2022 Enjoy Illinois 300
The 2022 Enjoy Illinois 300 is an upcoming NASCAR Cup Series race that will be held on June 5, 2022, at World Wide Technology Raceway in Madison, Illinois. It is contested over 240 laps on the 1.25-mile (2.01 km) paved oval motor racing track, it will be the 15th race of the 2022 NASCAR Cup Series season.
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| Race 15 of 36 in the 2022 NASCAR Cup Series | |||
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| Date | June 5, 2022 | ||
| Location | World Wide Technology Raceway in Madison, Illinois | ||
| Course |
Permanent racing facility 1.25 mi (2.01 km) | ||
| Distance | 240 laps, 300 mi (480 km) | ||
| Television in the United States | |||
| Network | FS1 | ||
| Announcers | Mike Joy, Clint Bowyer and TBA | ||
| Radio in the United States | |||
| Radio | MRN | ||
| Booth Announcers | Alex Hayden, Jeff Striegle and Rusty Wallace | ||
| Turn Announcers | TBA | ||
Report
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 Camping World 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.
On September 15, 2021, it was announced WWT Raceway at Gateway would be added to the NASCAR Cup Series schedule for the very first time for the 2022 season.[2]
Entry list
- (R) denotes rookie driver.
- (i) denotes driver who is ineligible for series driver points.
Practice
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Practice results
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Qualifying
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Race
Stage Results
Stage One Laps: 45
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Stage Two Laps: 95
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Final Stage Results
Stage Three Laps: 100
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Race statistics
- Lead changes: among different drivers
- Cautions/Laps:
- Red flags: 0
- Time of race: hours, minutes and seconds
- Average speed:
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Media
Television
Fox Sports will cover the race on the television side. Mike Joy, Clint Bowyer and a commentator TBA will call the race from the broadcast booth. Jamie Little and Regan Smith will handle pit road for the television side. Larry McReynolds provided insight from the Fox Sports studio in Charlotte.
| FS1 | ||
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| Booth announcers | Pit reporters | In-race analyst |
| Lap-by-lap: Mike Joy Color-commentator: Clint Bowyer Color-commentator: TBA | Jamie Little Regan Smith | Larry McReynolds |
Radio
MRN have the radio call for the race and will also be simulcasted on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio.
| MRN Radio | ||
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| Booth announcers | Turn announcers | Pit reporters |
| Lead announcer: Alex Hayden Announcer: Jeff Striegle Announcer: Rusty Wallace | TBA | Kim Coon Steve Post |
References
- "2022 schedule". Jayski.com. Jayski's Silly Season Site. Retrieved April 24, 2022.
- "Cup Series is St. Louis-bound with Gateway's debut in 2022 | NASCAR". Official Site Of NASCAR. 2021-09-15. Retrieved 2021-09-20.
- Utter, Jim (June 3, 2022). Motorsport.com. Madison, Illinois: Motorsport Network.
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