Chicagoland Speedway
1.5-mile D-shaped asphalt tri-oval in Joliet, Illinois (18-degree turn banking). Hosted one Cup race per year 2001-2019 (19 races); returned to the schedule July 2026 (eero 400, July 5) after a seven-year absence, alongside the Cuervo 300 (O'Reilly Series, July 4) and Ashley Furniture 150 (ARCA, July 3). Owned by NASCAR (via ISC purchase, 2007). GM: Jacque Herrera (named end of 2025). Source: NASCAR Wire Service NewsNotes/StatsAdvance, 2026-07-01.
Coverage (2 articles)
Joe Gibbs Racing Won the Cuervo 300. It Also Owns Both Sides of the Chase Cut Line.
John Speedway·
Brandon Jones won the Cuervo 300 from 29th in overtime while the Cup moonlighters led 126 laps for zero points. The sharper story is the NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series Chase picture: 11th, 12th, and 13th in points are all Joe Gibbs Racing drivers, and one of them just spun another.
Nine Full-Time O'Reilly Series Teams Didn't Exist the Last Time NASCAR Raced at Chicagoland
Jack Beckett·
The O'Reilly Series returns to Chicagoland on Saturday for the first time in 2,562 days. Nine of its full-time teams didn't exist when it left, the 2019 winner is back in a different ride, and Connor Zilisch, winner of 30 percent of his career starts, has never raced there in anything.