Technical issues at Enjoy Illinois 300 extend to pit road with scoring, internet and more going down

Things seem to be not going too well at the Enjoy Illinois 300 as more technical difficulties have started to bleed over to pit road. That means these NASCAR teams are going to have to do things the old-fashioned way because they are unable to access scoring, SMT data, and more. If you wanted NASCAR to go old school again, this is your race for it.

For those that don’t know, SMT data is pretty important. This is the stuff that Denny Hamlin brought up to prove that Chase Elliott intentionally took him out of the Coca-Cola 600. This lets teams know how much fuel they are using, how the tires are reacting – everything!

The TV broadcast for the Enjoy Illinois 300 went down earlier in the race. Now teams are having to deal with a lot more headaches as they try to get their drivers all the information that they need. Frontstretch reported on the SMT issues at lap 135.

The teams do not currently have access to SMT telemetry data, as a result of the power issues during the last caution. Very old-school race going on right now.

Lap 135/240#NASCAR | #EnjoyIllinois300

— Frontstretch (@Frontstretch) June 4, 2023

As far as these teams are concerned, they are probably all reacting like the Stewart-Haas Racing group. Chase Briscoe and his team are going through it and are hoping, like the rest of the field, that they will be able to get a break here soon. It is hot and humid and not fun in St. Louis right now.

"We don't have anything timing and scoring-wise," the No. 14 @StewartHaasRcng crew reports to @ChaseBriscoe_14 that everything went down when the car was in the garage @WWTRaceway #NASCAR

— Lee Spencer (@CandiceSpencer) June 4, 2023

While teams battle these issues, their drivers will keep battling on the track in the Enjoy Illinois 300. With less than 100 laps to go in this one, things could get interesting.

Enjoy Illinois 300 has major technical difficulties

One has to imagine that it is the heat that is causing so many issues for NASCAR and these teams this Sunday. Things just can’t get going right in this one. Between the lightning delay and the TV issues, it is one thing after another. We haven’t seen many issues on the track, but there have been some here and there.

When the Enjoy Illinois 300 broadcast went out, fans freaked. You never want your TV broadcast to go down in the middle of the race. It might have helped that it happened under caution and no real action was missed by the folks watching at home.

One has to wonder if they will be able to keep the broadcast going. Now without their data and stats, these NASCAR crews are doing their best to tell their drivers what is going on with their cars.

So how will this one end? Can we get any more issues on or off the track as we wait for this race to come down to the wire? It’s hard to tell at the moment but it could be a thrilling one. Or we might end with a snoozer. Let’s see what these drivers can give us in these final laps.