2025 Enjoy Illinois 300

2025 Enjoy Illinois 300 presented by TicketSmarter
Race details[1][2]
Race 28 of 36 in the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series
Date September 7, 2025 (2025-09-07)
Location Gateway Motorsports Park in Madison, Illinois
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 1.25 miles (2.01 km)
Distance 240 laps, 300 mi (480 km)
Television in the United States
Network USA
Announcers Leigh Diffey, Jeff Burton and Steve Letarte
Radio in the United States
Radio MRN
Booth announcers Alex Hayden, Mike Bagley, and Rusty Wallace
Turn announcers Dave Moody (1 & 2) and Kurt Becker (3 & 4)

The 2025 Enjoy Illinois 300 will be a NASCAR Cup Series race held on September 7, 2025, at Gateway Motorsports Park in Madison, Illinois on the 1.25-mile (2.01 km) speedway, it will be the 28th race of the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series season, and the second race of the playoffs.

Report

Background

World Wide Technology Raceway, the track where the race was held.

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.

Entry list

  • (R) denotes rookie driver.
  • (i) denotes driver who is ineligible for series driver points.
No. Driver Team Manufacturer
1 Ross Chastain Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet
2 Austin Cindric Team Penske Ford
3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet
4 Noah Gragson Front Row Motorsports Ford
5 Kyle Larson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet
6 Brad Keselowski RFK Racing Ford
7 Justin Haley Spire Motorsports Chevrolet
8 Kyle Busch Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet
9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet
10 Ty Dillon Kaulig Racing Chevrolet
11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota
12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford
16 A. J. Allmendinger Kaulig Racing Chevrolet
17 Chris Buescher RFK Racing Ford
19 Chase Briscoe Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota
20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota
21 Josh Berry Wood Brothers Racing Ford
22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford
23 Bubba Wallace 23XI Racing Toyota
24 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet
34 Todd Gilliland Front Row Motorsports Ford
35 Riley Herbst (R) 23XI Racing Toyota
38 Zane Smith Front Row Motorsports Ford
41 Cole Custer Haas Factory Team Ford
42 John Hunter Nemechek Legacy Motor Club Toyota
43 Erik Jones Legacy Motor Club Toyota
45 Tyler Reddick 23XI Racing Toyota
47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Hyak Motorsports Chevrolet
48 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet
51 Cody Ware Rick Ware Racing Ford
54 Ty Gibbs Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota
60 Ryan Preece RFK Racing Ford
71 Michael McDowell Spire Motorsports Chevrolet
77 Carson Hocevar Spire Motorsports Chevrolet
88 Shane van Gisbergen (R) Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet
99 Daniel Suárez Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet

Media

Television

USA covered the race on the television side. Leigh Diffey, two–time Darlington winner Jeff Burton and Steve Letarte called the race from the broadcast booth. Reporters TBA handled the pit road duties from pit lane.

USA
Booth announcers Pit reporters
Lap-by-lap: Leigh Diffey
Color-commentator: Jeff Burton
Color-commentator: Steve Letarte
TBA

Radio

MRN will have the radio call for the race, which was also simulcast on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio.

MRN Radio
Booth announcers Turn announcers Pit reporters
Lead announcer: Alex Hayden
Announcer: Mike Bagley
Announcer: Rusty Wallace
Turns 1 & 2: Dave Moody
Turns 3 & 4: Kurt Becker
Steve Post
Chris Wilner
Brienne Pedigo

References

  1. ^ "2025 schedule". Jayski.com. Jayski's Silly Season Site. Retrieved January 2, 2025.
  2. ^ Sturniolo, Zach (August 29, 2024). "NASCAR reveals milestone 2025 Cup Series schedule, complete with international flair, return to roots". NASCAR. Retrieved January 2, 2025.