The NASCAR Cup Series arrived at World Wide Technology Raceway, and there couldn’t have been more drama. Christopher Bell won the first two stages and had the car to beat. Bell was tracking down Ryan Blaney and was on the verge of passing him before having an engine issue. Then, Blaney ran out of gas with one lap to go, producing a stunning winner.

[autotag]Austin Cindric[/autotag] won the 2024 Enjoy Illinois 300 at World Wide Technology Raceway. Cindric lucked into the victory after Bell and Blaney had issues in the final 20 laps. It was a shocking win that put the No. 2 team in the 2024 NASCAR playoffs despite entering the day sitting 20th in the point standings.

RYAN BLANEY IS OUT OF GAS. AUSTIN CINDRIC WINS AT WWT RACEWAY! pic.twitter.com/aTY0SL6zpI

— FOX: NASCAR (@NASCARONFOX) June 2, 2024

Cindric needed a little bit of luck to earn his first NASCAR win since the 2022 Daytona 500, but he put himself in position by running in third place. Team Penske has finally returned to victory lane, and Cindric needed that to make the 2024 NASCAR playoffs.

Enjoy Illinois 300 results:

1. No. 2 Austin Cindric
2. No. 11 Denny Hamlin
3. No. 6 Brad Keselowski
4. No. 45 Tyler Reddick
5. No. 22 Joey Logano
6. No. 3 Austin Dillon
7. No. 20 Christopher Bell
8. No. 77 Carson Hocevar
9. No. 51 Justin Haley
10. No. 5 Kyle Larson
11. No. 54 Ty Gibbs
12. No. 1 Ross Chastain
13. No. 9 Chase Elliott
14. No. 17 Chris Buescher
15. No. 24 William Byron
16. No. 38 Todd Gilliland
17. No. 14 Chase Briscoe
18. No. 31 Daniel Hemric
19. No. 71 Zane Smith
20. No. 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
21. No. 23 Bubba Wallace
22. No. 10 Noah Gragson
23. No. 99 Daniel Suarez
24. No. 12 Ryan Blaney
25. No. 34 Michael McDowell
26. No. 43 Erik Jones
27. No. 42 John Hunter Nemechek
28. No. 48 Alex Bowman
29. No. 41 Ryan Preece
30. No. 16 Derek Kraus
31. No. 21 Harrison Burton
32. No. 7 Corey LaJoie
33. No. 15 Cody Ware
34. No. 19 Martin Truex Jr.
35. No. 8 Kyle Busch
36. No. 4 Josh Berry