laps each with stage three lasting 87 laps for a total of 167 laps around the mile and a half track.
Noah Gragson will have to start the race from the back of the field.
Daniel Hemric and AJ Allmendinger will have to start from the back of the field due to a driver change from Saturday’s race.
Justin Allgaier has to start the race from the back of the field in a backup car.
Atlanta winner AJ Allmendinger, Justin Haley, Daniel Hemric, and Noah Gragson will be competing for the $100,00 prize in the Dash-4-Cash.
NASCAR has called for a competition caution at lap 20.
Myatt Snider brings the field down for the green flag start of the race from the inside lane and hets out in front for the lead with Justin Haley ins second.
The drivers are already getting three wide across the track.
Lap two, Myatt Snider is in the lead but “The Melon Man” Ross Chastain challenges for the lead and takes it from Snider.
Lap three, the top five are Ross Chastain, Chase Briscoe, Myatt Snider, Justin Haley,, and Brandon Jones.
Lap four, Myatt Snider retakes the lead with Brandon Brown in second
Lap five Ross Chastain is in the lead with Chase Briscoe in second; Austin Cindric, Brandon Jones, and Myatt Snider round out the top five.
Lap nine, Chase Briscoe takes the lead with Ross Chastain in second; Austin Cindric, Brandon Jones, and Myatt Sniter round out the top five.
Lap 12, Austin Cindric has the lead with Chase Briscoe in second; Ross Chastain, Brandon Jones, and Justin Haley round out the top five.
Lap 17, Austin Cindric has a lead of over a second on Chase Briscoe; Brandon Jones, Ross Chastain, and Justin Haley round out the top five.
After starting from the rear AJ Allmendinger, Justin Allgaier, and Noah Gragson have moved up over 20 spots since the race started with Gragson and Allgaier in the top 10, Allmendinger is 17th.
Lap 20, Austin Cindric has a lead of over a second and a half on Chase Briscoe.
At the end of lap 20, NASCAR throws the yellow flag for the competition caution. The teams only have four sets of tires in the pits.
Some of the teams came down pit road for service.
Austin Cindric brings the field down for the green flag restart on lap 25 and holds on to the lead.
Lap 26, the top five are Austin Cindric, Brandon Jones, Harrison Burton, Justin Haley, and Justin Allgaier.
With 34 cars on the lead lap, FA Junior Avila and Stephen Leicht are off the track.
Lap 29, Austin Cindric has a half second lead on Brandon Jones; Harrison Burton, Noah Gragson, and Ryan Sieg round out the top five.
Lap 31,, Austin Cindric has increased his lead a over a second on Brandon Jones; Ryan Sieg, Noah Gragson, and Harrison Burton round out the top five.
Now in second place, Ryan Sieg has cut the gap on leader Austin Cindric to just over half a second.
Lap 33, Caesar Bacarella and Tommy Joe Martins bring out the caution flag when they make contact and wreck with Bacarella making a run through the grass.
Austin Cindric brings the field down for the green flag restart on lap 37 for a four lap shootout to end the stage. The drivers are getting four wide across the track.
Ryan Sieg gets around Austin Cindric to take the lead; Justin Allgaier, Brandon Jones, and Kyle Weatherman round out the top five.
Lap 39, Ryan Sieg has pulled out the a lead of over a second and a half on Austin Cindric; Brandon Jones, Michael Annett, and Justin Allgaier round out the top five.
With a lead of nearly two seconds Ryan Sieg wins stage one.
The top 10 at the end of stage one:
Ryan Sieg
Michael Annett
Austin Cindric
Brandon Jones
Justin Allgaier
Noah Gragson
Harrison Burton
Daniel Hemric
Timmy Hill
Bayley Currey
Drivers bring their cars down pit road for service and fresh tires.
Austin Cindric wins the race off of pit road.
After staying out on the track, Ross Chastain is the leader and will bring the field to the green.
Ryan Sieg had an extended stop on pit road after Justin Allgaier knocked a tire out of the carrier’s arm.
Ross Chastain brings the field down for the green flag start of stage two on lap 48 with Brandon Jones jumping out in front for the lead with Austin Cindric in second; Ross Chastain, Harrison Burton, and Noah Gragson round out the top five.
Lap 50, Brandon Jones is in the lead with Austin Cindric in second; Noah Gragson, Harrison Burton , and Ross Chastain round out the top five.
Lap 51, Austin Cindric passes Brandon Jones for the lead; Noah Gragson, Harrison Burton, and Daniel Hemric round out the top five. There are 34 cars on the lead lap with two cars out of the race.
Lap 53, Austin Cindric has pulled out to a one second lead on Brandon Jones with Noah Gragson, Daniel Hemric, and Harrison Burton rounding out the top five.
Lap 55, Austin Cindric has increased his lead to over a second and a half on Brandon Jones; Noah Gragson, Daniel Hemric, and Harrison Burton round out the top five.Lap 57, Austin Cindric now hasa lead of over two seconds on Daniel Hemric; Noah Gragson, Brandon Jones, and Harrison Burton round out the top five.
Lap 60, Austin Cindric has increased his lead over Daniel Hemric to two and a half seconds; Noah Gragson, Harrison Burton, and Chase Briscoe round out the top five.
Lap 63, Noah Gragson has closed the gap on leader Austin Cindric to under two seconds; Harrison Burton, Chase Briscoe, and Brandon Jones round out the top five.
Fifteen laps remain in stage two; Austin Cindric’s lead on Noah Gragson is down to less than half a second; Chase Briscoe, Brandon Jones, and Harrison Burton round out the top five.
Lap 68, Noah Gragson passes Austin Cindric for the lead; Brandon Jones, Chase Briscoe, and Harrison Burton round out the top five.
Brandon Brown is off the track; FA Junior Avila and Stephen Leicht are out of the race.
Lap 70, Noah Gragson has pulled out to a lead of over a second and a half on Austin Cindric; Brandon Jones, Chase Briscoe and Harrison Burton round out the top five.
Lap 72, Noah Gragson has a lead of two and a half seconds on Austin Cindric with 24 cars on the lead lap.
Brandon Brown is out of the race with Stefan Parsons off the track.
With five laps remaining in stage two, Noah Gragson has a lead of over three seconds on Austin Cindric with 23 cars on the lead lap.
With a lead of over four seconds, Noah Gragson wins stage two for his fourth stage win of the season.
The top 10 at the end of stage two:
Noah Gragson
Austin Cindric
Brandon Jones
Chase Briscoe
Daniel Hemric
Harrison Burton
Justin Allgaier
Michael Annett
Anthonthy Alfredo
AJ Allmendinger
Drivers bring their cars down pit road for service with Noah Gragson winning the race off of pit road.
In south Florida, it isn’t the heat – it’s 84 – it’s the humidity which makes it feel like 94 degrees.
Noah Gragson brings the field down for the green flag start of stage three from the bottom lane on lap 90 and gets out in front for he lead with Chase Briscoe in second; Harrison Burton, Austin Cindric, and Daniel Hemric round out the top five.
Lap 92, Noah Gragson is in the lead with Austin Cindric on his bumper and looking to take the lead.
Lap 93, Austin Cindric passes Noah Gragson for the lead; Chase Briscoe, Daniel Hemric, and Brandon Jones round out the top five.
Lap 95, Austin Cindric has pulled out to a half second lead on Noah Gragson with 23 cars on the lead lap
Kyle Weatherman is off the track.
Lap 96, Austin Cindric now has a second lead on Noah Gragson; Chase Briscoe, Daniel Hemric, and Brandon Jones round out the top five.
Lap 98, Austin Cindric has increased his lead to a second and a half on Noah Gragson with Chase Briscoe, Daniel Hemric, and Brandon Jones rounding out the top five.
Lap 100, Noah Gragson has closed the gap on leader Austin Cindric to just over a second.
Lap 103, Noah Gragson has closed the gap on leader Austin Cindric to just over half a second; Chase Briscoe, Daniel Hemric, and Brandon Jones round out the top five.
Lap 104, all four of the Dash-4-Cash drivers are in the top 10 with Noah Gragson in second, Daniel Hemric in fourth, AJ Allmendinger in ninth, and Justin Haley in tenth.
Lap 105, Noah Gragson passes Austin Cindric for the lead.
Austin Cindric is reporting a tire going down and has to make an unscheduled stop on pit road.
Lap 107, Noah Gragson has a lead of over three seconds on Chase Briscoe; Daniel Hemric, Brandon Jones, and Harrison Burton round out the top five.
Lap 110, drivers are getting four wide across the track. Noah Gragson has a lead of over three and a half seconds on Chase Briscoe; Brandon Jones, Daniel Hemric, and Justin Allgaier round out the top five.
Fifty to go, Noah Gragson has pulled out to a lead of over four seconds on Chase Briscoe as green flag pit stops begin.
Lap 120, Noah Gragson is running away from the field with a lead of nearly five seconds on Chase Briscoe; Brandon Jones, Harrison Burton, and Daniel Hemric round out the top five with only 16 cars on the lead lap.
BJ McLeod is off the track, Kyle Weatherman is out of the race.
With 46 lpas to go, Noah Gragson has increased his lead to just under six seconds on Chase Briscoe.
With 44 laps remaining in the race, leader Noah Gragson makes his green flag pit stop and gives the lead over the Chase Briscoe.
Daniel Hemric had to make a second trip down pit road after having some issues on pit road.
Chase Briscoe makes his pit stop and gives the lead over to Brandon Jones.
Brandon Jones makes his pit stop and gives the lead to Josh Williams.
Josh Williams makes his pit stop and gives the lead over to Austin Cindric with Noah Gragson in second three seconds back.
With 40 laps remaining in the race, Austin Cindric’s lead is down to a second and a half on Noah Gragson.
Harrison Burton scrapes the wall.
Thirty eight laps to go, Noah Gragson has caught up to Austin Cindric and passes him to retake the lead.
With 35 laps to go, Noah Gragson has increased his lead on Austin Cindric to over two seconds; Chase Briscoe, Harrison Burton, and Justin Allgaier round out the top five.
Thirty two laps to go, Noah Gragson has a three second lead on Chase Briscoe; Austin Cindric, Justin Allgaier, and Harrison Burton round out the top five.
BJ McLeod is out of the race with 14 cars on the lead lap.
Thirty to go, Noah Gragson has a lead of three and a half seconds on Chase Briscoe with Austin Cindric, Justin Allgaier, and Harrison Burton rounding out the top five.
Twenty five laps remain in the race, Noah Gragson has a lead of over four seconds on Chase Briscoe; Austin Cindirc, Justin Allgaier, and Brandon Jones round out the top five with 14 cars on the lead lap.
After hitting the wall, Justin Allgaier has a flat tire and has to bring his car down pit road. The track stays green.
Anthony Alfredo is also on pit road with a flat tire.
Twenty to go, Chase Briscoe has cut into leader Noah Gragson’s lead who is now two and a half seconds in front of Briscoe; Austin Cindric, Brandon Jones, and Harrison Burton round out the top five. There are 13 cars on the lead lap.
Seventeen to go, Noah Gragson’s lap times are slower, but he still has a lead of over two and a half seconds on Chase Briscoe with 12 cars on the lead lap.
Lap 150, Noah Gragson continues to lap slower traffic; there are only 10 cars on the lead lap.
There are only 13 laps remaining in the race with Noah Gragson out in front by three seconds on Chase Briscoe; Austin Cindric, Brandon Jones, and Harrison Burton round out the top five.
Eleven to go, Noah Gragson’s lead is down to under two seconds on Chase Briscoe with 10 cars on the lead lap.
Harrison Burton has to bring his car down pit road with a flat tire.
Seven to go, Noah Gragson has a second and a half lead on Chase Briscoe.
Five to go, Noah Gragson has a lead of just 1.25 seconds on Chase Briscoe with eight cars on the lead lap.
In traffic, Noah Gragson is just one second in front of Chase Briscoe.
Three to go, Chase Briscoe has closed the gap to under a second on Noah Gragson.
Chase Briscoe scrapes the wall and falls to over a second behind Noah Gragson.
Austin Cindric spins out and hits the wall with a flat tire which brings out the caution flag just before the white flag comes out.
The race will go into overtime with only six cars on the lead lap.
Drivers bring their cars down pit road for fresh tires with Chase Briscoe winning the race off of pit road.
Chase Briscoe brings the field down for the green/white/checker overtime restart with Noah Gragson starting alongside on the front row. Drivers get spread out three and four wide across the track with Chase Briscoe getting out in front but the caution flag comes out for a crash involving Michael Annett and Daniel Hemric. Riley Herbst was also involved. Daniel Hemric hit the inside wall head first sending his car in the air.
Xfinity Series rookie Harrison Burton has finished every race this season in the top 10 including two wins.
After taking the wave around on the last caution flag, Justin Haley made a pit stop and has the freshest tires on the track.
The drivers will lineup once again for the second overtime restart with Brandon Jones starting along side on the front row. Noah Gragson is in third place behind Briscoe. Drivers get four wide across the track with Chase Briscoe and Brandon Jones battling for the lead.
Chase Briscoe takes the white flag with Brandon Jones in second.
Chase Briscoe wins the race with AJ Allmendinger to top finisher in the Dash-4-Cash prize of $100,000.
The unofficial results of the Contender Boats 250:
Chase Briscoe
Brandon Jones
Ross Chastain
AJ Allmendinger
Noah Gragson
Justin Haley
Myatt Snider
Harrison Burton
Riley Herbst
Austin Cindric
Anthony Alfredo
Josh Williams
Joe Graf Jr
Colin Garrett
Jesse Little
Jeffrey Earnhardt
Colby Howard
Michael Annett
Ryan Sieg
Tommy Joe Martins
Chad Finchum
Justin Allgaier
Alex Labbe
Matt Mills
Timmy Hill
Bayley Currey
Jeremy Clements
Carson Ware
Vinnie Miller
Caesar Bacarella
Daniel Hemric
Stefan Parsons
Kody Vanderwal
BJ McLeod
Kyle Weatherman
Brandon Brown
Ja Junior Avila
Stephen Leicht