Starting from 2nd place Car 2 Austin Cindric Freightliner Ford won the Enjoy Illinois 300, his 2nd win in 94 NASCAR Cup Series races. This is his 1st win & 2nd Top 10 finish in 2024. This is his 1st win & 1st Top 10 finish in 3 races at World Wide Technology Raceway. 2nd Place Car 11 Denny Hamlin Yahoo! Toyota, started from 6th place posted his 2nd Top 10 finish in 3 races at World Wide Technology Raceway. It is his 8th Top 10 finish in 2024. 3rd Place Car 6 Brad Keselowski Solomon Plumbing Ford, started from 7th place posted his 1st Top 10 finish in 3 races at World Wide Technology Raceway.
Credit: MADISON, ILLINOIS – JUNE 02: Austin Cindric, driver of the #2 Freightliner Ford, takes the checkered flag to wi the NASCAR Cup Series Enjoy Illinois 300 at WWT Raceway on June 02, 2024 in Madison, Illinois. (Photo by Logan Riely/Getty Images)
4th Place Car 45 Tyler Reddick SiriusXM Toyota, started from 5th place followed by 5th place Car 22 Joey Logano Shell Pennzoil Ford, started from 12th place. 6th Place Car 3 Austin Dillon DOW/Rivers are Life Chevrolet, started from 18th place followed by 7th place Car 20 Christopher Bell DEWALT Toyota, started from 4th place. 8th Place Rookie Car 77 Carson Hocevar Zeigler Auto Group Chevrolet, started from 20th place followed by 9th place Car 51 Justin Haley MotoRad Ford, started from 21st place. Lastly in the Top 10 was Car 5 Kyle Larson HendrickCars.com Chevrolet, in 10th place, started from 13th place. Denny Hamlin leads the point standings by 21 points over Kyle Larson.
Credit: MADISON, ILLINOIS – JUNE 02: Austin Cindric, driver of the #2 Freightliner Ford, celebrates in victory lane after winning the NASCAR Cup Series Enjoy Illinois 300 at WWT Raceway on June 02, 2024 in Madison, Illinois. (Photo by Sean Gardner/Getty Images)
The race had 5 Cautions for 32 Laps: 1st Caution on lap 4 for 42, 15 Crash in Turn 2. 2nd Caution on lap 18 for 16, 15 Crash on the Backstretch. 3rd Caution on lap 47 for Stage 1 Conclusion. 4th Caution on lap 113 for 4 Crash in Turn 3. 5th Caution on lap 141 for 5, 8 Crash in Turn 2/ Stage 2 Conclusion.
Credit: MADISON, ILLINOIS – JUNE 02: Michael McDowell, driver of the #34 Siteman Cancer Center Ford, leads the field to the green flag to start to wing the NASCAR Cup Series Enjoy Illinois 300 at WWT Raceway on June 02, 2024 in Madison, Illinois. (Photo by Logan Riely/Getty Images)
The race had 16 Lead Changes among 10 drivers; M. McDowell 1-40; C. Bell 41-48; T. Gilliland 49-54; K. Busch 55-69; C. Bell 70-95; M. Truex Jr. 96; A. Cindric 97-114; C. Bell 115-143; A. Cindric 144-176; J. Logano 177; C. Bell 178-193; B. Keselowski 194-210; K. Larson 211-217; R. Blaney 218-220; C. Bell 221; R. Blaney 222-238; A. Cindric 239-240.
Credit: MADISON, ILLINOIS – JUNE 02: Ryan Blaney, driver of the #12 Menards/Richmond Water Heaters Ford, drives during the NASCAR Cup Series Enjoy Illinois 300 at WWT Raceway on June 02, 2024 in Madison, Illinois. (Photo by Logan Riely/Getty Images)
Stages:
Stage 1 Top 10: 20, 34, 12, 2, 11, 24, 54, 45, 22, 9
Stage 2 Top 10: 20, 2, 12, 9, 6, 22, 14, 77, 3, 11
Credit: MADISON, ILLINOIS – JUNE 02: Austin Cindric, driver of the #2 Freightliner Ford, and Ryan Blaney, driver of the #12 Menards/Richmond Water Heaters Ford, race during the NASCAR Cup Series Enjoy Illinois 300 at WWT Raceway on June 02, 2024 in Madison, Illinois. (Photo by Logan Riely/Getty Images)
Credit: MADISON, ILLINOIS – JUNE 02: Christopher Bell, driver of the #20 DEWALT Toyota, and Joey Logano, driver of the #22 Shell Pennzoil Ford, race during the NASCAR Cup Series Enjoy Illinois 300 at WWT Raceway on June 02, 2024 in Madison, Illinois. (Photo by Logan Riely/Getty Images)
NASCAR Cup Series Race Number 15
Race Results for the Enjoy Illinois 300 – Sunday, June 2, 2024
World Wide Technology Raceway – Madison, IL – 1.25 – Mile Paved
Total Race Length – 240 Laps – 300. Miles
Provided by NASCAR Statistics – Sunday, 6/2/2024 @ 06:36 PM Eastern
Finish Start Truck Team Laps Status
1. 2. Car 2 Austin Cindric Freightliner Ford 240 Running
2. 6. Car 11 Denny Hamlin Yahoo! Toyota 240 Running
3. 7. Car 6 Brad Keselowski Solomon Plumbing Ford 240 Running
4. 5. Car 45 Tyler Reddick SiriusXM Toyota 240 Running
5. 12. Car 22 Joey Logano Shell Pennzoil Ford 240 Running
6. 18. Car 3 Austin Dillon DOW/Rivers are Life Chevrolet 240 Running
7. 4. Car 20 Christopher Bell DEWALT Toyota 240 Running
8. 20. Car 77 Carson Hocevar # Zeigler Auto Group Chevrolet 240 Running
9. 21. Car 51 Justin Haley MotoRad Ford 240 Running
10. 13. Car 5 Kyle Larson HendrickCars.com Chevrolet 240 Running
11. 9. Car 54 Ty Gibbs Monster Energy Toyota 240 Running
12. 16. Car 1 Ross Chastain Busch Light Chevrolet 240 Running
13. 17. Car 9 Chase Elliott NAPA Auto Parts Chevrolet 240 Running
14. 26. Car 17 Chris Buescher Travel Centers of America Ford 240 Running
15. 11. Car 24 William Byron Valvoline Chevrolet 240 Running
16. 35. Car 38 Todd Gilliland Ruedebusch Ford 240 Running
17. 23. Car 14 Chase Briscoe Overstock.com Ford 240 Running
18. 28. Car 31 Daniel Hemric Poppy Bank Chevrolet 240 Running
19. 36. Car 71 Zane Smith # Focused Health Chevrolet 240 Running
20. 24. Car 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Kroger Health/Oikos Chevrolet 240 Running
21. 8. Car 23 Bubba Wallace McDonald’s Toyota 240 Running
22. 27. Car 10 Noah Gragson SERVPRO Ford 240 Running
23. 31. Car 99 Daniel Suarez Choice Privileges Chevrolet 240 Running
24. 3. Car 12 Ryan Blaney Menards/Richmond Water Heaters Ford 240 Running
25. 1. Car 34 Michael McDowell Siteman Cancer Center Ford 239 Running
26. 22. Car 43 Erik Jones Family Dollar Toyota 239 Running
27. 33. Car 42 John Hunter Nemechek Bommarito.com Toyota 239 Running
28. 14. Car 48 Alex Bowman Ally Chevrolet 239 Running
29. 32. Car 41 Ryan Preece Overstock.com Ford 239 Running
30. 25. Car 16 Derek Kraus Kafka Conveyors Chevrolet 239 Running
31. 30. Car 21 Harrison Burton Motorcraft/Quick Lane Ford 239 Running
32. 15. Car 7 Corey LaJoie Chili’s Catch-a-Rita Chevrolet 239 Running
33. 34. Car 15 Cody Ware Jacob Construction Ford 238 Running
34. 19. Car 19 Martin Truex Jr. Bass Pro Shops Toyota 237 Running
35. 10. Car 8 Kyle Busch Rebel Bourbon Chevrolet 139 Accident 36. 29. Car 4 Josh Berry # Overstock.com Ford 109 Accident
Race Comments: Caution Flags: 5 for 32 laps. Lead Changes: 16 among 10 drivers.
(i) Ineligible for driver points in this series
Next Race: June 9, 2024 – Sonoma Raceway
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