Chicagoland Speedway

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Chicagoland Speedway
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Address:
500 Speedway Blvd.,
Joliet,
Illinois 60433

Chicagoland Speedway (USA)
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United StatesUnited States Joliet , Illinois , USA
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Route type: permanent race track
Owner: Raceway Associates
Operator: Raceway Associates
Building-costs: 130 million US dollars
Start of building: August 1991
Opening: July 2001
Speedway oval
Tri-oval
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Route data
Important
events: 		Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series
TheHouse.com 400

NASCAR Xfinity Series
TheHouse.com 300

NASCAR Camping World Truck Series
TheHouse.com 225

ARCA Racing Series
Chicagoland ARCA 150

Route length: 2.414  km (1.5  mi )
Curve superelevation: Curves: 18 °
start-finish straight: 11 ° back
straight: 5 °
Audience capacity: 75,000
http://www.chicagolandspeedway.com

Coordinates: 41 ° 28 ′ 29 "  N , 88 ° 3 ′ 25"  W

Chicagoland Speedway is a speedway in Joliet , Illinois, southwest of Chicago . The circuit is located approximately 55 km (36 miles) south of downtown, just off Illinois Route 53 between Joliet and Wilmington . The audience capacity is 75,000. Since opening in 2001, it has become an unexpected draw for NASCAR and Indy Racing League events, where tickets are often sold out months in advance.

The Indy Car Series at Chicagoland Speedway

Although listed as a simple “D” tri-oval, Chicagoland is unique in that the course is a single, continuous curve as the back straight has a recognizable arc. This leads to very high average speeds that almost come close to a super speedway. This shape also leads to an extremely narrow field in the IndyCar races, even for oval races, in which there is practically continuous driving in two or three lines side by side and in which nobody can break away.

history

Between 1999 and 2000, the Chicagoland Speedway was built next to the older Route 66 Raceway . The opening took place in 2001 with races of the NASCAR Winston Cup , the NASCAR Nationwide Series , the ARCA Racing Series and the Indy Racing League . The IROC series was also a guest on the speedway.

Records

NASCAR
  • NASCAR Cup Series Qualifying: Joey Logano , 28,509 s (189,414 mph), September 14, 2013
  • NASCAR Cup Series race (400 miles): Martin Truex jr. , 2:47:24 (145,161 mph) September 18, 2016
  • NASCAR Xfinity Series Qualifying: Ryan Newman , 28,964 s (186.438 mph), 2005
  • NASCAR Xfinity Series Race (300 miles): Joey Logano , 2:02:10 (147,340 mph) July 10, 2009
  • NASCAR Camping Word Truck Series Qualifying: Spencer Gallagher , 30,656 s (176,148 mph), September 16, 2016
  • NASCAR Camping Word Truck Series Race: Kyle Busch , 1:44:31 (132,610 mph), Aug 27, 2010
IndyCar
  • Qualifying: Richie Hearn , 24,521 s (223.159 mph), September 6, 2003
  • Race (300 miles): Dan Wheldon , 1:33:37 (194.828 mph), September 10, 2006

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