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• How to watch NASCAR at Chicagoland: Weekend schedule, start time, TV

  02-07-2026 22:41 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Motorsport photoNASCAR is racing at Chcagoland Speedway for the first time in seven years, as it replaces the Chicago Street Course on the 2026 schedule. TNT Sports is broadcasting the event, with all races simultaneously streamed on HBO Max along with live on-board cameras.Shane van Gisbergen just won the final road course race on the schedule at Sonoma Raceway, further complicating the battle around the cut-line to make the Chase. At the very top of the standings, the points lead cha
  
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• How to watch IndyCar 2026 at Mid-Ohio: Weekend schedule, start time, TV

  02-07-2026 20:09 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Motorsport photoRound No. 11 of the 2026 IndyCar season is here, with the Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio.Alex Palou leads the championship standings by 60 points over David Malukas, while Christian Lundgaard is the most recent race winner at Road America.Scott Dixon, who just announced a shock exit from Chip Ganassi Racing after 25 years, is the defending winner of the IndyCar race at Mid-Ohio.Now, here's how to watch all the action this weekend as America celebrates its 250th anniversary as a natio
  
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• Josh Bilicki and No. 66 team withdraw from NASCAR Cup race at Chicagoland

  02-07-2026 19:54 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Motorsport photoThere were 39 cars on the entry list for the NASCAR Cup race at Chicagoland Speedway, which is the first NASCAR event at the track in seven years. Among those were three open teams: the No. 67 23XI Racing Toyota of Corey Heim, the No. 44 NY Racing Team Chevrolet of J.J. Yeley, and the No. 66 Garage 66 Ford of Josh Bilicki.However, the Carl Long-owned No. 66 announced on Thursday that they would be withdrawing from the event, bringing the entry list down to 38 cars."Unfortunately,
  
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• “You should ask him” - Felipe Nasr keeps the pressure on Roger Penske for IndyCar seat

  02-07-2026 18:18 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Motorsport photoFelipe Nasr continues to push for an opportunity to get a seat in the IndyCar Series.The 33-year-old Brazilian has been a dependable luxury insurance policy for Team Penske, consistently on active standby as Josef Newgarden has been nursing a lingering foot injury sustained during his dramatic crash at the Indianapolis 500 in May. Nasr was on the pit wall and ready to jump into the cockpit during opening practice in Detroit, and remained ready throughout the recent race week
  
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• Alex Bowman Says He Doesn’t Feel Like He’s Racing for His Hendrick Motorsports Future

  02-07-2026 17:41 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Alex Bowman knows the questions are coming.After nine seasons with Hendrick Motorsports, the driver of the No. 48 Chevrolet is entering the final year of his current contract while enduring one of the toughest stretches of his NASCAR Cup Series career. With Silly Season beginning to heat up, speculation surrounding Bowman’s future has only intensified.But despite the outside noise, Bowman says he isn’t approaching every weekend as though his job depends on it.“I definitely don&
  
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• Top Fantasy NASCAR Picks for the Eero 400: Key Sleepers and Fades at Chicagoland

  02-07-2026 17:16 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  NASCAR travels to Illinois for the eero 400 at Chicagoland Speedway on Sunday, July 5. It will be the first time NASCAR has raced at the track since 2019, when Alex Bowman won. It will also be the first oval race in three weeks, as the Cup Series went back-to-back on road-course setups (San Diego, Sonoma). The race features Denny Hamlin as its early betting favorite, narrowly ahead of Tyler Reddick. Longshots will be capable of winning with strong practice and qualifying sessions. Who knows what
  
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• IndyCar driver Louis Foster to make NASCAR Truck debut at Lime Rock

  02-07-2026 17:06 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Motorsport photoIndyCar driver Louis Foster will make his NASCAR debut in the Craftsman Truck Series race at Lime Rock Park, driving the No. 76 Freedom Racing Enterprises Chevrolet Silverado with Droplight sponsoring the effort. The event takes place on July 11 as a standalone race, separate from the other two national divisions.Foster has never raced at any level of NASCAR before, but the British racing driver is currently competing in his second full-time season as an Indy Car driver. Dri
  
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• Justin Allgaier seeks rebound as O'Reilly Series returns to Chicagoland

  02-07-2026 16:23 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Typically, Justin Allgaier is a skilled road racer, but the driver of the No. 7 JR Motorsports Chevrolet doubtless would gladly forget the last two events on circuits that turn right as well as left.On June 20, Allgaier fell out of the NASCAR O‘Reilly Auto Parts Series race at Naval Base Coronado in 32nd place because of an engine failure. Last Saturday at Sonoma Raceway, he finished 26th.RELATED: Chicagoland weekend schedule | O’Reilly Series standingsThe good news is that, despite
  
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• NASCAR legend praises Chiefs players' presence at the Anduril 250

  02-07-2026 14:03 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  During a recent episode of "The Dale Jr. Download," NASCAR legend Dale Earnhardt Jr. expressed his appreciation for having Kansas City Chiefs stars Patrick Mahomes and Travis Kelce at the Anduril 250 in San Diego weeks ago."The one thing I'll tell you. Mahomes and all those guys came to that race on their own accord." Earnhardt Jr. said. "Usually, every celebrity you see has been brought to the race through a partnership, a request through a sponsor of theirs, or even the outright series is payi
  
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• NASCAR at Chicagoland: Key info, links, results for race weekend

  02-07-2026 10:55 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  The NASCAR Cup Series and NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series head to Chicagoland Speedway for stock-car racing’s return to Joliet, Illinois. Bookmark this page for everything you need throughout Chicagoland race weekend — including qualifying orders, practice speeds, race results and more.RELATED: Full weekend schedule | TV listingsNASCAR Cup SeriesRace day: Sunday at 6 p.m. ET on TNT Sports. The categories listed below will be filled out with links as the information becom
  
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• Preview: Round 2 of the 2026 In-Season Challenge at Chicagoland Speedway

  02-07-2026 10:53 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  It’s time for Round 2 of the 2026 In-Season Challenge as the NASCAR Cup Series heads to Chicagoland Speedway on Sunday (6 p.m. ET, TNT Sports, truTV, HBO Max, MRN Radio, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio) for its first visit to the Joliet, Illinois, facility since 2019. With how Round 1 played out, the expectations are even higher for the only 1.5-mile track in this year’s bracket.While the entire right side of the bracket was chalk at Sonoma Raceway, the left side featured three upsets —
  
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• Joey Logano Lets Slip the Secret Behind Drivers’ Affinity to Unreliable Cockpit Survival Gear

  02-07-2026 07:00 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  A NASCAR cockpit can reach 140 degrees on race day. Drivers sit in that for hours. To deal with it, they wear a cool shirt, a fire-resistant undershirt with thin tubes that pump chilled fluid across their chest and back. The whole grid uses one. The catch is that it breaks a lot.On a recent episode of Kevin Harvick’s Happy Hour, Joey Logano explained why drivers rely on these cooling systems despite their frequent failures.“Boy, when it works, it’s like jumping in the pool. It
  
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• CARS Tour's 'resident complainer' Landon Huffman blessed for NASCAR Trucks start

  02-07-2026 04:36 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Motorsport photoIn a recent appearance on the popular Door, Bumper, Clear podcast, Noah Gragson offhandedly referred to Landon Huffman as the ‘resident complainer’ of the CARS Tour, and while that’s a gross exaggeration, his growing content machine is opening doors.Huffman, 30, will make his return to the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series for the first time in seven years on July 18 at North Wilkesboro Speedway with Henderson Motorsports with a hodgepodge of supporters.But Huffman
  
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• Back to winning form: Matt Hirschman shakes off bad start to win Firecracker 150 at Seekonk Speedway

  02-07-2026 00:03 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  SEEKONK, Mass. — After an abysmal start to the 2026 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour season, Matt Hirschman needed something positive.The pilot of the No. 60 PeeDee Motorsports Modified got the morale boost he was looking for with a victory in Wednesday‘s Firecracker 150 presented by the Bethesda Leadership Group at Seekonk Speedway.“It‘s been a minute here on this Whelen Modified Tour this year,” said Hirschman after his victory in the opening round of the three-race Wh
  
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