Austin Hill dominates Xfinity race at Homestead, clinches spot in Championship 4: An emotional Austin Hill climbed out of his No. 21 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet on the Homestead-Miami Speedway frontstretch to celebrate one of the most significant race wins of his burgeoning career – claiming the Credit One NASCAR AMEX Credit Card 300 trophy Saturday and securing one of four positions to race for a trophy in the Nov. 9 series championship finale.(Read more)(10-26-2024)

In dominant fashion, #21-Austin Hill scored the victory in Saturday’s Credit One NASCAR Amex Credit Card 300 Xfinity Series race at Homestead-Miami Speedway. Hill swept all three stages and led a race-high 82 laps. It’s his first win on a non-superspeedway since July 2023 at Pocono Raceway.
#00-Cole Custer led 67 laps, but was passed by Hill with 12 laps remaining and finished second. #20-Aric Almirola finished third, with #2-Jesse Love and #18 Sheldon Creed rounding out the top five.
#98-Riley Herbst rebounded from an unscheduled pit stop to finish sixth. #28-Ryan Sieg, #7-Justin Allgaier, #1-Sam Mayer and #16-AJ Allmendinger rounded out the top 10.
Playoff drivers finishing outside the top 10 were #81-Chandler Smith, who placed 13th after having a bad final pit stop. #8-Sammy Smith had issues throughout the race and finished one lap down in 22nd.
There were 10 lead changes among six drivers and three cautions for 19 yellow flag laps.
The average speed of the race was: 128.220 mph.
See race details at: Race Results, Driver Points Standings, Owner Points Standings, Cumulative Report, Penalty Report.

Homestead Paint Schemes

Race Fast Facts – Homestead:
Austin Hill (P) won the Credit One® NASCAR® AMEX Credit Card 300, his 10th victory in 112 Xfinity Series races.
This is his fourth victory and 19th top-10 finish in 2024.
This is his first victory and third top-10 finish in three races at Homestead-Miami Speedway.
Cole Custer (P) (second) posted his fourth top-10 finish in six races at Homestead-Miami Speedway. It is his 21st top-10 finish in 2024.
Aric Almirola (P) (third) posted his third top-10 finish in six races at Homestead-Miami Speedway.
Jesse Love (P) (fourth) was the highest finishing rookie.
Justin Allgaier (P) leads the point standings by 7 points over Cole Custer (P).

Xfinity Series Standings after Homestead( Race 31 of 33):
1)#21-Austin Hill, win
2)#16-AJ Allmendinger, win
3)#7-Justin Allgaier 3,128, +35
4)#00-Cole Custer 3,121, +28
Currently below elimination line
5)#81-Chandler Smith 3,093, -28
6)#2-Jesse Love 3,086, -35
7)#1-Sam Mayer 3,074, -47
8)#8-Sammy Smith 3,026, -95
See the Drivers Points Standings and Owners Points Standings.

Race Updates:
Lap 200: #21-Hill wins at Homestead, clinching a spot into the Championship 4. #00-Custer, #20-Almirola, #2-Love, #18-Creed round out the top five.
Lap 188: #21-Hill takes the lead from #00-Custer with 12 laps remaining.
Lap 185: #21-Hill is chasing #00-Custer down for the lead, just three-quarters of a second back with 15 laps remaining.
Lap 180: #16-Allmendinger pits from the race lead, handing it back to #00-Custer, who has a 1.5-second advantage over #21-Hill.
Lap 171: #18-Creed pits from the lead. #1-Mayer believes he has a tire comping apart and bounced off the wall; pitting with 29 laps remaining. Mayer had a disastrous stop beginning with an overshoot of the pit stall and the team was slow, resulting in over an 18-second stop.
Lap 163: #7-Allgaier pits from third position. #00-Custer has cycled back to eighth position, with seven cars having yet to pit.
Lap 161: #81-Smith has a slow pit stop with an issue getting the jack out from under the car.
Lap 159: #00-Custer pits from the race lead, followed by #21-Hill, #2-Love, #28-Sieg, #88-Zilisch, #26-Truex and #27-Burton.
Lap 158: #20-Almirola is the first of the leaders to pit from fifth.
Lap 157: #18-Creed is getting faster over the long haul and is up to fourth position.
Lap 151: Water is leaking from coolers on pit road and has poured into the stall splitting the stalls of #7-Allgaier and #1-Mayer with pit stalls looming.
Lap 150: #00-Custer has increased his lead over #2-Love to more than three seconds with 50 laps remaining.
Lap 145: #19-Sawalich gets into the wall through Turns 3 and 4 and cuts a right-front tire.
Lap 133: #21-Hill has dropped to fifth, with #28-Sieg and #20-Almirola powering by.
Lap 130: #2-Love moves past his RCR teammate #21-Hill for second position.
Lap 128: #00-Custer uses the inside lane in Turns 3 and 4 to clear #21-Hill and #2-Love to take the lead.
Lap 124: #2-Love gained three spots on pit road. #16-Allmendinger dropped outside the top 10 to 12th.
Lap 121: #11-Williams cut a tire and got into #26-Truex, who spun into the grass in Turn 2.
Lap 112: #21-Hill takes the lead from #00-Custer through Turns 1 and 2 on the bottom lane.
Lap 105: #16-Allmendinger slides up the track and nearly puts #28-Sieg in the wall. Then, slides up in front of #81-Smith for fifth position.
Lap 98: #00-Custer soars ahead of #21-Hill for the race lead, driving deep into Turn 1.
Lap 90: #21-Hill wins Stage 2 under caution. #16-Allmendinger, #00-Custer, #28-Sieg, #20-Almirola, #18-Creed, #7-Allgaier, #81-Smith, #2-Love and #19-Sawalich score stage points.
Lap 89: #8-Smith pits to assess damage to the car. The team went under the hood to make adjustments to the camber and loses a lap.
Lap 86: #92-Leitz spins off Turn 2 to bring out the caution with four laps remaining in the stage. #98-Herbst is the free pass recipient.
Lap 84: #42-Honeyman pits for a flat right-rear tire after scraping the wall.
Lap 81: #21-Hill has jumped out to a lead of two seconds with less than 10 laps remaining in the stage.
Lap 75: #19-Sawalich has cracked the top 10, making his series debut for Joe Gibbs Racing.
Lap 70: #7-Allgaier slaps the outside wall in Turns 3 and 4 while running in eighth position and drops a spot to #2-Love.
Lap 67: #98-Herbst is off the pace after bouncing off the wall. He was running 10th prior to the incident.
Lap 59: #00-Custer passes #20-Almirola for second. #28-Sieg has up to fifth.
Lap 53: #21-Hill keeps the lead on the restart on the bottom of the race track.
Lap 49: #8-Smith takes the wave around to get back on the lead lap after pitting for a corded right-front tire.
Lap 45: #21-Hill scores the stage win, moving up 15 spots in the opening stage. #20-Almirola, #18-Creed, #7-Allgaier, #00-Custer, #1-Mayer, #16-Allmendinger, #98-Herbst, #81-Smith and #28-Sieg earn stage points.
Lap 43: #21-Hill gets by #20-Almirola for the lead. #18-Creed has moved back up to fourth position.
Lap 41: #20-Almirola passes #00-Custer for the lead, #21-Hill passes Custer for second.
Lap 40: #8-Smith pits for a flat right-front tire after contact with the wall.
Lap 39: #20-Almirola passes #16-Allmendinger for second. #21-Hill, #1-Mayer and #18-Creed are closing in on Allmendinger.
Lap 34: #16-Allmendinger has moved to second, passing #81-Smith. #20-Almirola soars ahead for third position.
Lap 31: #00-Custer takes the lead from #81-Smith for the race’s first lead change.
Lap 30: #00-Custer and #16-Allmendinger are both within a half second of #81-Smith for the lead.
Lap 27: #00-Custer is closing in on #81-Smith for the lead. #16-Allmendinger runs third, 1.3 seconds back.
15: #21-Hill continues to charge forward and is up to seventh position.
Lap 11: #18-Creed has slid outside the top 10 and runs 11th.
Lap 7: The Richard Childress Racing teammates of #2-Love and #21-Hill have gained six spots in the opening laps, running eighth and 10th, respectively.
Lap 4: #20-Almirola gets #18-Creed loose and surges ahead to second. #00-Custer moves into third.
Lap 1: #81-Smith leads the opening lap from the pole. #18-Creed, #20-Almirola and #00-Custer are three-wide for second spot.

Cars to the rear: #5-Anthony Alfredo, #51-Jeremy Clements, #97-Shane van Gisbergen (unapproved adjustments); #38-Matt DiBenedetto (inspection failures)

Pit Stall Selections

For the third time in 2024, #81-Chandler Smith won the Xfinity Series pole (163.305 mph), as he will lead the Xfinity Series field to the green flag for Saturday’s Credit One NASCAR Amex Credit Card 300 at Homestead-Miami Speedway. This is Smith’s sixth career pole, and his first on an intermediate track since March 2023 (Las Vegas).
Joe Gibbs Racing swept the three positions in qualifying, with #18-Sheldon Creed (162.822 mph) and #20-Aric Almirola (162.749 mph). #00-Cole Custer will start fourth (162.558 mph) and #7-Justin Allgaier (162.553 mph) rounds out the top five.
#16-AJ Allmendinger, #48-Parker Kligerman, #98-Riley Herbst, #1-Sam Mayer and #8-Sammy Smith complete the top 10.
The two Richard Childress Racing entries of #2-Jesse Love (14th) and #21-Austin Hill (16th) were the lone Playoff drivers to qualify outside the top 10.
See the complete Homestead Starting Lineup.

Qualifying Fast Facts — Homestead-Miami Speedway
Chandler Smith (P) won the Pole Award for the Credit One® NASCAR® AMEX Credit Card 300 with a lap of 33.067 seconds, 163.305 mph.
This is his sixth pole in 67 NASCAR Xfinity Series races.
This is his third pole and 25th top-10 start in 2024.
This is his first pole in three races at Homestead-Miami Speedway.
Sheldon Creed (second) posted his 22nd top-10 start of 2024 and his third in three races at Homestead-Miami Speedway.
Aric Almirola (P) (third) posted his fourth top-10 start at Homestead-Miami Speedway. It is his ninth in 12 races this season.
Jesse Love (P) (14th) was the fastest qualifying rookie.

Qualifying Order

Practice for the Credit One NASCAR Amex Credit Card 300 at Homestead-Miami Speedway is complete. The top five, slowest, news and notes:
#88-Connor Zilisch 160.576 mph
#20-Aric Almirola 160.576 mph
#98-Riley Herbst 160.466 mph
#81-Chandler Smith 160.456 mph
#00-Cole Custer 160.299 mph
Slowest: #35-Armani Williams 146.644
Most laps run: #8-Sammy Smith, 24
Notes: #38-Matt DiBenedetto had an issue and didn’t turn a lap. #53-Thomas Annunziata spun early in Group A through Turns 3 to bring out the caution.
See full Homestead Practice Results.

Clinch Scenarios
Already Clinched:
The following driver has clinched a spot in the 4-driver field of the next round: AJ Allmendinger.
Can Clinch Via Points:
If there is a repeat winner or a win by a driver who cannot advance to the next round, the following drivers could clinch by being 56 points above the 3rd winless driver in the standings.  The same point requirements listed below would hold true if a new win comes from among Justin Allgaier or Cole Custer.
Justin Allgaier: Could only clinch with help
Cole Custer: Could only clinch with help
If there is a new winner from Chandler Smith or another winless driver lower in the standings but still eligible to advance to the next round, the following drivers could clinch by being 56 points above the 2nd winless driver in the standings.
Justin Allgaier: Could only clinch with help
Can Clinch Via Win:
The following drivers would clinch on their win alone: Justin Allgaier, Cole Custer, Chandler Smith, Austin Hill, Jesse Love, Sam Mayer, Sammy Smith.

Crew Rosters

Goodyear Tire Notes

There are 38 drivers/teams on the entry list for the Credit One NASCAR Amex Credit Card 300 Xfinity Series race at Homestead-Miami Speedway. All cars will make the race.
Notables: #07-Brad Perez, #14-Austin Green, #15-Dylan Lupton, #19-William Sawalich, #20-Aric Almirola, #26-Ryan Truex, #28-Ryan Sieg, #35-Armani Williams, #39-Kyle Sieg, #45-Mason Maggio, #53-Thomas Annunziata, #74-Dawson Cram, #88-Connor Zilisch, #92-Nick Leitz.
See the full Homestead Entry List.

Homestead At-Track Schedule