St. Louis Race Results: June 5, 2022 (NASCAR Cup Series)

Today, the NASCAR Cup Series raced at WWT Raceway for the first time

Today, the NASCAR Cup Series makes it’s debut in the St. Louis area. The 1.250-mile of WWT Raceway is set to host their very first sellout event.

View the WWT Raceway results for the NASCAR Cup Series below.

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Chase Briscoe and Austin Cindric set the front row. 240 laps of stock car racing are up next…

WWT Raceway
Stage 1 – Report

Laps: 45 (1-45 / 240)

Green flag, Briscoe slides Cindric into turn one. Briscoe leads the field off turn two.

Lap 3, Ross Chastain dive bombs Almirola and Bell into turn three. Joey Logano has a run on both of them and they run four wide back into turn 1! Almirola wins that battle as Bell lifts and Logano loses momentum.

Lap 23, Briscoe leads Cindric by three car lengths. Briscoe works lap traffic.

Lap 28, Briscoe has a flat left rear! No caution as he pits under green. Austin Cindric is handed the lead.

Austin CIndric wins stage one at WWT Raceway!

WWT Raceway Results (Stage 1) : 1. Austin Cindric; 2. Ryan Blaney; 3. Tyler Reddick; 4. Denny Hamlin; 5. Ross Chastain; 6. Aric Almirola; 7. Joey Logano; 8. Kyle Busch; 9. Chase Elliott; 10. Christopher Bell;

WWT Raceway
Stage 2 – Report

Laps: 45 (46-90 / 240)

Chase Elliott makes two pit stops. He’ll restart in the rear.

Green flag on stage two, Cindric and Ryan Blaney run side by side into turn one. Blaney pinches him down off turn two. Back into turn one, Blaney drives it deep into turn one and nearly clears him. Cindric drives it deep to the bottom in turn three, he misses the corner and runs Blaney wide. Ryan Blaney finally clears him to take the lead.

Lap 58, Kyle Busch works slides Cindric for 2nd. Cindric crosses under him but Busch holds him off.

Lap 65, Ross Chastain has been struggling to pass Denny Hamlin. He lines up his bumper and shoves him into the corner. Hamlin finds the wall and the caution is out.

Blaney pits from the lead. Kyle Busch, Joey Logano and others stay out.

Green, Kyle Busch leads into turn one as Joey Logano takes over 2nd.

Lap 81

Lap 81, Hamlin is slow down the back and waiting on Ross Chastain. Hamlin runs Chastain all the way to the apron but they didn’t make contact. Hamlin is way off the pace.

Lap 94, Hamlin gets right in the path of Chastain. He slows him up significantly but no contact.

Related: Denny Hamlin has words for Ross Chastain after NASCAR race

Lap 95, Ryan Blaney has a flat left rear. The caution is out.

Kyle Busch leads the field to the pit lane. Kyle Larson wins the race to the pit exit with two tires. 7 cars stay out.

Green, Michael McDowell is clear into turn one. Reddick gets loose and Almirola takes 2nd away.

Ross Chastain, Chase Elliott and Austin Dillon run three wide off turn four. They run out of room, Chase Elliott spins off turn four!

Green, McDowell is clear into turn one. Chase Elliott puts the bumper to Ross Chastain at the back of the field. Hamlin also rubs him on the way by!

Hamlin is blocking the hell out of Chastain. Chastain finally forces his way by.

Lap 120, McDowell leads Almirola by 0.3 seconds. Kyle Busch who pitted has only climbed to 6th.

Lap 130

Lap 130, Ricky Stenhouse Jr turns Bubba Wallace in turn three! Car owner Denny Hamlin saw that out of his windshield. Hamlin pulls in front of Stenhouse Jr and brake checks him but they don’t make contact.

Michael McDowell and most of the field hits the pit lane. Kurt Busch and many others stays out.

Pit Penalty: Tyler Reddick left his box with a fuel can and will drop to the rear.

Green, Kurt Busch clears Kyle Larson off turn two.

Kyle Busch is flying through the field on new tires but he’s running out of time.

2 to go in stage two, Martin Truex Jr is all over the bumper of Kurt Busch. Truex Jr is working the outside lane.

Kurt Busch wins stage two at World Wide Technology Raceway!

WWT Raceway Results (Stage 2) : 1. Kurt Busch; 2. Martin Truex Jr; 3. Kyle Busch; 4. Kyle Larson; 5. Aric Almirola; 6. Christopher Bell; 7. Daniel Suarez; 8. Cole Custer; 9. Erik Jones; 10. Ryan Blaney;

WWT Raceway
Stage 2 – Report

Laps: 100 (91-240 / 240)

Kurt Busch and the others that stayed out his the pit lane. Martin Truex Jr, Kyle Busch and others stay out as they pitted late in stage two.

Green flag on stage three, Martin Truex Jr is clear into turn one.

70 to go, Truex Jr leads Kyle Busch by 1 second.

58 to go, Tyler Reddick spins off turn two , caution.

Truex Jr leads the field to the pit lane. Erik Jones wins the race to the pit exit with 2 tires. Truex Jr is off 7th with four tires.

Green, Rike Jones and Kyle Busch run side by side in turn one and off turn two. Kyle Busch drives it deep into turn three and clears Erik Jones.

50 to go

50 to go, Joey Logano slides Erik Jones into turn three for 2nd.

40 to go, Ricky Stenhouse Jr spins off turn two on his own, caution.

Brad Keselowski is the first to pit, he was 16th. The leaders stay out.

Green, Kyle Busch clears Joey Logano into turn one. Logano drives it deep into turn three, they run side by side off turn four. Logano slides Busch into turn one. Joey Logano leads for the first time today.

20 to go, Logano leads Kyle Busch by 0.7 seconds.

19 to go, Cole Custer spins and the caution is out.

Green, Kyle Busch drives it deep into the corner on the outside lane. He clears Logano to take the lead!

10 to go, Kyle Busch gets loose. Logano closes right to his bumper but he can’t pull alongside. Kurt Busch is flying through the field behind them.

7 to go, Logano is all over the bumper of Kyle Busch for the win!

5 to go, Kevin Harvick is in the wall in turn three with brake failure! The caution is out.

Green flag in NASCAR overtime, Logano slides Kyle Busch into turn one. Kyle Busch crosses under him off turn two. Kyle Busch slides Logano in turn three but he runs too wide. Logano crosses under Kyle Busch

1 to go, Logano leads Kyle Busch.

Joey Logano wins at WWT Raceway in St. Louis!

WWT Raceway
Race Results
June 5, 2022
NASCAR Cup Series

Joey Logano wins WWT Raceway at Gateway - NASCAR Cup Series
MADISON, ILLINOIS – JUNE 05: Joey Logano, driver of the #22 Shell Pennzoil Ford, takes the checkered flag to win the NASCAR Cup Series Enjoy Illinois 300 at WWT Raceway on June 05, 2022 in Madison, Illinois. (Photo by Jeff Curry/Getty Images)

Pos | Driver

1. Joey Logano
2. Kyle Busch
3. Kurt Busch
4. Ryan Blaney
5. Aric Almirola
6. Martin Truex Jr
7. Erik Jones
8. Ross Chastain
9. Christipher Bell
10. AJ Allmendinger
11. Austin Cindric
12. Kyle Larson
13. Alex Bowman
14. Justin Haley
15. Austin Dillon
16. Tyler Reddick
17. Zane Smith
18. Michael McDowell
19. William Byron
20. Brad Keselowski
21. Chase Elliott
22. Todd Gilliland
23. Daniel Suarez
24. Chase Briscoe
25. Harrison Burton
26. Bubba Wallace
27. Ty Dillon
28. Josh Bilicki
29. Cole Custer
30. BJ McLeod
31. Parker Kligerman
32. Ricky Stenhouse Jr
33. Kevin Harvick
34. Denny Hamlin
35. Cody Ware
36. Corey LaJoie

NASCAR Cup Series
Point Standings
Joey Logano in victory lane at WWT Raceway at Gateway - NASCAR Cup Series
MADISON, ILLINOIS – JUNE 05: Joey Logano, driver of the #22 Shell Pennzoil Ford, celebrates in victory lane after winning the NASCAR Cup Series Enjoy Illinois 300 at WWT Raceway on June 05, 2022 in Madison, Illinois. (Photo by Sean Gardner/Getty Images)

Pos | Driver | Wins | Points | Playoff Points

1. Chase Elliott
507 | 1 Win | 8PP

2. Kyle Busch
498 | 1 Win | 6PP

3. Ross Chastain
490 | 2 Wins | 13PP

4. Ryan Blaney
479 | 4PP

5. Martin Truex Jr
470 | 3PP

6. Joey Logano
467 | 2 Wins | 11PP

7. Kyle Larson
444 | 1 Win | 6PP

8. Alex Bowman
439 | 1 Win | 6PP

9. William Byron
438 | 2 Wins | 13PP

10. Christopher Bell
434

11. Aric Almirola
385

12. Tyler Reddick
379 | 2PP

13. Kevin Harvick
377

14. Chase Briscoe
362 | 1 Win | 6PP

15. Erik Jones
353

16. Austin Dillon
350

17. Kurt Busch
333 | 1 Win | 7PP

18. Austin Cindric
330 | 1 Win | 6PP

19. Denny Hamlin
319 | 2 Wins | 12PP

20. Daniel Suarez
319 | 2PP

21. Michael McDowell
293

22. Bubba Wallace
283 | 1PP

23. Justin Haley
278

24. Chris Buescher
275

25. Ricky Stenhouse Jr
272

26. Ty Dillon
256

27. Cole Custer
246

28. Harrison Burton
223

29. Todd Gilliland
200

30. Brad Keselowski
200 | -10PP

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