Chicagoland's 2026 NASCAR Race is Complete. Next Cup Race in 2027
The last NASCAR Cup Series race at Chicagoland Speedway in 2026 was the NASCAR Cup Series Race at Chicagoland on Sunday, July 5, 2026. The next NASCAR Cup Series race at Chicagoland will appear here once NASCAR's 2027 schedule is released.
About Chicagoland Speedway
Chicagoland Speedway opened in 2001 as a 1.5-mile D-shaped intermediate oval in Joliet, Illinois, southwest of downtown Chicago. The track hosted Cup Series racing every season from 2001 through 2019 and was a regular playoff venue during the elimination-format era, producing several memorable finishes including the 2018 Coke Zero Sugar 400 confrontation between Kyle Busch and Joey Logano. Chicagoland was a victim of NASCAR's pandemic-era schedule realignment in 2020 and has not hosted a Cup race since. The track remains owned by NASCAR and is technically dormant rather than closed, but no return to the Cup schedule has been announced. NASCAR's Chicago market expansion has instead focused on the downtown Chicago Street Course since 2023.
Chicagoland's 2018 Cup race ended with Joey Logano dumping Kyle Busch into turn 1 to win, then Busch shoving Logano on pit road afterward. The fight became one of the most-replayed moments of the late 2010s and remains a Chicagoland signature.
Top Performers at Chicagoland
| Rank | Driver | Starts | Wins | Top 5 | Top 10 | Avg Fin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chase Briscoe | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.0 |
| 2 | Christopher Bell | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2.0 |
| 3 | Ty Gibbs | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8.0 |
| 4 | Corey Heim | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9.0 |
| 5 | Chase Elliott | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 9.2 |
| 6 | Ryan Blaney | 5 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 9.2 |
| 7 | Brad Keselowski | 12 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 9.8 |
| 8 | Riley Herbst | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10.0 |
| 9 | Kyle Larson | 7 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 10.1 |
| 10 | William Byron | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 10.7 |
Recent Winners at Chicagoland
Intermediate Context
Chicagoland is one of 16 intermediates on the 2026 Cup schedule. Historically, Chase Briscoe leads all Cup drivers at this venue with a 1.0 average finish across 1 starts. Drivers who excel on intermediates tend to carry that form here. Check their track type stats in S-EDGE™.
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