The 2021 Contender Boats 250 was a

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race held on February 27, 2021. It was contested over 172 laps—extended from 167 laps due to an overtime finish—on the oval. It was the third race of the

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season.

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driver

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, grabbed his first career Xfinity Series win.

Report

Background

Homestead-Miami Speedway is a

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track located in

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. The track, which has several configurations, has promoted several series of racing, including

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, the

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and the Grand-Am

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From 2002 to 2019, Homestead-Miami Speedway has hosted the final race of the season in all three of

's series: the

NASCAR Cup Series The NASCAR Cup Series is the top racing series of the NASCAR, National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR), the most prestigious stock car racing series in the United States. The series began in 1949 as the Strictly Stock Division, ...

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and

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Entry list

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

Qualifying

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was awarded the pole for the race as determined by competition-based formula. Jordan Anderson and

Ronnie Bassett Jr. Ronald W. Bassett Jr. (born December 21, 1995) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He last competed part-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 77 Chevrolet Camaro for his team, Bassett Racing. He and his family team a ...

did not have enough points to qualify for the race.

Starting Lineups

Race

Race results

Stage Results

Stage One ''Laps:'' 40 Stage Two ''Laps:'' 80

Final Stage Results

''Laps:'' 167

Race statistics

* Lead changes: 20 among 11 different drivers * Cautions/Laps: 8 for 42 * Time of race: 2 hours, 30 minutes, and 59 seconds * Average speed:

References

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