World Wide Technology Raceway pole winner Denny Hamlin delivers Toyota’s 200th victory: In a race that featured a strange brew of divergent strategies, pole winner Denny Hamlin claimed his series-best fifth victory of the season and advanced to the Round of 12 of the NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs. Finishing 1.620 seconds ahead of Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Chase Briscoe in front of a sellout crowd, Hamlin won Sunday’s Enjoy Illinois 300 at World Wide Technology Raceway to earn his first win at the 1.25-mile track and 59th of his career—11th all-time and one win short of Kevin Harvick in 10th. [Read More]
#11-Denny Hamlin, won the Enjoy Illinois 300 NASCAR Cup Series race at World Wide Technology Raceway. The win is his fifth win of the year, first at WWTR and 59th career win.
#19-Chase Briscoe finished 2nd followed by #9-Chase Elliott, #12-Ryan Blaney, #22-Joey Logano, #42-John Hunter Nemechek, #20-Christopher Bell, #23-Bubba Wallace, #17-Chris Buescher, and #54-Ty Gibbs
Hamlin started on the pole and led 75 laps on the day, the most of any driver. He took the lead for the final time with 24 laps remaining and pulled away to win by 1.6 second.
Stage 1 was won by #19-Chase Briscoe. Stage 2 was won by #23-Bubba Wallace.
The fastest lap bonus a earned by #11-Denny Hamlin
There were 15 lead changes among 9 drivers and 10 cautions for 52 yellow flag laps.
The average speed of the race was: 98.262mph.
See race details at: Race Results, Driver Points Standings, Owner Points Standings, Cumulative Report, Penalty Report.
Where the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series playoff drivers finished at WWTR:
#11-Denny Hamlin, 1st
#19-Chase Briscoe, 2nd
#9-Chase Elliott, 3rd
#12-Ryan Blaney, 4th
#22-Joey Logano, 5th
#20-Christopher Bell, 7th
#23-Bubba Wallace, 8th
#24-William Byron, 11th
#5-Kyle Larson, 12th
#45-Tyler Reddick, 16th
#3-Austin Dillon, 18th
#2-Austin Cindric, 19th
#1-Ross Chastain, 24th
#88-Shane Van Gisbergen, 25th
#48-Alex Bowman, 26th
#21-Josh Berry, 36th
Race Fast Facts – WWTR:
Denny Hamlin (P) won the Enjoy Illinois 300, his 59th victory in 713 Cup Series races.
This is his fifth victory and 15th top-10 finish in 2025.
This is his first victory and third top-10 finish in four races at World Wide Technology Raceway.
Chase Briscoe (P) (second) posted his first top-10 finish in four races at World Wide Technology Raceway. It is his 14th top-10 finish in 2025.
Chase Elliott (P) (third) posted his first top-10 finish in three races at World Wide Technology Raceway.
Shane Van Gisbergen (P) (25th) was the highest finishing rookie.
Denny Hamlin (P) leads the point standings by 5 points over Chase Briscoe (P).
This is Toyota’s 200th win in the NASCAR Cup Series
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Cup Series Playoff Standings after WWTR:
Race 28 of 36 in the regular season
Race 2 of 3 in the round of 16
1) #11-Denny Hamlin [Win in Round of 16] [34 playoff points], 2120
2) #19-Chase Briscoe [Win in Round of 16] [18 playoff points], 2115
3) #5-Kyle Larson, [32 playoff points], 2103, +60
4) #23-Bubba Wallace [9 playoff points], 2093, +50
5) #12-Ryan Blaney [26 playoff points], 2085, +42
6) #24-William Byron [32 playoff points], 2082, +39
7) #45-Tyler Reddick [6 playoff points], 2080, +37
8) #20-Christopher Bell [23 playoff points], 2075, +32
9) #9-Chase Elliott [13 playoff points], 2071, +28
10) #22-Joey Logano [7 playoff points], 2064, -21
11) #1-Ross Chastain [7 playoff points], 2062, +19
12) #2-Austin Cindric [8 playoff points], 2054, +11
Outside the top 12
13) #3-Austin Dillon [5 playoff points], 2043, -11
14) #88-Shane Van Gisbergen [22 playoff points], 2039, -15
15) #48-Alex Bowman [2 playoff points], 2109, -35
16) #21-Josh Berry [6 playoff points], 2009, -55
See the Driver Points Standings and Owner Points Standings.
Race updates:
Checkered flag for Denny Hamlin. He locks himself into the Round of 12. Briscoe finishes second.
White flag for Hamlin. He’s lead is steady.
Lap 236 – Five laps to go. Hamlin still with a solid lead. He’s ahead of Briscoe by 1.9 seconds. Elliott back to 2.6 seconds back.
Lap 231 – Ten laps remaining. Hamlin’s lead over Briscoe is 1.6 seconds. Third place Elliott is 2 seconds back.
Lap 226 – Fifteen laps remaining: Hamlin, Briscoe, Elliott, Blaney, Logano, Nemechek, Wallace, Bell, Keselowski and Buescher. Hamlin’s lead is 1.4 second.
Lap 220 – Hamlin’s lead over Briscoe is .75 second. Elliott up to third, then Blaney and Logano.
Lap 217 – Hamlin now the leader with Briscoe second. Keselowski falls to third.
Lap 216 – Green flag with 25 laps remaining. Keselowski leads.
Lap 213 – On the restart it will be Keselowski (he’s trying to stretch fuel), Hamlin, Briscoe, Logano, Elliott, Bell, Buescher, Gibbs, Nemechek, and Busch.
Lap 211 – Pit road is open. Again, a mix of strategies. McDowell, Byron, Larson Wallace, Cindric and others come in. Keselowski stays out. SVG off first but too fast on pit road. Then ADillon with 2 tires. Bowman was also too fast on pit road.
Lap 209 – CAUTION for Ty Gibbs into the wall in turn 2.
Lap 208 – Blaney pits from the lead and Keselowski goes out front. McDowell is behind him. They likely need to pit. Byron is third, then Larson and Wallace.
Lap 203 – Gibbs pits and Blaney takes the lead.
Lap 202 – Elliott pits and Gibbs is the leader.
Lap 200 – Green flag stops are underway. Elliott leads Bell, Gibbs, Blaney and Busch.
Lap 198 – Now Logano comes to pit road. Elliott takes the lead.
Lap 197 – Hamlin pits from the lead.
Lap 196 – Pit stops are likely coming in the next 10 laps for those that need to pit. Of those trying to make it to the end, Byron is now ahead of Wallace.
Lap 191 – 50 laps remaining. Hamlin still leads Logano.
Lap 182 – Hamlin leads Logano by .34 seconds. Then Elliott, Bell, Gibbs, Nemechek, Blane, Buescher, Briscoe and Busch. Wallace is 17th, Larson up to 19th. Most of the field still needs another pit stop.
Lap 16 – Back to green with 79 laps remaining. Hamlin leads Logano, Nemechek, Elliott and Buescher. Wallace restarts 22nd, Larson 29th.
Lap 160 – Larson has to come back down pit road. The diffuser flap came down on the rear of the car.
Lap 159 – Pit road is open. Wallace and a few others come down. Wallace could not get the car out of gear on the restart causing him to lose several spots. Larson, Bowman, Cindric and others are in as well. This could be the last stop for all of them.
Lap 157 – CAUTION is out. SVG spins and makes light contact with the wall.. Hamlin got the lead on the restart, then Logano, Elliott, Nemechek, and Wallace.
Lap 156 – Back to green. Wallace still leads. Then Larson, Logano, Hamlin, and Bell.
Lap 153 – Pit road is open. Most stay out.
Lap 150 – CAUTION for debris in turn three.
Lap 148 – Back to green for the start of the final stage. 93 laps remaining. Wallace, Logano, Larson, Bell, Hamlin, Elliott, Nemechek, Chastain, Cindric and Buescher the top 10.
Lap 144 – Drivers that stayed out last time pit. Wallace, Logano, Larson, Bell and Hamlin now the top 5.
Lap 141 – CAUTION out for the end of stage 2. Wallace wins it over Keselowski, Logano, Larson, Bell, ADillon, Hamlin, Elliott, Nemechek and Chastain.
Lap 140 – Green flag for a one lap shootout to the end of stage 2. Keselowski and ADillon stay out and are on the front row. Wallace is third.
Lap 136 – Pit road is open.Most of the field comes down for service. Off pit road: Wallace, Logano, Hamlin, Bell, Larson, Chastain, Nemechek. Too fast on pit road: McDowell. Bowman with a slow start. He will restart 27th.
Lap 135 – CAUTION out for a spin by Blaney in turn 4 after Larson got into his left rear.
Lap 126 – Fifteen laps left in stage 2. Wallace still in control, 3.6 seconds ahead of Logano.
Lap 111 – Thirty laps remaining in stage 2. Wallace leads Logano by 3.2 seconds. Then Hamlin, Bell, Blaney, Bowman, Larson, Nemechek, Chastain, and Cindric.
Lap 95 – Wallace leads Logano by 1 second. Then Hamlin, Blaney and Bowman.
Lap 84 – Suarez officially done for the day.
Lap 83 – Green flag with Wallace and Logano up front.
Lap 81 – On the restart it will be Wallace, Logano, Hamlin, Bowman, Cindric, Blaney, Nemechek, Keselowski, Chastain and Buescher. Larson will start 20th.
Lap 78 – Pit road is open. Larson and others that did not pit last time come in. Wallace will take over the lead.
Lap 76 – CAUTION is out for a spin by TDillon. He has rear damage from contact with the wall. He got contact from ADillon.
Lap 74 – SVG thinks he could have a tire going down. He stays out for now.
Lap 66 – Back to green. Larson, Byron, Elliott, Smith, and Reddick up front.
Lap 63 – Pit road open and another mix of strategies. Larson stays out, Wallace pits. More than half the field pits. Briscoe has a slow stop.
Lap 61 – CAUTION is out for Suarez into the wall in turn 2 after contact from Briscoe.
Lap 55 – Wallace up to second.
Lap 52 – Green flag for the start of the second stage. Larson, Byron, Wallace, Smith, Elliott, Gibbs, Jones, Buescher, Logano, Hocevar the top 10.
Lap 49 – Pit road is open. Drivers that had not pitted, including Briscoe, Hamlin and Bell, come in. Larson retakes the lead over Byron.
Lap 46 – CAUTION for the end of stage 1. Briscoe wins it over Larson, Hamlin, Byron, Blaney, Wallace, Bell, Chastain, Smith, and Elliott.
Lap 43- Larson to second. Berry is officially done for the day.
Lap 42 – Green with 4 laps remaining in stage 1. Briscoe, Hamlin, Larson, Blaney, and Bell up front.
Lap 36 – CAUTION back out. It’s an accident by Berry in turn two. He gets into the wall and will go to the garage. He’s likely done for the day. Up front, Larson has moved up to third behind Briscoe and Hamlin. Busch is the free pass.
Lap 33 – Back to green with 13 laps remaining in stage 1. Larson is restarting 11th. Briscoe takes the lead on the restart.
Lap 31 – Now Hamlin, Briscoe, Blaney, Bell, Chastain, Cindric, McDowell, Haley, Buescher and Smith the top 10.
Lap 29 – Pit road is open. Larson pits, Hamlin stays out. A variety of strategies through the field. Keselowski is off pit road first. Reddick had to pull into Hamlin’s pit stop to get a wheel tightened.
Lap 27 – CAUTION is out for a Kyle Busch spin on the backstretch.
Lap 26 – Twenty laps left in stage 1. Larson leads Hamlin by 4.7 seconds. Then Briscoe, Blaney and Bell. Everyone still on the lead lap.
Lap 18 – Larson quickly out to a 2.8 second lead over Hamlin.
Lap 11 – Playoff drivers are in the top 9 positions. The lowest running playoff driver is Bowman in 29th.
Lap 8 – Larson takes the lead from Hamlin.
Lap 2 – Hamlin leads lap 1.
• 3:11pm/et – Green flag at WWTR. Hamlin and Larson up front.
• 2:57pm/et – Engines are fired.
• 2:47pm/et – Pre-race ceremonies are underway.
• 2:30pm/et – USA network now has race coverage
• 1:05pm/et – Due to a steering rack change, Haley will drop to the rear for the race.
• No drivers reported to the rear at the time the garage closed Saturday.
• No weather issues today. Sunny and high 75 at the track this afternoon.
Race details:
Broadcast: USA, MRN, and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio
Distance: 240 laps / 300 miles
Stages: 45 / 140 / 240
Average time of race: 3:07:58
Pit road speed: 40 mph
Caution vehicle speed: 50 mph
Fuel Window: 75 laps
Timing (all times local & subject to change)
Driver Introductions will begin promptly at 1:25 p.m.
- Playoff Drivers will be introduced last in Playoff Seeding order.
- Drivers will walk across the stage, proceeding to their cars. NO RIDE-AROUNDS.
Invocation: 1:47:20 p.m.
National Anthem: 1:48:10 p.m.
Command: 1:55:10 p.m.
Green Flag: 2:05:00 p.m.
Paint Schemes
Cars to the rear: #7-Haley (unapproved adjustments)
Pit Stall Selections: The selections of pit stalls for the Enjoy Illinois 300 NASCAR Cup Series race at World Wide Technology Raceway have been made.
Pole winner #11-Denny Hamlin chose pit stall 1.
Outside pole sitter #5-Kyle Larson took the 6th stall, with an opening in front of it.
See all pit choices on the WWTR Pit Stall page.
#11-Denny Hamlin won the Busch pole for the Enjoy Illinois 300 NASCAR Cup Series race at World Wide Technology Raceway with a speed of 139.190mph for his third pole of the year, first at WWTR and 46th of his career.
#5-Kyle Larson will start second followed by #19-Chase Briscoe, #1-Ross Chastain, #12-Ryan Blaney, #24-William Byron, #45-Tyler Reddick, #20-Christopher Bell, #2-Austin Cindric, and #38-Zane Smith
See the complete qualifying results and the Enjoy Illinois 300 Starting Lineup.
Where the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series playoff drivers start at WWTR:
#11-Denny Hamlin, 1st
#5-Kyle Larson, 2nd
#19-Chase Briscoe, 3rd
#1-Ross Chastain, 4th
#12-Ryan Blaney, 5th
#24-William Byron, 6th
#45-Tyler Reddick, 7th
#20-Christopher Bell, 8th
#2-Austin Cindric, 9th
#21-Josh Berry, 12th
#22-Joey Logano, 13th
#23-Bubba Wallace, 14th
#3-Austin Dillon, 15th
#88-Shane Van Gisbergen, 18th
#9-Chase Elliott, 19th
#48-Alex Bowman, 25th
WWTR – Qualifying Fast Facts:
Denny Hamlin (P) won the Pole Award for the Enjoy Illinois 300 with a lap of 32.33 seconds, 139.190 mph.
This is his 47th pole in 713 NASCAR Cup Series races.
This is his third pole and 13th top-10 start in 2025.
This is his first pole in four races at World Wide Technology Raceway.
Kyle Larson (P) (second) posted his 13th top-10 start of 2025 and his first in four races at World Wide Technology Raceway.
Chase Briscoe (P) (third) posted his second top-10 start at World Wide Technology Raceway. It is his 17th in 28 races this season.
Shane Van Gisbergen (P) (18th) was the fastest qualifying rookie.
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Qualifying Order
Practice for the Enjoy Illinois 300 NASCAR Cup Series race at World Wide Technology Raceway is over. The results:
#54-Ty Gibbs 136.786
#5-Kyle Larson 136.355
#6-Brad Keselowski 136.091
#77-Carson Hocevar 136.054
#34-Todd Gilliland 136.050
Slowest: #3-Austin Dillon, 132.943mph
Most laps run: #9-Chase Elliott, 42 laps.
Best 10 consecutive lap avg (of 34 drivers): #6-Brad Keselowski, 135.176mph
See the fastest speeds, best 10 consecutive lap average, laps run on the Enjoy Illinois 300 Practice speeds page.
Pre-race inspection: There was one two-time failure in NASCAR Cup Series pre-race inspection at World Wide Technology Raceway.
No. 41- Cole Custer:
- Engineer Marc Hendricksen was ejected from the event.
- Loss of pit selection.
Crew Rosters
The entry list for the Enjoy Illinois 300 NASCAR Cup Series race at World Wide Technology Raceway is posted, 36 teams/drivers [for 40 spots] are listed.
See the full entry list on the Enjoy Illinois 300 Entry List page.
Goodyear Fast Facts — WWTR: The Goodyear Racing Eagle tire setup that awaits NASCAR Cup Series teams at World Wide Technology Raceway (WWTR) this weekend is new to the Illinois track but already familiar to teams, having debuted at Iowa Speedway a month ago. These new left and right side tires were initially developed with Iowa’s fast cornering speeds in mind and are also the product of a June tire test at WWTR.
Statistical Advance: Analyzing the Enjoy Illinois 300: A look at some of the top statistical performers at World Wide Technology Raceway in Madison, Illinois, going into the Enjoy Illinois 300 this Sunday, September 7 at 3 p.m. ET.
NASCAR Cup Series News & Notes – World Wide Technology Raceway:
Storylines and Insights:
- This weekend marks the fourth running of a NASCAR Cup Series race at World Wide Technology Raceway (2022-2025).
- World Wide Technology, a market-leading technology solution provider, is the title track sponsor (World Wide Technology Raceway or WWTR).
- The track is located in Madison, Illinois, 5 miles east of St. Louis, Missouri.
- The stages at World Wide Technology Raceway: 45/140/240 (Laps = 300 miles).
- The 2025 season marks the first-time the NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs’ econd race has been hosted by World Wide Technology Raceway.
- See much more
Race rules and information:
