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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]
The Peak Antifreeze and Motor Oil Indy 300 was an IndyCar Series race held at Chicagoland Speedway in Joliet, Illinois, United States. In 2001, American open wheel racing debuted at the circuit with an IndyCar Series event. From 2006 to 2008, the race had served as the final round of the championship and where the series champion was decided.
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. Not used for racing from 2020 to 2022 and not used by NASCAR since 2020 ...
Chicagoland Speedway is a 1.5 miles (2.4 km) tri-oval speedway in Joliet, Illinois, southwest of Chicago. The speedway opened in 2001 and currently hosts NASCAR racing. Until 2011, the speedway also hosted the IndyCar Series , recording numerous close finishes including the closest finish in IndyCar history.
The Chicago Motor Speedway at Sportsman's Park was a motorsports race track, located in Cicero, Illinois, just outside Chicago. It was built in 1999 by a group including Chip Ganassi, owner of Chip Ganassi Racing. In 2002 the 1.029-mile (1.656 km) oval shaped track suspended operations due to financial conditions in the motorsports industry.
NASCAR ran 19 Cup races at Chicagoland Speedway in Joliet, a 45-mile drive from downtown, but it was too far from Chicago to attract a new audience and NASCAR pulled out after the 2019 season.
Chicagoland Speedway is Illinois' only Superspeedway. 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 ...
More recently the circuit made annual trips to the Chicagoland Speedway out in Joliet, about 50 miles from the downtown loop. ... Now the 1.7-mile course will whip around familiar streets and draw ...