History
· Construction began in August 1999.
· The first NASCAR Nationwide Series race was July 14, 2001.
· The first NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race was held on July 15, 2001.
· This weekend marks the first time Chicagoland Speedway will be included in the 10-race Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup – Sept. 18, 2011.
Notebook
· There have been 10 NASCAR Sprint Cup races at Chicagoland Speedway.
· 12 drivers have competed in all 10 races.
· Todd Bodine won the first pole.
· There has been a different pole winner after every qualifying session (qualifying was canceled in 2008).
· Kevin Harvick won the first two races; six drivers have won races, led by Harvick and Tony Stewart, each with two.
· Kyle Busch won the 2008 race from the pole, the first time a driver won from the pole. It was also the only time a driver had won from a top-five starting position.
· Kevin Harvick won the 2002 race from the 32nd starting position, the deepest in the field that a race winner ever started at Chicago.
· Only one starting position has multiple wins: 14th. Mark Martin won from the 14th starting position in 2009, as did Ryan Newman in 2003.
· Jeff Gordon (8.6), Jimmie Johnson (10.0), Tony Stewart (9.5) and Brian Vickers (8.8) are active drivers who average a top-10 finish.
· Five of the last six races have ended with a margin of victory under one second.
NASCAR in Illinois
· There have been 12 NASCAR Sprint Cup races in Illinois.
· 74 drivers all-time in NASCAR three national series have their home state recorded as Illinois.
· There have been four race winners from Illinois in NASCAR’s three national series:
Driver
|
NSCS
|
NNS
|
NCWTS
|
Fred Lorenzen
|
26
|
0
|
0
|
Tom Pistone
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
Justin Allgaier
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
Bobby Dotter
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
Erik Darnell
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
Chicagoland Speedway Data
Race #: 26 of 36 (9-18-11)
Track Size: 1.5 miles
Race Length: 400.5 miles (267 laps)
Banking/Corners: 18 degrees
Banking/Backstretch: 5 degrees
Banking/Tri-Oval: 11 degrees
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