2025 Enjoy Illinois 300
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| Race details[1][2][3][4][5] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Race 28 of 36 in the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series | |||
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| Date | September 7, 2025 | ||
| Location | Gateway Motorsports Park in Madison, Illinois | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility | ||
| Course length | 1.25 miles (2.01 km) | ||
| Distance | 240 laps, 300 mi (480 km) | ||
| Average speed | 98.262 miles per hour (158.137 km/h) | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Joe Gibbs Racing | ||
| Time | 32.330 | ||
| Most laps led | |||
| Driver | Denny Hamlin | Joe Gibbs Racing | |
| Laps | 75 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Driver | Denny Hamlin | Joe Gibbs Racing | |
| Time | 32.944 | ||
| Winner | |||
| No. 11 | Denny Hamlin | Joe Gibbs Racing | |
| Television in the United States | |||
| Network | USA | ||
| Announcers | Leigh Diffey, Jeff Burton and Steve Letarte | ||
| Radio in the United States | |||
| Radio | MRN | ||
| Booth announcers | Alex Hayden, Mike Bagley, and Rusty Wallace | ||
| Turn announcers | Dave Moody (1 & 2) and Kurt Becker (3 & 4) | ||
The 2025 Enjoy Illinois 300 was a NASCAR Cup Series race held on September 7, 2025, at Gateway Motorsports Park in Madison, Illinois on the 1.25-mile (2.01 km) speedway, it was the 28th race of the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series season, and the second race of the playoffs.
Denny Hamlin won the race. Chase Briscoe finished 2nd, and Chase Elliott finished 3rd. Ryan Blaney and Joey Logano rounded out the top five, and John Hunter Nemechek, Christopher Bell, Bubba Wallace, Chris Buescher, and Ty Gibbs rounded out the top ten.
Background
World Wide Technology Raceway (formerly Gateway International Raceway and Gateway Motorsports Park) is a motorsport racing facility in Madison, Illinois, just east of St. Louis, Missouri, United States, close to the Gateway Arch. It features a 1.25-mile (2 kilometer) oval that hosts the NASCAR Cup Series, NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, and the NTT IndyCar Series, a 1.6-mile (2.6 km) 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.
Entry list
- (R) denotes rookie driver.
- (P) denotes playoff driver.
- (i) denotes driver who is ineligible for series driver points.
Practice
Ty Gibbs was the fastest in the practice session with a time of 32.898 seconds and a speed of 136.786 mph (220.136 km/h).
Practice results
| Pos | No. | Driver | Team | Manufacturer | Time | Speed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 54 | Ty Gibbs | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 32.898 | 136.786 |
| 2 | 5 | Kyle Larson (P) | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 33.002 | 136.355 |
| 3 | 6 | Brad Keselowski | RFK Racing | Ford | 33.066 | 136.091 |
| Official practice results | ||||||
Qualifying
Denny Hamlin scored the pole for the race with a time of 32.330 and a speed of 139.190 mph (224.005 km/h).[6]
Qualifying results
Race
Race results
Stage results
Stage One Laps: 45
| Pos | No | Driver | Team | Manufacturer | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 19 | Chase Briscoe (P) | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 10 |
| 2 | 5 | Kyle Larson (P) | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 9 |
| 3 | 11 | Denny Hamlin (P) | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 8 |
| 4 | 24 | William Byron (P) | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 7 |
| 5 | 12 | Ryan Blaney (P) | Team Penske | Ford | 6 |
| 6 | 23 | Bubba Wallace (P) | 23XI Racing | Toyota | 5 |
| 7 | 20 | Christopher Bell (P) | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 4 |
| 8 | 1 | Ross Chastain (P) | Trackhouse Racing | Chevrolet | 3 |
| 9 | 38 | Zane Smith | Front Row Motorsports | Ford | 2 |
| 10 | 9 | Chase Elliott (P) | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 1 |
| Official stage one results | |||||
Stage Two Laps: 95
| Pos | No | Driver | Team | Manufacturer | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 23 | Bubba Wallace (P) | 23XI Racing | Toyota | 10 |
| 2 | 6 | Brad Keselowski | RFK Racing | Ford | 9 |
| 3 | 22 | Joey Logano (P) | Team Penske | Ford | 8 |
| 4 | 5 | Kyle Larson (P) | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 7 |
| 5 | 20 | Christopher Bell (P) | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 6 |
| 6 | 3 | Austin Dillon (P) | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 5 |
| 7 | 11 | Denny Hamlin (P) | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 4 |
| 8 | 9 | Chase Elliott (P) | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 3 |
| 9 | 42 | John Hunter Nemechek | Legacy Motor Club | Toyota | 2 |
| 10 | 1 | Ross Chastain (P) | Trackhouse Racing | Chevrolet | 1 |
| Official stage two results | |||||
Final Stage results
Stage Three Laps: 100
| Pos | Grid | No | Driver | Team | Manufacturer | Laps | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 11 | Denny Hamlin (P) | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 240 | 53 |
| 2 | 3 | 19 | Chase Briscoe (P) | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 240 | 45 |
| 3 | 19 | 9 | Chase Elliott (P) | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 240 | 38 |
| 4 | 5 | 12 | Ryan Blaney (P) | Team Penske | Ford | 240 | 39 |
| 5 | 13 | 22 | Joey Logano (P) | Team Penske | Ford | 240 | 40 |
| 6 | 20 | 42 | John Hunter Nemechek | Legacy Motor Club | Toyota | 240 | 33 |
| 7 | 8 | 20 | Christopher Bell (P) | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 240 | 40 |
| 8 | 14 | 23 | Bubba Wallace (P) | 23XI Racing | Toyota | 240 | 44 |
| 9 | 11 | 17 | Chris Buescher | RFK Racing | Ford | 240 | 28 |
| 10 | 21 | 54 | Ty Gibbs | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 240 | 27 |
| 11 | 6 | 24 | William Byron (P) | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 240 | 33 |
| 12 | 2 | 5 | Kyle Larson (P) | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 240 | 41 |
| 13 | 32 | 60 | Ryan Preece | RFK Racing | Ford | 240 | 24 |
| 14 | 28 | 71 | Michael McDowell | Spire Motorsports | Chevrolet | 240 | 23 |
| 15 | 27 | 77 | Carson Hocevar | Spire Motorsports | Chevrolet | 240 | 22 |
| 16 | 7 | 45 | Tyler Reddick (P) | 23XI Racing | Toyota | 240 | 21 |
| 17 | 23 | 6 | Brad Keselowski | RFK Racing | Ford | 240 | 29 |
| 18 | 15 | 3 | Austin Dillon (P) | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 240 | 24 |
| 19 | 9 | 2 | Austin Cindric (P) | Team Penske | Ford | 240 | 18 |
| 20 | 34 | 47 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | Hyak Motorsports | Chevrolet | 240 | 17 |
| 21 | 16 | 43 | Erik Jones | Legacy Motor Club | Toyota | 240 | 16 |
| 22 | 22 | 8 | Kyle Busch | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 240 | 15 |
| 23 | 17 | 16 | A. J. Allmendinger | Kaulig Racing | Chevrolet | 240 | 14 |
| 24 | 4 | 1 | Ross Chastain (P) | Trackhouse Racing | Chevrolet | 240 | 17 |
| 25 | 18 | 88 | Shane van Gisbergen (P) (R) | Trackhouse Racing | Chevrolet | 240 | 12 |
| 26 | 25 | 48 | Alex Bowman (P) | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 240 | 11 |
| 27 | 29 | 41 | Cole Custer | Haas Factory Team | Ford | 240 | 10 |
| 28 | 31 | 7 | Justin Haley | Spire Motorsports | Chevrolet | 240 | 9 |
| 29 | 36 | 51 | Cody Ware | Rick Ware Racing | Ford | 240 | 8 |
| 30 | 24 | 4 | Noah Gragson | Front Row Motorsports | Ford | 239 | 7 |
| 31 | 33 | 35 | Riley Herbst (R) | 23XI Racing | Toyota | 239 | 6 |
| 32 | 30 | 34 | Todd Gilliland | Front Row Motorsports | Ford | 239 | 5 |
| 33 | 10 | 38 | Zane Smith | Front Row Motorsports | Ford | 239 | 6 |
| 34 | 35 | 10 | Ty Dillon | Kaulig Racing | Chevrolet | 207 | 3 |
| 35 | 26 | 99 | Daniel Suárez | Trackhouse Racing | Chevrolet | 65 | 2 |
| 36 | 12 | 21 | Josh Berry (P) | Wood Brothers Racing | Ford | 36 | 1 |
| Official race results | |||||||
Race statistics
- Lead changes: 15 among 9 different drivers
- Cautions/Laps: 10 for 52
- Red flags: 0
- Time of race: 3 hours, 3 minutes and 11 seconds
- Average speed: 98.262 miles per hour (158.137 km/h)
