Austin Cindric scored his second career NASCAR Cup Series win Sunday (June 2) after passing his teammate Ryan Blaney who ran out of fuel with two laps left in the Enjoy Illinois 300 at World Wide Technology Raceway.
It looked as if Christopher Bell was going to go back-to-back with another dominant showing until engine problems allowed Blaney to surge past the No. 20 Toyota. Blaney then settled into a one-second lead over his teammate Cindric; however, the No. 12 Ford slowed with one lap remaining due to low fuel, allowing Cindric to take the checkered flag for the first time since the 2021 Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway.
Denny Hamlin, Brad Keselowski, Tyler Reddick and Joey Logano made up the top five in second through fifth, respectively. Austin Dillion, Bell, Carson Hocevar, Justin Haley and Kyle Larson rounded out the top 10 in sixth through 10th, respectively.
Bell swept stages one and two with dominant showings in both. In stage one, Bell muscled past pole winner Michael McDowell, and in stage two, he checked out with a two-second lead to claim the stage win under caution.
The caution was for cause following Larson losing it on the inside of Kyle Busch after brief contact prior to entering turn 1, sending both into the wall. The drivers were fighting for seventh place with one lap remaining in the second stage.
Busch’s day ended on lap 140.
Stage one point winners included Blaney, Cindric, Hamlin, William Byron, Ty Gibbs, Reddick, Logano, and Chase Elliott from third through 10th, respectively.
Stage two point winners were Cindric, Blaney, Elliott, Logano, Keselowski, Chase Briscoe, Hocevar, Dillion, and Hamlin from second through 10th, respectively.
Other incidents in the Enjoy Illinois 300 included two early spins in turn 2 involving Cody Ware, Derek Kraus and John Hunter Nemechek, a flat tire essentially ending…
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