Enjoy Illinois 300

The Enjoy Illinois 300 is a future NASCAR Cup Series race that will be held at World Wide Technology Raceway (formerly and still widely known as Gateway Motorsports Park) in Madison, Illinois in the Greater St. Louis metropolitan area starting in 2022.

This article is about the NASCAR Cup Series race at Gateway. For the NASCAR Xfinity Series race in July at Chicagoland Speedway, which was called the EnjoyIllinois.com 300 in 2014, see Owens Corning AttiCat 300. For the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race at Chicagoland Speedway, which was called the EnjoyIllinois.com 225 in 2009, 2010, and 2013, see Camping World 225.
Enjoy Illinois 300
NASCAR Cup Series
VenueWorld Wide Technology Raceway at Gateway
LocationMadison, Illinois
Corporate sponsorIllinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity / Illinois Office of Tourism
First race2022
Distance300 miles (480 km)
Laps240
Stage 1: 45
Stage 2: 95
Final Stage: 100
Circuit information
SurfaceAsphalt
Length1.25 mi (2.01 km)
Turns4

This race replaced the Pocono Organics CBD 325, one of the two Cup Series races at Pocono Raceway.

A NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race, the Toyota 200 presented by CK Power, which was previously a standalone race on the series' schedule before the track received a Cup Series date, will be held on the same weekend as this race.

History

On August 21, 2021, Adam Stern from Sports Business Journal reported that NASCAR was in talks to have the track host a Cup Series race in 2022.[1] On September 8, he reported that Gateway would be on the 2022 Cup Series schedule and would replace one of the two races at Pocono Raceway.[2] The schedule was released on September 15 with Gateway on Sunday, June 5.[3]

The race will be 300 miles and 240 laps long according to NASCAR.com.[4] The stage lengths for the race have yet to be determined due to the unknown fuel milage for the Cup Series' new Next Gen car.[5]

Past winners
Year Date No. Driver Team Manufacturer Race distance Race time Average speed
(mph)		 Report Ref
Laps Miles (km)
2022 June 5 240 300 (480) Report

References
  1. "Cup to race Gateway in 2022?". Jayski's Silly Season Site. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. August 21, 2021. Retrieved February 10, 2022.
  2. "2022 Cup Schedule Released Next Week? Adding Gateway? Pocono losing a race?". Jayski's Silly Season Site. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. September 8, 2021. Retrieved February 10, 2022.
  3. "2022 NASCAR Cup Series Schedule". NASCAR.com. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. September 15, 2021. Retrieved February 10, 2022.
  4. "2022 NASCAR Cup Series Schedule". NASCAR.com. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved February 10, 2022.
  5. "(Twitter post)". Twitter. Bob Pockrass. January 27, 2022. Retrieved February 10, 2022. Tentative stage lengths for national series. Cup stage lengths for races later in the year TBD as NASCAR sees what fuel mileage is with new car (try not to have a fuel mileage race to end of stage).
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