2025 Hard Rock Bet 300

The 2025 Hard Rock Bet 300 was the 6th stock car race of the 2025 NASCAR Xfinity Series, and the 31st iteration of the event. The race was held on Saturday, March 22, 2025, at Homestead–Miami Speedway in Homestead, Florida, a 1.5 miles (2.4 km) permanent oval shaped racetrack. The race was originally scheduled to be contested over 200 laps but was increased an extra lap due to an overtime finish. Justin Allgaier, driving for JR Motorsports, would steal the victory on the final restart, passing Austin Hill on the final lap, earning his 27th career NASCAR Xfinity Series win, his second of the season, and his second consecutive win. Kyle Larson continued to show his dominance at Homestead, winning the second stage and leading a race-high 132 laps, before falling back on the final restart, finishing 4th, ending his chances at sweeping the tripleheader weekend. To fill out the podium, Sam Mayer, driving for Haas Factory Team, and Hill, driving for Richard Childress Racing, would finish 2nd and 3rd, respectively.

This was also the first race of the Dash 4 Cash. Drivers eligible for the D4C were Justin Allgaier, Jesse Love, Austin Hill, and Sam Mayer, since they were the highest finishing Xfinity regulars following the race at Las Vegas. Allgaier claimed the $100K bonus cash after winning the race.

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Background

Homestead–Miami Speedway is a motor racing track located in Homestead, Florida. The track, which has several configurations, has promoted several series of racing, including NASCAR, the NTT IndyCar Series and the Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series.

From 2002 to 2019, Homestead–Miami Speedway has hosted the final race of the season in all three of NASCAR's series: the NASCAR Cup Series, Xfinity Series and Craftsman Truck Series. The track has since held races on different dates in 2020 (June) and 2021 (February), which were both affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, before being moved back into the Playoffs as the second race of the Round of 8 in 2022, with the date being kept for 2023.

Entry list

(R) denotes rookie driver.
(i) denotes driver who is ineligible for series driver points.

Notes

Practice

For practice, drivers will be separated into two groups, A and B. Both sessions will be 25 minutes long, and was be held on Saturday, March 22, at 10:35 AM EST. Kyle Larson, driving for Hendrick Motorsports, would set the fastest time between both sessions, with a lap of 33.137, and a speed of 162.960 mph (262.259 km/h).

Qualifying

Qualifying was held on Saturday, March 22, at 11:40 AM EST. Since Homestead–Miami Speedway is an intermediate racetrack, the qualifying procedure used is a single-car, one-lap system with one round. Drivers will be on track by themselves and will have one lap to post a qualifying time, and whoever sets the fastest time will win the pole.

Taylor Gray, driving for Joe Gibbs Racing, would score the pole for the race, with a lap of 33.064, and a speed of 163.320 mph (262.838 km/h).

Dawson Cram was the only driver who failed to qualify.