In a major step toward his pursuit of the Cup Series championship that has long eluded him, Denny Hamlin won the Enjoy Illinois 300 at World Wide Technology Raceway, picking up his fifth win of the 2025 season and the 200th Cup Series win for Toyota. Hamlin's victory marks Win No. 59 in his Cup career, putting him just one win shy of 60 career wins and entering a tie with Kevin Harvick for 10th on NASCAR's all-time wins list.

With a heavy emphasis on track position, Sunday's race saw a heavy emphasis placed on fuel and tire strategy, which culminated after a brake failure for Ty Dillon brought out a late race caution with 32 laps to go. With the yellow flag having come out in the middle of a green flag pit stop cycle, Hamlin was able to cycle to the front of the field as the first car on

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