Chicagoland Speedway

The Chicagoland Speedway is a circuit used in NASCAR located at Joliet (Illinois), in the suburbs of Chicago.

The track forms D of them, and not in the shape of O as it is the case for the majority of the circuits of this type, was open in 2001 just beside the track of speedway of the Route 66 Raceway open in 1998.

Among the principal races being held each year in Chicagoland, let us quote in NASCAR Nextel Cup USG Sheetrock 400, in NASCAR Busch Series USG Durock 300 and in Indy Racing League the Peak Antifreeze Indy 300.

The records of this circuit are the following:

NASCAR Nextel Cup (qualifications): Jimmie Johnson, 28.701 dryness. (188.147 mph), 2005
NASCAR Nextel Cup (in race, on 400 miles): Kevin Harvick, 2 hrs. 55 min. 37 dryness. (136.832 mph), July 14th, 2002
NASCAR Busch Series (qualifications): Ryan Newman, 28.964 dryness. (186.438 mph), 2005
NASCAR Busch Series (in race, on 300 miles): Kevin Harvick, 2 hrs. 18 min. 6 dryness. (130.340 mph), July 9th, 2005

External bonds

Official site of the circuit
Presentation of the circuit on the official site of Nascar

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