Homestead eNASCAR Scouting Report

Homestead eNASCAR Starting Lineup

1. Garrett Smithley (51)
2. William Byron (24)
3. Ty Majeski (45)
4. Ross Chastain (6)
5. Dale Earnhardt Jr. (8)
6. Chase Briscoe (98)
7. Timmy Hill (66)
8. Parker Kligerman (77)
9. Denny Hamlin (11)
10. Landon Cassill (89)
11. Clint Bowyer (14)
12. Alex Bowman (88)
13. Ryan Preece (37)
14. Kyle Larson (42)
15. Austin Cindric (12)
16. Matt DiBenedetto (21)
17. Anthony Alfredo (33)
18. Bubba Wallace (43)
19. Joey Logano (22)
20. Chase Elliott (9)
21. Chris Buescher (17)
22. John Hunter Nemechek (38)
23. Ryan Truex (40)
24. Austin Dillon (3)
25. Erik Jones (20)
26. Justin Allgaier (7)
27. Christopher Bell (95)
28. Ty Dillon (13)
29. Bobby Labonte (19)
30. Brad Keselowski (2)
31. Kurt Busch (1)
32. Michael McDowell (34)
33. Ricky Stenhouse Jr. (47)
34. Kyle Busch (18)
35. Jimmie Johnson (48)

Pre-Race Notes

Laps Led Count:

William Byron (28), Garrett Smithley (24), Denny Hamlin (14), Dale Earnhardt Jr. (14), Timmy Hill (13), Chase Briscoe (7)

Denny Hamlin’s Virtual Odds

Ty Majeski – 3/2

William Byron – 2/1

Timmy Hill – 2/1

Parker Kligerman – 5/1

Garrett Smithley – 5/1

Chase Briscoe – 6/1

Denny Hamlin – 6/1

Alex Bowman – 6/1

Other Notes

Race Length – 100 Laps

Fuel Window – 58-62 Laps

Tire Window – 35-40 Laps

Race Notes

When the race went green, Jimmie Johnson wasn’t entered in the race lobby or something of that nature because he wasn’t out on the track for the first four laps 😂

Garrett Smithley who started on the pole selected to start in the low line.

On lap 1, William Byron passed Smithley for the lead and led the opening lap.

🚑 Anthony Alfredo and Austin Cindric wrecked on lap 2. It brought out the first caution. Cindric spun in front of Alfredo. Both got heavy damage and had to use a “Repair Reset”.

During the first caution, Clint Bowyer said that they had to reboot the game because Jimmie Johnson took a bathroom break (His joke). Johnson wasn’t logged in on time or something and he missed the first four laps.

🏎 Running order on lap 8: 24,51,45,6,77,98,66,11,89 … 14,88,37,42,21,43,22,9,40,7 … 95,20,38,13,43,12,17,33,1,19,34 … 47,18,2,3 (-1 Lap), Johnson (-4 laps)

🚑 On lap 14, Jimmie Johnson, Kurt Busch, Justin Allgaier, Ty Dillon, Ryan Truex, Christopher Bell, Bobby Labonte and John Hunter Nemechek all wrecked. All of them likely had to use a “Repair Reset” expect for Christopher Bell.

During the “Big One” caution, Denny Hamlin took two tires and got the lead.

On lap 20, Jimmie Johnson got lapped under green and clearly wasn’t up to speed.

🚑 On lap 20, after just getting lapped, Jimmie Johnson spun at the front of the field. He collected Alex Bowman, Ryan Preece, Clint Bowyer. They all likely had to use a “Repair Reset”.

On lap 25 under caution, everyone was on the lead lap expect for Jimmie Johnson and John Hunter Nemechek

🏎 Running order on lap 25: 11,24,6,77,51,45,98,8,42,43 … 95,33,9,17,19,7,66,88,21,20 … 37,2,40,89,14,47,13,22,18,3 … 1,12,34,38,48

🚑 On lap 27 while running in 2nd, Ross Chastian was turned by William Byron. Kligerman, Smithley, Majeski and Briscoe were all involved. Later that lap, Chastain wrecked again and DiBenedetto and Allgaier were involved which brought out a caution. Byron, Kligerman, DiBenedetto and Chastain all likely had to do a “Repair Reset.”

🏎 Running order on lap 30 under caution: 8,66,9,43,33,88,37,20,22,89 … 1,14,12,3,13,11,45,24,51,98 … 95,77,42,2,19,40,17,18,6,7 … 47,34,21,48,38

🚑 On lap 38, Kurt Busch crashed hard. Other drivers collected were Parker Kligerman, Denny Hamlin, Christopher Bell, Kyle Busch, Ross Chastian, Kyle Larson and Chase Briscoe. Drivers who likely had to use a “Repair Reset” were Denny Hamlin, Kurt Busch, Kyle Busch and Kyle Larson.

🏎 Running order on lap 44: 24,66,51,8,37,88,9,89,20,33 … 45,14,22,43,17,11,3,42,19,95 … 98,77,6,2,11,40,18,34,7,21 … 13,12,1,48,38

🚑 On lap 45, Erik Jones spun and brought out the caution. He had contact with Alfredo and the damage was light.

🏎 Running order on lap 50: 24,66,51,8,37,88,9,89,33,45 … 14,22,43,11,17,3,95,19,77 … 6,40,18,34,7,21,20,2,9813 … 47,12,48,38,1

On lap 52, William Byron and Timmy Hill were battling side by side for the lead.

🏎 Running order on lap 59: 66,51,8,24,88,37,45,33,43,14 … 89,11,6,19,18,40,77,95,3,17 … 34,7,20,22,13,2,21,42,98,47 … 9,12,48,38,1

On lap 59, Chase Elliott spun after having contact with Bubba Wallace. They were battling for 9th and it brought out a caution. Neither appeared to get a notable level of damage.

🏎 Running order on lap 66: 98,6,51,66,24,11,8,88,45,11 … 37,33,43,18,14,19,40,42,89,9 … 3,34,13,2,95,21,7,22,20,17 … 47,12,48,38,1

🚑 On lap 69, Alex Bowman crashed and got heavy damage. Other drivers involved were William Byron, Ty Majeski and Dale Earnhardt Jr. All of them except for Dale Earnhardt Jr. likely had to use an “Repair Reset.” Byron was supposedly out of “Repair Resets” at this point.

🏎 Running order on lap 74 (26 laps to go): 51,66,11,43,33,19,42,14,21 … 98,34,37,40,17,6,8,89,88,3 … 24,45,13,7,22,12,2,20,47,9 … 95,18,38,48,1

🚑 With 23 laps to go, Michael McDowell spun, and then at that time in a separate incident Ricky Stenhouse Jr. spun Clint Bowyer. William Byron then crashed into Clint Bowyer. William Byron was now out of resets.

During this caution the top 13 drivers didn’t pit. The first driver who came to pit road was Denny Hamlin.

🏎 Running order with 18 laps to go: 51,66,77,21,19,6,98,37,8,45 … 3,43,7,11,33,42,88,9,20,17 … 40,22,89,34,14,2,13,47,12,95 … 18,24,38,48,1

Kyle Busch was said to be slow on the apron with 13 laps to go.

🏎 Running order with 11 laps to go: 51,66,8,98,77,21,37,45,88,6 … 43,11,3,19,20,7,22,40,89,14 … 13,47,12,34,9,2,95,17,33,42… 18,38,48,24,1

With 5 laps to go, Ryan Truex and Austin Dillon got together. No caution came out. Truex was still doing good in the running order, but Austin was no longer doing so.

Running order with 6 laps to go: 66,8,98,11,51,88,37,43,77,45 … 21,20,6,89,22,40

With 2 laps to go, Dale Earnhardt Jr. got the lead after a bump draft from Denny Hamlin.

On the last lap on the final straightaway, Denny Hamlin passed Dale Earnhardt Jr. for the win.

Homestead eNASCAR Results

1. Denny Hamlin
2. Dale Earnhardt Jr.
3. Timmy Hill
4. Chase Briscoe
5. Garrett Smithley
6. Alex Bowman
7. Bubba Wallace
8. Ryan Preece
9. Ty Majeski
10. Erik Jones
11. Matt DiBenedetto
12. Landon Cassill
13. Parker Kligerman
14. Ross Chastain
15. Joey Logano
16. Clint Bowyer
17. Ryan Truex
18. Bobby Labonte
19. Ty Dillon
20. Justin Allgaier
21. Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
22. Austin Cindric
23. Michael McDowell
24. Chase Elliott
25. Brad Keselowski
26. Christopher Bell
27. Austin Dillon
28. Chris Buescher
29. Kyle Busch
30. John Hunter Nemechek
31. Jimmie Johnson
32. Anthony Alfredo
33. Kyle Larson
34. William Byron
35. Kurt Busch