NASCAR Cup Series

JOLIET, Ill. – Fresh from a Twitter war with Brad Keselowski, Kyle Busch proved a point with his pole run at Chicagoland Speedway—and may just have proved Keselowski’s.

KEVIN HARVICK, No. 4 Jimmy John’s Ford Fusion “I think that is right on target with what we need to accomplish at this particular point. I am really happy with the things that we did and the pace and everything that we have done so far. We just have to be consistent and not make any mistakes. That is the main goal here the next six weeks.”

The Tale of the Turtles 400 is scheduled to begin on Sunday, September 17 at 3 pm, ET. Live coverage can be found on NBCSN, MRN and Sirius XM NASCAR Radio Channel 90.

DALE EARNHARDT, JR., NO. 88 AXALTA CHEVROLET SS, met with members of the media at Chicagoland Speedway and discussed the importance of his win at Chicagoland in 2005, his goals for the remainder of the season, if there is a disparity among the manufacturers and many other topics.

Earlier this week, Aric Almirola, driver of the No. 43 Smithfield Ford Fusion, learned he would not return to drive the 43 car in 2018 and his sponsor, Smithfield was also leaving Richard Petty Motorsports following the conclusion of this season. Almirola spoke to media members about this week’s news following Cup practice at Chicagoland Speedway Friday.

Kyle Busch topped the chart in first Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series practice at Chicagoland Speedway. The driver of the No. 18 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota was the fastest with a time of 29.325 and a speed of 184.143 mph.

Michael McDowell is looking to make a statement at Chicagoland Speedway for the first race of the 2017 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series (MENCS) playoffs.

As Ryan Blaney and the Motorcraft/Quick Lane team heads to Chicagoland Speedway to kick off their first-ever appearance in NASCAR’s playoffs, team co-owner Eddie Wood is hoping for a strong run over the final 10 races. But foremost on his mind at this point is that he’s simply glad to be among the elite 16 teams that will begin the run to the championship.

Hamlin notched his first career win at the 1.5-mile oval in Joliet, IL, in 2015 and has scored a total of five top-10 finishes in 11 starts at the Windy City track, including a sixth-place finish during last year’s visit to Chicagoland. Hamlin is in the NASCAR Playoffs for the 11th time in his 12th full season driving the No. 11 machine.

Win and automatically advance to the next round. There are four rounds, each consisting of three races. Four drivers will be eliminated at the end of each round leaving four contenders to battle for the championship crown at Homestead-Miami Speedway in November.