Entry List

The official 2022 Contender Boats 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.

Contender Boats 300

Saturday, October 22nd, 2022

Homestead Miami Speedway, Homestead, FL

  • 27 Chevrolet
  • 7 Toyota
  • 6 Ford

  • Homestead-Miami Speedway
  • 28th Annual Contender Boats 300
  • Pole Winner: Trevor Bayne
  • Age: 31
  • Team : No. 18 - Devotion Nutrition Toyota
  • Owner: Coy Gibbs
  • Crew Chief: Jason Ratcliff
  • Trevor Bayne won the Pole Award for the 28th Annual Contender Boats 300 with a lap of 32.4 seconds, 166.667 mph.
  • This is his ninth pole in 161 NASCAR Xfinity Series races.
  • This is his second pole and eighth top-10 start in 2022.
  • This is his first pole in five races at Homestead-Miami Speedway.
  • Noah Gragson (second) posted his 25th top-10 start of 2022 and his third in five races at Homestead-Miami Speedway.
  • Ty Gibbs (third) posted his first top-10 start at Homestead-Miami Speedway. It is his 26th in 31 races this season.
  • Sheldon Creed (seventh) was the fastest qualifying rookie.

  • Saturday, October 22nd, 2022
  • NASCAR Wire Service - Holly Cain
Noah Gragson punches ticket to Championship 4 with win at Homestead

Noah Gragson has led plenty of laps at Homestead-Miami Speedway with three Top-10 finishes in his four starts before this weekend. And Saturday night - at long last - Gragson earned the Xfinity Series winner's trophy to go with all his statistical success at the South Florida track.

The 23-year-old Las Vegas native led a dominating 127 of the 200 laps - at one point his No. 9 JR Motorsports Chevy was out front by more than 9-seconds. Ultimately it took a strong restart with five laps remaining for Gragson to ensure the victory - .550-seconds over fellow NASCAR Xfinity Series championship challenger Ty Gibbs.

The win is Gragson's automatic ticket to the Championship 4 at Phoenix Raceway in two weeks - a fitting placement for the young driver who leads the series with eight wins, more than doubling his previous career high single-season win tally.

"I wanted this one so bad," Gragson said, raising his hand in celebration with the cheering crowd. "The last three years. ... Words can't describe how thankful I am for everybody at JR Motorsports."

The Xfinity Series race wrapped up a huge NASCAR doubleheader Saturday with the dominating Gragson victory. He won both stages giving him 16 stage wins on the season - more than twice as many as any other driver.

Gragson now joins his JR Motorsports teammate Josh Berry - last week's winner - with the automatic Championship 4 berth with two positions still to be decided.

Gibbs' runner-up finish places him third in the championship standings. He's a healthy 30 points ahead of fourth place, Kaulig Racing's A.J. Allmendinger with next week's Martinsville (Va.) Speedway race settling which four drivers will be racing for the title at Phoenix on Nov. 4.

"We were just battling our race car all day, we made great adjustments and my guys never gave up," said the 20-year old Gibbs who was making his Homestead-Miami Speedway debut.

"We'll move on to Martinsville. I feel like that's a place we were really fast at earlier this year and probably had a shot to win it so I'm excited to back there.

JR Motorsports driver Justin Allgaier, who had an eventful day, finished 10th coming back from being a lap down. He now trails Allmendinger by only five points for that final Playoff berth. Richard Childress Racing's Austin Hill sits seven points below the cutoff line with a ninth-place Homestead finish.

JR Motorsports driver Sam Mayer, who finished fifth Saturday is now 28 points behind Allmendinger and Joe Gibbs Racing's Brandon Jones is 28 points back after finishing 15th.

Gibbs and Allmendinger were among the seven race leaders on the day. But if not for that late race caution, it looked like a sure Gragson runaway.

Allmendinger finished third with his Kaulig Racing teammate Daniel Hemric fourth. Mayer was fifth. Trevor Bayne finished sixth - his 47 laps led in the No. 18 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota second only to Gragson's high mark.

Chandler Smith, who hours earlier at Homestead earned a Championship 4 position in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, finished seventh. Riley Herbst, Hill and Allgaier rounded out the Top-10.

The Xfinity Series will set its four-driver Championship grid next Saturday in the Dead On Tools 250 at Martinsville (Va.) Speedway (3 p.m. ET, NBC, MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio). Gragson is the defending winner of this Playoff race. Jones won at Martinsville this Spring.

  • Drivers Entered: 40 (2 drivers will not make the race)
  • Laps Scheduled: 167
  • Laps Actual: 200 - NASCAR OVERTIME!
  • Margin of Victory: 0.550 Seconds
  • Time of Race: 2 Hours 24 Minutes 28 Seconds
  • Average Speed: 124.884
  • Cautions: 4 for 24 laps
  • Lead Changes: 13
  • Green Flag Passes: 1,815 (10.3 passes per green flag lap)

  • Homestead-Miami Speedway
  • 28th Annual Contender Boats 300
  • Race Winner: Noah Gragson
  • Age: 24
  • Team : No. 9 - Bass Pro Shops/TrueTimber/BRCC Chevrolet
  • Owner: Rick Hendrick
  • Crew Chief: Lucas Lambert
  • Noah Gragson won the 28th Annual Contender Boats 300, his 13th victory in 133 Xfinity Series races.
  • This is his eighth victory and 24th top-10 finish in 2022.
  • This is his first victory and fourth top-10 finish in five races at Homestead-Miami Speedway.
  • Ty Gibbs (second) posted his first top-10 finish in one race at Homestead-Miami Speedway. It is his 21st top-10 finish in 2022.
  • AJ Allmendinger (third) posted his second top-10 finish in four races at Homestead-Miami Speedway.
  • Austin Hill (ninth) was the highest finishing rookie.
  • Noah Gragson leads the point standings by 31 points over Ty Gibbs.
Myatt Snider celebrates with a burnout
Homestead, Florida - February 27, 2021 : Myatt Snider, driver of the #2 TaxSlayer Chevrolet, celebrates with a burnout after winning the NASCAR Xfinity Series Contender Boats 250 at Homestead-Miami Speedway on February 27, 2021 in Homestead, Florida.
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Contender Boats 300 at Homestead Miami Speedway Entry List
ENTRY # DRIVER HOMETOWN DOB AGE MAKE SPONSOR TEAM CREW CHIEF
1 16 AJ Allmendinger Los Gatos, CA Dec 16, 1981 40 Chevrolet Action Industries Kaulig Racing Bruce Schlicker
2 66 JJ Yeley Phoenix, AZ Oct 5, 1976 46 Toyota WorkPro Breast Cancer Aware Motorsports Business Management George Church
3 10 Landon Cassill Cedar Rapids, IA Jul 7, 1989 33 Chevrolet Voyager: Crypto for All Kaulig Racing Alex Yontz
4 18 Trevor Bayne Knoxville, TN Feb 19, 1991 31 Toyota Devotion Nutrition Joe Gibbs Racing Jason Ratcliff
5 08 David Starr Houston, TX Nov 11, 1967 54 Ford TicketSmarter/Special Report SS-GLR w/Jeff Lefcourt Jason Miller
6 13 Timmy Hill Port Tobacco, MD Feb 25, 1993 29 Toyota Generx Generators Motorsports Business Management Jason Houghtaling
7 7 Justin Allgaier Riverton, IL Jun 6, 1986 36 Chevrolet The BRANDT Foundation JR Motorsports Jason Burdett
8 27 Jeb Burton Halifax, VA Aug 6, 1992 30 Chevrolet Larry's Lemonade Beach Bash Our Motorsports Chad Walter
9 78 BJ McLeod Wauchula, FL Nov 17, 1983 38 Chevrolet B.J. McLeod Motorsports BJ McLeod Motorsports Mike Tyska
10 39 Ryan Sieg Tucker, GA Jun 20, 1987 35 Ford CMRroofing.com\ A-game RSS Racing Kevin Starland
11 34 Kyle Weatherman Wentzville, MO Aug 28, 1997 25 Chevrolet SELE Foundation Jesse Iwuji Motorsports Dan Stillman
12 11 Daniel Hemric Kannapolis, NC Jan 27, 1991 31 Chevrolet AG1 - Athletic Greens Kaulig Racing Jason Trinchere
13 6 Brennan Poole Sacramento, CA Apr 11, 1991 31 Chevrolet Macc Door Systems JD Motorsports Kase Kallenbach
14 4 Bayley Currey Driftwood, TX Oct 29, 1996 25 Chevrolet KSDT CPA JD Motorsports Wayne Carroll Jr
15 92 Alex Labbe Saint-Albert, Canada Apr 29, 1993 29 Chevrolet Prolon Controls / Alloy DGM Racing BJ Tucker
16 21 Austin Hill Winston, GA Apr 21, 1994 28 Chevrolet United Rentals Richard Childress Racing Andy Street
17 19 Brandon Jones Atlanta, GA Feb 18, 1997 25 Toyota Menards\Jeld-Wen Joe Gibbs Racing Jeff Meendering
18 38 CJ McLaughlin Framingham, MA Jul 1, 1992 30 Ford SciAps RSS Racing Steve Addington
19 51 Jeremy Clements Spartanburg, SC Jan 16, 1985 37 Chevrolet Fly & Form Concrete Structures Jeremy Clements Racing Mark Setzer
20 07 Joe Graf Jr Mahwah, NJ Jul 12, 1998 24 Ford Bucked Up Energy SS-GLR w/Jeff Lefcourt Joe Williams
21 36 Josh Williams Port Charlotte, FL Aug 3, 1993 29 Chevrolet Star Tron / Alloy DGM Racing Nathan Kennedy
22 5 Matt Mills Lynchburg, VA Nov 14, 1996 25 Chevrolet J.F. Electric BJ McLeod Motorsports David Ingram
23 31 Myatt Snider Charlotte, NC Dec 30, 1994 27 Chevrolet TaxSlayer Jordan Anderson Racing Shane Whitbeck
24 9 Noah Gragson Las Vegas, NV Jul 15, 1998 24 Chevrolet Bass Pro Shops TrueTimber BRCC JR Motorsports Luke Lambert
25 98 Riley Herbst Las Vegas, NV Feb 24, 1999 23 Ford Monster Energy Stewart-Haas Racing Richard Boswell
26 91 Mason Massey Douglasville, GA Jan 24, 1997 25 Chevrolet Anderson Power Services DGM Racing Mario Gosselin
27 23 Anthony Alfredo Ridgefield, CT Mar 1, 1999 23 Chevrolet Dude Wipes Our Motorsports Pat Tryson
28 77 Dillon Bassett Winston-Salem, NC Apr 2, 1997 25 Chevrolet Jerry Hunt Supercenter Bassett Racing Michael Hillman
29 35 Patrick Emerling Orchard Park, NY Sep 19, 1992 30 Toyota Emerling Gase Motorsports Emerling Gase Motorsports Rick Bourgeois
30 45 Stefan Parsons Cornelius, NC Jun 15, 1998 24 Chevrolet Clear Cryptos Alpha Prime Racing Frank Kerr
31 2 Sheldon Creed Alpine, CA Sep 30, 1997 25 Chevrolet Whelen Richard Childress Racing Jeff Stankiewicz
32 8 Josh Berry Hendersonville, TN Oct 22, 1990 32 Chevrolet High Rock Vodka JR Motorsports Mike Bumgarner
33 68 Kris Wright Wexford, PA Jul 17, 1994 28 Chevrolet iHeart Radio Brandonbilt Motorsports Doug Randolph
34 54 Ty Gibbs Charlotte, NC Oct 4, 2002 20 Toyota Monster Energy Joe Gibbs Racing Chris Gayle
35 28 Kyle Sieg Tucker, GA Apr 16, 2001 21 Ford CMRroofing.com RSS Racing Andrew May
36 1 Sam Mayer Franklin, WI Jun 26, 2003 19 Chevrolet Accelerate Pros Talent JR Motorsports Taylor Moyer
37 26 Chandler Smith Talking Rock, GA Jun 26, 2002 20 Toyota WearMe / ChargeMe Sam Hunt Racing Allen Hart
38 48 Nicholas Sanchez Miami, FL Jun 10, 2001 21 Chevrolet Big Machine Racing Spiked Big Machine Racing Patrick Donahue
39 02 Parker Retzlaff Rhinelander, WI May 21, 2003 19 Chevrolet Funkaway Our Motorsports Kris Bowen
40 44 Julia Landauer New York, NY Nov 12, 1991 30 Chevrolet Atem Car Club Alpha Prime Racing Michael Brandt