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FAST FACTS: ENJOY ILLINOIS 300 NASCAR CUP SERIES CHASE RACE<\/strong><\/p>\n

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RACE AT A GLANCE<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
WHEN<\/td>\nTRACK<\/td>\nTV<\/td>\nSTART<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Sunday, Sept. 13<\/td>\n1.25-Mile Oval<\/td>\nUSA Network<\/td>\n2 p.m. CT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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What<\/td>\nEnjoy Illinois 300 | Second race of the 10-event NASCAR Cup Series Chase<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Where<\/td>\nWorld Wide Technology Raceway | Madison, Ill.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Race Length<\/td>\n240 laps | 300 miles<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Companion Event<\/td>\nNASCAR O\u2019Reilly Auto Parts Series Nu Way 225 Powered by Bobcat and Sauced by Blues Hog | Saturday | 6:30 p.m.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

BROADCAST INFORMATION | ALL TIMES CENTRAL (LOCAL)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Session<\/td>\nDay \/ Time<\/td>\nTV<\/td>\nRadio<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Practice<\/td>\nSaturday | 2:30 p.m.<\/td>\ntruTV<\/td>\nMRN, SiriusXM<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Qualifying<\/td>\nSaturday | 3:35 p.m.<\/td>\ntruTV<\/td>\nMRN, SiriusXM<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Countdown to Green<\/td>\nSunday | 1:30 p.m.<\/td>\nUSA Network<\/td>\n–<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Race<\/td>\nSunday | 2:00 p.m.<\/td>\nUSA Network<\/td>\nMRN, SiriusXM<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Post-Race Show<\/td>\nSunday | 5:30 p.m.<\/td>\nUSA Network<\/td>\n–<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

CHASE FIELD & CURRENT STANDINGS<\/strong><\/p>\n

Championship Standings Following Chase Race No. 1<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Driver<\/td>\nTeam | Manufacturer<\/td>\nRank | Points<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Denny Hamlin<\/td>\nJoe Gibbs Racing | Toyota<\/td>\n1 | 2,135<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Christopher Bell<\/td>\nJoe Gibbs Racing | Toyota<\/td>\n2 | 2,123 (-12)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ryan Blaney<\/td>\nTeam Penske | Ford<\/td>\n3 | 2,119 (-16)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tyler Reddick<\/td>\n23XI Racing | Toyota<\/td>\n4 | 2,111 (-24)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Chase Briscoe<\/td>\nJoe Gibbs Racing | Toyota<\/td>\n5 | 2,098 (-37)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ty Gibbs<\/td>\nJoe Gibbs Racing | Toyota<\/td>\n6 | 2,096 (-39)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kyle Larson<\/td>\nHendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet<\/td>\n7 | 2,086 (-49)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Joey Logano<\/td>\nTeam Penske | Ford<\/td>\n8 | 2,063 (-72)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Chase Elliott<\/td>\nHendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet<\/td>\n9 | 2,063 (-72)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bubba Wallace<\/td>\n23XI Racing | Toyota<\/td>\n10 | 2,054 (-81)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Chris Buescher<\/td>\nRFK Racing | Ford<\/td>\n11 | 2,047 (-88)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Carson Hocevar<\/td>\nSpire Motorsports | Chevrolet<\/td>\n12 | 2,046 (-89)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Daniel Suarez<\/td>\nSpire Motorsports | Chevrolet<\/td>\n13 | 2,041 (-94)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Austin Cindric<\/td>\nTeam Penske | Ford<\/td>\n14 | 2,033 (-102)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ryan Preece<\/td>\nRFK Racing | Ford<\/td>\n15 | 2,031 (-104)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
William Byron<\/td>\nHendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet<\/td>\n16 | 2,021 (-114)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

CHASE SCHEDULE<\/strong><\/p>\n

Playoff Path \u2013 A Look Back and Look Ahead<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
Previous Playoff Race<\/td>\nNext Playoff Race<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Darlington Raceway | Sunday, Sept. 6 |<\/p>\n

Winner: Christopher Bell<\/td>\n

Bristol Motor Speedway | Saturday, Sept. 19<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

WWTR CUP SERIES RACE & POLE WINNERS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Year<\/td>\nRace Winner<\/td>\nTeam<\/td>\nPole Winner<\/td>\nTeam<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
2025<\/td>\nDenny Hamlin<\/td>\nJoe Gibbs Racing<\/td>\nDenny Hamlin<\/td>\nJoe Gibbs Racing<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2024<\/td>\nAustin Cindric<\/td>\nTeam Penske<\/td>\nMichael McDowell<\/td>\nFront Row Motorsports<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2023<\/td>\nKyle Busch<\/td>\nRichard Childress Racing<\/td>\nKyle Busch<\/td>\nRichard Childress Racing<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2022<\/td>\nJoey Logano<\/td>\nTeam Penske<\/td>\nChase Briscoe<\/td>\nStewart-Haas Racing<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

2025 RACE RECAP<\/strong><\/p>\n

HAMLIN WINS FROM POLE IN CUP SERIES OPENING ROUND OF 16<\/strong><\/p>\n

Joe Gibbs Racing flexed its muscle in the NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs’ opening Round of 16 as Denny Hamlin won Sunday’s Enjoy Illinois 300 before a sellout crowd at World Wide Technology Raceway.<\/p>\n

Hamlin followed teammate Chase Briscoe’s victory at Darlington Raceway by winning from the pole, giving Joe Gibbs Racing the first two automatic berths in the Round of 12. The victory was Hamlin’s 59th\u00a0in the Cup Series and fifth of the season, and it marked Toyota’s 200th\u00a0Cup Series win.<\/p>\n

Hamlin led four times for a race-high 75 of 240 laps and beat Briscoe by 1.62 seconds. Playoff drivers swept the top five and claimed seven of the top eight positions. Chase Elliott of Hendrick Motorsports finished third, followed by Team Penske teammates Ryan Blaney and Joey Logano.<\/p>\n

Briscoe won the opening stage, with Hamlin third in the 45-lap segment. Bubba Wallace of 23XI Racing finished sixth in the opening stage before winning the second. He led 58 laps in Stage 2 and the first 15 laps of the final stage before fading to eighth.<\/p>\n

Hamlin and Logano battled side by side in the final stage before the leaders made their final pit stops on different cycles. RFK Racing’s Brad Keselowski, who did not make the playoffs, stayed out as the leader when the final caution waved on Lap 210 for Ty Dillon’s single-car incident in Turn 1.<\/p>\n

The 15th\u00a0and final lead change came on the restart, when Hamlin went inside Keselowski and Briscoe went outside. Both cleared Keselowski, with Hamlin taking the lead and Briscoe following. Hamlin pulled away and led the final 25 laps.<\/p>\n

Click\u00a0HERE<\/a>\u00a0for the full results.<\/p>\n

NASCAR CUP SERIES NOTEBOOK<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Christopher Bell\u00a0snapped a 33-race winless streak by winning this past Sunday’s Chase opener at Darlington Raceway by 1.038 seconds over Joe Gibbs Racing teammate\u00a0Ty Gibbs. He led 46 of the 367 laps to secure his first Cup Series victory since Sept. 13, 2025, at Bristol Motor Speedway. He had posted seven runner-up finishes this season during the drought.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Joe Gibbs Racing placed three drivers in the top six at Darlington, with\u00a0Chase Briscoe\u00a0finishing sixth behind the 1-2 finish by Bell and Gibbs. Teammate\u00a0Denny Hamlin\u00a0led 68 laps, but a slow pit stop and contact with\u00a0Michael McDowell\u00a0in the final stage relegated him to an 18th-place finish. Hamlin, the regular-season champion, retains a 12-point advantage over Bell.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Joe Gibbs Racing also placed all four Chase drivers among the top six in the championship standings. Hamlin leads Bell by 12 points; Briscoe is 37 points back in fifth, and Gibbs is 39 points back in sixth.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Kyle Larson\u00a0led a race-high 99 laps at Darlington but slid to fifth after a late strategy gamble. The defending Cup Series champion is still seeking his first victory of the season; his best finish was second at Kansas in April.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Wood Brothers driver\u00a0Josh Berry\u00a0was the only non-Chase driver to crack the top 10 at Darlington, finishing seventh. It was his sixth consecutive top-10 finish, a streak highlighted by a season-best third at New Hampshire. Legacy Motor Club recently announced that Berry will drive the No. 42 Toyota next season.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Bell and\u00a0Bubba Wallace\u00a0were the biggest risers in the championship standings after Darlington, each improving four positions. Bell vaulted from sixth to second with his victory, while Wallace jumped from 14th\u00a0to 10th\u00a0after finishing eighth.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0William Byron\u00a0and\u00a0Daniel Suarez\u00a0were the biggest fallers in the championship standings after Darlington and the only two Chase drivers to drop multiple positions. Byron finished 37th\u00a0and tumbled from 13th\u00a0to 16th, while Suarez finished 21st\u00a0and fell from 11th\u00a0to 13th.<\/p>\n

RACE HISTORY NOTEBOOK<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Sunday’s race will be the fifth NASCAR Cup Series event at World Wide Technology Raceway and the second to be included in the NASCAR postseason. In 2025, the Enjoy Illinois 300 served as the second of three races in the opening Round of 16.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0The first four Enjoy Illinois 300 races produced four different winners.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Team Penske is the only organization with multiple NASCAR Cup Series victories at WWT Raceway, with\u00a0Joey Logano\u00a0winning the inaugural event in 2022 and teammate\u00a0Austin Cindric\u00a0earning the second in 2024.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0The winner started in the top seven in each of the first four races, including from the front row in each of the past three.\u00a0Denny Hamlin\u00a0(2025) and\u00a0Kyle Busch\u00a0(’23) won from the pole, while Cindric won from second (’24).<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Logano is the only driver to finish in the top five in all four starts at WWT Raceway. He won the inaugural race in 2022, finished third in ’23 and placed fifth in each of the past two seasons. Hamlin ranks second with three top-five finishes.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Logano leads all drivers with four top-10 finishes, while\u00a0Christopher Bell,\u00a0Ryan Blaney\u00a0and Hamlin have three each.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Busch leads all drivers with 202 laps led, followed by Blaney (120), Bell (80), Cindric (79) and Hamlin (75). Bell is the only driver among those five without a victory at WWTR.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Blaney has the best average starting position at 3.8, followed by Hamlin (4.0), Cindric (5.8),\u00a0Tyler Reddick\u00a0(6.3) and Bell (8.0).<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Logano has the best average finish among drivers with at least two starts at 3.5. Bell ranks second at 8.5,\u00a0Kyle Larson\u00a0and Blaney are tied for third at 9.5, and Hamlin is fifth at 9.8.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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