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The Last Chicagoland Race (For Now)

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NASCAR has done its best to be in the Chicago and Chicagoland area for the last 2 decades or so. This year NASCAR will grace the streets of Chicago in the first ever NASCAR Cup Series street race. With it there is a ton of excitement and hype but there is a small contingency of fans who still are holding out for the previous Chicago market track. The Chicagoland Speedway, a track that has not been on any NASCAR schedule and had been raced since 2019. This is the last Chicagoland race (for now)

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32 comments

The Iceberg June 29, 2023 at 10:54 pm

Do you want the Chicagoland Speedway back on the NASCAR schedule?

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muhammad wahyu hidayat June 29, 2023 at 11:06 pm

Nope.

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20tTHCFOXNASCAR 2021 June 29, 2023 at 11:06 pm

Everybody Does! it’s Much Better Than This Chicago Track.

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Lynd June 29, 2023 at 11:06 pm

Hell yeah

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Evangumball Ttv June 29, 2023 at 11:06 pm

Better than the street course

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Ro-Racing league News! June 29, 2023 at 11:07 pm

HECK YA

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Austin Emms June 29, 2023 at 11:08 pm

There was great racing down to the last few laps and a brand new winner that, unlike other drivers, rose to the top on merit, not because of family or money. An amazing race.

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TeaJay June 30, 2023 at 5:43 am

It was so cool to see a driver get there first win in person, easily my favorite race I’ve ever attended

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Evan Nuh-Koo-La June 29, 2023 at 11:08 pm

This is, by far, my favorite race with the 550 package, because there was never a moment I was bored. The combination between the weather and multi groove racing was just so perfect. This is what NASCAR wanted when they made this aero package.

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NAPARacingFan 927 June 29, 2023 at 11:11 pm

This race was epic. There was never a sign of a clear winner until Bowman passed Larson back again at the end. I strongly believe this track will return but if it doesn’t it went out on a high note in 2018 and 2019.

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IanPerez2000 June 29, 2023 at 11:15 pm

It’ll be a match-made in heaven to have the Gen 7 cars race at Chicagoland!

*and also IndyCar*

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Herobrine Hoax June 30, 2023 at 5:50 am

I can’t wait to see if we can see how it races at Indianapolis. I never wanted them to leave. Even if the racing wasn’t great according to some, it still had an amazing feel around it in my opinion.

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IanPerez2000 June 30, 2023 at 5:55 am

@Herobrine Hoax I’ve had a soft spot for the Brickyard 400 as well

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KJ Productions June 29, 2023 at 11:21 pm

2019 was one of the best seasons i ever experienced. And this race was one of the best of 2019

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Nascarfan5 June 29, 2023 at 11:22 pm

I was there for that race and it was the first race I’ve ever seen in person. I was a Larson fan so I was pissed but definitely a great race

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JuanAteTheJetDryer75 June 29, 2023 at 11:23 pm

Even if my man Larson never won and had 2 devastating 2nd place finishes, Chicagoland was honestly one of my favorite tracks because of its good racing.

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Herobrine Hoax June 30, 2023 at 5:52 am

Same. Still so fun to see him battle for the win, even if he never pulled through.

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NAPARacingFan 927 June 29, 2023 at 11:25 pm

The fact that NHRA returned to the Route 66 Nationals in Joliet, IL this year is a very good sign for Chicagoland. The track is race ready. It just needs a spot on the schedule.

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TheBig4Fan07 June 30, 2023 at 1:49 am

Remove TexASS, or Richmond 2… PLEASE!

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WastdTrashPanda June 30, 2023 at 4:32 am

A road course needs to go

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TeaJay June 30, 2023 at 5:43 am

Unfortunately the drag strip and the dirt track are owned separately from Chicagoland Speedway so it’s hard to say for sure. The dirt track has been hosting many races even when covid was still very prominent and has really been the only thing that’s making good money right now

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Wolf June 30, 2023 at 4:02 pm

Get rid of COTA from the schedule it’s nothing but a wreck fest and bumpercars in all 3 NASCAR series.

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KL5_racing June 30, 2023 at 5:47 pm

​@WastdTrashPandaLet’s remove Indy GP and get Chicagoland back

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American Walmarts June 29, 2023 at 11:26 pm

Watching Bowman win was awesome just like how watching him win at Auto Club was also fun

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Doronium June 29, 2023 at 11:31 pm

As a relatively new NASCAR fan, I would love to see you do more breakdowns of famous, or even not so famous, races throughout NASCAR’s history.

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Just A Rowdy Dude From South Carolina June 30, 2023 at 12:07 am

2 of Kyle Busch’s 5 greatest Cup late race finish victories (2008 vs Jimmie & 2018 Larson)

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chris June 30, 2023 at 1:17 am

One of my favorite races overall, was super happy to see Johnson lead some laps and be competitive before the rain came xD

I remember watching F1 Austria before this as well, and that was a good race so watching this was even better, great day I must say!
Hope this track comes back soon for sure, miss it a lot

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Doorstoplol June 30, 2023 at 1:45 am

I remember being here for the last race. We got to go onto the tri oval before the race, that was fun. What wasn’t was the storm. You are right it was a nasty storm. I remember being under the stands and it being flooded about all the way to my shins.

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Curtis Blevins June 30, 2023 at 1:45 am

Well, first off, I remember watching the Cup race at Chicagoland back in 2019 and I was rooting my hardest to see Alex Bowman finally get his first win, which he did by holding off a hard-charging Kyle Larson. Second, I still have my own opinion on the Chicago Street Race this weekend because if NASCAR wanted to return to Chicago so badly, they should have just brought Chicagoland Speedway back while making it a Saturday night race and I also wish that NASCAR could have found a way to keep Road America on the Cup schedule. All-in-all, in the end, I’ll keep praying that we see Chicagoland Speedway return to NASCAR in the near-future because I believe the Next-Gen car could produce some great racing there, so until then, goodbye!

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Bud Brown June 30, 2023 at 2:06 am

I would love to see this track back on the schedule. Especially with how good mile and a half tracks have been with the new car, plus how good this race, and others in years prior, were. Also, why didn’t it come back in ’21. I know covid is why it got taken off the 2020 schedule, but what was the reason for 2021 to present day?

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Elminator666 June 30, 2023 at 2:25 am

I remember that race. This was my first live race and I had my dad with me. I will never forget that day.

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Nate Burkhart June 30, 2023 at 2:47 pm

Chicagoland and Fontana are two great redemption stories for tracks that weren’t loved at first. I hope we at least see Chicagoland return some day. RIP Fontana

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