Chicagoland Speedway Tickets
Chicagoland Speedway is a speedway in Joliet, Illinois, USA, southwest of Chicago. The speedway is actually located several Chicagoland Speedway Tickets miles south of Joliet proper, just off Illinois Route 53 between Joliet and Wilmington, Illinois. It currently has a capacity of 75,000 people. Since its inaugural season in 2001, the Chicagoland Speedway has became an unexpected and significant draw for major NASCAR and IRL Chicagoland Speedway Tickets events, often selling out major races months in advance.
Although listed simply as a D-shaped oval, Chicagoland is unique in that it is one continuous curve, as the backstretch has a noticeable Chicagoland Speedway Tickets bend to it.
Chicagoland hosts the NASCAR/Nextel Cup Series race, USG Sheetrock 400, and the NASCAR/Busch Series Race, USG Durock 300, just Chicagoland Speedway Tickets once a year. Chicagoland is known to be one of NASCAR's infamous "cookie cutter" 1.5 mile speedways. Its name is derived from the fact that it resemble many other 1.5 mile downforce racetracks that resemble a D-shape in the NASCAR racing series.
From 1999 through 2000, the Chicagoland Chicagoland Speedway Tickets Speedway was built adjacent to the older Route 66 Raceway.
In 2001, the Speedway opened with NASCAR Chicagoland Speedway Tickets Busch Series, NASCAR Winston Cup Series, ARCA RE/MAX Series, and IRL IndyCar Series events.
The track features races from the NEXTEL Cup, the Busch Grand National Series, ARCA, Indy Racing League, and the International Race of Champions (IROC). Chicagoland Speedway Tickets
NASCAR Nextel Cup Qualifying: Jimmie Johnson, 28.701 sec. (188.147 mph), 2005
NASCAR Nextel Cup Race (400 miles): Kevin Harvick, 2 hrs. 55 min. 37 sec. (136.832 mph), July 14, 2002 Chicagoland Speedway Tickets
NASCAR Busch Series Qualifying: Ryan Newman, 28.964 sec. (186.438 mph), 2005
NASCAR Busch Series Race (300 miles): Kevin Harvick, 2 hrs. 18 min. 6 sec. (130.340 mph), July 9, 2005
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