Enjoy Illinois 300 live updates: Action delayed at World Wide Technology Raceway

The NASCAR Cup Series‘ June schedule continues Sunday with the Enjoy Illinois 300 at World Wide Technology Raceway at Gateway, and we’ve got you covered with all the action from start to finish, exclusively on FS1 and the FOX Sports app!

The race is currently on a lightning delay.

NASCAR’s top stars are battling it out in Madison, Illinois over 240 laps and 300 miles on the uniquely shaped speedway, which will likely pose a challenge for the new Next Gen car, as it features large degrees of banking in Turns 1 through 4.

Chase Elliott isn’t a part of Sunday’s action, as he’s currently serving a one-week suspension for intentionally wrecking Denny Hamlin at Charlotte. In his place is Corey LaJoie, who moved over from the Spire Motorsports No. 7.

You can find a full list of winners so far this year, as well as the season’s remaining schedule here.

Here are the top moments.

Green!

Three-time Olympic gold medalist Jackie Joyner-Kersee gave the command to start engines Sunday.

Just like that, things were underway at WWT Raceway!

Quick chaos

Pole-sitter Kyle Busch chose the inside line on the initial start, but it was Ryan Blaney who led the opening lap from the outside line. Meanwhile, LaJoie had a power issue right out of the gate that put him behind.

Things quickly went off track, as the first caution of the race came out on Lap 2 when Tyler Reddick spun trying to get to the inside of Ricky Stenhouse Jr. in Turn 1.

Delayed

The race was red-flagged just five laps in after a lightning strike was reported within an eight-mile radius of the track.

Things will remain delayed for at least 30 minutes.

Stay tuned for updates!

PRE-RACE

Setting the stage

Ahead of the action, FOX Sports’ Bob Pockrass and Jamie Little broke down what and who to watch out for in Sunday’s race.

Sunday’s field is made up of 36 drivers and includes:

Kyle Busch (pole winner)
Kyle Larson 
William Byron 
Martin Truex Jr. 
Ryan Blaney 
Denny Hamlin 
Kevin Harvick 
Joey Logano 
Christopher Bell 
Ross Chastain 
Tyler Reddick 
Alex Bowman 
Chase Briscoe 
Brad Keselowski 
Corey LaJoie 
Bubba Wallace 
Ty Gibbs 
Daniel Suárez 
Chris Buescher 
Aric Almirola 
Ryan Preece 
Austin Dillon 
Austin Cindric 
Erik Jones 
Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 
A.J. Allmendinger 
Justin Haley 
Harrison Burton 
Todd Gilliland 
Noah Gragson 
Carson Hocevar 
Michael McDowell 
Ty Dillon 
Gray Gaulding 
BJ McLeod 
J.J. Yeley 

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