

He will also benefit from the fact that he moved up multiple positions in the point standings to put himself in position to secure additional playoff points when the regular season ends, provided he remains inside the top 10. The stage win was surprisingly his first stage win of the year - and thus his first ever stage win as a Chevrolet driver. And nobody could beat him as he earned a third victory with his new team.īusch will definitely benefit from the six playoff points he gained, five by winning the race and one by winning stage one. 8 Chevrolet was the man to beat and led 121 laps of a 243-lap race which saw only nine lead changes at the four-turn, 1.25-mile (2.012-kilometer) Madison, Illinois oval. After withstanding multiple late restarts, he took the checkered flag to win the Enjoy Illinois 300 presented by TicketSmarter. Richard Childress Racing’s Kyle Busch scored 59 of a maximum 60 points after starting Sunday’s lightning delayed NASCAR Cup Series race at World Wide Technology Raceway at Gateway from the pole position. But he wasn’t the biggest winner from Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series race. Kyle Busch was the man to beat at World Wide Technology Raceway at Gateway, and nobody could beat him.
