2026 Enjoy Illinois 300
28th race of 2026 NASCAR Cup Series
The 2026 Enjoy Illinois 300 was a NASCAR Cup Series race held on September 13, 2026, at World Wide Technology Raceway in Madison, Illinois. Contested over 247 laps on the 1.25-mile (2.01 km) egg-shaped asphalt oval, extended from the original 240 laps due to a double-overtime finish, it was the 28th race of the 2026 NASCAR Cup Series season, and the second race of the NASCAR Chase.
Kyle Larson won the race. Alex Bowman finished 2nd, and Joey Logano finished 3rd. William Byron and Ross Chastain rounded out the top five, and Austin Dillon, Connor Zilisch, Carson Hocevar, Denny Hamlin, and Austin Cindric rounded out the top ten.
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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.
During the offseason, NASCAR announced that Gateway would now get the short track package, as opposed to running the intermediate package from previous years.
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