NASCAR starting positions for the Chicago Street Race
NASCAR Cup Series teams have unloaded in Downtown Chicago, Illinois. The field is set for a round of practice and qualifying on the streets of Chicago.
View the Chicago starting lineup for the NASCAR Cup Series below.
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Denny Hamlin suffers a blown engine on the opening lap of practice. He was on the fourth turn of his get up to speed lap when it blew.
Byron gets sideways at the entry to turn 10 and he slams the wall exiting the corner. Byron is currently fastest in group 1 with just 1 minute remaining in practice.
Byron and Hamlin will not take part in qualifying.
Katherine Legge slams the tire barrier late in her practice session. She picks up heavy damage.
Chase Elliott also makes contact with the concrete wall. He picks up moderate damage.
Bubba Wallace tops the practice sheets. He turned a laptime at 90.951 seconds.
Wallace spins in group 2 of qualifying. That’s his opening lap in qualifying after leading practice for both groups.
1 minute remains in qualifying, Wallace backs it into the tire barrier. The red flag is out and qualifying is over.
Shane van Gisbergen will start from the pole position in Sunday’s race. He turned a laptime at 89.656 seconds.
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
Chicago Street Race
Practice Results
July 5, 2025
NASCAR Cup Series
Pos | Driver
1. Bubba Wallace
90.951
2. William Byron
91.006
3. Chase Elliott
91.072
4. Ty Gibbs
91.092
5. Michael McDowell
91.263
6. Carson Hocevar
91.364
7. Shane van Gisbergen
91.375
8. Chris Buescher
91.427
9. Tyler Reddick
91.435
10. Brad Keselowski
91.513
11. Alex Bowman
91.549
12. Will Brown
91.637
13. Ryan Preece
91.638
14. Noah Gragson
91.679
15. Kyle Larson
91.703
16. Zane Smith
91.761
17. AJ Allmendinger
91.766
18. Ryan Blaney
91.868
19. Christopher Bell
91.914
20. Ross Chastain
91.985
21. Corey Heim
92.005
22. Todd Gilliland
92.067
23. Erik Jones
92.088
24. John Hunter Nemechek
92.173
25. Kyle Busch
92.179
26. Austin Hill
92.193
27. Chase Briscoe
92.285
28. Austin Cindric
92.321
29. Austin Dillon
92.371
30. Riley Herbst
92.387
31. Cole Custer
92.634
32. Ricky Stenhouse Jr
92.648
33. Joey Logano
92.761
34. Daniel Suarez
92.843
35. Ty Dillon
92.877
36. Josh Bilicki
93.665
37. Justin Haley
93.716
38. Josh Berry
93.769
39. Katherine Legge
94.076
40. Cody Ware
94.738
41. Denny Hamlin
No Time
