2023 Contender Boats 300

2023 Contender Boats 300

Race details
Race 31 of 33 of the 2023 NASCAR Xfinity Series
Date	October 21, 2023
Official name	29th Annual Contender Boats 300
Location	Homestead–Miami Speedway, Homestead, Florida
Course	Permanent racing facility 1.5 mi (2.4 km)
Distance	200 laps, 300 mi (482 km)
Scheduled Distance	200 laps, 300 mi (482 km)
Average speed	116.517 mph (187.516 km/h)
Pole position
Driver	Cole Custer	Stewart–Haas Racing
Time	32.608
Most laps led
Driver	Cole Custer	Stewart–Haas Racing
Laps	114
Winner
No. 1	Sam Mayer	JR Motorsports
Television in the United States
Network	USA
Announcers	Rick Allen, Steve Letarte, and Dale Jarrett
Radio in the United States
Radio	MRN

The 2023 Contender Boats 300 was the 31st stock car race of the 2023 NASCAR Xfinity Series, the second race of the Round of 8, and the 29th iteration of the event. The race washeld on Saturday, October 21, 2023, in Homestead, Florida at Homestead–Miami Speedway, a 1.5 miles (2.4 km) permanent oval shaped racetrack. The race took the scheduled 200 laps to complete. In a wild finish, Sam Mayer, driving for JR Motorsports, would take the lead in the late stages of the race, and held off a fast-charging Riley Herbst in the closing laps to earn his fourth career NASCAR Xfinity Series win, his fourth of the season, and his first win on an oval track. He would also earn a spot in the Championship 4.^[1] Cole Custer would dominate the majority of the race, winning the first stage and leading a race-high 114 laps, until hitting the wall and blowing a tire in the late stages. To fill out the podium, Herbst, driving for Stewart–Haas Racing, and John Hunter Nemechek, driving for Joe Gibbs Racing, would finish 2nd and 3rd, respectively.