The 2023 Enjoy Illinois 300 presented by TicketSmarter was a

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race held on June 4, 2023, at World Wide Technology Raceway in

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. 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

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season.

Report

Background

World Wide Technology Raceway (formerly Gateway International Raceway and Gateway Motorsports Park) is a motorsport racing facility in

, just east of

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, United States, close to the Gateway Arch. It features a 1.25-mile (2 kilometer) oval that hosts the

, NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, and the NTT IndyCar Series, a 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;

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took over LaJoie's No. 7 car as a result.

Entry list

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

Practice

Joey Logano was the fastest in the practice session with a time of 32.881 seconds and a speed of .

Practice results

Qualifying

Kyle Busch scored the pole for the race with a time of 32.802 and a speed of .

Qualifying results

Race

Race results

Stage results

Stage One ''Laps:'' 45 Stage Two ''Laps:'' 95

Final Stage results

Stage Three ''Laps:'' 100

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:

Media

Television

Fox Sports covered the race on the television side. Mike Joy, Clint Bowyer and

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called the race from the broadcast booth, with Kenny Wallace joining for Stage 2.

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and

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handled the pit road for the television side.

Larry McReynolds Lawrence Joseph McReynolds III (born January 10, 1959) is a current NASCAR crew chief and current racing analyst on Fox Sports as well as a columnist on Foxsports.com. In the past, he has served as an advisor to Petty Enterprises, and as a mi ...

provided insight from the Fox Sports studio in Charlotte.

Radio

MRN had the radio call for the race and was also simulcasted on

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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.

Standings after the race

;Drivers' Championship standings ;Manufacturers' Championship standings *Note: Only the first 16 positions are included for the driver standings. *. – Driver has clinched a position in the NASCAR Cup Series playoffs.

References

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Enjoy Illinois 300 The Enjoy Illinois 300 is a NASCAR Cup Series race at World Wide Technology Raceway (formerly Gateway Motorsports Park) in Madison, Illinois in the Greater St. Louis metropolitan area, first held in 2022. This race replaced the Pocono Organics ...

NASCAR races at Gateway Motorsports Park