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It hosts races for NASCAR, ARCA, and IndyCar on its 1½ mile tri-oval. Chicagoland Speedway is the sister track to Route 66 Raceway, which boasts a 1/4-mile NHRA sanctioned dragstrip as well as a 1/2-mile dirt oval that has hosted World of Outlaws Late Models, Team Demolition Derbies, and off-road races sanctioned by CORR (at the time SODA).
The only driver who has won races in three disciplines of racing in Ken Schrader who won in ARCA cars (1998), UMP Modifieds (1998), and midgets. [2] Billy Winn won the first national championship dirt track race held at the Illinois State Fairgrounds in 1934. A.J. Foyt ran his first national championship race there in August 1957.
The Chicago Street Course is a 2.140 mi (3.444 km) street circuit in Grant Park in the city of Chicago, Illinois, United States. It currently hosts the NASCAR Cup Series and NASCAR Xfinity Series , with the first races run on July 1–2, 2023.
Several races, sanctioned by NASCAR were held on this race track between 1956 and 1959. However, only one race (held on July 21, 1956) counted towards the championship. Stadium remains active as home to the NFL's Chicago Bears; track was removed in 1970. Stamford Park 0.500-mile dirt oval Ontario (Niagara Falls) 1952 Closed during 1953.
Location: Chicago, Illinois: Time zone: UTC-6 (UTC-5 DST): Coordinates: 1]: Capacity: 100,000+ (total stadium capacity) [2]: Owner: Chicago Park District [3]: Broke ground: August 11, 1922 [3]: Opened: October 9, 1924 (as stadium) [3] May 19, 1935 (first race on track): Closed: July 4, 1970 (final race on track) –venue still in use for other purposes: Architect: Holabird & Roche [3]: Major ...
Chicagoland Speedway officially opened to the public on July 12, 2001, for practice sessions for the 2001 Tropicana 400, a Cup Series race. [34] The track's first race, a second-tier NASCAR Busch Series (now called the Xfinity Series) race, was ran two days later with Jimmie Johnson winning the first race at the track. [35]
Similarly, the Xfinity Series Chicago street race was named The Loop 121 after the Chicago Loop, the area of the city in which the street course is located. It was also announced on that day that the Cup Series race would be 220 miles and 100 laps in length. [1] The inaugural running of the event was held during a rain storm.