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2023 Enjoy Illinois 300

2023 Enjoy Illinois 300

NASCAR Cup Series race


The 2023 Enjoy Illinois 300 presented by TicketSmarter was a NASCAR Cup Series race held on June 4, 2023, at World Wide Technology Raceway in Madison, Illinois. Contested over 243 laps – extended from 240 laps due to an overtime finish, on the 1.25-mile (2.01 km) paved oval motor racing track, it was the 15th race of the 2023 NASCAR Cup Series season.

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Background

World Wide Technology Raceway (formerly Gateway International Raceway and Gateway Motorsports Park) is a motorsport racing facility in Madison, Illinois, just east of St. Louis, Missouri, United States, close to the Gateway Arch. It features a 1.25-mile (2 kilometer) oval that hosts the NASCAR Cup Series, NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, and the NTT IndyCar Series, a 1.6-mile (2.6 km) infield road course used by the SCCA, Porsche Club of America, and various car clubs, and a quarter-mile drag strip that hosts the annual NHRA Midwest Nationals event.

Corey LaJoie replaced Chase Elliott for the race, who was parked by NASCAR for an deliberate collision against Denny Hamlin the race prior; Carson Hocevar took over LaJoie's No. 7 car as a result.[9][10]

Entry list

  • (R) denotes rookie driver.
  • (i) denotes the driver ineligible for series driver points.
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Practice

Joey Logano was the fastest in the practice session with a time of 32.881 seconds and a speed of 136.857 mph (220.250 km/h).[11]

Practice results

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Qualifying

Kyle Busch scored the pole for the race with a time of 32.802 and a speed of 137.187 mph (220.781 km/h).[12]

Qualifying results

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Race

Race results

Stage results

Stage One Laps: 45

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Stage Two Laps: 95

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Final Stage results

Stage Three Laps: 100

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Race statistics

  • Lead changes: 10 among 5 different drivers
  • Cautions/Laps: 11 for 67 laps
  • Red flags: 3 for 1 hour, 59 minutes, and 5 seconds (1 for a lightning delay, 1 for wreck clean-up, and 1 for repairs to the Turn 1 SAFER Barrier)
  • Time of race: 3 hours, 28 minutes, and 16 seconds
  • Average speed: 87.508 miles per hour (140.830 km/h)

Media

Television

Fox Sports covered the race on the television side. Mike Joy, Clint Bowyer and Michael Waltrip called the race from the broadcast booth, with Kenny Wallace joining for Stage 2. Jamie Little and Regan Smith handled the pit road for the television side. Larry McReynolds provided insight from the Fox Sports studio in Charlotte.

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Radio

MRN had the radio call for the race and was also simulcasted on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio. Alex Hayden, Jeff Striegle, and Rusty Wallace called the race for MRN from the booth when the field raced down the front straightaway. Dave Moody called the race from turns 1 & 2 while Kurt Becker called the race from turns 3 & 4. Pit Road for MRN was manned by Steve Post, Brienne Pedigo and Kim Coon.

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Standings after the race

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References

  1. "2023 schedule". Jayski.com. Jayski's Silly Season Site. Retrieved October 10, 2022.
  2. Taranto, Steven (September 14, 2022). "NASCAR releases 2023 Cup Series schedule highlighted by new Chicago, All-Star race stops". CBS Broadcasting Inc. Retrieved March 29, 2023.
  3. "NASCAR unveils 2023 schedule for its national series". National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing, LLC. September 14, 2022. Retrieved March 29, 2023.
  4. "Entry List" (PDF). Jayski.com. Jayski's Silly Season Site. May 30, 2023. Retrieved May 30, 2023.
  5. "Practice Results". NASCAR.com. NASCAR Media Group, LLC. June 3, 2023. Retrieved June 3, 2023.
  6. "Qualifying Results". NASCAR.com. NASCAR Media Group, LLC. June 3, 2023. Retrieved June 3, 2023.
  7. "Enjoy Illinois 300 Results". NASCAR.com. NASCAR. June 4, 2023. Retrieved June 4, 2023.
  8. "Points standings" (PDF). Jayski.com. Jayski's Silly Season Site. June 4, 2023. Retrieved June 4, 2023.
  9. Bianchi, Jordan; Gluck, Jeff (May 30, 2023). "NASCAR suspends Chase Elliott 1 race for crashing Denny Hamlin: Why it's the right call". The Athletic. Retrieved May 31, 2023.
  10. Crandall, Kelly (May 30, 2023). "Chase Elliott given one-race suspension for Hamlin tangle". Racer. Retrieved May 31, 2023.
Previous race:
2023 Coca-Cola 600
NASCAR Cup Series
2023 season
Next race:
2023 Toyota/Save Mart 350

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