A Wild Card At The Wild Card: Jamie McMurray, making his first appearance as a challenger in the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup (Chase), kicked-off the Chase Across America this week with a visit to Talladega Superspeedway. The Chase Across America is a week-long blitz leading up to this weekend’s first race of the Chase at Chicagoland Speedway.
MAKE Motorsports will make their 100th start this Friday night under the lights at Chicagoland Speedway in Joliet, Illinois. The No. 1 of Travis Kvapil and The No. 50 of Ryan Ellis will also be sporting a new look with new sponsor Landworks Solutions.
Race fans take note! You have nine days to save up to $10 on Advanced Pricing for tickets in selected areas throughout the grandstands and tower seating for the Alabama 500 and fred’s 250 Powered by Coca-Cola, Oct. 23-25.
Justin Jennings and the MB Motorsports crew will enjoy the “ultimate ahh factor” that Ski Soda’s uniquely refreshing punch of caffeine and real fruit delivers, as Excel Bottling / Ski Soda becomes the primary sponsor of the #63 Chevy Silverado for the American Ethanol e15 "225" At Chicagoland Speedway.
Returning Home...Justin Allgaier returns to his home racetrack this weekend at Chicagoland Speedway. The 1.5-mile track is located about three hours north of his hometown of Riverton, Ill. Allgaier made his NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) debut at Chicagoland in 2013 with BRANDT Professional Agriculture on the car. Sunday's start will mark Allgaier's third at the Joilet, Ill. track, with a best finish of 27th. Chicagoland is also the site of one of Allgaier's three wins in the NASCAR XFINITY Series, June of 2011.
Brad Keselowski enters the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup as the ninth seed after his win at Auto Club Speedway earlier this year. Keselowski, the defending winner of this weekend’s Chase opener at Chicagoland Speedway, held a Q&A session during a break in testing today at Kansas Speedway.
Chicagoland on Tap...Michael Annett and his No. 46 Allstate Peterbilt Group team travel to Chicagoland Speedway for this Sunday's MyAFibRisk.com 400, the only NASCAR Sprint Cup Series event this season at the 1.5-mile Joliet, Ill. racetrack
This Week's No. 28 JGL Racing Toyota at Chicagoland Speedway: J.J. Yeley will pilot Chassis No. 235 in the Furious 7 300 at Chicagoland Speedway. This will be the sixth time that Yeley has raced this chassis in the 2015 season. He last raced it a few weeks ago at Darlington Raceway where it featured the "Gray Ghost" throwback scheme on its way to a 16th-place finish.
Kyle Larson will make his 10th XFINITY Series start of 2015 at Chicagoland Speedway on Saturday. In four previous XFINITY Series starts at the 1.5-mile speedway, Larson has two top-five finishes, including a runner-up finish in the fall race in 2014. He has an average finishing position of 12.2 and has led 27 laps at Chicagoland. Larson finished third in his only Sprint Cup Series start at Chicagoland in 2014.
Ten races separate Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup No. 1 seed Jimmie Johnson from potential immortality. If Johnson wins NASCAR’s 16-driver, four-knockout round playoff, he will capture his seventh series title, tying Richard Petty and Dale Earnhardt Jr. for the all-time lead.
Jordan Anderson Racing Bommarito Autosport announced today that longtime team member Andrew Patterson will compete in eight NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series events during the 2026 season, driving the No. 32 Chevrolet.
Several drivers have commented on the unpredictable and potential ‘wild’ race that fans may see on Sunday at Darlington Raceway – a track already Too Tough To Tame
In celebration of a defining milestone in American motorsports, the National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) has partnered with contemporary watch brand Filippo Loreti to unveil a collection commemorating NHRA’s 75th anniversary.