Starting Lineup: 2025 Enjoy Illinois 300 at WWT Raceway
Denny Hamlin, for the second straight weekend, will lead the field to green in a NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs event, winning the pole for Sunday's Enjoy Illinois 300 at World Wide Technology Raceway.
Hamlin collects his 46th pole in the NASCAR Cup Series, and his third of the season, as Toyota GAZOO Racing searches for its 200th win at NASCAR's top-level.
Kyle Larson will start from second, with Chase Briscoe, Ross Chastain, and Ryan Blaney rounding out the top-five starters for Sunday's 300-mile contest. William Byron, Tyler Reddick, Christopher Bell, Austin Cindric, and Zane Smith completed the top-10.
Other NASCAR Cup Series Playoff drivers outside the top-10 include Josh Berry (12th), Joey Logano (13th), Bubba Wallace (14th), Austin Dillon (15th), Shane van Gisbergen (18th), Chase Elliott (19th), and Alex Bowman (25th).
The Enjoy Illinois 300 at WWT Raceway will take place Sunday, September 7 at 3:00pm ET on USA.
Enjoy Illinois 300 Starting Lineup:
Pos | # | Driver | Time | Speed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 11 | Denny Hamlin (P) | 32.330 | 139.190 |
2 | 5 | Kyle Larson (P) | 32.351 | 139.099 |
3 | 19 | Chase Briscoe (P) | 32.397 | 138.902 |
4 | 1 | Ross Chastain (P) | 32.408 | 138.855 |
5 | 12 | Ryan Blaney (P) | 32.432 | 138.752 |
6 | 24 | William Byron (P) | 32.467 | 138.602 |
7 | 45* | Tyler Reddick (P) | 32.501 | 138.457 |
8 | 20 | Christopher Bell (P) | 32.512 | 138.410 |
9 | 2 | Austin Cindric (P) | 32.351 | 138.160 |
10 | 38* | Zane Smith | 32.674 | 137.724 |
11 | 17 | Chris Buescher | 32.689 | 137.661 |
12 | 21 | Josh Berry (P) | 32.698 | 137.623 |
13 | 22 | Joey Logano (P) | 32.719 | 137.535 |
14 | 23* | Bubba Wallace (P) | 32.739 | 137.451 |
15 | 3 | Austin Dillon (P) | 32.757 | 137.375 |
16 | 43 | Erik Jones | 32.760 | 137.363 |
17 | 16 | AJ Allmendinger | 32.764 | 137.346 |
18 | 88 | Shane van Gisbergen (P) # | 32.765 | 137.342 |
19 | 9 | Chase Elliott (P) | 32.799 | 137.199 |
20 | 42 | John Hunter Nemechek | 32.852 | 136.978 |
21 | 54 | Ty Gibbs | 32.889 | 136.824 |
22 | 8 | Kyle Busch | 32.952 | 136.562 |
23 | 6 | Brad Keselowski | 32.957 | 136.542 |
24 | 4* | Noah Gragson | 32.993 | 136.393 |
25 | 48 | Alex Bowman (P) | 33.005 | 136.343 |
26 | 99 | Daniel Suarez | 33.038 | 136.207 |
27 | 77 | Carson Hocevar | 33.133 | 135.816 |
28 | 71 | Michael McDowell | 33.197 | 135.554 |
29 | 41 | Cole Custer | 33.201 | 135.538 |
30 | 34* | Todd Gilliland | 33.230 | 135.420 |
31 | 7 | Justin Haley | 33.252 | 135.330 |
32 | 60 | Ryan Preece | 33.282 | 135.208 |
33 | 35* | Riley Herbst # | 33.417 | 134.662 |
34 | 47 | Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. | 33.538 | 134.176 |
35 | 10 | Ty Dillon | 33.635 | 133.789 |
36 | 51 | Cody Ware | 33.650 | 133.730 |
(P) indicates NASCAR Cup Series Playoff Drivers
# indicates Rookie of the Year contender
* indicates "Open" entry
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