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• Connor Zilisch Faces Another Setback After Early Crash at Chicagoland Speedway

  06-07-2026 00:52 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Connor Zilisch cannot catch a break. The rookie entered the 2026 season with his hype sky-high. The 19-year-old for Trackhouse Racing nearly won the O'Reilly Auto Parts Series Championship in 2025. He now races in the No. 88 in the Cup Series, where he was a victim of an incident on lap 1 at Chicagoland Speedway. Zilisch began the race in 21st place. As the cars took the green flag, the field rounded the first turns and onto the backstretch. Ricky Stenhouse Jr. would be the first name of note in
  
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• Complete NASCAR Cup points standings after Chicagoland 2026

  06-07-2026 04:54 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Motorsport photoIt's incredible to think that Tyler Reddick had a 129-point lead in the championship just before Memorial Day Weekend in May, as he now trails Denny Hamlin by 44 points.Reddick lost the points lead for the first time this year one week ago, and while he ran strong at Chicagoland this weekend, a piece of debris punches through the radiator and put him 30 laps down after repairs.The biggest mover in the standings was race winner Chase Briscoe, jumping three spots from 11th to eight
  
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• Briscoe holds off Bell in NASCAR’s return to Chicagoland Speedway

  06-07-2026 04:43 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  JOLIET, Ill. — Chase Briscoe held off Christopher Bell on Sunday night in NASCAR’s return to Chicagoland Speedway, racing to his first Cup Series victory of the season.Briscoe was followed closely by Bell in the final laps on the 1.5-mile oval about 50 miles southwest of downtown Chicago. But Bell was unable to run down his Joe Gibbs Racing teammate.The 31-year-old Briscoe, an Indiana native, celebrated his sixth career win with a burnout before standing in the window of his car and
  
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• What Cup drivers said after Chicagoland Speedway win by Chase Briscoe

  06-07-2026 04:34 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Chase Briscoe — winner: "How about that race? Was that a good race? It felt awesome. What an unbelievable weekend. Just what an unbelievable race car. (Crew chief) James (Small) did a great job. Team did a great job. Honestly did not see this coming. Felt like I was struggling in practice and qualifying. What a cool weekend to win a NASCAR race. I kind of got lucky how the lapped cars worked out. I was struggling pretty bad. Christopher was certainly coming. Out of all the people to race a
  
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• Official race results: 2026 NASCAR Cup at Chicagoland

  06-07-2026 04:13 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Motorsport photoChase Briscoe returns to Victory Lane for the first time since Talladega in October, 2025, earning his sixth career win at Chicagoland Speedway.It was a trio of Joe Gibbs Racing Toyotas at the front of the field at the checkered flag, with Briscoe beating Christopher Bell to the line by just 0.276s, with Denny Hamlin just over three seconds back in third.William Byron led the way for Hendrick Motorsports in fourth, with teammate Alex Bowman fifth.Bubba Wallace was the top-finishi
  
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• NASCAR Race Today: Winners, Losers from eero 400 at Chicagoland

  06-07-2026 04:12 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Sunday night’s eero 400 at Chicagoland Speedway demonstrated why NASCAR made the right decision to return to this track. We got a few surprises in the NASCAR race tonight, with Tyler Reddick and Kyle Larson finishing near the back of the field, and some standouts delivering great finishes under the lights with Chase Briscoe getting the win.Let’s dive into our winners and losers from the NASCAR race today at Chicagoland.Winner: Christopher BellIMAGN IMAGES via Reuters ConnectPitting a
  
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• Who Won the NASCAR Cup Series Race at Chicagoland? Full Results From Sunday’s Race

  06-07-2026 04:06 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Chase Briscoe survived a late charge from teammate Christopher Bell to win Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series race at Chicagoland Speedway, delivering Joe Gibbs Racing another victory and punching his ticket into the 2026 Chase.Bell, continuing to race through a fractured left wrist, finished just 0.276 seconds behind Briscoe after spending the closing laps searching for an opening that never came. Polesitter Denny Hamlin completed an all-Toyota podium in third.The manufacturer didn’t stop t
  
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• NASCAR points standings: Cup Series points update after Chicagoland race

  06-07-2026 04:00 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Denny Hamlin increased his NASCAR Cup Series points lead substantially after a top-5 finish at Chicagoland on July 5.Hamlin finished 3rd, while Tyler Reddick's radiator damage resigned him to a 36th-place run. Hamlin leads Reddick by 44 points heading to Atlanta next week.Chase Briscoe claimed his first win of the season in the eero 400 to get further away from the Chase bubble. Erik Jones jumped into 16th with a solid 15th-place finish, while Ryan Preece finished 32nd after a Lap 1 spin.Here's
  
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• Chase Briscoe wins Chicagoland NASCAR Cup race in JGR 1-2-3

  06-07-2026 04:00 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Motorsport photoChase Briscoe collected his sixth career NASCAR Cup win and his first of the 2026 season on Sunday, winning in NASCAR's long-awaited return to Chicagoland Speedway.He had to hold off a charging Christopher Bell at the end of the race, and led a Joe Gibbs Racing 1-2-3 with Bell second and Denny Hamlin third.Briscoe also claimed the win on crew chief James Small's birthday, delivering him quite the gift.CHASE BRISCOE TAKES IT HOME IN CHICAGOLAND 🏆🔥 pic.twitter.com/R
  
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• Chase Briscoe Breaks Through at Chicagoland, Holds Off Christopher Bell for First Win of 2026

  06-07-2026 03:59 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Photo Credit: Jerome Miron.Chase Briscoe, driver of the No. 19 Bass Pro Shops Toyota for Joe Gibbs Racing, finally broke through for his first win of the 2026 season Sunday, holding off teammate Christopher Bell in the No. 20 Toyota during a thrilling late-race battle to win the NASCAR Cup Series race at Chicagoland Speedway.After spending much of the evening near the front of the field, Briscoe positioned himself perfectly for the final run to the checkered flag. Bell, driving the No. 20 Toyota
  
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• NASCAR Standings Today: Cup Series Points Leaders Right Now, The Chase Cutline after Chicago

  06-07-2026 03:51 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  For a majority of the season, Tyler Reddick sat atop the NASCAR Cup Series points leaders with a lead that seemed insurmountable. Fast forward to Sunday night’s race at Chicagoland Speedway and Denny Hamlin has now created a bit of distance from Reddick and the rest of the field atop the NASCAR standings today.Let’s dive into the Cup Series points leaders right now after Chicagoland. Further below is where you can find the Chase cutline today, showing how many points behind the 16th
  
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• NASCAR Results Today: eero 400 Winner, Cup Series Stage Results at Chicagoland

  06-07-2026 03:47 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Who won the NASCAR race tonight? In the Cup Series return to Chicagoland Speedway, we got some early chaos in Stage 2 with Kyle Larson and Tyler Reddick both having issues that proved costly as we near the end of the regular season. While they had issues, some of the best NASCAR drivers showed out tonight in the eero 400.Let’s dive into the NASCAR results tonight at Chicagoland. We’ll start immediately with the full eero 400 results and points totals today. Further below is where you
  
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• Who won NASCAR Cup Chicagoland race? Winner is Chase Briscoe, plus full results

  06-07-2026 03:38 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Chase Briscoe brought home win No. 1 of the 2026 NASCAR Cup Series season.Briscoe passed race leader William Byron on green flag stops and held off the Hendrick Motorsports driver for the victory at Chicagoland Speedway in the eero 400.Briscoe had second-place finishes at both Atlanta and Sonoma for his best races of the year prior to the NASCAR Chicagoland race. Briscoe and the NASCAR Cup Series return to Atlanta next week.Who won the NASCAR Cup Chicagoland race? Winner, race results for t
  
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• Tyler Reddick suffers another setback with radiator issue in NASCAR Chicagoland race

  06-07-2026 02:24 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Tyler Reddick's June struggles have extended into July.Reddick laid a large amount of oil down on the track after an apparent major issue on Lap 135 in the eero 400NASCAR Cup Series race on July 5 at Chicagoland Speedway.The No. 45 started smoking and laying down oil going into turn 3 shortly after pitting during a green flag cycle.Reddick stopped down on pit road, with oil and fluid all across the right side of the car and on the windshield.A 23XI Racing crew member told TNT that "something wen
  
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• Did Shane van Gisbergen intentionally wreck Austin Hill in NASCAR payback?

  06-07-2026 02:22 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Motorsport photoOn Lap 47 of Sunday's NASCAR Cup race at Chicagoland Speedway, Austin Hill was running 28th, trying to defend against Shane van Gisbergen. Entering Turn 3, Van Gisbergen slammed into the left-rear of the No. 33 Richard Childress Racing Chevy, sending Hill spinning into the outside wall.Hill's race was over, and he doored Van Gisbergen under caution before taking his mangled car behind the wall.These two have history. pic.twitter.com/v67sRrJRxy— NASCAR (@NASCAR) July 5, 2026
  
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• Kyle Larson, NASCAR defending champion, gets stuck in grass at Chicagoland

  06-07-2026 02:12 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  The hits just keep coming for Kyle Larson, the defending NASCAR Cup Series champion.Larson spun out on Lap 94 coming out of turn 4 on his own at the NASCAR Chicagoland race on July 5 in the eero 400. Larson came down to the infield of the frontstretch, stopping in the grass.The only problem? With all the rain that as slammed the Chicago area this weekend, Larson got stuck in the grass and mud with flat tires. Larson had to be pulled out of the grass, then pushed to his pit stop. That left him tw
  
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• Kyle Larson’s Day Takes Dramatic Turn After Running Third at Chicagoland

  06-07-2026 02:05 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Kyle Larson appeared to have one of the cars to beat through the opening stage of Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series race at Chicagoland Speedway.After starting second, Larson finished second in Stage 1 and was running third early in Stage 2 when his afternoon suddenly changed.The No. 5 Chevrolet snapped loose exiting Turn 4, spun across the apron and slid into the muddy grass, bringing out the caution and dramatically changing the complexion of his race.Larson’s Strong Start Ends With Costl
  
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• Christopher Bell after Chicagoland runner-up: 'It's disappointing to continue to lose races'

  06-07-2026 01:47 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  JOLIET, Ill. — For the fourth time this year, Christopher Bell finished one spot short of his first win of the season.Bell reeled in Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Chase Briscoe in the closing laps but ultimately couldn’t pass the No. 19 car and finished second, rebounding from mid-race contact on pit road to earn his second straight top-five finish.RELATED: Race results | At-track photosOn the surface, there was plenty to be happy with, especially with Bell earning such a strong result w
  
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• NASCAR Classic at Le Mans ends with Andrew Jordan claiming the overall victory

  05-07-2026 23:48 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Motorsport photoThe inaugural running of the HSR NASCAR Classic at Le Mans has concluded after three races at the iconic Circuit de la Sarthe.JC France, grandson of NASCAR founder Bill France Sr., won Race #1 in a 2014 NASCAR Cup Chevrolet Camaro wrapped to look like the Garage 56 NASCAR entry.But on Sunday, it was all Andrew Jordan as he swept the day with victories in Race #2 and Race #3. He was driving a the No. 15 PEAK 2013 Toyota Camry, resembling the one driven by Clint Bowyer during his M
  
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• NASCAR News: CEO Steve O’Donnell Sheds Light on Future Racing Plans in Chicago

  05-07-2026 23:01 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  NASCAR is back at Chicagoland Speedway this weekend for the first time since 2019. Saturday night’s O’Reilly Series race delivered plenty of excitement and there’s a sellout on Sunday night for the eero 400. Now the question is, will NASCAR be back in Chicago in 2027?Speaking to reporters ahead of the Cup Series race on Sunday at Chicagoland, NASCAR CEO Steve O’Donnell said the market remains “very important” to the sport whether that means Chicago holding a s
  
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• Reddick heads behind the wall at Chicagoland with mechanical issue

  05-07-2026 22:29 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Tyler Reddick went behind the wall during Stage 2 of Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series race at Chicagoland (TNT Sports, truTV, HBO Max, MRN Radio, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio) with a mechanical issue, throwing another wrench in his quest for the Regular Season Championship.RELATED: Unofficial results | At-track photosRunning 20th at Lap 131 during a pit cycle, Reddick’s No. 45 23XI Racing machine suddenly went off the pace as fluid began spewing out of his Toyota. A manufacturer spokesperson said
  
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• Larson spins from third at Chicagoland, falls multiple laps down

  05-07-2026 22:08 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Kyle Larson spun inside the top five early in Stage 2 of Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series race at Chicagoland (TNT Sports, truTV, HBO Max, MRN Radio, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio) and fell multiple laps down after getting stuck in the grass.Running in third moments after a restart, Larson lost control in a single-car incident, keeping his No. 5 Hendrick Motorsports ride off the Turn 4 wall and coming to rest in the tri-oval ballfield.RELATED: Live leaderboard | At-track photos: ChicagolandBut due to ex
  
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• Running recap: Byron sweeps opening stages in wild Chicagoland race

  05-07-2026 21:38 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Stage 2 recapWilliam Byron won Stage 2 of Sunday‘s Cup Series race at Chicagoland (TNT Sports, truTV, HBO Max, MRN Radio, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio), making it a sweep of the first two frames.Chase Briscoe finished second, Denny Hamlin third, Ty Gibbs fourth and Ryan Blaney fifth. Christopher Bell, Chase Elliott, Alex Bowman, Austin Cindric and John Hunter Nemechek completed the top 10 and points earners.RELATED: Live leaderboard | At-track photos: ChicagolandAt Lap 93, just moments into the s
  
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• Chase Briscoe holds off late charge from Bell to win Cup Series race at Chicagoland

  05-07-2026 21:38 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Chase Briscoe fended off a late-race charge from Christopher Bell to win Sunday‘s NASCAR Cup Series race at Chicagoland Speedway.Briscoe earned his first win of the 2026 campaign and fourth since moving to Joe Gibbs Racing at the beginning of last season. He held off Bell by 0.276 seconds.Denny Hamlin finished third, followed by William Byron and Alex Bowman. Bubba Wallace, Ryan Blaney, Ty Gibbs, Corey Heim and Riley Herbst completed the top 10.RELATED:Unofficial results | At-track photos:
  
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• Christopher Bell Opens Up On Loss of Cockpit Freedom Weeks After Scary Crash

  05-07-2026 20:50 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Chase Elliott recently lost control of his car at Michigan International Speedway and snapped toward the outside wall. Christopher Bell was caught in the crossfire. With nowhere to go, Bell slammed hard into the SAFER barrier. The crash left Bell with a broken left wrist. It is terrible timing for a long recovery, especially with the current championship format demanding consistent points.Bell managed to race the next two weeks at Coronado and Sonoma. However, Joe Gibbs Racing kept prospect Bren
  
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• "Not Going To The Same Places"- Joey Logano Drops Blunt Verdict on NASCAR’s Rumored Chicago Schedule

  05-07-2026 20:30 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  DAYTONA BEACH, FL - FEBRUARY 15: Joey Logano 22 Team Penske Shell Pennzoil Ford waves to the crowd prior to the running of the 68th NASCAR, Motorsport, USA Cup Series Daytona 500 on February 15, 2026 at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, FL. Photo by Jeff Robinson/Icon Sportswire AUTO: FEB 15 NASCAR Cup Series Daytona 500 EDITORIAL USE ONLY Icon2602151995500 ©IMAGO/Icon SportswireNASCAR has been throwing ideas at the wall lately. Street races, dirt tracks, new markets, old ven
  
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• NASCAR Predictions Today: Eero 400 Picks, including Race and Stage Winners

  05-07-2026 20:25 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  The NASCAR Cup Series is racing today at Chicagoland Speedway, with the eero 400 offering the potential to be one of the best races of the season. With the NASCAR starting lineup for Sunday set, it’s time to make some predictions.Let’s dive into our NASCAR picks today for the eero 400 winner, stage winners and more.Kyle Larson Wins Stage 1IMAGN IMAGES via Reuters ConnectKyle Larson did finish just 0.001 seconds behind Denny Hamlin in qualifying on Saturday, but the No. 5 team was hit
  
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• Chicagoland Speedway's return highlights NASCAR's schedule questions

  05-07-2026 20:17 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  JOLIET, IL – A return to Chicagoland Speedway after six years on the Fourth of July weekend highlights some of the quandaries NASCAR has with its schedule and also the opportunities.Is it more important to try to reinvigorate an audience at a traditional oval or reach new fans through a downtown street race?Did the pendulum swing too far toward road races in favor of traditional ovals?Is Chicago, the United States’ third-largest metro area, even the right place to race on Independenc
  
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• Will Austin Hill be racing NASCAR Cup full-time with RCR in 2027?

  05-07-2026 20:03 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Motorsport photoSince the tragic passing of Kyle Busch last month, NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series regular Austin Hill was put behind the wheel of Busch's Cup car. It was renumbered, with the No. 33 replacing the No. 8 on the door, and Hill is expected to drive the car for the remainder of the 2026 season while also competing for the NASCAR O'Reilly title.The 32-year-old has a best finish of 18th since taking over the car, but he also crashed while battling for the lead on a mid-race restart a
  
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• NASCAR at Chicagoland, starting lineup for 2026 eero 400

  05-07-2026 19:59 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  The NASCAR Cup Series is in Joilet, Illinois, on Sunday, July 5, for the eero 400. Denny Hamlin is on the pole at Chicagoland Speedway, continuing his hot streak this season. Hamlin’s qualifying time of 30.296 seconds was 0.001 seconds quicker than Kyle Larson, who will start on the outside. It is Hamlin’s fourth pole of the season and 52nd career pole position, moving him to No. 9 all-time on the NASCAR Cup Series list.Rounding out the top five is a pair of RFK R
  
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