Entry List

The official 2022 Enjoy Illinois 300 presented by TicketSmarter NASCAR CUP Series entry list features top NASCAR drivers set to compete at World Wide Technology Raceway, highlighting the full lineup of race participants and teams.

Enjoy Illinois 300 presented by TicketSmarter

Sunday, June 5th, 2022

World Wide Technology Raceway, Madison, IL

  • 15 Chevrolet
  • 15 Ford
  • 6 Toyota

  • World Wide Technology Raceway
  • Inaugural Enjoy Illinois 300 Presented by TicketSmarter
  • Busch Pole Award Pole Winner: Chase Briscoe
  • Age: 27
  • Team : No. 14 - HighPoint.com Ford
  • Owner: Gene Haas
  • Crew Chief: John Klausmeier
  • Chase Briscoe won the Pole Award for the Inaugural Enjoy Illinois 300 Presented by TicketSmarter with a lap of 32.544 seconds, 138.274 mph.
  • This is his first pole in 51 NASCAR Cup Series races.
  • This is his first pole and seventh top-10 start in 2022.
  • This is his first pole in one races at World Wide Technology Raceway.
  • Austin Cindric (second) posted his eighth top-10 start of 2022 and his first in one race at World Wide Technology Raceway.
  • Christopher Bell (third) posted his first top-10 start at World Wide Technology Raceway. It is his 11th in 15 races this season.
  • Austin Cindric (second) was the fastest qualifying rookie.

  • Sunday, June 5th, 2022
  • NASCAR Wire Service - Reid Spencer
Joey Logano outduels Kyle Busch in overtime in debut race at Gateway

In front of packed grandstands at World Wide Technology Raceway at Gateway, Joey Logano beat Kyle Busch in an intense overtime battle, and Ross Chastain ate a gigantic piece of humble pie.

After a brake rotor failure sent Kevin Harvick’s Ford rocketing into the Turn 3 wall on Lap 236 of a scheduled 240 in Sunday’s Enjoy Illinois 300, Busch, as the leader, picked the outside lane. Logano lined up beside Busch to the inside, with teammate Ryan Blaney behind him.

After the overtime restart—with Blaney giving Logano’s No. 22 Team Penske Ford a serendipitous shove—Logano and Busch swapped the lead until Busch washed up the track in Turns 3 and 4 on the white-flag lap.

That enabled Logano to secure the victory by .655 seconds and indulged his penchant for winning debut races in the NASCAR Cup Series. Last year, Logano won the inaugural event on the Bristol Motor Speedway Dirt Track.

“Thanks for coming out, guys,” Logano said, acknowledging the sellout crowd. “I hope you enjoyed that race. It doesn’t get much better than that. Racing for the lead like that with Kyle, one of the best. It was a lot of fun. Crossing each other back and forth. I knew it was coming. I did it to him; I knew he was going to do it to me. We crossed back and forth there a couple of times…

“What a great car, though. Really fast. I kind of messed up in qualifying, and (crew chief) Paul (Wolfe) made a great call putting two tires on (on the No. 22 Team Penske Ford’s final pit stop). Blaney did a great job with the push down into (Turn) 1, which kept me close at least and being able to make the move. Good racing there.”

The victory was Logano’s second of the season and the 29th of his career. Kurt Busch ran third behind Logano and Kyle Bush, with Ryan Blaney coming home fourth and Aric Almirola fifth.

The overtime didn’t favor Kyle Busch’s car, which performed best on long runs.

“Our car just took too long to come in,” Busch said. “Better on the long run. Better up top. Top is not good to fire off on, but great job by the Snickers guys. Again, we stayed in the running all day long and fought hard and thought maybe we could—but that was it.”

As riveting as the drama of the overtime turned out to be, the subplot involving Chastain and his two primary victims—Denny Hamlin and Chase Elliott—drew the lion’s share of the focus as the race developed.

On Lap 64, Chastain drove hard into Turn 1 behind Hamlin and knocked the No. 11 Toyota up the track and into the wall, ending Hamlin’s chance at a strong finish. Hamlin subsequently expressed his displeasure by running Chastain down to the apron on the backstretch.

On Lap 101, contact from Chastain’s Chevrolet turned Elliott’s No. 9 Camaro and sent it spinning into the inside barrier off Turn 4. On the subsequent restart, Elliott got a measure of revenge when he rubbed Chastain’s Chevy and moved it up the track.

Ultimately, Elliott finished 21st, 13 spots better than Hamlin, who ended the race 11 laps down.

Chastain didn’t mince words in taking responsibility for the trouble he caused on the track.

“It was terrible driving,” said Chastain, who finished eighth. “It’s one thing to do it once, but I just kept driving into guys. At this level, I’m supposed to be better than that…

“I owe half the field an apology, and words aren’t going to fix it. So I’ll have to pay for it on the track and almost did today, and I deserve everything they do. I can’t believe I continue to make this many mistakes and overdrive the corners and drive into guys.”

Hamlin seemed to indicate that racing karma still had to play out.

“It’s good that he takes responsibility, but ultimately it ruined our day,” Hamlin said. “I think we were kind of racing hard there for a while on the inside. He kept trying to slide up in front of us and wasn’t able to, because I wasn’t willing to just back off and let him slide up in front.

“It didn’t take long after he tucked in behind us that he wrecked us. The unfortunate part is that it didn’t look like he got too shy after that, because I think he got the 9 (Elliott) after that one. We all have to learn the hard way, and we’ve all had it come back around on us—and it’ll be no different.”

Martin Truex Jr. finished sixth, followed by Erik Jones, Chastain, Christopher Bell and AJ Allmendinger, who won Saturday’s debut Xfinity Series race at Portland International Raceway and started from the rear of the field with no prior laps on the track after flying to St. Louis for the Cup event.

  • Drivers Entered: 36
  • Laps Scheduled: 240
  • Laps Actual: 245 - NASCAR OVERTIME!
  • Margin of Victory: 0.655 Seconds
  • Time of Race: 3 Hours 7 Minutes 34 Seconds
  • Average Speed: 97.965
  • Cautions: 10 for 53 laps
  • Lead Changes: 12
  • Green Flag Passes: 1,979 (10.3 passes per green flag lap)

  • World Wide Technology Raceway
  • 1st Annual Enjoy Illinois 300 presented by TicketSmarter
  • Race Winner: Joey Logano
  • Age: 32
  • Team : No. 22 - Shell Pennzoil Ford
  • Owner: Team Penske
  • Crew Chief: Paul Wolfe
  • Joey Logano won the 1st Annual Enjoy Illinois 300 presented by TicketSmarter, his 29th victory in 486 Cup Series races.
  • This is his second victory and seventh top-10 finish in 2022.
  • This is his first victory and 1st top-10 finish in 1 race at World Wide Technology Raceway.
  • Austin Cindric (11th) was the highest finishing rookie.
  • Chase Elliott leads the point standings by 9 points over Kyle Busch.
The full field of the NASCAR Cup Series drivers pose
Madison, Illinois - June 3, 2022 : The full field of the NASCAR Cup Series drivers pose for a group photo prior to practice for the NASCAR Cup Series Enjoy Illinois 300 at WWT Raceway.
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ENTRY
#
DRIVER
HOMETOWN
DOB
AGE
MAKE
SPONSOR
TEAM
CREW CHIEF

1
16
Los Gatos, CA
Dec 16, 1981
40
Chevrolet
Goldfish Casino Slots
2
10
Tampa, FL
Mar 14, 1984
38
Ford
Built Ford Proud
3
6
Auburn Hills, MI
Feb 12, 1984
38
Ford
Solomon Plumbing
4
11
Chesterfield, VA
Nov 18, 1980
41
Toyota
FedEx Freight
5
22
Middleton, CT
May 24, 1990
32
Ford
Shell Pennzoil
6
4
Bakersfield, CA
Dec 8, 1975
46
Ford
#BuschLightPolite
7
45
Las Vegas, NV
Aug 4, 1978
43
Toyota
Monster Energy
8
18
Las Vegas, NV
May 2, 1985
37
Toyota
Snickers
9
19
Mayetta, NJ
Jun 29, 1980
41
Toyota
Reser's Fine Foods
10
34
Phoenix, AZ
Dec 21, 1984
37
Ford
WISE-EV
11
3
Lewisville, NC
Apr 27, 1990
32
Chevrolet
Get Bioethanol
12
47
Olive Branch, MS
Oct 2, 1987
34
Chevrolet
SunnyD
13
5
Sacremento, CA
Jul 31, 1992
29
Chevrolet
Valvoline
14
15
Westport, CT
Aug 8, 1990
31
Ford
Scott Credit Union
15
48
Tuscon, AZ
Apr 25, 1993
29
Chevrolet
Ally
16
12
High Point, NC
Dec 31, 1993
28
Ford
Dent Wizard
17
7
Kannapolis, NC
Sep 25, 1991
30
Chevrolet
Built.com
18
42
Lewisville, NC
Feb 27, 1992
30
Chevrolet
Chevrolet Military Appreciation
19
9
Dawsonville, GA
Nov 28, 1995
26
Chevrolet
Hooters
20
43
Byron, MI
May 30, 1996
26
Chevrolet
Bommarito Automotive Group
21
78
Wauchula, FL
Nov 17, 1983
38
Ford
Blaster
22
99
Monterrey, Mexico
Jan 7, 1992
30
Chevrolet
Tootsies Orchid Lounge
23
51
Greensboro, NC
Nov 7, 1995
26
Ford
Nurtec ODT
24
1
Alva, FL
Dec 4, 1992
29
Chevrolet
Moose Fraternity
25
23
Mobile, AL
Oct 8, 1993
28
Toyota
McDonald's
26
24
Charlotte, NC
Nov 29, 1997
24
Chevrolet
RaptorTough.com
27
41
Ladera Ranch, CA
Jan 23, 1998
24
Ford
Feeding America/Wow Wow
28
77
Menomonee Falls, WI
Jun 3, 1995
27
Chevrolet
Zeigler Auto Group
29
8
Corning, CA
Jan 11, 1996
26
Chevrolet
3CHI
30
31
Winamac, IN
Apr 28, 1999
23
Chevrolet
LeafFilter Gutter Protection
31
20
Norman, OK
Dec 16, 1994
27
Toyota
Rheem
32
2
Columbus, OH
Sep 2, 1998
23
Ford
Menards\Atlas
33
14
Mitchell, IN
Dec 15, 1994
27
Ford
HighPoint.com
34
21
Huntersville, NC
Oct 9, 2000
21
Ford
Ford \ DAV
35
17
Huntington Beach, CA
Jun 9, 1999
22
Ford
Acronis
36
38
Sherrills Ford, NC
May 15, 2000
22
Ford
First Phase