Ford EcoBoost 300

This article is about the race at Homestead-Miami Speedway. For the race at Bristol Motor Speedway that used this name in 2012, see Drive to Stop Diabetes 300.

Ford EcoBoost 300
NASCAR Xfinity Series


Venue	Homestead-Miami Speedway
Corporate sponsor	Ford Motor Company
First race	1995
Distance	300 miles (482.803 km)
Laps	200
Previous names	Jiffy Lube Miami 300 (1995–1998) HotWheels.com 300 (1999) Miami 300 (2000) GNC Live Well 300 (2001) Ford 300 (2002–2011)

The Ford EcoBoost 300 is a NASCAR Xfinity Series race that takes place at Homestead-Miami Speedway. The race is part of the NASCAR Ford Championship Weekend, and is the Championship Round(final race of the season for the Xfinity Series), It takes place before the Ford EcoBoost 400, the Championship round of the Chase for the Sprint Cup.

Television coverage

The 1995 event was the first race held at the newly opened Metro-Dade Homestead Motorsport Complex, and was covered by CBS from 1995–97. However, the 1998 running was covered by ESPN because CBS had regained the rights to the NFL. One year later, from 1999–2004, the race was broadcast on NBC, who would continue to broadcast the event until 2004 until the rights were shifted to TNT for 2005 and 2006. NBC was expected to air the 2005 race, but moved it to TNT due to commitments to show a Notre Dame home game. From 2007 to 2014, the race aired on ESPN2. The 2015 event was scheduled to be broadcast on NBC, the 2016 race will be broadcast on NBCSN(still part of the NBC package).^[1]

Year	Network	Lap-by-lap	Color commentator(s)
1995	CBS	Mike Joy	Buddy Baker Ned Jarrett
1996
1997
1998	ESPN	Bob Jenkins	Ned Jarrett Benny Parsons
1999	NBC	Allen Bestwick	Benny Parsons (1999-2006) Wally Dallenbach (1999-2006) Joe Gibbs (2000) Mike Wallace (1999)
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005	NBC	Bill Weber
2006	NBC	Bill Weber
2007	ESPN2	Jerry Punch	Rusty Wallace Andy Petree
2008
2009
2010		Marty Reid	Dale Jarrett Andy Petree
2011		Allen Bestwick Marty Reid
2012
2013
2014
2015	NBC	Rick Allen	Jeff Burton Steve Letarte
2016	NBC	Rick Allen	Jeff Burton Steve Letarte

Past winners

Year	Date	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Race Distance		Race Time	Average Speed (mph)
Year	Date	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Miles (km)	Race Time	Average Speed (mph)
1995	November 5	Dale Jarrett	Dale Jarrett	Ford	200	300 (482.803)	3:16:28	92.229
1996	November 3	Kevin Lepage	Lepage Racing	Chevrolet	200	300 (482.803)	2:32:04	119.158
1997*	November 9	Joe Nemechek*	NEMCO Motorsports	Chevrolet	200	300 (482.803)	2:39:26	112.9
1998	November 15	Jeff Burton	Roush Racing	Ford	200	300 (482.803)	2:18:53	129.605
1999	November 13	Joe Nemechek	NEMCO Motorsports	Chevrolet	200	300 (482.803)	2:24:28	124.596
2000	November 11	Jeff Gordon	JG Motorsports	Chevrolet	200	300 (482.803)	2:23:29	125.45
2001	November 10	Joe Nemechek	NEMCO Motorsports	Chevrolet	200	300 (482.803)	2:16:10	132.191
2002	November 16	Scott Wimmer	Bill Davis Racing	Pontiac	200	300 (482.803)	2:25:42	123.542
2003	November 15	Kasey Kahne	Akins Motorsports	Ford	200	300 (482.803)	2:28:18	121.376
2004	November 20	Kevin Harvick	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	202*	303 (487.631)	2:45:22	110.482
2005*	November 19	Ryan Newman	Penske Racing	Dodge	200	300 (482.803)	2:24:41	124.41
2006	November 18	Matt Kenseth	Roush Racing	Ford	200	300 (482.803)	2:22:16	126.523
2007*	November 17	Jeff Burton	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	200	300 (482.803)	2:39:59	112.512
2008	November 15	Carl Edwards	Roush Fenway Racing	Ford	200	300 (482.803)	2:33:24	117.34
2009	November 21	Kyle Busch	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	200	300 (482.803)	2:21:49	126.924
2010	November 20	Kyle Busch	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	200	300 (482.803)	2:42:32	110.747
2011	November 19	Brad Keselowski	Penske Racing	Dodge	200	300 (482.803)	2:30:47	119.377
2012	November 17	Regan Smith	JR Motorsports	Chevrolet	200	300 (482.803)	2:19:44	128.817
2013	November 16	Brad Keselowski	Penske Racing	Ford	200	300 (482.803)	2:45:06	109.025
2014*^[2]	November 15	Matt Kenseth	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	206*	309 (497.287)	2:40:36	115.442
2015	November 21	Kyle Larson	HScott Motorsports	Chevrolet	200	300 (482.803)	2:20:20	128.266

1997: After his brother John Nemechek died in the Truck race earlier that year at the track, Joe Nemechek scores an emotional win at the season finale, 9 months later at the same track that took his brother's life.
2004 & 2014: Race extended due to a green–white–checker finish.
2005: First race at night.
2007: Final race under Anheuser-Busch sponsorship.
2009: Kyle Busch won both the race and championship.
2014: Final race under Nationwide Insurance sponsorship.

Track configuration notes

1995–1996: Rectangular oval
1997–2002: Standard oval with flat turns
2003–present: Standard oval with steep variable banking

Multiple winners (drivers)

# Wins	Driver	Years Won
3	Joe Nemechek	1997, 1999, 2001
2	Jeff Burton	1998, 2007
	Kyle Busch	2009, 2010
	Brad Keselowski	2011, 2013
	Matt Kenseth	2006, 2014

Multiple winners (teams)

# Wins	Team	Years Won
3	NEMCO Motorsports	1997, 1999, 2001
	Roush Fenway Racing	1998, 2006, 2008
	Penske Racing	2005, 2011, 2013
	Joe Gibbs Racing	2009, 2010, 2014
2	Richard Childress Racing	2004, 2007

Manufacturer wins

# Wins	Make	Years Won
9	Chevrolet	1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2007, 2012, 2015
6	Ford	1995, 1998, 2003, 2006, 2008, 2013
3	Toyota	2009, 2010, 2014
2	Dodge	2005, 2011
1	Pontiac	2002

References

↑ "2015 NBC SPORTS GROUP NASCAR SPRINT CUP AND NATIONWIDE SERIES SCHEDULES ANNOUNCED". NBC Sports Group. 26 August 2014. Retrieved 16 November 2014.
↑ "2014 Ford EcoBoost 300". Racing-Reference. Retrieved 16 November 2014.