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NASCAR Cup Series

Enjoy Illinois 300 presented by TicketSmarter

World Wide Technology Raceway

June 5th, 2022

Race #15 of the 2022 NASCAR Cup Series Season

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Laps Scheduled: 240
- Extended to 245 laps
Miles Raced : 306.3
Time of Race : 03 Hours 07 minutes 34 seconds
Average Speed: 97.965 mph
Margin of Victory : 00.655 seconds
Cautions: 10
Caution Laps: 53
Lead Changes: 12
Cars in Race : 36
Finished On Lead Lap: 31 (86%)

Joey Logano celebrates in victory lane — Madison, Illinois - June 5th, 2022: Joey Logano, driver of the #22 Shell Pennzoil Ford, celebrates in victory lane after winning the NASCAR Cup Series Enjoy Illinois 300 at WWT Raceway. Photo by Sean Gardner | Getty Images

FIN	ST	Car #	Driver	Make	TOT PTS	F PTS	B PTS	PO PTS	Laps	Led	x Led	S1	S2	STUS
1	7	22	Joey Logano	Ford	44	40	4	5	245	22	2	7	0	Running
2	12	18	Kyle Busch	Toyota	46	35	11	0	245	66	4	8	3	Running
3	11	45	Kurt Busch	Toyota	44	34	10	1	245	12	1	0	1	Running
4	5	12	Ryan Blaney	Ford	43	33	10	0	245	12	1	2	10	Running
5	8	10	Aric Almirola	Ford	43	32	11	0	245	0	0	6	5	Running
6	13	19	Martin Truex Jr	Toyota	40	31	9	0	245	42	1	0	2	Running
7	21	43	Erik Jones	Chevrolet	32	30	2	0	245	4	1	0	9	Running
8	10	1	Ross Chastain	Chevrolet	35	29	6	0	245	0	0	5	0	Running
9	3	20	Christopher Bell	Toyota	34	28	6	0	245	0	0	10	6	Running
10	35	16	AJ Allmendinger	Chevrolet	0	0	0	0	245	0	0	0	0	Running
11	2	2	Austin Cindric	Ford	36	26	10	1	245	26	1	1	0	Running
12	15	5	Kyle Larson	Chevrolet	32	25	7	0	245	0	0	0	4	Running
13	25	48	Alex Bowman	Chevrolet	24	24	0	0	245	0	0	0	0	Running
14	28	31	Justin Haley	Chevrolet	23	23	0	0	245	0	0	0	0	Running
15	29	3	Austin Dillon	Chevrolet	22	22	0	0	245	0	0	0	0	Running
16	4	8	Tyler Reddick	Chevrolet	29	21	8	0	245	0	0	3	0	Running
17	32	17	Zane Smith	Ford	0	0	0	0	245	0	0	0	0	Running
18	17	34	Michael McDowell	Ford	19	19	0	0	245	34	1	0	0	Running
19	24	24	William Byron	Chevrolet	18	18	0	0	245	0	0	0	0	Running
20	30	6	Brad Keselowski	Ford	17	17	0	0	245	0	0	0	0	Running
21	16	9	Chase Elliott	Chevrolet	18	16	2	0	245	0	0	9	0	Running
22	22	38	Todd Gilliland	Ford	15	15	0	0	245	0	0	0	0	Running
23	23	99	Daniel Suarez	Chevrolet	18	14	4	0	245	0	0	0	7	Running
24	1	14	Chase Briscoe	Ford	13	13	0	0	245	27	1	0	0	Running
25	9	21	Harrison Burton	Ford	12	12	0	0	245	0	0	0	0	Running
26	18	23	Bubba Wallace	Toyota	11	11	0	0	245	0	0	0	0	Running
27	26	42	Ty Dillon	Chevrolet	10	10	0	0	245	0	0	0	0	Running
28	33	77	Josh Bilicki	Chevrolet	0	0	0	0	245	0	0	0	0	Running
29	14	41	Cole Custer	Ford	11	8	3	0	245	0	0	0	8	Running
30	34	78	BJ McLeod	Ford	7	7	0	0	245	0	0	0	0	Running
31	36	15	Parker Kligerman	Ford	0	0	0	0	245	0	0	0	0	Running
32	27	47	Ricky Stenhouse Jr	Chevrolet	5	5	0	0	241	0	0	0	0	Running
33	20	4	Kevin Harvick	Ford	4	4	0	0	235	0	0	0	0	Accident
34	6	11	Denny Hamlin	Toyota	10	3	7	0	234	0	0	4	0	Running
35	31	51	Cody Ware	Ford	2	2	0	0	166	0	0	0	0	Power Steering
36	19	7	Corey Lajoie	Chevrolet	1	1	0	0	72	0	0	0	0	Engine

Race Infractions

Enjoy Illinois 300 presented by TicketSmarter at World Wide Technology Raceway

Driver	Infraction	Penalty	Lap	Lap Assessed	Flag
AJ Allmendinger	Pre-Race to the Rear Unapproved adjustment	Tail End	0	0	White
Parker Kligerman	Pre-Race to the Rear Back up car	Tail End	0	0	White
Daniel Suarez	Pre-Race to the Rear Unapproved adjustment	Tail End	0	0	White
Chase Elliott	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	51	53	Yellow
Denny Hamlin	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	65	69	Yellow
BJ McLeod	Crewmember(s) over the wall too soon	Tail End	66	69	Yellow
Denny Hamlin	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	95	100	Yellow
Denny Hamlin	Too many crewmember(s) in contact with pit service area	Tail End	95	100	Yellow
Ryan Blaney	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	95	100	Yellow
Parker Kligerman	Car/Truck pitting out of the assigned pit box	Tail End	98	100	Yellow
Chase Elliott	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	102	106	Yellow
Tyler Reddick	Removing equipment from assigned pit area	Tail End	130	134	Yellow
Chase Elliott	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	133	134	Yellow
Ricky Stenhouse Jr	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	201	206	Yellow
Justin Haley	Speeding on pit road	Tail End	202	206	Yellow
Justin Haley	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	204	206	Yellow
Cole Custer	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	222	227	Yellow
Parker Kligerman	Too many crewmember(s) in contact with pit service area	Tail End	225	227	Yellow
Ty Dillon	Safety violation	Tail End	237	243	Yellow

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Race Fast Facts

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.

Race Recap

Joey Logano outduels Kyle Busch in overtime in debut race at Gateway

June 5th, 2022

By Reid Spencer - NASCAR Wire Service

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.