Statistical Advance: Analyzing the eero 400

Below is a look at some of the top statistical performers at Chicagoland Speedway in Jolliet, Illinois going into the eero 400 on July 5 at 6 p.m. ET on TNT, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio (Channel 90).

CHASE CLINCH SCENARIOS

The following drivers could clinch a spot in the Chase via points at Chicagoland Speedway:

• Denny Hamlin: Would clinch with 64 points
• Tyler Reddick: Would clinch with 65 points

CHICAGOLAND SPEEDWAY – STATS & TIDBITS

TRACK & RACE DATA
Season Race #: 19 of 36 (July 8, 2026)
Purse: $11,233,037
Track Size: 1.5-miles
Track: Asphalt Paved Oval
Race Length: 267 laps / 400.5 miles
Stage 1 Length: 80 laps
Stage 2 Length: 85 laps (ends on Lap 165)
Final Stage Length: 102 laps (ends on Lap 267)

QUALIFYING / RACE RECORDS

Track Qualifying Record:
Joey Logano, Ford, 189.414 mph, 28.509 secs., September 13, 2013

Track Race Record:
Martin Truex Jr., Toyota, 145.401 mph, (02:45:16), September 17, 2017

2019 Pole Winner (most recent race):
Austin Dillon, Chevrolet, 176.263 mph, 30.636 secs., June 30, 2019

2019 Race Winner (most recent race):
Alex Bowman, Chevrolet, 140.677 mph, (02:50:49), June 30, 2019

HISTORY

• Construction of the Chicagoland Speedway began in August of 1999.
• The first NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series race at Chicago was July 14, 2001 and won by Jimmie Johnson in Stanley Herzog’s Chevrolet (119.469 mph, 02:30:40).
• The first NASCAR Cup Series race was held on July 15, 2001 and won by Kevin Harvick in a Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet (121.200 mph, 03:18:16).
• The first NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series race was held on August 28, 2009 and was won by Kyle Busch in the Billy Ballew Motorsport’s Toyota (119.293 mph, 01:53:13)
• For seven seasons Chicagoland Speedway was the opening race of the NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs (2011 – 2017).
• There have been 19 NASCAR Cup Series races held at Chicagoland Speedway, one race per season from 2001 to 2019.
• This season marks the first time the NASCAR Cup Series has competed at Chicagoland Speedway since 2019.

STARTS

• A total of 139 different drivers have competed in at least one NASCAR Cup Series race at Chicagoland Speedway.
• A total of 107 NASCAR Cup Series drivers have competed in more than one.
• Kevin Harvick and Kurt Busch lead the NASCAR Cup Series in starts at Chicagoland Speedway with 19 each.
• Denny Hamlin leads all active drivers in NASCAR Cup Series starts at Chicagoland Speedway with 14.
• Eight drivers all-time have posted their first career NASCAR Cup Series start at Chicagoland Speedway.
• Of the eight drivers to make their first start at Chicagoland Speedway, Johnny Sauter posted the best starting position with a 20^th-place, and David Stremme posted the best race finish with a 16^th-place.

Drivers That Made Their First Career Cup Series Start at Chicagoland Speedway

• A total of 17 different drivers will be making their first start at Chicagoland Speedway in the NASCAR Cup Series this weekend.
• Chase Elliott, William Byron and Brian Vickers lead the NASCAR Cup Series in average starting position at Chicagoland Speedway with a 9.5 each.

Top 10 in Average Starting Position at Chicagoland Speedway (All-Time & Active)

POLES

• A total of 14 different NASCAR Cup Series drivers have won poles at Chicagoland Speedway.
• Todd Bodine won the inaugural NASCAR Cup Series pole at Chicagoland Speedway in 2001 with a speed of 183.717 mph in a Ford.
• Jimmie Johnson leads the NASCAR Cup Series in poles at Chicagoland Speedway with two (2005 and 2012).
• Two active drivers have posted a pole at Chicagoland Speedway.

• Youngest Chicagoland Cup Series pole winner: Joey Logano (September 15, 2013 – 23 years, 3 months, 22 days).
• Oldest Chicagoland Cup Series pole winner: Matt Kenseth (September 19, 2011 – 39 years, 6 months, 9 days).
• No driver has won consecutive poles at Chicagoland Speedway in the NASCAR Cup Series; the track is currently on a streak of nine different pole winners dating back to 2006.
• Three different manufacturers have won a NASCAR Cup Series poles at Chicagoland Speedway led by Chevrolet with eight, followed by Ford (five) and Toyota (two).

WINS

• A total of 13 different NASCAR Cup Series drivers have won at Chicagoland Speedway.
• The first NASCAR Cup Series race at Chicagoland Speedway was held on July 15, 2001 and won by Kevin Harvick in a Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet (121.200 mph, 03:18:16).
• A total of three Chicagoland Speedway NASCAR Cup Series race winners are active this weekend.

• Tony Stewart leads the NASCAR Cup Series in wins at Chicagoland with three victories (2004, 2007, 2011).
• Brad Keselowski leads all active Cup Series drivers in wins at Chicagoland Speedway with two (2012, 2014).
• Kevin Harvick (2001, 2002) and Martin Truex Jr. (2016, 2017) are the only two drivers to post consecutive wins at Chicagoland Speedway.
• Youngest Chicagoland Cup Series winner: Kyle Busch (July 12, 2008 – 23 years, 2 months, 10 days).
• Oldest Chicagoland Cup Series winner: Mark Martin (July 11, 2009 – 50 years, 6 months, 2 days).
• A total of 14 different starting positions have resulted in victories at Chicagoland Speedway in the NASCAR Cup Series.
• Five starting positions have resulted in two wins at Chicagoland Speedway – 6^th, 10^th, 13^th, 14^th and 25^th.
• Only one of the 19 (5.26%) NASCAR Cup Series races at Chicagoland Speedway have been won from the pole position.
• Kyle Busch accomplished the feat of winning a NASCAR Cup Series race at Chicagoland Speedway from the pole in 2008 – The only race to be won from the front row.
• Only two races have been won from a top-five starting position in the NASCAR Cup Series at Chicagoland Speedway.

NASAR Cup Series Wins by Starting Positions at Chicagoland Speedway

• The deepest in the field that a Cup Series race winner has started at Chicagoland Speedway is 32nd, by Kevin Harvick in 2002.
• Kevin Harvick won at Chicagoland in his first two appearances (2001, 2002). Ryan Newman won in his second appearance (2003).
• Joey Logano leads the Cup Series among active drivers with the most NASCAR Cup Series starts at Chicagoland Speedway without visiting Victory Lane at 11 starts.
• A total of 16 different crew chiefs have won in the NASCAR Cup Series at Chicagoland Speedway.
• Cole Pearn (2016, 2017), Greg Zippadelli (2004, 2007) and Paul Wolfe (2012, 2014) lead all crew chiefs in wins at Chicagoland with two each.
• A total of eight different organizations have won at Chicagoland Speedway in the NASCAR Cup Series:

• Joe Gibbs Racing leads the NASCAR Cup Series in wins at Chicagoland Speedway with six victories among four drivers: Tony Stewart (two), Kyle Busch (two), Matt Kenseth (one) and Denny Hamlin (one).
• Four different manufacturers have won in the NASCAR Cup Series at Chicagoland Speedway led by Chevrolet with nine victories; followed by Toyota with seven, Dodge has two and Ford has one.

ADDITIONAL FINISHING POSITIONS

Runner-Up Finishes

• A total of 12 different drivers have finished runner-up in the Cup Series at Chicagoland Speedway, three are active this weekend.
• NASCAR Hall of Famers Jeff Gordon and Jimmie Johnson lead the series in runner-up finishes at Chicagoland Speedway with three each.
• Kyle Larson leads all active drivers in runner-up finishes at Chicagoland Speedway with two.

Top Five in Runner-Up Finishes at Chicagoland Speedway (All-Time & Active)

Top-Five Finishes

• A total of 33 different drivers have finished in the top-five at Chicagoland Speedway in the Cup Series.
• Kevin Harvick leads the Cup Series in top-five finishes at Chicagoland with 10 top fives.
• Brad Keselowski leads all active NASCAR Cup Series drivers in top-five finishes at Chicagoland Speedway with five.

Top Five in Top-Five Finishes at Chicagoland Speedway (All-Time & Active)

Top-10 Finishes

• A total of 49 different drivers have finished in the top-10 at Chicagoland in the NASCAR Cup Series.
• Jimmie Johnson leads the Cup Series in top-10 finishes at Chicagoland with 12 top 10s.
• Brad Keselowski leads all active Cup Series drivers in top-10 finishes with nine top 10s.

Top Five in Top-10 Finishes at Chicagoland Speedway (All-Time & Active)

• Kyle Larson leads all active drivers in the NASCAR Cup Series in average finishing position at chicagoland Speedway with a 6.2 in six starts.

Top 10 in Average Finishing Position at Chicagoland Speedway (All-Time & Active)

TRACK & EVENT STATS

• Since the advent of electronic scoring, the closest margin of victory (MOV) in the NASCAR Cup Series at Chicagoland Speedway was the July 12, 2008 race won by Kyle Busch over Jimmie Johnson with a margin of victory of 0.159 second – the only race won from the pole.

Top Five Closest NCS Margins of Victory at Chicagoland Speedway

• Since the advent of electronic scoring, the largest margin of victory (MOV) in the NASCAR Cup Series at Chicagoland Speedway was the Sept. 17, 2017 race won by Martin Truex Jr. over Chase Elliott with a margin of victory of 7.179 seconds.
• Two NASCAR Cup Series races at Chicagoland Speedway has resulted in NASCAR Overtime: 2006, 2016.

• None of the Cup Series races at Chicagoland Speedway have been shortened due to weather conditions.
• Qualifying has been cancelled due to weather conditions in the NASCAR Cup Series at Chicagoland Speedway four times – 2008, 2014, 2015 and 2016.

LAP LEADERS & LEAD CHANGES

• A total of 61 different NASCAR Cup Series drivers have led at least one lap at Chicagoland Speedway.
• Jimmie Johnson leads the Cup Series in laps led at Chicagoland Speedway with 695 laps led in 17 starts.

Top 10 in Laps Led in the NASCAR Cup Series at Chicagoland Speedway

• NASCAR Hall of Famer Mark Martin has led the most laps in a single NASCAR Cup Series race at Chicagoland Speedway and won, leading 195 of the scheduled 267 laps (73%) on July 11, 2009.
• Matt Kenseth led the most laps in a single NASCAR Cup Series race at Chicagoland Speedway and did not win, leading 176 of 267 scheduled laps (66%) on July 10, 2005; he finished second.
• The most leaders in a NASCAR Cup Series race at Chicagoland Speedway was 16 (09/15/2013) and the fewest was six (07/11/2009).
• The most lead changes in a NASCAR Cup Series race at Chicagoland Speedway was 25 (09/15/2013) and the fewest was 10 (twice, most recently – 07/10/2010).

FEMALE COMPETITORS

• Danica Patrick is the only female driver that has competed at Chicagoland Speedway in the NASCAR Cup Series; Note: Shawna Robinson attempted to qualify in 2001 but failed to qualify for the event.

NASCAR IN ILLINOIS

• A total of 108 NASCAR national series races among six different tracks have been held in the state of Illinois.

• The first NASCAR Cup Series race held in the state of Illinois was at Willow Springs, Illinois at Santa Fe Speedway in 1954 – the event was won by Dick Rathmann (72.216 mph, 1:23:05, 07-10-1954).

ILLINOIS DRIVERS IN NASCAR

• A total of 83 different drivers with their home state recorded as Illinois have made at least one start in a NASCAR national series race.
• Five of the 83 have posted at least one victory in a NASCAR national series event; including NASCAR Hall of Famer Fred Lorenzen with 26 victories in the NASCAR Cup Series.

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