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Grant Park 165

The Grant Park 165 is a NASCAR Cup Series race held on a street circuit in Chicago, Illinois that began in 2023. This race is the first ever street race contested in the NASCAR Cup Series. The NASCAR Xfinity Series race is also held on the street course on the same weekend the day before the Cup Series race and was also the first street race contested for that series.[2]

Grant Park 165
NASCAR Cup Series
VenueChicago Street Course
LocationChicago, Illinois
Corporate sponsorMcDonald's and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois (BCBSI)[1]
First race2023
Distance165 miles (265.542 km)
Laps75
(2024 stage lengths TBD)
Previous namesGrant Park 220 (2023)
Circuit information
SurfaceAsphalt
Length2.2[2] mi (3.5 km)
Turns12[2]

History edit

Background edit

On March 24, 2021, NASCAR announced that an imaginary street course in the Chicago Loop in Downtown Chicago would be the track for the fifth (and what turned out to be the final) race of the 2021 eNASCAR iRacing Pro Invitational Series. The iRacing event was broadcast live on NASCAR on Fox on Wednesday, June 2.[3] Rick Ware Racing Cup Series driver James Davison would win the virtual Chicago street race.[4] Ever since the announcement of the track's virtual creation for this iRacing event, there had been rumors and speculation that NASCAR would like to make this track a reality and have a street race in Chicago on the Cup Series schedule in the future. On July 7, 2022, Jordan Bianchi from The Athletic reported that an official announcement of a Chicago street race being added to the Cup Series schedule would come on July 19.[5] On June 17, Adam Stern from Sports Business Journal suggested that the Chicago Street Course could replace Road America on the 2023 Cup Series schedule as any street course race would likely replace one of the road course races and Road America did not have a contract to have a Cup Series race in 2023.[6] On July 19, the official announcement of the addition of the Chicago street race to the Cup Series schedule took place.[2] After the announcement, NASCAR executive Ben Kennedy confirmed Stern's report of the Chicago street race replacing the race at Road America on the Cup Series schedule in a question and answer session with the media.[7]

On March 7, 2023, NASCAR announced that the race would not have a title sponsor and would instead be named after Grant Park, which the street course will pass by. Similarly, the Xfinity Series Chicago street race was named The Loop 121 after the Chicago Loop, the area of the city in which the street course is located. It was also announced on that day that the Cup Series race would be 220 miles and 100 laps in length.[1]

NASCAR Hall of Fame member and championship-winning crew chief Ray Evernham stated in an interview on June 25, 2023 that cars should reach between 150 and 160 mph on the fastest part of the circuit (between ② and ④ on the map).[8]

The 2023 running of the event was held in the middle of violent storms lashing Illinois. The start of the race was delayed, and eventually ran for only 78 of the scheduled laps. New Zealand racing driver Shane van Gisbergen and triple Australian Supercars champion won the event.[9] in his first-ever NASCAR race running for Trackhouse Racing's PROJECT91 program after qualifying in third.[10] He also became the first driver to win in his Cup Series debut since Johnny Rutherford in 1963. Following the race win, van Gisbergen left Supercars in 2024 and came to the United States to race full-time in NASCAR.

On October 20, 2023, NASCAR announced that the 2024 Cup Series Chicago Street Race would be shortened from 220 miles (354.056 km) and 100 laps to 165 miles (265.542) and 75 laps.[11] This is about the same length of the rain and darkness-shortened 2023 race, which was 171.6 miles and 78 laps long.

Past winners edit

Year Date No. Driver Team Manufacturer Race Distance Race Time Average Speed
(mph)
Report Ref
Laps Miles (km)
2023 July 2 91 Shane van Gisbergen Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 78* 171.6 (276.163) 2:50:48 60.281 Report [12]
2024 July 7 75 165 (265.542)

Notes edit

  • 2023: Race shortened to 75 laps due to darkness following a rain delay, but extended due to NASCAR overtime.

References edit

  1. ^ a b "NASCAR makes major announcement on Chicago Street Race Tuesday". WGN-TV. Nexstar Media Group. March 28, 2023. Retrieved March 29, 2023.
  2. ^ a b c d "Chicago to host first-ever NASCAR Cup Series street race in 2023". NASCAR.com. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. July 19, 2022. Retrieved July 20, 2022.
  3. ^ Albert, Zack (March 24, 2021). "Sweet home Chicago: Street circuit coming to iRacing, Pro Invitational Series". NASCAR.com. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved July 19, 2022.
  4. ^ "James Davison wins eNASCAR iRacing Pro Invitational Series at Chicago". Jayski's Silly Season Site. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. June 2, 2021. Retrieved July 20, 2022.
  5. ^ Taranto, Steven (July 11, 2022). "Chicago authorizes NASCAR street course race beginning in 2023, per report". CBS Sports. CBS. Retrieved July 20, 2022.
  6. ^ Stern, Adam (June 17, 2022). "Sources: NASCAR close to bringing street race to Chicago". Sports Business Journal. Retrieved July 20, 2022.
  7. ^ "(Twitter post)". Twitter. Bob Pockrass. July 19, 2022. Retrieved July 20, 2022. NASCAR's Ben Kennedy says Road America won't be on the Cup schedule in 2023.
  8. ^ Steeve Greenberg (June 26, 2023). "How fast will they go in Grant Park 220? NASCAR great has a mighty big number in mind". Chicago Sun Times. Retrieved June 28, 2023. I'm telling you, they're going to be hauling ass […] We're going to see 150, 160 miles an hour.
  9. ^ Clarke, Andrew. "Van Gisbergen Wins on NASCAR Debut". Auto Action.
  10. ^ Clarke, Andrew (2023-07-02) [2023-07-02]. "Van Gisbergen qualifies third for NASCAR Debut". Auto Action.
  11. ^ "2024 Chicago Street Races distances shortened". Jayski's Silly Season Site. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. October 20, 2023.
  12. ^ "2023 Grant Park 220". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 29, 2023.

External links edit

  • Official website


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The Grant Park 165 is a NASCAR Cup Series race held on a street circuit in Chicago Illinois that began in 2023 This race is the first ever street race contested in the NASCAR Cup Series The NASCAR Xfinity Series race is also held on the street course on the same weekend the day before the Cup Series race and was also the first street race contested for that series 2 Grant Park 165NASCAR Cup SeriesVenueChicago Street CourseLocationChicago IllinoisCorporate sponsorMcDonald s and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois BCBSI 1 First race2023Distance165 miles 265 542 km Laps75 2024 stage lengths TBD Previous namesGrant Park 220 2023 Circuit informationSurfaceAsphaltLength2 2 2 mi 3 5 km Turns12 2 Contents 1 History 1 1 Background 2 Past winners 2 1 Notes 3 References 4 External linksHistory editBackground edit On March 24 2021 NASCAR announced that an imaginary street course in the Chicago Loop in Downtown Chicago would be the track for the fifth and what turned out to be the final race of the 2021 eNASCAR iRacing Pro Invitational Series The iRacing event was broadcast live on NASCAR on Fox on Wednesday June 2 3 Rick Ware Racing Cup Series driver James Davison would win the virtual Chicago street race 4 Ever since the announcement of the track s virtual creation for this iRacing event there had been rumors and speculation that NASCAR would like to make this track a reality and have a street race in Chicago on the Cup Series schedule in the future On July 7 2022 Jordan Bianchi from The Athletic reported that an official announcement of a Chicago street race being added to the Cup Series schedule would come on July 19 5 On June 17 Adam Stern from Sports Business Journal suggested that the Chicago Street Course could replace Road America on the 2023 Cup Series schedule as any street course race would likely replace one of the road course races and Road America did not have a contract to have a Cup Series race in 2023 6 On July 19 the official announcement of the addition of the Chicago street race to the Cup Series schedule took place 2 After the announcement NASCAR executive Ben Kennedy confirmed Stern s report of the Chicago street race replacing the race at Road America on the Cup Series schedule in a question and answer session with the media 7 On March 7 2023 NASCAR announced that the race would not have a title sponsor and would instead be named after Grant Park which the street course will pass by Similarly the Xfinity Series Chicago street race was named The Loop 121 after the Chicago Loop the area of the city in which the street course is located It was also announced on that day that the Cup Series race would be 220 miles and 100 laps in length 1 NASCAR Hall of Fame member and championship winning crew chief Ray Evernham stated in an interview on June 25 2023 that cars should reach between 150 and 160 mph on the fastest part of the circuit between and on the map 8 The 2023 running of the event was held in the middle of violent storms lashing Illinois The start of the race was delayed and eventually ran for only 78 of the scheduled laps New Zealand racing driver Shane van Gisbergen and triple Australian Supercars champion won the event 9 in his first ever NASCAR race running for Trackhouse Racing s PROJECT91 program after qualifying in third 10 He also became the first driver to win in his Cup Series debut since Johnny Rutherford in 1963 Following the race win van Gisbergen left Supercars in 2024 and came to the United States to race full time in NASCAR On October 20 2023 NASCAR announced that the 2024 Cup Series Chicago Street Race would be shortened from 220 miles 354 056 km and 100 laps to 165 miles 265 542 and 75 laps 11 This is about the same length of the rain and darkness shortened 2023 race which was 171 6 miles and 78 laps long Past winners editYear Date No Driver Team Manufacturer Race Distance Race Time Average Speed mph Report RefLaps Miles km 2023 July 2 91 Shane van Gisbergen Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 78 171 6 276 163 2 50 48 60 281 Report 12 2024 July 7 75 165 265 542 Notes edit 2023 Race shortened to 75 laps due to darkness following a rain delay but extended due to NASCAR overtime References edit a b NASCAR makes major announcement on Chicago Street Race Tuesday WGN TV Nexstar Media Group March 28 2023 Retrieved March 29 2023 a b c d Chicago to host first ever NASCAR Cup Series street race in 2023 NASCAR com NASCAR Digital Media LLC July 19 2022 Retrieved July 20 2022 Albert Zack March 24 2021 Sweet home Chicago Street circuit coming to iRacing Pro Invitational Series NASCAR com NASCAR Digital Media LLC Retrieved July 19 2022 James Davison wins eNASCAR iRacing Pro Invitational Series at Chicago Jayski s Silly Season Site NASCAR Digital Media LLC June 2 2021 Retrieved July 20 2022 Taranto Steven July 11 2022 Chicago authorizes NASCAR street course race beginning in 2023 per report CBS Sports CBS Retrieved July 20 2022 Stern Adam June 17 2022 Sources NASCAR close to bringing street race to Chicago Sports Business Journal Retrieved July 20 2022 Twitter post Twitter Bob Pockrass July 19 2022 Retrieved July 20 2022 NASCAR s Ben Kennedy says Road America won t be on the Cup schedule in 2023 Steeve Greenberg June 26 2023 How fast will they go in Grant Park 220 NASCAR great has a mighty big number in mind Chicago Sun Times Retrieved June 28 2023 I m telling you they re going to be hauling ass We re going to see 150 160 miles an hour Clarke Andrew Van Gisbergen Wins on NASCAR Debut Auto Action Clarke Andrew 2023 07 02 2023 07 02 Van Gisbergen qualifies third for NASCAR Debut Auto Action 2024 Chicago Street Races distances shortened Jayski s Silly Season Site NASCAR Digital Media LLC October 20 2023 2023 Grant Park 220 Racing Reference NASCAR Digital Media LLC Retrieved August 29 2023 External links editOfficial website Previous race Ally 400 NASCAR Cup SeriesGrant Park 165 Next race HighPoint com 400 nbsp This NASCAR related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by 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