Entry List
The official 2018 Ford EcoBoost 300 NASCAR XFINITY Series entry list features top NASCAR drivers set to compete at Homestead Miami Speedway, highlighting the full lineup of race participants and teams.
Ford EcoBoost 300
Saturday, November 17th, 2018
Homestead Miami Speedway, Homestead, FL
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- Homestead-Miami Speedway
- 24th Annual Ford EcoBoost 300
- Pole Winner: Cole Custer
- Age: 20
- Team : No. 00 - Haas Automation Ford
- Owner: Gene Haas
- Crew Chief: Jeff Meendering
- Cole Custer won the Pole Award for the 24th Annual Ford EcoBoost 300 with a lap of 32.609 seconds, 165.598 mph.
- This is his sixth pole in 71 NASCAR XFINITY Series races.
- This is his sixth pole and 28th top-10 start in 2018.
- This is his first pole in three races at Homestead-Miami Speedway.
- Christopher Bell (second) posted his 23rd top-10 start of 2018 and his second in two races at Homestead-Miami Speedway.
- John Hunter Nemechek (third) posted his first top-10 start at Homestead-Miami Speedway. It is his 13th in 18 races this season.
- Christopher Bell (second) was the fastest qualifying rookie.
- Drivers Entered: 45 (7 drivers will not make the race)
- Laps Scheduled: 200
- Margin of Victory: 06.902 Seconds
- Time of Race: 2 Hours 8 Minutes 6 Seconds
- Average Speed: 140.515
- Cautions: 2 for 10 laps
- Lead Changes: 5
- Green Flag Passes: 1,094 (5.8 passes per green flag lap)
- Homestead-Miami Speedway
- 24th Annual Ford EcoBoost 300
- Race Winner: Tyler Reddick
- Age: 22
- Team : No. 9 - BurgerFi Chevrolet
- Owner: JR Motorsports
- Crew Chief: David Elenz
- Tyler Reddick won the 24th Annual Ford EcoBoost 300, his third victory in 51 NASCAR XFINITY Series races.
- This is his second victory and 20th top-10 finish in 2018.
- This is his first victory and second top-10 finish in two races at Homestead-Miami Speedway.
- Cole Custer (second) posted his second top-10 finish in three races at Homestead-Miami Speedway. It is his 26th top-10 finish in 2018.
- John Hunter Nemechek (third) posted his first top-10 finish in his series track debut at Homestead-Miami Speedway.
- Tyler Reddick has won the 2018 NASCAR Xfinity Series driver championship.
- Tyler Reddick has won the 2018 Sunoco Rookie of the Year honors.
- Stewart-Haas Racing's No. 00 Ford Mustang team has won the 2018 NASCAR Xfinity Series owners championship.
- Chevrolet has won the 2018 NASCAR Xfinity Series manufacturers championship.
- Driver Champion: Tyler Reddick
- Team: No. 9 JR Motorsports Chevrolet Camaro
- Tyler Reddick won his first NASCAR Xfinity Series championship; becoming the 29th different driver to win the title and the third in series history to win the championship in his Sunoco rookie season joining Chase Elliott (2014) and William Byron (2017).
- Reddick won the season finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway to claim the title.
- Reddick made 33 starts this season posting two wins (Daytona-1 and Homestead), seven top fives and 20 top 10s.
- In the Playoffs this season Reddick has posted one win (Homestead), three top fives and six top 10s.
- Reddick (Corning) has become the second NASCAR Xfinity Series champion from the state of California joining Kevin Harvick from Bakersfield, who won the championship in 2001 and 2006.
- Owner Of Driver Champion: Dale Earnhardt Jr., JR Motorsports
- This is JR Motorsport's third NASCAR Xfinity Series driver championship (Chase Elliott, 2014; William Byron, 2017).
- Owner Dale Earnhardt Jr., a two-time (1998, '99) NASCAR Xfinity Series driver champion, fielded his first car as an owner in the series with driver Mark McFarland at Homestead-Miami Speedway on November 19, 2005.
- JR Motorsports has led 12 different drivers to Victory Lane for a total of 44 wins in the NASCAR Xfinity Series.
- Crew Chief Champion: David Elenz
- This is David Elenz's second career NASCAR Xfinity Series championship (William Byron, 2017 and Tyler Reddick, 2018).
- Elenz is the 25th different crew chief to win the NASCAR Xfinity Series title and the 10th to win multiple titles.
- Elenz has won 10 NASCAR Xfinity Series races with five different drivers: William Byron (four), Kevin Harvick (two), Dale Earnhardt Jr. (one), Chase Elliott (one) and Tyler Reddick (two).
- Owner Champion: Tony Stewart & Gene Haas, Stewart-Haas Racing No. 00 Ford
- This is Stewart-Haas Racing's first NASCAR Xfinity Series owner championship.
- Stewart-Haas Racing began its NASCAR Xfinity Series program in 2017 at Daytona International Speedway with driver Cole Custer.
- Stewart-Haas Racing has two wins in the NASCAR Xfinity Series.
| ENTRY | # | DRIVER | HOMETOWN | DOB | AGE | MAKE | SPONSOR | TEAM |
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| 1 | 40 | Carl Long | Roxboro, NC | Sep 20, 1967 | 51 | Dodge | Thanks Dodge / CrashClaimsR.us | Motorsports Business |
| 2 | 1 | Elliott Sadler | Emporia, VA | Apr 30, 1975 | 43 | Chevrolet | OneMain Financial | JR Motorsports |
| 3 | 93 | JJ Yeley | Phoenix, AZ | Oct 5, 1976 | 42 | Chevrolet | RSS Racing | RSS Racing |
| 4 | 37 | Jeff Green | Owensboro, KY | Sep 6, 1962 | 56 | Chevrolet | RSS Racing | RSS Racing |
| 5 | 89 | Morgan Shepherd | Conover, NC | Oct 21, 1941 | 77 | Chevrolet | Visone RV | Shepherd Racing |
| 6 | 99 | Stephen Leicht | Asheville, NC | Jan 9, 1987 | 31 | Chevrolet | B.J. McLeod Motorsports | B.J. McLeod Motorsports |
| 7 | 52 | David Starr | Houston, TX | Nov 11, 1967 | 51 | Chevrolet | Shoun Trucking | Means Motorsports |
| 8 | 13 | Timmy Hill | Port Tobacco, MD | Feb 25, 1993 | 25 | Toyota | OCR Gaz Bar | Motorsports Business |
| 9 | 11 | Ryan Truex | Mayetta, NJ | Mar 18, 1992 | 26 | Chevrolet | LeafFilter Gutter Protection | Kaulig Racing |
| 10 | 7 | Justin Allgaier | Riverton, IL | Jun 6, 1986 | 32 | Chevrolet | BRANDT Professional Agriculture | JR Motorsports |
| 11 | 5 | Michael Annett | Des Moines, IA | Jun 23, 1986 | 32 | Chevrolet | Pilot Flying J | JR Motorsports |
| 12 | 35 | Joey Gase | Cedar Rapids, IA | Feb 8, 1993 | 25 | Chevrolet | Sparks | SS Green Light Racing |
| 13 | 01 | BJ McLeod | Wauchula, FL | Nov 17, 1983 | 35 | Chevrolet | teamjdmotorsports.com | JD Motorsports |
| 14 | 18 | Ryan Preece | Berlin, CT | Oct 25, 1990 | 28 | Toyota | Rheem-Watts | Joe Gibbs Racing |
| 15 | 16 | Ryan Reed | Bakersfield, CA | Aug 12, 1993 | 25 | Ford | Drive Down A1C Lilly Diabetes | RFK Racing |
| 16 | 38 | Ryan Sieg | Tucker, GA | Jun 20, 1987 | 31 | Chevrolet | RSS Racing | RSS Racing |
| 17 | 4 | Ross Chastain | Alva, FL | Dec 4, 1992 | 25 | Chevrolet | Florida Watermelon Association | JD Motorsports |
| 18 | 21 | Daniel Hemric | Kannapolis, NC | Jan 27, 1991 | 27 | Chevrolet | South Point Hotel & Casino | Richard Childress Racing |
| 19 | 00 | Cole Custer | Ladera Ranch, CA | Jan 23, 1998 | 20 | Ford | Haas Automation | Stewart-Haas Racing |
| 20 | 66 | Chad Finchum | Knoxville, TN | Sep 22, 1994 | 24 | Toyota | Smithbilt Homes | Motorsports Business |
| 21 | 0 | Garrett Smithley | Ligonier, PA | Apr 27, 1992 | 26 | Chevrolet | KSDT and Company | JD Motorsports |
| 22 | 23 | Spencer Gallagher | Las Vegas, NV | Nov 20, 1989 | 28 | Chevrolet | Allegiant | GMS Racing |
| 23 | 45 | Josh Bilicki | Menomonee Falls, WI | Jun 3, 1995 | 23 | Toyota | Prevagen | J.P. Motorsports |
| 24 | 9 | Tyler Reddick | Corning, CA | Jan 11, 1996 | 22 | Chevrolet | BurgerFi | JR Motorsports |
| 25 | 2 | Matt Tifft | Fairfax, VA | Jun 26, 1996 | 22 | Chevrolet | Tunity | Richard Childress Racing |
| 26 | 15 | Quin Houff | Weyers Cave, VA | Sep 15, 1997 | 21 | Chevrolet | teamjdmotorsports.com | JD Motorsports |
| 27 | 55 | Bayley Currey | Driftwood, TX | Oct 29, 1996 | 22 | Toyota | Rollin Smoke Barbeque / Touched by Pros | J.P. Motorsports |
| 28 | 76 | Spencer Boyd | Creve Coeur, MO | Jun 26, 1995 | 23 | Chevrolet | Grunt Style | SS Green Light Racing |
| 29 | 42 | John Hunter Nemechek | Mooresville, NC | Jun 11, 1997 | 21 | Chevrolet | Fire Alarm Services Inc. | Chip Ganassi Racing |
| 30 | 20 | Christopher Bell | Norman, OK | Dec 16, 1994 | 23 | Toyota | GameStop Transformers | Joe Gibbs Racing |
| 31 | 61 | Kaz Grala | Boston, MA | Dec 29, 1998 | 19 | Ford | NETTTS / Hot Scream | Fury Race Cars LLC |
| 32 | 36 | Alex Labbe | Saint-Albert, Canada | Apr 29, 1993 | 25 | Chevrolet | Alpha Prime | DGM Racing |
| 33 | 22 | Austin Cindric | Columbus, OH | Sep 2, 1998 | 20 | Ford | MoneyLion | Team Penske |
| 34 | 86 | Brandon Brown | Woodbridge, VA | Sep 14, 1993 | 25 | Chevrolet | Coalition to Salute America's Heroes | Brandonbilt Motorsports |
| 35 | 19 | Brandon Jones | Atlanta, GA | Feb 18, 1997 | 21 | Toyota | Juniper | Joe Gibbs Racing |
| 36 | 90 | Caesar Bacarella | Parkland, FL | Dec 18, 1975 | 42 | Chevrolet | Alpha Prime / MAXIM | DGM Racing |
| 37 | 60 | Chase Briscoe | Mitchell, IN | Dec 15, 1994 | 23 | Ford | Nutri Chomps | RFK Racing |
| 38 | 51 | Jeremy Clements | Spartanburg, SC | Jan 16, 1985 | 33 | Chevrolet | Fly and Form / RepairableVehicles.com | Jeremy Clements Racing |
| 39 | 92 | Josh Williams | Port Charlotte, FL | Aug 3, 1993 | 25 | Chevrolet | Sleep Well / StarTron | King Autosport |
| 40 | 8 | Tommy Joe Martins | Como, MS | Dec 7, 1986 | 31 | Chevrolet | B.J. McLeod Motorsports | B.J. McLeod Motorsports |
| 41 | 78 | Vinnie Miller | Metamora, MI | Aug 16, 1997 | 21 | Chevrolet | JAS Expedited Trucking LLC | B.J. McLeod Motorsports |
| 42 | 26 | Max Tullman | Chester Springs, PA | Aug 22, 1997 | 21 | Ford | Eskata / Zoomi | Tullman Walker Racing |
| 43 | 3 | Shane Lee | Newton, NC | Jul 4, 1993 | 25 | Chevrolet | CMR Construction & Roofing | Richard Childress Racing |
| 44 | 74 | Tim Viens | Daytona Beach, FL | Oct 10, 1976 | 42 | Chevrolet | 811fitness.com | Mike Harmon Racing |
| 45 | 39 | Angela Ruch | Puyallup, WA | Aug 18, 1983 | 35 | Chevrolet | Give A Child A Voice | RSS Racing |