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Chicagoland Speedway will install lights in time for the 2008 racing season, becoming the 10th current NASCAR Nextel Cup oval to hold night racing, beginning with the race on Saturday, July 12.
JOLIET, Ill. – Crashes in four straight races have left Dario Franchitti in a vulnerable position heading into the IndyCar Series season-finale with his first open-wheel title in sight.
Keselowski made his JR Motorsports debut last week in the Busch Series race at Chicagoland and finished a career-best 14th. He also will start Saturday night's race at St. Louis.
When Denny Hamlin refused to quietly take teammate Tony Stewart's criticism, it marked a rare occasion of a young driver not rolling over for the two-time NASCAR champion.
That's Racin's David Poole ranks the top 40 teams in the NASCAR Nextel Cup series following the USG Sheetrock 400 at Chicagoland Speedway in Joliet, Ill.
Race Rewind | Chicagoland 400 Slideshow | Chicagoland 400 Race Results | Chicagoland 400JOLIET, Ill. -- Jimmie Johnson led 82 laps in Sunday’s race and it looked as if he and Tony Stewart might well wind up battling for the victory until Lap 223.
JOLIET, Ill. -- Carl Edwards wanted just a little more time in Sunday’s USG Sheetrock 400 at Chicagoland Speedway.
JOLIET, Ill. -- Kurt Busch’s engine had no oil pressure when his team tried to start it up for the first time before practice here on Friday, and try as they might they couldn’t find the problem.
JOLIET, Ill. -- Kevin Harvick brought his No. 29 Chevrolet home fourth in Sunday’s race but kept looking for a little bit more.
JOLIET, Ill. -- Casey Mears had three top-five finishes in a four-race stretch before finishing 19th or worse in his past three starts. He bounced back Sunday after starting from the pole with a fifth-place finish.
ELEVATORS
JOLIET, Ill. – Tony Stewart finally got to victory lane for the first time in the 2007 Nextel Cup season Sunday, winning the USG Sheetrock 400 at Chicagoland Speedway.
Race Rewind | Chicagoland 400 Slideshow | Chicagoland 400 Race Results | Chicagoland 400JOLIET, Ill. -- Team owner Joe Gibbs made an unexpected stop over the weekend to Chicagoland Speedway to attempt to bring some resolution to a festering squabble between Joe Gibbs Racing drivers Tony Stewart and Denny Hamlin.
JOLIET, Ill. – Chicago is clearly Kevin Harvick’s kind of town. Harvick used a late-race pass of Richard Childress Racing teammate Jeff Burton and ran away to a dominating victory in Saturday’s USG Durock 300 at Chicagoland Speedway, holding off Matt Kenseth by 1.244 seconds.
Slideshow | Chicagoland 300 Race Results | Chicagoland 300USG SHEETROCK 400
Where: Chicagoland Speedway, Joliet, Ill.
When: 4 p.m. today
Weather: Partly cloudy, 80 degrees
TV: Coverage begins at 2:30 p.m. on TNT.
Radio: Motor Racing Network, WSOC-FM (103.7)
Race distance: 400 miles (267 laps)
Track length: 1.5 miles
| TRACK FACTS Date Opened: 2001 First NWCS Race: July 15, 2001 Qualifying Record: Jeff Gordon, 186.942 mph, (28.886 sec.), 7/9/04 Race Record: Kevin Harvick, 136.832 mph, 7/14/02 Owner: Raceway Associates, LLC General Manager: Matthew T. Alexander Phone: (815) 722-5500 Tickets: (815) 727-7223 Shipping Address: 3200 South Chicago St. Joliet, IL 60434 Mailing Address: PO Box 3339 Joliet, IL 60434-3339 |
TRACK CONFIGURATION Distance: 1.5 Mile Tri-oval Banking in Turns 1-4: 18° Banking on Tri-oval: 11° Banking on Backstretch: 5° Length of Frontstretch: 2,400 ft. Length of Backstretch: 1,700 ft. Grandstand Seating: 75,000 Miles/Laps: 400.5 mi. = 267 laps |
