NASCAR heads to St. Louis for the Enjoy Illinois 300 on Sunday, June 4. The race will be live streamed on fuboTV (free trial).

Corey LaJoie is finally getting a chance to drive for Hendrick Motorsports this week.

He wanted so badly to drive for the team a few years ago, that when it became common knowledge Jimmie Johnson was retiring as a full-time NASCAR Cup Series driver, LaJoie used his best cursive penmanship to write a letter to owner Rick Hendrick asking for the job.

It didn’t work out then — Alex Bowman got the No. 48 car — but it may have laid the groundwork for this week.

When it appeared that Chase Elliott would be punished for his intentional wreck of Denny Hamlin at Charlotte, the team put LaJoie on standby. And when the one-race suspension was handed down, taking NASCAR’s most popular driver out of the No. 9 car for Sunday’s race at World Wide Technology Raceway, LaJoie finally got the call he’d long sought.

When is the Enjoy Illinois 300?

The Enjoy Illinois 300 is scheduled for 2:30 p.m. (3:30 p.m. ET) on Sunday, June 4.

Streaming options

FuboTV

The game will be live streamed on fuboTV, which offers a free trial. The most basic of plans is the “fubo pro” package, which comprises 146-plus channels for $74.99 per month. Like all cord-cutting alternatives, there are plenty of options, especially for sports. It comes with more than 1,000 hours of cloud-based DVR, and up to 10 screens at once.

There is also the “fubo elite” package, which comprises 205-plus channels for $84.99 per month. It comes with fuboExtra (48 more channels) and News Plus (11 more channels). Plus, more than 1,000 hours of cloud-based DVR, and up to 10 screens at once.

The “fubo premiere” package is “fubo elite” with the addition of Showtime for $94.99 per month.

What TV channel is Enjoy Illinois 300?

The Enjoy Illinois 300 will be broadcast on FS1.

Preview

HAMLIN REACTS: Hamlin said he’s been in contact with Elliott this week but wanted to keep the conversation private. But like most drivers at the speedway Saturday, he believed that NASCAR made an appropriate decision to sideline Elliott this week.

“I think they kind of put their line in the sand of what they deem acceptable and what they don’t,” said Hamlin, who was still a bit sore from the head-on wreck. “All drivers probably recognize now, you know, what you can do and what you can’t do.”

MORE PENALTIES: Stewart-Haas Racing was penalized 120 points in owner standings and Chase Briscoe’s driver standings while getting stripped of 25 playoff points after NASCAR found a counterfeit part on the No. 14 car during a spot check from Charlotte. Crew chief John Klausmeier also was suspended six races and fined $250,000.

The penalties, the harshest NASCAR imposes under its deterrence system, came after the team had used an illegal part to create more downforce on Briscoe’s car. That particular part must be from a single-source vendor for the Next Gen car.

“We’re all a team, right? I mean, my name is on the penalty but we’re all a team,” Briscoe said. “I make mistakes every single weekend in the car, literally multiple times. So you know, mistakes happen. I mean, I got their back.”

ODDS AND ENDS: Kyle Larson is the 9/2 favorite to win, according to FanDuel Sportsbook, after a busy week in the St. Louis area. He won a sprint car race in his High Limit series Wednesday at Tri-Cities Speedway before crashing out of a World of Outlaws late model race on Friday night. … William Byron is the second betting favorite at 13/2 and Charlotte winner Ryan Blaney is the 17/2 third choice.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.