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Chicagoland Speedway is located in Joliet, Illinois, and is served by Illinois Route 53 and Interstate 80. [4] As of 2019, the facility has a seating capacity of 47,000 according to Forbes . [ 5 ] The entire facility encompasses approximately 930 acres (380 ha) of land according to the Journal Star .
Route 66 Raceway is a motorsports facility located in Joliet, Illinois, United States. It consists of a 0.25-mile (0.40 km) dragstrip and a 0.375-mile (0.604 km) dirt oval racetrack (Dirt Oval 66). The facility is owned and operated by NASCAR and is located adjacent to Chicagoland Speedway.
Chicago Motor Speedway oval: Sears Craftsman 175: 2000–2001 (Truck) Track demolished in 2009, now the site of a Walmart. Chicagoland Speedway: 1.500-mile (2.414 km) paved D-shaped oval Joliet, Illinois: Chicagoland Speedway oval: Camping World 400 Chicagoland 300 Camping World 225: 2001–2019 (Cup, Xfinity, Truck) Track still active.
Interstate 55 (I-55) is a major north–south Interstate Highway in the US state of Illinois that connects St. Louis, Missouri, to the Chicago metropolitan area.It enters the state from Missouri near East St. Louis, Illinois, and runs to U.S. Route 41 (US 41, Lake Shore Drive) near Downtown Chicago, where the highway ends, a distance of 294.38 miles (473.76 km). [2]
During major races, the large influx of fans means that the number of people in the city is double that of the official figure. Next door to the Speedway, the Route 66 Raceway features National Hot Rod Association events on its drag strip. Joliet Central has become actively involved in Route 66 by building an alternative fuel vehicle. [37]
National stock car racing touring series (such as NASCAR Monster Energy Cup, ARCA, NASCAR Nationwide Series, and Craftsman Truck Series) race mainly on 4 tracks in Illinois: Chicagoland Speedway, near Chicago, Gateway International Speedway, Near St. Louis, and the mile dirt tracks at the Illinois State Fairgrounds, and the DuQuoin State Fairgrounds near DuQuoin, Illinois.
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