NASCAR Xfinity Series at Homestead-Miami
The Contender Boats 300 is a NASCAR Xfinity Series race that takes place at Homestead–Miami Speedway. For much of its history, it was the final race of the Xfinity season. Myatt Snider is the defending winner. Race history. From 2002 to 2019, the race was a part of the Ford Championship Weekend, and was the Championship Round for the Xfinity Series. It previously took place the day before the Ford EcoBoost 400, the former Championship round of the NASCAR Cup Series playoffs. In 2020, the race date was changed to early spring as  part of a schedule realignment. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the race was moved to June and changed from a single 300-mile race to two races combined for a total distance of 501 miles, replacing a date at Iowa Speedway. Hooters assumed naming rights for the first race, while Contender Boats, a local boat manufacturer, sponsored the second, a Dash 4 Cash event. The Sunday race was originally named the 2020Census.gov 300 as the United States Census was going on at the time of the initially-scheduled date. For the 2021 season, the race was originally announced as reverting  to its original 300-mile distance with Contender Boats returning as title sponsor, but it instead remained at 250 miles with 167 laps and the Contender Boats 250 race name. A NASCAR bulletin that Fox Sports' Bob Pockrass received notes the 300-mile distance will return in 2022.