Enjoy Illinois 300

{{short description|NASCAR Cup Series race at World Wide Technology Raceway (Gateway)}}

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{{Infobox motor race

| Race title = Enjoy Illinois 300

| Logo =Logo for the Enjoy Illinois 300 NASCAR Cup Series race held at World Wide Technology Raceway near St. Louis, Missouri.webp

| Track map = World Wide Technology Raceway 2024.svg

| Series long = NASCAR Cup Series

| Series short =

| Venue = World Wide Technology Raceway at Gateway

| Location = Madison, Illinois

| Coordinates =

| Sponsor = Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity / Illinois Office of Tourism

| First race = 2022

| Last race =

| Distance = {{convert|300|mi|km}}

| Laps =240
Stage 1: 45
Stage 2: 95
Final Stage: 100

| Previous names =

| Most wins driver = Joey Logano
Kyle Busch
Austin Cindric

| Most wins team = Team Penske (2)

| Most wins manufacturer = Ford (2)

| Surface = Asphalt

| Length mi = 1.25

| Turns = 4

}}

The Enjoy Illinois 300 (currently known for sponsorship reasons as the Enjoy Illinois 300 presented by TicketSmarter) 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 CBD 325, one of the two Cup Series races at Pocono Raceway.

A NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race, the Toyota 200 presented by CK Power, which was previously a standalone race on the series' schedule before the track received a Cup Series date, is held on the same weekend as this race.

History

On August 21, 2021, Adam Stern from Sports Business Journal reported that NASCAR was in talks to have the track host a Cup Series race in 2022.{{cite web |url=https://www.jayski.com/2021/08/21/cup-to-race-gateway-in-2022/ |title=Cup to race Gateway in 2022? |website=Jayski's Silly Season Site |publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. |date=August 21, 2021 |access-date=February 10, 2022}} On September 8, he reported that Gateway would be on the 2022 Cup Series schedule and would replace one of the two races at Pocono Raceway.{{cite web |url=https://www.jayski.com/2021/09/08/2022-cup-schedule-released-next-week-adding-gateway-pocono-losing-a-race/ |title=2022 Cup Schedule Released Next Week? Adding Gateway? Pocono losing a race? |website=Jayski's Silly Season Site |publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. |date=September 8, 2021 |access-date=February 10, 2022}} The schedule was released on September 15 with Gateway on Sunday, June 5.{{cite web |url=https://www.nascar.com/news-media/2021/09/15/nascar-announces-2022-nascar-cup-series-schedule/ |title=2022 NASCAR Cup Series Schedule |website=NASCAR.com |publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC |date=September 15, 2021 |access-date=February 10, 2022}}

The race length is 300 miles (240 laps).{{cite web |url=https://www.nascar.com/nascar-cup-series/2022/schedule/ |title=2022 NASCAR Cup Series Schedule |website=NASCAR.com |publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC |access-date=February 10, 2022}} The stage lengths for the race were confirmed to be 45-95-100 laps for the Cup Series. The 2022 event was the first Cup race at the track, and also the first for the new Next Gen car at the track.{{cite web |url=https://twitter.com/bobpockrass/status/1486814185921130502 |title=(Twitter post) |website=Twitter |publisher=Bob Pockrass |date=January 27, 2022 |access-date=February 10, 2022 |quote="Tentative stage lengths for national series. Cup stage lengths for races later in the year TBD as NASCAR sees what fuel mileage is with new car (try not to have a fuel mileage race to end of stage)."}}

Past winners

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rowspan=2\| Year ! rowspan=2\| Date ! rowspan=2\| {{Tooltip\|No.\|Car number}} ! rowspan=2\| Driver ! rowspan=2\| Team ! rowspan=2\| Manufacturer ! colspan=2\| Race distance ! rowspan=2\| Race time ! rowspan=2\| Average speed (mph) ! rowspan=2\| Report ! rowspan=2\| Ref
Laps ! Miles (km)
2022 \| June 5 \| align=center\| 22 \| Joey Logano \| Team Penske \| Ford \| align=center\| 245* \| align=center\| 306.25 (490) \| align=center\| 3:07:34 \| align=center\| 97.965 \| Report \| align=center\| {{cite web\|title=2022 Enjoy Illinois 300\|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/race-results/2022_Enjoy_Illinois_300/W\|publisher=Racing-Reference\|access-date=June 6, 2022}}
2023 \| June 4 \| align="center"\| 8 \| Kyle Busch \| Richard Childress Racing \| Chevrolet \| align="center"\| 243* \| align="center"\| 303.75 (486) \| align="center"\| 3:28:16 \| align="center"\| 87.508 \| Report \| align="center"\| {{cite web\|title=2023 Enjoy Illinois 300\|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/race-results/2023_Enjoy_Illinois_300/W\|publisher=Racing-Reference\|access-date=June 4, 2023}}
2024 \| June 2 \| align="center"\| 2 \| Austin Cindric \| Team Penske (2) \| Ford (2) \| align="center"\| 240 \| align="center"\| 300 (480) \| align="center"\| 2:48:03 \| align="center"\| 107.11 \| Report \| align="center"\| {{cite web\|title=2024 Enjoy Illinois 300\|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/race-results/2024_Enjoy_Illinois_300_presented_by_Ticketsmarter/W/\|publisher=Racing-Reference\|access-date=June 2, 2024}}
2025 \| September 7 \|align="center"\| \| \| \| \| align="center"\| \| align="center"\| \| align="center"\| \| align="center"\| \| Report \| align="center"\|

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rowspan=2| Year

! rowspan=2| Date

! rowspan=2| {{Tooltip|No.|Car number}}

! rowspan=2| Driver

! rowspan=2| Team

! rowspan=2| Manufacturer

! colspan=2| Race distance

! rowspan=2| Race time

! rowspan=2| Average speed
(mph)

! rowspan=2| Report

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Laps

! Miles (km)

2022

| June 5

| align=center| 22

| Joey Logano

| Team Penske

| Ford

| align=center| 245*

| align=center| 306.25 (490)

| align=center| 3:07:34

| align=center| 97.965

| Report

| align=center| {{cite web|title=2022 Enjoy Illinois 300|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/race-results/2022_Enjoy_Illinois_300/W|publisher=Racing-Reference|access-date=June 6, 2022}}

2023

| June 4

| align="center"| 8

| Kyle Busch

| Richard Childress Racing

| Chevrolet

| align="center"| 243*

| align="center"| 303.75 (486)

| align="center"| 3:28:16

| align="center"| 87.508

| Report

| align="center"| {{cite web|title=2023 Enjoy Illinois 300|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/race-results/2023_Enjoy_Illinois_300/W|publisher=Racing-Reference|access-date=June 4, 2023}}

2024

| June 2

| align="center"| 2

| Austin Cindric

| Team Penske (2)

| Ford (2)

| align="center"| 240

| align="center"| 300 (480)

| align="center"| 2:48:03

| align="center"| 107.11

| Report

| align="center"| {{cite web|title=2024 Enjoy Illinois 300|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/race-results/2024_Enjoy_Illinois_300_presented_by_Ticketsmarter/W/|publisher=Racing-Reference|access-date=June 2, 2024}}

2025

| September 7

|align="center"|

| align="center"|

| Report

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