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Check out the DraftKings DFS driver scoring results for the 2023 Contender Boats 300, highlighting points breakdowns, top performers, and fantasy stats from the Homestead Miami Speedway race.

Draftkings NASCAR DFS Scoring and Rules

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METRIC	POINTS
Place Differential	+/- 1 Pt
Fastest Laps	+0.45 Pts
Laps Led	+0.25 Pts

FINISH	POINTS	FINISH	POINTS
1st	45	21st	21
2nd	42	22nd	20
3rd	41	23rd	19
4th	40	24th	18
5th	39	25th	17
6th	38	26th	16
7th	37	27th	15
8th	36	28th	14
9th	35	29th	13
10th	34	30th	12
11th	32	31st	10
12th	31	32nd	9
13th	30	33rd	8
14th	29	34th	7
15th	28	35th	6
16th	27	36th	5
17th	26	37th	4
18th	25	38th	3
19th	24	39th	2
20th	23	40th	1

Scoring Notes

Place Differential = (Starting Position) – (Finishing Position) Example: If a driver starts in 20th position and finishes in 10th place then his Place Differential is +10.
A driver's starting position is based on his qualifying position. If a driver's qualifying position is disallowed, his starting position will be his new spot at the back of the race. If a driver's starting position changes between qualifying and the start of the race for any other reason (e.g. going to a backup car) the original qualifying position will be used to calculate place differential.
Points for Finishing Position and Place Differential will be updated in real-time during the race. Drivers will gain points as they move up in position and lose points as they drop in position.
Finishing Position is defined as the driver's standing order at the end of the race. Disqualifications related to same-day post-race inspection will not change a driver's Finishing Position, Laps Led, or Fastest Laps stats.

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Contender Boats 300

Saturday, October 21st, 2023

Homestead Miami Speedway, Homestead, FL

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Homestead-Miami Speedway
Contender Boats 300
Pole Winner: Cole Custer
Age: 25
Team : No. 00 - Haas Automation Ford
Owner: Stewart-Haas Racing
Crew Chief: Jonathan Toney
Cole Custer won the Pole Award for the Contender Boats 300 with a lap of 32.608 seconds, 165.604 mph.
This is his 18th pole in 141 NASCAR Xfinity Series races.
This is his sixth pole and 26th top-10 start in 2023.
This is his second pole in five races at Homestead-Miami Speedway.
John Hunter Nemechek (second) posted his 25th top-10 start of 2023 and his third in three races at Homestead-Miami Speedway.
Justin Allgaier (third) posted his fifth top-10 start at Homestead-Miami Speedway. It is his 24th in 31 races this season.
Sammy Smith (fifth) was the fastest qualifying rookie.

Saturday, October 21st, 2023
NASCAR Wire Service - Holly Cain

Sam Mayer Makes Miami Moves; Wins in Homstead and Clinches Spot in Championship 4

Sam Mayer claimed his first career NASCAR Xfinity Series oval-race victory in the second half of a NASCAR double-header at Homestead-Miami Speedway on Saturday in the Contender Boats 300 after holding off last week’s race winner Riley Herbst by a mere .227-second.

It marks the JR Motorsports driver Mayer’s fourth series victory of the season – and his career – most important for Mayer – who joked he didn’t breath the final four laps – it is his ticket into the Championship 4 finale that will decide the series title at Phoenix Raceway in two weeks.

The 20-year old Wisconsin native’s No. 1 JR Motorsports Chevrolet led 46 laps on the day – including the final 30 – but brushed the wall exiting Turn 3 as he pushed forward on the last lap to keep a fast-closing Herbst behind him. Mayer’s fellow NASCAR Xfinity Series championship contender John Hunter Nemechek finished third in the No. 20 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota; leading seven laps despite feeling under the weather.

Regular-season champion Austin Hill was fourth in the No. 21 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet and NASCAR Hall of Famer and crowd favorite, Dale Earnhardt Jr. finished fifth in his second and final race start of the season. He’s also the owner of Mayer’s Chevy.

“It’s unreal, we won on an oval,’’ a grinning Mayer screamed into the front grandstands. “This Chevrolet Camaro was so good.

“It’s all about putting a full race together,’’ he continued, “and I’m so proud of these guys. They kicked tail on pit road and we made it happen with these HMS (Hendrick Motorsports) engines.

“It’s just really cool to be able to beat an amazing organization like that (Herbst’s Stewart-Haas Racing team). We’ve got to turn it on a little harder going into Phoenix.’’

Herbst’s Stewart-Haas Racing teammate Cole Custer won Stage 1 and led a dominating 114 of the race’s 200 laps only to suffer a tire problem with 50 laps remaining and drop a lap down. He rallied back but still finished 13th after such an impressive early race. Custer and Hill are now tied three points above the cutoff line heading into next week’s regular season finale at the half-mile Martinsville (Va.) Speedway. Nemechek holds a healthy 44 point edge above them.

Another title favorite, Mayer’s JRM teammate Justin Allgaier – who came into the race ranked second in the championship standings, also had a tire issue after a pit stop and dropped back midway through the race. He rallied back to finish 15th, but dropped to fifth place in the standing, three points behind Hill for the automatic transfer position for the Championship 4.

Nemechek’s JGR teammate Sammy Smith, who finished ninth, is now 49 points back in sixth place. And it was a more dramatic day for the other championship contenders with Richard Childress Racing’s Sheldon Creed finishing 26th after exiting onto pit road with smoke trailing out of his Chevy with only two laps remaining in the race.

Kaulig Racing’s Chandler Smith rounds out the Playoff 8 – but finished a frustrating 34th place after being collected in an early race accident. They are now 54 (Smith) and 65 (Creed) points below the fourth place transfer line and will need to win the race at Martinsville next week to meet their Playoff goals.

Kaulig’s Daniel Hemric, Big Machine Racing’s Parker Kligerman, JRM’s Brandon Jones, and the Joe Gibbs Racing teammates Sammy Smith, and Joe Graf Jr. rounded out the top 10 Saturday.

Earnhardt’s participation was certainly a crowd pleaser and his fifth-place effort in the JR Motorsports Chevy was his fifth top-five showing since he retired from fulltime competition in the NASCAR Cup Series after the 2017 season. He methodically worked his way forward from a 23rd place starting position and survived a close call in the closing laps, ironically with Josh Berry, who drives for Earnhardt.

“Luckily it didn’t hurt our car and we were able to finish really good, so I’m happy about that,’’ Earnhardt said, noting he felt badly having an incident with one of his own team cars.

The series moves to the half-mile Martinsville (Va.) Raceway for next Saturday’s Dead On Tools 250 (3:30 p.m. ET, USA Network, MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio) which will formally decide which three drivers will join Mayer in championship eligibility at the Phoenix season-ender.

“Getting that first oval win [today] was big. … we finally won on an oval and my confidence is feeling good,’’ Mayer said with a huge grin.

Drivers Entered: 41 (3 drivers will not make the race)
Laps Scheduled: 200
Margin of Victory: 0.227 Seconds
Time of Race: 2 Hours 34 Minutes 29 Seconds
Average Speed: 116.517
Cautions: 6 for 33 laps
Lead Changes: 13
Green Flag Passes: 2,330 (14.0 passes per green flag lap)

Homestead-Miami Speedway
Contender Boats 300
Race Winner: Sam Mayer
Age: 20
Team : No. 1 - Accelerate Pros Talent Chevrolet
Owner: JR Motorsports
Crew Chief: Mardy Lindley
Sam Mayer won the Contender Boats 300, his fourth victory in 82 Xfinity Series races.
This is his fourth victory and 18th top-10 finish in 2023.
This is his first victory and second top-10 finish in two races at Homestead-Miami Speedway.
Riley Herbst (second) posted his fourth top-10 finish in five races at Homestead-Miami Speedway. It is his 15th top-10 finish in 2023.
John Hunter Nemechek (third) posted his third top-10 finish in three races at Homestead-Miami Speedway.
Sammy Smith (ninth) was the highest finishing rookie.
Sam Mayer clinches a spot in the Championship 4.

Sam Mayer and Cole Custer race — Homestead, Florida - October 21, 2023 : Sam Mayer, driver of the #1 Accelerate Pros Talent Chevrolet, and Cole Custer, driver of the #00 Haas Automation Ford, race during the NASCAR Xfinity Series Contender Boats 300 at Homestead-Miami Speedway.
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Contender Boats 300 at Homestead Miami Speedway Draftkings results
								FINISH & PLACE DIFFERENTIAL POINTS				FAST LAP POINTS			LAPS LED POINTS			TOTAL POINTS
RNK	SLRY	DRIVER	TEAM	#	MAKE	LAPS	DR	ST	FIN	FIN PTS	PD PTS	FST	% FST	FST PTS	LED	% LED	LED PTS	TOT PTS
1	10,200	Sam Mayer	JR Motorsports	1	Chevrolet	200	130.80	13	1	45	12	24	15.09	10.80	46	23.0	11.50	79.30
4	9,000	Riley Herbst	Stewart Haas Racing	98	Ford	200	110.40	7	2	42	5	15	9.43	6.75	0	0.0	0.00	53.75
7	11,500	John Hunter Nemechek	Joe Gibbs Racing	20	Toyota	200	117.30	2	3	41	-1	10	6.29	4.50	7	3.5	1.75	46.25
10	10,500	Austin Hill	Richard Childress Racing	21	Chevrolet	200	108.30	4	4	40	0	3	1.89	1.35	0	0.0	0.00	41.35
3	8,800	Dale Earnhardt Jr	JR Motorsports	88	Chevrolet	200	90.40	23	5	39	18	1	0.63	0.45	0	0.0	0.00	57.45
6	8,200	Daniel Hemric	Kaulig Racing	10	Chevrolet	200	95.70	15	6	38	9	2	1.26	0.90	0	0.0	0.00	47.90
8	8,000	Parker Kligerman	Big Machine Racing	48	Chevrolet	200	98.10	10	7	37	3	13	8.18	5.85	0	0.0	0.00	45.85
9	8,500	Brandon Jones	JR Motorsports	9	Chevrolet	200	82.20	17	8	36	9	0	0	0.00	0	0.0	0.00	45.00
16	9,200	Sammy Smith	Joe Gibbs Racing	18	Toyota	200	96.20	5	9	35	-4	2	1.26	0.90	0	0.0	0.00	31.90
13	6,700	Joe Graf Jr	Joe Gibbs Racing	19	Toyota	200	74.90	11	10	34	1	1	0.63	0.45	0	0.0	0.00	35.45
5	7,800	Derek Kraus	Kaulig Racing	11	Chevrolet	200	81.80	20	11	32	9	8	5.03	3.60	21	10.5	5.25	49.85
12	7,200	Parker Retzlaff	Jordan Anderson Racing	31	Chevrolet	200	77.00	16	12	31	4	9	5.66	4.05	0	0.0	0.00	39.05
2	11,000	Cole Custer	Stewart Haas Racing	00	Ford	199	131.00	1	13	30	-12	27	16.98	12.15	114	57.3	28.50	58.65
19	7,500	Ryan Sieg	N/A	39	Ford	199	75.10	14	14	29	0	1	0.63	0.45	0	0.0	0.00	29.45
22	10,800	Justin Allgaier	JR Motorsports	7	Chevrolet	199	106.10	3	15	28	-12	17	10.69	7.65	8	4.0	2.00	25.65
20	5,800	Kyle Weatherman	DGM Racing	91	Chevrolet	199	60.70	18	16	27	2	0	0	0.00	0	0.0	0.00	29.00
13	5,200	Josh Williams	DGM Racing	92	Chevrolet	199	57.80	26	17	26	9	1	0.63	0.45	0	0.0	0.00	35.45
11	5,600	Jeffrey Earnhardt	Alpha Prime Racing	44	Chevrolet	199	50.70	33	18	25	15	0	0	0.00	0	0.0	0.00	40.00
15	6,000	Brennan Poole	JD Motorsports	6	Chevrolet	199	51.70	29	19	24	10	0	0	0.00	0	0.0	0.00	34.00
17	7,300	Jeb Burton	Jordan Anderson Racing	27	Chevrolet	199	62.30	28	20	23	8	0	0	0.00	0	0.0	0.00	31.00
26	6,600	Jeremy Clements	Jeremy Clements Racing	51	Chevrolet	199	57.80	22	21	21	1	0	0	0.00	0	0.0	0.00	22.00
23	6,200	Kyle Sieg	N/A	38	Ford	199	61.20	25	22	20	3	2	1.26	0.90	0	0.0	0.00	23.90
24	5,100	Leland Honeyman Jr	Alpha Prime Racing	45	Chevrolet	199	46.20	27	23	19	4	0	0	0.00	0	0.0	0.00	23.00
17	5,400	Ryan Ellis	Alpha Prime Racing	43	Chevrolet	199	52.00	37	24	18	13	0	0	0.00	0	0.0	0.00	31.00
21	4,500	Patrick Emerling	N/A	35	Chevrolet	198	35.30	36	25	17	11	0	0	0.00	0	0.0	0.00	28.00
31	9,800	Sheldon Creed	Richard Childress Racing	2	Chevrolet	198	84.30	9	26	16	-17	10	6.29	4.50	4	2.0	1.00	4.50
24	5,700	Mason Massey	SS-Green Light Racing	08	Ford	198	36.50	35	27	15	8	0	0	0.00	0	0.0	0.00	23.00
28	6,300	Anthony Alfredo	BJ McLeod Motorsports	78	Chevrolet	197	41.10	31	28	14	3	1	0.63	0.45	0	0.0	0.00	17.45
27	5,000	Blaine Perkins	Our Motorsports	02	Chevrolet	196	35.50	34	29	13	5	0	0	0.00	0	0.0	0.00	18.00
32	6,800	Kaz Grala	Sam Hunt Racing	26	Toyota	194	65.30	19	30	12	-11	0	0	0.00	0	0.0	0.00	1.00
34	6,500	Connor Mosack	Sam Hunt Racing	24	Toyota	190	47.50	21	31	10	-10	0	0	0.00	0	0.0	0.00	0.00
36	10,000	Josh Berry	JR Motorsports	8	Chevrolet	171	67.20	8	32	9	-24	4	2.52	1.80	0	0.0	0.00	-13.20
29	5,500	Mason Maggio	N/A	29	Ford	153	30.20	30	33	8	-3	0	0	0.00	0	0.0	0.00	5.00
37	9,500	Chandler Smith	Kaulig Racing	16	Chevrolet	138	62.30	12	34	7	-22	0	0	0.00	0	0.0	0.00	-15.00
38	7,700	Brett Moffitt	AM Racing	25	Ford	97	59.60	6	35	6	-29	8	5.03	3.60	0	0.0	0.00	-19.40
32	4,700	Dawson Cram	CHK Racing	74	Chevrolet	65	30.20	32	36	5	-4	0	0	0.00	0	0.0	0.00	1.00
29	4,900	CJ McLaughlin	N/A	28	Ford	37	23.70	38	37	4	1	0	0	0.00	0	0.0	0.00	5.00
35	7,000	Ryan Newman	Motorsports Business Management	66	Ford	27	32.30	24	38	3	-14	0	0	0.00	0	0.0	0.00	-11.00

NASCAR XFINITY Series

Draftkings Points

Contender Boats 300

Qualifying Fast Facts

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Sam Mayer Makes Miami Moves; Wins in Homstead and Clinches Spot in Championship 4

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