HOMESTEAD – Always a highlight reel at the Homestead-Miami weekend, Saturday’s Hard Rock Bet 300 (4 p.m. ET on CW Network, MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio) marks the second consecutive 1.5-miler for the NASCAR Xfinity Series.
Reigning NASCAR Xfinity Series champion Justin Allgaier claimed his first victory of the season last week at the Las Vegas 1.5-mile track, earning the JR Motorsports driver a bid to compete for the $100,000 prize money in the opening Xfinity Dash 4 Cash event this weekend.
Richard Childress Racing teammates Austin Hill and Jesse Love and Haas Factory Team’s Sam Mayer are also racing for the big bonus money – with the highest finisher among the foursome claiming the check.
Not only do they stand to win bonus money with Xfinity’s Dash 4 Cash, but the next victory for either Hill or Love will give the legendary RCR team a milestone 100th series win – something accomplished only by Joe Gibbs Racing and Roush Fenway Keselowski Racing. Hill is the defending Homestead winner.
As good as the current group of drivers have been at the South Florida track, historically speaking there are no overwhelming favorites on the grid. The last seven series races there have been won by seven different drivers.
Allgaier holds a 19-point advantage over Atlanta race winner and fellow Chevrolet driver Love atop the championship standings.
The 2021 NASCAR Cup Series champ Kyle Larson will drive the No. 17 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet Saturday – he is the 2015 Homestead Xfinity Series winner and one of four former winners in the field (also Harrison Burton, 2020; Mayer, 2023 and Hill, 2024).
Kennametal Pole Qualifying is set for 10:30 a.m. (The CW App) and interestingly, no former pole-winners are entered.
No pole-winner has hoisted the Homestead trophy since 2020.
