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Enjoy Illinois 300 Picks, Predictions, Odds

Kevin Rogers
Kevin Rogers Sports Betting Expert
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The second edition of the Enjoy Illinois 300 takes place on Sunday afternoon in Madison, Illinois, which is located in the southwestern part of the state that borders Missouri.

Joey Logano captured the first-ever championship for this race last June, defeating the brother duo of Kyle Busch and Kurt Busch. World Wide Technology Raceway is an intermediate track, which is similar to Dover, Phoenix, and New Hampshire.

This season, William Byron took the checkered flag at Phoenix and Martin Truex, Jr. won at Dover (the New Hampshire race takes place in July).

The only two drivers to finish in the Top-5 in the Phoenix and Dover races were Byron and last week's winner at Charlotte, Ryan Blaney, who placed second at Phoenix and third at Dover.

ENJOY ILLINOIS 300 TOP-5 FINISH PREDICTION

  1. #24 William Byron (+1100)
  2. #19 Martin Truex, Jr. (+1100)
  3. #11 Denny Hamlin (+450)
  4. #1 Ross Chastain (+750)
  5. #18 Kyle Busch (+750)
The second running of the Enjoy Illinois 300 takes place on Sunday. (Getty)

ENJOY ILLINOIS 300 PICKS & PREDICTIONS

There's no reason to jump off the Byron bandwagon this week, as the driver of the #24 Chevrolet is listed at 11/1 odds to win at Illinois.

Byron owns four consecutive Top-4 finishes, while seeking his fourth victory of the season with his last win coming at Darlington in mid-May.

It's hard to ignore Byron's success on the intermediate tracks with the pair of Top-5 finishes already at Phoenix and Dover, but he placed 19th at Illinois last year.

Truex, Jr. won at Dover last month and finished sixth at Illinois last year as he led 42 laps in that race.

Denny Hamlin looks for a better showing in Illinois than last year, when he finished 34th, in spite of placing fourth after the first stage.

Since the 34th-place finish last year, Hamlin has fared well at these types of tracks with three Top-8 finishes, including a fifth-place finish at Dover last month.

Ross Chastain has impressive credentials on the intermediate track by posting six Top-8 finishes in the last seven tries, including a second-place finish at Dover.

Last year, Chastain put together an 8th-place finish at Illinois, as he seeks his first victory on this type of track.

ENJOY ILLINOIS 300 BETTING RESOURCES

  • Date: Sunday, June 4, 2023
  • Venue: World Wide Technology Raceway at Gateway
  • Location: Madison, Illinois
  • Distance: 300 miles
  • Laps: 240
  • Network-Time: FS1 - 3:30 p.m. ET

2023 ENJOY ILLINOIS 300 BETTING ODDS

ENJOY ILLINOIS 300 HISTORY

Joey Logano won the first-ever Enjoy Illinois 300 in 2022. (Getty)
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Kevin Rogers

Kevin Rogers

Kevin has been handicapping professionally since 2007 at VegasInsider before shifting to ScoresAndOdds. He focuses on MLB, NFL, college football, NBA, college basketball, and NHL and mainly uses trends, systems, and situations as his top handicapping angles. More from Kevin Rogers
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