The NASCAR Cup Series returns to World Wide Technology Raceway at Gateway, just on the other side of the Mississippi River from St. Louis, for this weekend's Enjoy Illinois 300 (Sunday, 3:30 p.m. ET on FS1). The unique mile and a quarter speedway is hosting just its second Cup Series race after being added to the calendar last year.
Mar 6, 2022; Las Vegas, Nevada, USA; NASCAR Cup Series driver Kyle Larson races for position against driver William Byron during the Pennzoil 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Mandatory Credit: Gary A. Vasquez-USA TODAY Sports - 17845983returns to World Wide Technology Raceway at Gateway
, just on the other side of the Mississippi River from St. Louis, for this weekend's Enjoy Illinois 300 . The unique mile and a quarter speedway is hosting just its second Cup Series race after being added to the calendar last year. The Hendrick Motorsports duo of Kyle Larson and William Byron enter the weekend as the top two favorites
, and for good reason. The two have combined to lead 1,270 out of 3,943 laps this season, and winning five of the 14 points-paying races this season in addition to the All-Star Race.. Byron has the slightly longer odds despite being quite proficient on intermediate tracks this season, winning three of six races.• Kyle Larson +500• William Byron +700• Denny Hamlin +900
The oddsmakers are clearly looking more at 2023 form than last year’s results to handicap this race as none of these three finished higher than Larson’s 12th-place effort and Hamlin was 10 laps down at the end. But Hamlin did win one of the intermediate track races Byron hasn’t this season – at Kansas Speedway which has similar characteristics to Gateway.Keselowski only finished 20th last year, but that was a 10-place improvement from his starting grid spot, so he got better as the day wore on.
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