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Enjoy Illinois 300

Sunday, June 4th, 2023

World Wide Technology Raceway, Madison, IL

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Kyle Busch converts pole position into NASCAR Cup win at WWT Raceway

Kyle Busch collected his 63rd NASCAR Cup Series victory on Sunday at World Wide Technology Raceway, but the driver of the No. 8 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet had to work hard for the first-place money.

Busch, the pole winner, survived five restarts in the last 40 laps of the Enjoy Illinois 300 and beat Denny Hamlin to the finish line by .517 seconds after Bubba Wallace’s broken brake rotor caused the 11th caution on Lap 236 and sent the race to overtime.

The victory was Busch’s first at the 1.25-mile track and the third in his debut season with RCR. It was a home game for his crew chief, Randall Burnett, who grew up in Fenton, Mo., and had family in attendance on Sunday.

“That was pretty awesome,” Busch exulted after he climbed from his car. “Man, to sit on the pole, lead a lot of laps and have my guys do such a great job today was pretty phenomenal for us. Great for RCR. Just win, baby! Thanks to Team Chevy, appreciate (sponsor) 3Chi…

“We're going to have a great time with this one. This one is pretty cool.”

Busch led five times for 121 laps, including the last 60. Neither Hamlin nor third-place finisher Joey Logano—winner of the inaugural Gateway race last year—led a single circuit.

Kyle Larson parlayed a two-tire call on Lap 178 into improved track position and a fourth-place finish. Martin Truex was fifth, followed by Ryan Blaney, Daniel Suarez, William Byron, Michael McDowell and Kevin Harvick.

Blaney led 83 laps and Byron 30. Byron pitted from the lead on Lap 178 but fell to fourth with an uncharacteristically slow stop and faded in traffic after the subsequent Lap 184 restart.

Corey LaJoie finished 21st in a substitute role for Chase Elliott, who was serving a one-race suspension for wrecking Hamlin in Monday’s Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte.

Subbing for LaJoie in his usual ride—the No. 7 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet—Carson Hocevar started 26th and gained 10 spots with an impressive drive through the field before a brake rotor failure on Lap 90 knocked him out of the race.

Hocevar was running 16th and chasing Austin Dillon for position when the right front rotor broke into pieces. The No. 7 Camaro made jarring contact with the Turn 1 wall to cause the fourth caution of the race, which was delayed for two hours with just seven laps complete because of lightning in the area.

“I thought it was great,” said Hocevar, who was racing a Cup car for the first time. “I had a blast. Just so thankful for the opportunity. I don’t have a job for next year. I know Al Niece and Cody Efaw want me to run for them (in the NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series), and I will forever run a race or however many.

“But man, I’m just so thankful that (Spire) gave me the opportunity—the opportunity to drive an Xfinity car (on Monday at Charlotte) and now driving a Cup car. I was running 16th… just so surreal for the first time ever. I thought we were going to have a good day and be in a good spot for the No. 7 Chevy team. Hopefully, that call for a Cup ride isn’t the only one I get in my life.”

Brake rotors weren’t an issue confined to Hocevar’s car. Tyler Reddick slammed the outside wall after his right front rotor exploded on Lap 175. On Lap 198, the same fate befell Noah Gragson, who took the hardest hit of all when his No. 42 Chevy slid up the track into the fence in Turn 1.

Bubba Wallace had the same issue with five laps left in regulation, and his contact with the Turn 1 wall set up the final two-lap run to the finish in overtime.

Hamlin felt the lightning delay played against him and the No. 11 Joe Gibbs Racing team.

“Yeah, I thought we were super dialed in if it was 95 degrees like it was supposed to be, (but) with those delays, it kind of took away from the advantage I thought that we had,” Hamlin said.

“I’m proud of this whole Sport Clips Toyota team—pit crew did a phenomenal job keeping us in it and doing really good on the money stop with about 60 to go. We are going to have to wait (for) another (race) to get that 50th (win).”

  • Drivers Entered: 36
  • Laps Scheduled: 240
  • Laps Actual: 243 - NASCAR OVERTIME!
  • Margin of Victory: 0.517 Seconds
  • Time of Race: 3 Hours 28 Minutes 16 Seconds
  • Average Speed: 87.508
  • Cautions: 11 for 67 laps
  • Lead Changes: 10
  • Green Flag Passes: 1,778 (10.1 passes per green flag lap)
The NASCAR Garage 56 car during the Rolex 24
Daytona Beach, Florida - January 29, 2023 : The NASCAR Garage 56 car is seen on display during the Rolex 24 at Daytona International Speedway.
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Pit Stop Summary Report

Summary of each driver's pit stop during the race. Detailed Report is below the Summary Report.

DRIVER ST FIN # STOPS AVG DRV TIME DRV RNK AVG CREW TIME CREW RANK AVG TOT TIME TOT RNK FASTEST STOP SLOWEST STOP
Michael McDowell 21 9 3 29.062 22 6.142 1 35.204 1 34.053 35.818
Martin Truex Jr 5 5 6 27.981 4 8.597 3 36.578 2 32.305 40.571
Kyle Larson 22 4 4 29.286 25 7.708 2 36.994 3 32.857 41.846
Ryan Blaney 2 6 4 28.342 10 9.100 5 37.442 4 33.115 39.377
Bubba Wallace 20 30 5 28.030 5 9.516 10 37.546 5 32.497 39.484
Alex Bowman 18 26 4 28.968 19 8.601 4 37.568 6 34.770 39.064
Ty Gibbs 15 20 6 28.709 18 9.267 6 37.976 7 32.570 40.943
Kyle Busch 1 1 4 27.344 1 11.162 23 38.506 8 37.863 39.241
Denny Hamlin 3 2 4 27.788 2 10.736 19 38.524 9 37.869 39.654
William Byron 7 8 5 28.200 7 10.337 12 38.537 10 37.602 40.000
Austin Cindric 10 13 4 29.123 23 9.452 9 38.574 11 34.159 41.399
Austin Dillon 16 31 4 28.302 9 10.485 13 38.787 12 37.927 39.540
Todd Gilliland 28 15 3 29.497 28 9.387 7 38.884 13 36.740 40.281
Ricky Stenhouse Jr 12 32 4 28.199 6 10.869 20 39.068 14 38.476 39.852
Daniel Suarez 13 7 4 28.468 13 10.643 18 39.111 15 38.005 40.205
Ross Chastain 8 22 5 28.633 17 10.633 17 39.266 16 38.462 40.598
Kevin Harvick 4 10 4 28.564 15 10.936 21 39.499 17 37.877 40.082
JJ Yeley 36 24 6 30.073 31 9.447 8 39.520 18 35.423 40.937
Corey Lajoie 30 21 6 28.975 20 10.566 16 39.541 19 37.541 43.048
Joey Logano 6 3 3 29.144 24 10.488 14 39.631 20 38.885 40.995
Aric Almirola 24 19 5 28.362 11 11.304 25 39.666 21 38.342 40.881
Ty Dillon 33 25 5 29.501 29 10.217 11 39.718 22 38.021 41.615
Brad Keselowski 19 28 2 28.244 8 11.545 26 39.788 23 38.288 41.288
Erik Jones 31 18 5 27.861 3 12.371 32 40.232 24 38.536 42.072
Harrison Burton 14 23 5 29.801 30 10.537 15 40.338 25 39.110 42.479
Chase Briscoe 25 34 2 28.535 14 11.851 29 40.385 26 40.127 40.643
Chris Buescher 27 12 4 29.320 26 11.076 22 40.396 27 36.186 44.360
AJ Allmendinger 11 14 5 29.011 21 11.919 30 40.929 28 33.753 51.011
Ryan Preece 29 17 4 29.481 27 11.829 28 41.309 29 39.203 43.280
Christopher Bell 17 11 5 28.571 16 12.945 33 41.515 30 39.857 43.358
Justin Haley 23 16 4 28.412 12 13.380 35 41.791 31 40.016 44.770
Carson Hocevar 26 36 1 30.508 32 11.678 27 42.186 32 42.186 42.186
Noah Gragson 32 33 4 30.776 33 12.189 31 42.965 33 34.991 46.675
Tyler Reddick 9 35 4 31.820 34 11.237 24 43.056 34 32.659 59.793
BJ McLeod 34 27 5 32.216 36 13.284 34 45.500 35 40.903 52.760
Gray Gaulding 35 29 5 31.855 35 15.816 36 47.670 36 42.739 50.090

Pit Stop Detailed Report

Each 2- and 4-wheel pit stop during the race.

DRIVER LDR LAP DRV LAP DRV TIME CREW TIME TOT TIME TYPE
AJ Allmendinger 98 98 28.581 5.172 33.753 Right-sides only
AJ Allmendinger 199 199 27.772 11.879 39.651 4-wheel change
AJ Allmendinger 48 48 29.308 10.777 40.085 4-wheel change
AJ Allmendinger 177 177 28.968 11.178 40.146 4-wheel change
AJ Allmendinger 143 143 30.424 20.587 51.011 4-wheel change
Aric Almirola 177 177 27.832 10.510 38.342 4-wheel change
Aric Almirola 220 220 28.160 10.410 38.570 4-wheel change
Aric Almirola 143 143 27.818 12.379 40.197 4-wheel change
Aric Almirola 98 98 28.463 11.878 40.341 4-wheel change
Aric Almirola 48 48 29.537 11.344 40.881 4-wheel change
Brad Keselowski 214 214 28.379 9.909 38.288 4-wheel change
Brad Keselowski 144 141 28.108 13.180 41.288 4-wheel change
Denny Hamlin 177 177 27.759 10.110 37.869 4-wheel change
Denny Hamlin 98 98 27.699 10.377 38.076 4-wheel change
Denny Hamlin 143 143 27.885 10.610 38.495 4-wheel change
Denny Hamlin 48 48 27.809 11.845 39.654 4-wheel change
JJ Yeley 199 199 31.219 4.204 35.423 Right-sides only
JJ Yeley 201 201 32.181 7.007 39.188 Left-sides only
JJ Yeley 177 177 29.216 10.962 40.178 4-wheel change
JJ Yeley 99 99 29.437 11.138 40.575 4-wheel change
JJ Yeley 143 143 29.207 11.611 40.818 4-wheel change
JJ Yeley 49 48 29.177 11.760 40.937 4-wheel change
Joey Logano 177 177 28.775 10.110 38.885 4-wheel change
Joey Logano 143 143 28.339 10.675 39.014 4-wheel change
Joey Logano 48 48 30.317 10.678 40.995 4-wheel change
Kevin Harvick 143 143 27.967 9.910 37.877 4-wheel change
Kevin Harvick 177 177 28.219 11.778 39.997 4-wheel change
Kevin Harvick 48 48 29.330 10.710 40.040 4-wheel change
Kevin Harvick 98 98 28.738 11.344 40.082 4-wheel change
Kyle Busch 177 177 27.286 10.577 37.863 4-wheel change
Kyle Busch 98 98 27.323 10.877 38.200 4-wheel change
Kyle Busch 48 48 27.007 11.711 38.718 4-wheel change
Kyle Busch 143 143 27.760 11.481 39.241 4-wheel change
Martin Truex Jr 199 199 27.767 4.538 32.305 Right-sides only
Martin Truex Jr 98 98 28.112 5.105 33.217 Right-sides only
Martin Truex Jr 55 55 27.784 8.475 36.259 Right-sides only
Martin Truex Jr 48 48 27.906 10.644 38.550 4-wheel change
Martin Truex Jr 143 143 27.990 10.577 38.567 4-wheel change
Martin Truex Jr 177 177 28.326 12.245 40.571 4-wheel change
Michael McDowell 143 143 28.281 5.772 34.053 Right-sides only
Michael McDowell 177 177 28.259 7.483 35.742 Left-sides only
Michael McDowell 48 48 30.646 5.172 35.818 Right-sides only
Austin Dillon 177 177 27.917 10.010 37.927 4-wheel change
Austin Dillon 143 143 27.972 10.177 38.149 4-wheel change
Austin Dillon 48 48 28.853 10.677 39.530 4-wheel change
Austin Dillon 98 98 28.465 11.075 39.540 4-wheel change
Ricky Stenhouse Jr 98 98 28.266 10.210 38.476 4-wheel change
Ricky Stenhouse Jr 143 143 27.938 10.644 38.582 4-wheel change
Ricky Stenhouse Jr 177 177 27.850 11.511 39.361 4-wheel change
Ricky Stenhouse Jr 48 48 28.741 11.111 39.852 4-wheel change
Kyle Larson 177 177 28.119 4.738 32.857 Left-sides only
Kyle Larson 98 98 29.556 5.305 34.861 Right-sides only
Kyle Larson 143 143 28.334 10.077 38.411 4-wheel change
Kyle Larson 48 48 31.136 10.710 41.846 4-wheel change
Alex Bowman 98 98 30.301 4.469 34.770 Right-sides only
Alex Bowman 177 177 28.188 9.743 37.931 4-wheel change
Alex Bowman 143 143 28.194 10.314 38.508 4-wheel change
Alex Bowman 48 48 29.187 9.877 39.064 4-wheel change
Ryan Blaney 98 98 28.313 4.802 33.115 Right-sides only
Ryan Blaney 48 48 28.086 10.510 38.596 4-wheel change
Ryan Blaney 143 143 28.135 10.544 38.679 4-wheel change
Ryan Blaney 177 177 28.833 10.544 39.377 4-wheel change
Corey Lajoie 199 199 27.731 9.810 37.541 4-wheel change
Corey Lajoie 214 214 27.585 10.076 37.661 4-wheel change
Corey Lajoie 177 177 28.065 10.277 38.342 4-wheel change
Corey Lajoie 143 143 28.428 11.545 39.973 4-wheel change
Corey Lajoie 48 48 29.903 10.777 40.680 4-wheel change
Corey Lajoie 98 98 32.137 10.911 43.048 4-wheel change
Ty Dillon 98 98 32.115 5.906 38.021 Right-sides only
Ty Dillon 177 177 28.218 10.744 38.962 4-wheel change
Ty Dillon 199 199 28.076 11.445 39.521 4-wheel change
Ty Dillon 214 214 28.260 12.212 40.472 4-wheel change
Ty Dillon 143 143 30.838 10.777 41.615 4-wheel change
Chris Buescher 177 177 28.286 7.900 36.186 Left-sides only
Chris Buescher 143 143 28.131 10.944 39.075 4-wheel change
Chris Buescher 98 98 30.650 11.311 41.961 4-wheel change
Chris Buescher 48 48 30.213 14.147 44.360 4-wheel change
Erik Jones 199 199 27.959 10.577 38.536 4-wheel change
Erik Jones 48 48 28.113 11.344 39.457 4-wheel change
Erik Jones 98 98 27.782 12.276 40.058 4-wheel change
Erik Jones 143 143 27.691 13.346 41.037 4-wheel change
Erik Jones 205 205 27.758 14.314 42.072 4-wheel change
BJ McLeod 49 48 29.091 11.812 40.903 4-wheel change
BJ McLeod 237 237 30.413 13.013 43.426 4-wheel change
BJ McLeod 200 200 30.121 14.533 44.654 4-wheel change
BJ McLeod 220 220 33.412 12.345 45.757 4-wheel change
BJ McLeod 178 178 38.045 14.715 52.760 4-wheel change
Ryan Preece 177 177 28.526 10.677 39.203 4-wheel change
Ryan Preece 199 199 28.270 11.345 39.615 4-wheel change
Ryan Preece 48 48 30.126 13.013 43.139 4-wheel change
Ryan Preece 98 98 31.001 12.279 43.280 4-wheel change
Gray Gaulding 199 199 29.493 13.246 42.739 4-wheel change
Gray Gaulding 99 98 29.521 17.085 46.606 4-wheel change
Gray Gaulding 144 143 30.877 18.018 48.895 4-wheel change
Gray Gaulding 178 178 37.576 12.446 50.022 4-wheel change
Gray Gaulding 49 48 31.806 18.284 50.090 4-wheel change
Daniel Suarez 143 143 27.862 10.143 38.005 4-wheel change
Daniel Suarez 98 98 28.050 10.641 38.691 4-wheel change
Daniel Suarez 177 177 28.099 11.444 39.543 4-wheel change
Daniel Suarez 48 48 29.861 10.344 40.205 4-wheel change
Ross Chastain 177 177 28.232 10.230 38.462 4-wheel change
Ross Chastain 199 199 27.596 11.011 38.607 4-wheel change
Ross Chastain 143 143 28.040 11.017 39.057 4-wheel change
Ross Chastain 98 98 29.252 10.353 39.605 4-wheel change
Ross Chastain 48 48 30.043 10.555 40.598 4-wheel change
Bubba Wallace 199 199 27.726 4.771 32.497 Right-sides only
Bubba Wallace 177 177 27.850 10.444 38.294 4-wheel change
Bubba Wallace 143 143 28.017 10.544 38.561 4-wheel change
Bubba Wallace 48 48 28.318 10.577 38.895 4-wheel change
Bubba Wallace 98 98 28.240 11.244 39.484 4-wheel change
William Byron 143 143 27.826 9.776 37.602 4-wheel change
William Byron 199 199 27.822 10.010 37.832 4-wheel change
William Byron 98 98 28.369 9.976 38.345 4-wheel change
William Byron 177 177 27.794 11.111 38.905 4-wheel change
William Byron 48 48 29.190 10.810 40.000 4-wheel change
Tyler Reddick 143 143 27.942 4.717 32.659 Right-sides only
Tyler Reddick 98 98 28.985 10.537 39.522 4-wheel change
Tyler Reddick 48 48 28.588 11.663 40.251 4-wheel change
Tyler Reddick 2 2 41.763 18.030 59.793 4-wheel change
Justin Haley 199 199 28.238 11.778 40.016 4-wheel change
Justin Haley 177 177 28.120 12.379 40.499 4-wheel change
Justin Haley 98 98 29.101 12.779 41.880 4-wheel change
Justin Haley 143 143 28.187 16.583 44.770 4-wheel change
Christopher Bell 205 205 27.712 12.145 39.857 4-wheel change
Christopher Bell 177 177 28.986 10.894 39.880 4-wheel change
Christopher Bell 143 143 28.118 13.213 41.331 4-wheel change
Christopher Bell 98 98 29.504 13.647 43.151 4-wheel change
Christopher Bell 48 48 28.533 14.825 43.358 4-wheel change
Austin Cindric 143 143 28.987 5.172 34.159 Right-sides only
Austin Cindric 48 48 28.185 10.877 39.062 4-wheel change
Austin Cindric 177 177 28.463 11.213 39.676 4-wheel change
Austin Cindric 98 98 30.855 10.544 41.399 4-wheel change
Chase Briscoe 48 48 29.717 10.410 40.127 4-wheel change
Chase Briscoe 221 173 27.352 13.291 40.643 4-wheel change
Harrison Burton 48 48 31.302 7.808 39.110 Right-sides only
Harrison Burton 177 177 27.938 11.545 39.483 4-wheel change
Harrison Burton 143 143 28.546 11.344 39.890 4-wheel change
Harrison Burton 237 237 29.785 10.944 40.729 4-wheel change
Harrison Burton 98 98 31.435 11.044 42.479 4-wheel change
Noah Gragson 177 177 29.185 5.806 34.991 Right-sides only
Noah Gragson 48 48 30.083 13.813 43.896 4-wheel change
Noah Gragson 143 143 30.238 16.059 46.297 4-wheel change
Noah Gragson 98 98 33.596 13.079 46.675 4-wheel change
Ty Gibbs 199 199 27.632 4.938 32.570 Right-sides only
Ty Gibbs 214 214 28.114 9.710 37.824 4-wheel change
Ty Gibbs 177 177 27.947 10.410 38.357 4-wheel change
Ty Gibbs 48 48 28.493 10.377 38.870 4-wheel change
Ty Gibbs 143 143 29.013 10.277 39.290 4-wheel change
Ty Gibbs 98 98 31.055 9.888 40.943 4-wheel change
Todd Gilliland 48 48 30.868 5.872 36.740 Right-sides only
Todd Gilliland 177 177 28.554 11.078 39.632 4-wheel change
Todd Gilliland 143 143 29.070 11.211 40.281 4-wheel change
Carson Hocevar 48 48 30.508 11.678 42.186 4-wheel change