NASCAR race info for the Chicago Street Race in Downtown Chicago, Illinois; View the starting grid, TV schedule and In-Season Challenge bracket
It’s NASCAR’s only street course. The downtown streets of Chicago are set to drop the green flag on Sunday for the NASCAR Cup Series.
View the Chicago starting grid and other race information below.
Shane van Gisbergen will start from the pole position in Sunday’s race. The former winner of the event is starting from the pole position on Sunday after smoking the field in Saturday’s qualifying session.
The In-Season Challenge continues this weekend. View the bracket matches for Chicago below. Only the highest finisher of the head-to-head battles will advance into next week. At the end of the 5-race mini-series, the winner will be awarded $1M.
12 different drivers have won a race in the 2025 season. Those drivers are locked into the playoffs. View the current standings ahead of Chicago below.
Race Purse:
$11,704,450
Stages:
20/45/75
Chicago Street Race
TV Schedule
The following includes NASCAR Cup Series and Xfinity Series racing:
Saturday
July 5, 2025
4:30pm ET
CW
NASCAR Xfinity Series
Race
NASCAR.com
Press Pass: Post NXS Race
Sunday
July 6, 2025
2:00pm ET
TNT Sports | HBO Max | MRN
NASCAR Cup Series
Race
2:25pm ET
TNT Sports | HBO Max | MRN
NASCAR Cup Series
Green Flag
NASCAR.com
Press Pass: Post NCS Race
Chicago
Starting Lineup
July 6, 2025
NASCAR Cup Series
Pos | Driver
1. Shane van Gisbergen
89.656
2. Michael McDowell
90.124
3. Carson Hocevar
90.180
4. Tyler Reddick
90.227
5. Chase Briscoe
90.273
6. Kyle Busch
90.371
7. Ryan Preece
90.534
8. Chris Buescher
90.544
9. Ty Gibbs
90.627
10. Austin Dillon
90.719
11. Alex Bowman
90.783
12. Joey Logano
90.785
13. Christopher Bell
90.836
14. Kyle Larson
90.845
15. Brad Keselowski
90.846
16. AJ Allmendinger
90.861
17. Ryan Blaney
90.886
18. Daniel Suarez
90.910
19. Will Brown
91.045
20. Todd Gilliland
91.075
21. Riley Herbst
91.171
22. Ross Chastain
91.205
23. Cole Custer
91.296
24. Noah Gragson
91.335
25. John Hunter Nemechek
91.359
26. Zane Smith
91.380
27. Austin Cindric
91.516
28. Justin Haley
91.604
29. Josh Berry
91.650
30. Austin Hill
91.663
31. Josh Bilicki
91.989
32. Ricky Stenhouse Jr
92.146
33. Katherine Legge
92.368
34. Erik Jones
92.541
35. Cody Ware
92.681
36. Ty Dillon
93.313
37. Bubba Wallace
104.783
38. William Byron
No Time
39. Chase Elliott
No Time
40. Denny Hamlin
No Time
Failed to qualify
Corey Heim
92.506
Click here to view practice results
NASCAR Cup Series
Playoff Point Standings
Points Ahead of Chicago
Pos | Driver | Wins | Points
1. Kyle Larson
3 Wins
2. Denny Hamlin
3 Wins
3. Christopher Bell
3 Wins
4. William Byron
1 Win
5. Ryan Blaney
1 Win
6. Austin Cindric
1 Win
7. Joey Logano
1 Win
8. Chase Briscoe
1 Win
9. Josh Berry
1 Win
10. Shane van Gisbergen
1 Win
11. Chase Elliott
1 Win
12. Ross Chastain
1 Win
13. Tyler Reddick
+128
14. Chris Buescher
+52
15. Alex Bowman
+39
16. Bubba Wallace
+23
— Playoff Cutline —
17. Ryan Preece
-23
18. Erik Jones
-49
19. AJ Allmendinger
-59
20. Carson Hocevar
-62
In-Season Challenge
Matchups for Chicago
The highest finisher in these head-to-head battles will advance into next week:
Ty Dillon (Seed 32)
vs
Brad Keselowski (Seed 17)
Alex Bowman (Seed 8)
vs
Bubba Wallace (Seed 9)
John Hunter Nemechek (Seed 12)
vs
Chase Elliott (Seed 5)
Erik Jones (Seed 20)
vs
Ricky Stenhouse Jr (Seed 28)
Noah Gragson (Seed 31)
vs
Ryan Preece (Seed 15)
Carson Hocevar (Seed 26)
vs
Tyler Reddick (Seed 23)
AJ Allmendinger (Seed 22)
vs
Ty Gibbs (Seed 6)
Zane Smith (Seed 14)
vs
Chris Buescher (Seed 3)
