Kyle Busch is Victorious in the NASCAR Cup Race at World Wide Technology Raceway.

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MADISON, IL – RIS -KY – Kyle Busch held ion to win the Enjoy Illinois 300 NASCAR Cup Series race at World Wide Technology Raceway on Sunday.  It was his third win of the season and the 62nd of his career.  Busch’s previous two wins this season were at Fontana and Talladega. Sunday’s win is the 63rd of his Cup career. He started on the pole and led 121 of 243 laps in a race extended to three laps by overtime .Blaney led the second most laps with 836. Busch held off the others chasing him over the final 45 laps.

“That was pretty awesome,” Busch said after taking the checkers for his driver interview. “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.”

Denny Hamlin finished second and was followed by Joey Logano, Kyle Larson and Martin Truex Jr.  Busch even won his first stage race of the season on a day delayed by weather and constant brakes problems throughout the event, but that wasn’t all. After a few laps, the cars were parked for lightning within eight miles twice, although there was no rain falling.  Add to that delay was a serious brake caliper failures that took several front runners out of the field.  It was an especially long day of over five hours.

Denny Hamlin’s runner-up finish is his fourth top-five result of the year. All have come in the last seven races. Joey Logano’s third-place finish was his first top-five result since Martinsville in April. Ryan Blaney finished sixth for his sixth top 10 in the last seven races and took the points lead from Ross Chastain. … Michael McDowell‘s ninth-place finish is his second top 10 of the year.

The race went into overtime when Bubba Wallace’s brake rotor let go with five laps remaining. There also were two red flags to go with the weather delay that caused the mid-afternoon race to finish in the twilight.

Unofficial Results: Enjoy Illinois 300 presented by TicketSmarter, June 4, 2023, World Wide Technology Raceway
Fin, Str, Driver, Car, Laps, St1, St2, Tms Led, Laps Led, Playoff Pts, Pts, Status
1) 1, Kyle Busch, No. 8 3CHI Chevrolet, 243, 1, 2, 4, 121, 6, 59, Running
2) 3, Denny Hamlin, No. 11 Sport Clips Haircuts Toyota, 243, 3, 3, , , , 51, Running
3) 6, Joey Logano, No. 22 Shell Pennzoil Ford, 243, 5, 7, , , , 44, Running
4) 22, Kyle Larson, No. 5 HendrickCars.com Chevrolet, 243, , 10, 1, 5, , 34, Running
5) 5, Martin Truex Jr., No. 19 Auto-Owners Insurance Toyota, 243, 4, , , , , 39, Running
6) 2, Ryan Blaney, No. 12 Menards/Richmond Water Heaters Ford, 243, 2, 1, 3, 83, 1, 50, Running
7) 13, Daniel Suarez, No. 99 Freeway Insurance Chevrolet, 243, 10, 5, , , , 37, Running
8) 7, William Byron, No. 24 Axalta Chevrolet, 243, 7, 4, 1, 30, , 40, Running
9) 21, Michael McDowell, No. 34 FR8Auctions.com Ford, 243, , , , , , 28, Running
10) 4, Kevin Harvick, No. 4 Busch Light Ford, 243, 6, 8, , , , 35, Running
11) 17, Christopher Bell, No. 20 DeWalt Construction Technology Toyota, 243, , , , , , 26, Running
12) 27, Chris Buescher, No. 17 Fastenal Ford, 243, , , , , , 25, Running
13) 10, Austin Cindric, No. 2 Freightliner Ford, 243, 9, , , , , 26, Running
14) 11, AJ Allmendinger, No. 16 Farmsmart Chevrolet, 243, , , , , , 23, Running
15) 28, Todd Gilliland, No. 38 Serial 1 E-Bikes Ford, 243, , , , , , 22, Running
16) 23, Justin Haley, No. 31 LeafFilter Gutter Protection Chevrolet, 243, , , , , , 21, Running
17) 29, Ryan Preece, No. 41 HaasTooling.com Ford, 243, , , , , , 20, Running
18) 31, Erik Jones, No. 43 Bommarito.com Chevrolet, 243, , , , , , 19, Running
19) 24, Aric Almirola, No. 10 Smithfield Ford, 243, , , , , , 18, Running
20) 15, Ty Gibbs #, No. 54 Monster Energy Toyota, 243, , , , , , 17, Running
21) 30, Corey LaJoie, No. 9 NAPA Auto Parts Chevrolet, 243, , , , , , 16, Running
22) 8, Ross Chastain, No. 1 Moose Fraternity Chevrolet, 243, 8, 9, , , , 0, Running
23) 14, Harrison Burton, No. 21 Motorcraft/Quick Lane Ford, 243, , , , , , 14, Running
24) 36, JJ Yeley(i), No. 51 Biohaven/Jacob Co. Ford, 243, , , , , , 0, Running
25) 33, Ty Dillon, No. 77 NationsGuard Chevrolet, 243, , , , , , 12, Running
26) 18, Alex Bowman, No. 48 Ally Chevrolet, 243, , , , , , 11, Running
27) 34, BJ McLeod, No. 78 Circle B Diecast Chevrolet, 243, , , , , , 10, Running
28) 19, Brad Keselowski, No. 6 King's Hawaiian Ford, 243, , , , , , 9, Running
29) 35, Gray Gaulding(i), No. 15 Panini America Ford, 242, , , , , , 0, Running
30) 20, Bubba Wallace, No. 23 Leidos Toyota, 236, , , , , , 7, Accident
31) 16, Austin Dillon, No. 3 Get Bioethanol Chevrolet, 223, , , , , , 6, Accident
32) 12, Ricky Stenhouse Jr., No. 47 NOS Energy Drink Chevrolet, 219, , 6, , , , 10, Accident
33) 32, Noah Gragson #, No. 42 Sunseeker Resort Chevrolet, 197, , , , , , 4, Accident
34) 25, Chase Briscoe, No. 14 Ford Performance Racing School Ford, 193, , , , , , 3, Running
35) 9, Tyler Reddick, No. 45 McDonald's Toyota, 174, , , 1, 4, , 2, Accident
36) 26, Carson Hocevar(i), No. 7 Schluter Systems Chevrolet, 91, , , , , , 0, Accident
(i) Ineligible for driver points in this series, (#) Rookie

Total Race Length: 243 Laps, 303.75 Miles 
Time of Race: 3 Hrs, 28 Mins, 16 Secs.
Average Speed: 87.508 MPH
Margin of Victory: .517 Seconds

Stage 1 Top 10: 8, 12, 11, 19, 22, 4, 24, 1, 2, 99
Stage 2 Top 10: 12, 8, 11, 24, 99, 47, 22, 4, 1, 5

Comments: Kyle Busch won the Enjoy Illinois 300 at World Wide Technology Raceway, his 63rd career NASCAR Cup Series victory.
Prior to the start, the following cars dropped to the rear of the field for the reasons indicated: No. 15 and 43 (unapproved adjustments).
Cautions: 11 for 67 laps;
Laps: 3-8 (No. 45 and 47 Incident in Turn 1 [Red Flag: 1:45:09] [None]);
47-53 (Stage 1 Conclusion [77]);
55-58 (No. 1 and 34 Incident in Turn 2 [51]);
92-102 (No. 7 Incident in Turn 1 [78]);
142-148 (Stage 2 Conclusion [15]);
176-183 (No. 45 Incident in Turn 2 [15]);
199-203 (No. 42 Incident in Turn 1 [Red Flag: 9:19] [6]);
206-209 (No. 2 and 20 Incident in Turn 2  [6]);
214-217 (No. 15 Stalled on the Frontstretch [14]);
220-225 (No. 2, 3 and 47 Incident in Turn 1 [Red Flag: 4:37] [15]);
237-241 (No. 23 Incident in Turn 1 [15]).

Lead Changes: 10 among 5 drivers;
R. Blaney 1;
K. Busch 2-60;
R. Blaney 61-98;
K. Busch 99;
R. Blaney 100-143;
K. Busch 144;
T. Reddick 145-148;
W. Byron 149-178;
K. Larson 179-183;
K. Busch 184-243.

Ron Fleshman and John Davison

Ron Fleshman  and John Davison are Editors at ris-news.com

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