Hooters 250

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 the Contender Boats, a local boat manufacturer, sponsors the second, a Dash 4 Cash event.[1][2][3] 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.[4]

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) FS1 will be broadcasting this race starting in 2020.

• Dale Jarrett, who was scheduled to be guest commentator at Daytona until the rain hit, was the guest commentator again at Homestead because Dallenbach was in the race.

• 2004, 2014 & 2020: 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.
• 2016, 2018 & 2019: Won both the race and championship.
• 2020: Race postponed from March 21 to June 13 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with an additional race on June 14. Race distance changed from one 300-mile race to two 250.5 mile races to compensate for cancelled races.

Track configuration notes

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

Manufacturer wins

# Wins	Make	Years Won
11	Chevrolet	1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2007, 2012, 2015, 2018, 2019
8	Ford	1995, 1998, 2003, 2006, 2008, 2013, 2017, 2020 (2)
5	Toyota	2009, 2010, 2014, 2016, 2020 (1)
2	Dodge	2005, 2011
1	Pontiac	2002

• Baptist Health 200
• Dixie Vodka 400
• Ford Championship Weekend