Chase Briscoe holds off Christopher Bell for Chicagoland triumph: It was astute strategy that gave Chase Briscoe the lead in the final stage of Sunday’s eero 400 at Chicagoland Speedway. It was sheer determination that kept him there in a triumphant return to the 1.5-mile intermediate speedway after a seven-year hiatus.[Read More]
#19-Chase Briscoe won the eero 400 NASCAR Cup Series race at Chicagoland Speedway. The win is his first win of the year, first at Chicagoland and sixth career win.
#20-Christopher Bell finished 2nd followed by pole sitter #11-Denny Hamlin, #24-William Byron, #48-Alex Bowman, #23-Bubba Wallace, #12-Ryan Blaney, #54-Ty Gibbs, #67-Corey Heim, and #35-Riley Herbst.
Briscoe started the race seventh and led three times for 51 laps including the final 45 laps. He held off a late charge by Bell to get the win.
Stages 1 & 2 were both won by #24-William Byron.
The fastest lap bonus a earned by #23-Bubba Wallace.
There were 28 lead changes among 13 drivers and 7 cautions for 43 yellow flag laps.
The average speed of the race was: 126.941mph.
See race details at: Race Results, Driver Points Standings, Owner Points Standings, Cumulative Report, Infraction Report.
Race Fast Facts – Chicagoland:
Chase Briscoe won the eero 400, his sixth victory in 199 Cup Series races.
This is his first victory and ninth top-10 finish in 2026.
This is his first victory and first top-10 finish in one race at Chicagoland Speedway.
Christopher Bell (second) posted his first top-10 finish in one race at Chicagoland Speedway. It is his eighth top-10 finish in 2026.
Denny Hamlin (third) posted his eighth top-10 finish in 15 races at Chicagoland Speedway.
Connor Zilisch (38th) was the highest finishing rookie.
Denny Hamlin leads the point standings by 44 points over Tyler Reddick.
Driver Points /Chase Standings after Chicagoland:
Race 19 of 26 in the regular season:
1) #11 Denny Hamlin, 764, +357
2) #45 Tyler Reddick, 720, +313
3) #12 Ryan Blaney, 651, +244
4) #54 Ty Gibbs, 627, +220
5) #9 Chase Elliott, 584, +177
6) #5 Kyle Larson, 583, +176
7) #17 Chris Buescher, 541, +134
8) #19 Chase Briscoe, 538, +131
9) #77 Carson Hocevar, 524, +117
10) #20 Christopher Bell, 512, +105
11) #7 Daniel Suarez, 507, +100
12) #24 William Byron, 499, +92
13) #23 Bubba Wallace, 484, +77
14) #97 Shane Van Gisbergen, 437, +30
15) #2 Austin Cindric, 434, +27
16) #43 Erik Jones, 411, +4
Outside the top 16:
17) #60 Ryan Preece, 407, -4
18) #22 Joey Logano, 395, -16
19) #16 AJ Allmendinger, 395, -16
20) #6 Brad Keselowski, 392, -19
See the Driver Points Standings and Owner Points Standings.
Race updates:
Checkered flag for Chase Briscoe. His first win of the year.
White flag for Briscoe. He leads Bell by .11 second.
Lap 266 – Two to go. Briscoe by .1 second.
Lap 265 – Three to go and Bell has caught Briscoe and is just .23 second back.
Lap 263 – Five to go. The lead is down to .5 second Briscoe over Bell. Byron continues to fall back.
Lap 261 – Bell is now just 1 second out of the lead. Byron has fallen to 1.9 second back. Hamlin 5.2 seconds back after contact with the wall.
Lap 258 – 10 laps to go. Briscoe still leads. Bell has taken second now, 1.4 second back and closing. Byron is third 1.5 second back.
Lap 248 – 20 to go. Briscoe’s lead is consistent over Byron at about 1 second. Bell continues to move up, now just 3.2 seconds back. Hamlin now 5.1 seconds back.
Lap 243 – Down to 25 laps remaining. Briscoe, Byron (-.9 second), Bell (-4.3), Hamlin(-6.8), Bowman (-9.6).
Lap 239 – Byron has now fallen 1.3 seconds behind Briscoe. Bell has gained a bit of ground and is 5.4 seconds back.
Lap 232 – 35 laps to go and Briscoe’s lead is 1 second over Byron. Bell now 6.1 seconds back. Hamlin, in fourth, is 9.65 seconds back.
Lap 228 – 40 laps remaining. Briscoe leads Byron by .9 second. Bell now 5.6 seconds out of the lead.
Lap 223 – Briscoe is now the leader over Byron by .84 seconds. Then Bell 5.2 seconds back and Blaney Gibbs Hamlin.
Lap 221 – Heim pits and stops cycle through.
Lap 220 – Wallace pits and Heim takes the lead.
Lap 219 – Hamlin now pits and Wallace takes the lead.
Lap 217 – Bell pits. Hamlin now the leader.
Lap 216 – Byron pits from the lead. Bell now out front.
Lap 215 – Briscoe pits from second.
Lap 213 – Some pit stops getting underway by drivers further back in the field.
Lap 208 – 60 laps remaining. No change up front. Byron leads Briscoe by 1.3 second. Pit stops likely coming within the next 10 laps. Larson has lost a second lap again and is currently 35th.
Lap 201 – Bryon continues to lead Briscoe. Hamlin is now 3.7 seconds back. Then Bell Gibbs Blaney Wallace Bowman Elliott and Herbst.
Lap 193 – 75 laps remaining. Bryon leads Briscoe by .77 second. Third place Hamlin is 3.6 seconds back.
Lap 181 – Byron leads Briscoe by .76 second. Gibbs Hamlin Bell round out the top 5.
Lap 173 – Green flag for the start of the final stage. 95 laps remaining.
Lap 169 – Pit road is open. Leaders come in. Off pit road: Byron Briscoe Hamlin Gibbs Blaney Bell Bowman Cindric Elliott Wallace.
Lap 166 – CAUTION for the end of stage 2. Byron wins it over Briscoe Hamlin Gibbs Blaney Bell Elliott Bowman Cindric and Nemechek. Larson gets the free pass. He’s still a lap down.
Lap 161 – Five to go in the stage. Reddick is back in the race, 29 laps down.
Lap 151 – Fifteen laps left in stage 2. Byron leads Briscoe Hamlin Elliott and Gibbs.
Lap 144 – Green flag. Byron leads Briscoe Wallace Hamlin Elliott Gibbs Cindric Bowman Blaney Bell. Reddick’s team is changing the radiator.
Lap 140 – With the track clean, pit road is now open. Most cars stay out and will take the wavearound, but a handful pit including Blaney Bell Logano and Stenhouse.
Lap 135 – CAUTION is out for fluid on the track. Reddick says he lost oil pressure. Larson gets the free pass.
Lap 133 – Hamlin pits from the lead. Blaney now leads. Reddick back on pit road with problems. Fluid coming out of the car. They will go to the garage.
Lap 130 – This time it’s Briscoe Wallace Jones SVG and others pitting.
Lap 129 – Pit road busier this time including Byron Gibbs Bowman Nemechek and others
Lap 128 – Green flag pit stops beginning with a handful for drivers coming in.
Lap 126 – Briscoe takes the lead. Hamlin to second, Wallace back to third and then Byron and Elliott.
Lap 118 – Wallace’s lead is now 1.2 seconds over Byron. Buescher remains third, with Hamlin up to fourth.
Lap 109 – Wallace with a 1 second lead over Byron. Then Buescher Briscoe and Hamlin all within 2 seconds. Sixth place Elliott is 4.2 seconds out of the lead.
Lap 100 – Green flag back out. Wallace leads Byron Hamlin Buescher and Reddick.
Lap 97 – Pit road is open. Leaders stay out. Some in the back of the back come in.
Lap 96 – Larson is back on pit road, two laps down.
Lap 94 – CAUTION is out for Larson. He spins off turn 4 and slides into the frontstretch grass and gets stuck. Preece will get the free pass and back on the lead lap.
Lap 92 – Wallace leads Byron at the line.
Lap 89 – Green flag for the second stage. 35 cars on the lead lap. Preece now just 1 lap down. Hill and Zilisch are out.
Lap 85 – Pit road is open. Leaders pit. Off pit road: Byron Wallace Larson Buescher Cindric Hamlin Briscoe Gibbs Herbst.
Lap 83 – Pit stops are being delayed because NASCAR is repairing some asphalt on pit road.
Lap 81 – CAUTION for the send of stage 1. Byron leads Larson Wallace Cindric Briscoe Buescher Herbst Hamlin Gibbs and Reddick.
Lap 76 – Byron leads Larson Cindric Wallace and Briscoe. Hamlin is 10th.
Lap 69 – Byron takes the lead from Cindric. Larson is up to third.
Lap 65 – Cindric still leads. Byron second then Briscoe Larson and Bell. Hamlin up to 11th.
Lap 56 – Cindric back to the front. Hill officially done for the night.
Lap 55 – Logano to the lead. Briscoe second.
Lap 54 – Green flag back out. Cindric leads, Reddick off pit road first restarts 6th, Hamlin restarts 21st after taking four tires under caution.
Lap 52 – Cindric Herbst Logano Allmendinger TDillon Yeley up front. They did not pit.
Lap 49 – Pit road open again. Most lead laps cars pit. Reddick off first then Briscoe Bell Gibbs Keselowski Byron Larson Nemechek Suarez Wallace. Most took two tires. Gilliland gets spun on pit road after contact from Bell.
Lap 48 – CAUTION in turn 3 & 4 for a hard wreck by Hill.
Lap 40 – Larson back out front.
Lap 38 – Back to green.
Lap 33 – Pit road is open. Leaders are in. Off pit road: Hamlin Larson Bell Byron Buescher Briscoe Wallace Reddick Elliott Blaney.
Lap 31 – CAUTION out for Hocevar and Smith in turn 2. They both continue on.
Lap 26 – Hamlin has pulled out to a 2.3 second lead over Hamlin. Pit stops will begin in about 15 minutes.
Lap 20 – Hamlin back to the lead over Larson Buescher Bell Wallace Reddick Byron Blaney Briscoe and Elliott.
Lap 18 – Hamlin has moved back to second, just .23 second behind Larson.
Lap 15 – Larson continues to lead but Buescher is hanging with him, less than a half second back. Hamlin still in the mix as well.
Lap 8 – Larson takes the lead. Buescher to second and Hamlin back to third. Zilisch is officially done for the night.
Lap 7 – Green flag back out. Hamlin Larson Keselowski Buescher Bell the top 5. Preece is 4 laps down.
Lap 4 – Pit road is open. No takers
Lap 1 – CAUTION out for a wreck on the backstretch involving Preece and Zilisch. Heavy damage for Zilisch. The accident appeared to start when Stenhouse got into the wall. Preece tried to avoid but got hit by Jones, sending him into Zilisch.
• 6:27pm/et – Green flag at Chicagoland.
• 6:16pm/et – Engines are fired.
• 6:08pm/et – Pre-race ceremonies are underway.
• Pre-race ceremonies will star at 6:08pm/et
• Chicagoland Speedway says tonight’s race is sold out.
• Larson’s team had to change front brake rotors on the car but since that is a safety issue he will not have to drop to the rear.
• No cars reported to the rear as of the close of the garage on Saturday.
• Weather is not expected to be an issue this evening, although there is a slight chance of rain. According to the National Weather Service: A chance of showers and thunderstorms … after 1pm. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a high near 80. North northeast wind 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 15 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. The hourly forecast says just 20% chance at 6:00pm/et.
Race details:
Broadcast: TNT Sports, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio
Distance: 267 laps / 400.5 miles
Stages: 80 / 165 / 267
Average time of race: 3:08:00
Pit road speed: 40 mph
Caution car speed: 45 mph
Fuel window: 66 laps
Paint Schemes
Cars to the rear: none reported
Pit Stall Selections: The selections of pit stalls for the eero 400 NASCAR Cup Series race at Chicagoland Speedway have been made.
Pole winner #11-Denny Hamlin chose pit stall 1.
Outside pole sitter #5-Kyle Larson will be in the 40th stall, after losing pit selection due to inspection failures.
See all pit choices on the Chicagoland Pit Stall page.
Pre-race inspection is complete in the NASCAR Cup Series garage.
- No. 71 failed inspection three times
- Michael McDowell will drop to the rear of the field prior to the start of tomorrow’s race, and he’ll have to serve a pass-through penalty after taking the green flag, and his car chief (Travis Young) has been ejected for the remainder of the race event. Additionally, the team was not permitted to qualify.
- No. 5 failed inspection twice
- Car chief Jesse Saunders has been ejected, and the team will lose pit selection for this weekend.
#11-Denny Hamlin won the Busch pole for the eero 400 NASCAR Cup Series race at Chicagoland Speedway with a speed of 178.241mph for his fourth pole of the year, second at Chicagoland and 52nd of his career.
#5-Kyle Larson will start second followed by #17-Chris Buescher, #6-Brad Keselowski, #54-Ty Gibbs, #20-Christopher Bell, #19-Chase Briscoe, #23-Bubba Wallace, #9-Chase Elliott, and#24-William Byron.
See the complete qualifying results and the eero 400 Starting Lineup.
Chicagoland – Qualifying Fast Facts:
Denny Hamlin won the Pole Award for the eero 400 with a lap of 30.296 seconds, 178.241 mph.
This is his 52nd pole in 740 NASCAR Cup Series races.
This is his fourth pole and 11th top-10 start in 2026.
This is his first pole in 15 races at Chicagoland Speedway.
Kyle Larson (second) posted his 12th top-10 start of 2026 and his fourth in seven races at Chicagoland Speedway.
Chris Buescher (third) posted his first top-10 start at Chicagoland Speedway. It is his 10th in 19 races this season.
Connor Zilisch (21st) was the fastest qualifying rookie.
Qualifying Order
Practice for the eero 400 NASCAR Cup Series race at Chicagoland Speedway is over. The results:
#35-Riley Herbst 178.065
#23-Bubba Wallace 177.930
#5-Kyle Larson 177.877
#11-Denny Hamlin 177.877
#54-Ty Gibbs 177.754
Slowest:#38-JJ Yeley 172.243
Most laps run: 61, #45-Tyler Reddick
Best 10 consecutive lap avg (of 35 drivers): #45-Tyler Reddick 176.130
Notes: Multiple drivers locked up their brakes during pit road entries during the session. #43-Erik Jones’ car suffered underneath damage during practice, but the team is uncertain what caused it.
See the fastest speeds, best 10 consecutive lap average, laps run on the eero 400 Practice speeds page.
Crew Rosters
The entry list for the eero 400 NASCAR Cup Series race at Chicagoland Speedway is posted, 39 teams/drivers [for 40 spots] are listed.
Open team entered: #44-J.J. Yeley, #66-Josh Bilicki, #67-Corey Heim.
UPDATE: #66 team has withdrawn.
See the full entry list on the eero 400 Entry List page.
Goodyear Fast Facts — Chicagoland: The 1.5-mile Joliet, Illinois, track puts similar demands on tires to other intermediate ovals, so Goodyear has selected tire setups that have already run several times at similar tracks this year. The Cup Series tire setup for this weekend was most recently used at Nashville Superspeedway. The left-side tire has since also raced at Michigan International Speedway and Pocono Raceway.
Statistical Advance: Analyzing the eero 400: A look at some of the top statistical performers at Chicagoland Speedway in Jolliet, Illinois going into the eero 400 on July 5.
Race rules and information:
