A total of 19 Team Chevy drivers will start the Overton’s 400 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series (MENCS) race at Chicagoland Speedway (Joliet, IL.). The 267-lap 400.5-mile contest around the 1.5-mile D-shaped oval is scheduled to begin at 2:30 p.m., ET on Sunday, July 1. Live coverage can be found on NBCSN, MRN, and Sirius XM NASCAR Radio Channel 90.
Andrew Ranger scored his 23rd NASCAR Pinty’s Series victory in the #27 Mopar Parts Dodge during round number three of the 2018 campaign this past Saturday at the Autodrome Chaudière in Vallee Jonction, Quebec. Ranger has been extremely fast at each of the races and with the win he climbs to third in the overall championship standings.
After a weekend off, the NASCAR Xfinity Series made a stop in the Windy City of Chicago for their fifteenth race of the season yesterday. This race also marked the beginning of the Summer stretch as it was the first of fifteen races in a row. Extremely high temperatures would play a major factor throughout the weekend for drivers and teams.
After finishing 10th at Chicagoland Speedway, Chase Elliott collected his 61st top-10 finish in the NASCAR Xfinity Series (NXS).
Max Verstappen put his car in parc-ferme, climbed out of the car and hopped over the barrier to celebrate with his Red Bull Racing team, at the team’s home track. While not a flashy, dominant victory, he conserved his tires to mitigate Kimi Raikkonen cutting his seven-second lead to a second and a half.
CHASE ELLIOTT, NO. 9 NAPA AUTO PARTS CAMARO ZL1 – Qualified 3rd - NOTE: Elliott finished 10th in the Overtons 300 NASCAR Xfinity race and subsequently received fluids at the Infield Care Center due to the oppressive heat conditions. Prior to the Overtons 400 NASCAR MENCS qualifying session, Elliott talked about the incident:
PAUL MENARD, No. 21 Menards/Sylvania Ford Fusion -- Qualified 1st - “My guys did a hell of a job today. We weren’t very good in practice. We did a mock run that was so loose that we had to abort it and never really got a true mock run. We had speed and all through those rounds we got a little too loose in round two and we adjusted for it. Round three drove like rails. It was good.”
Daniel Hemric Has Another Top-Five Outing With No. 21 South Point Hotel & Casino Chevrolet at Chicagoland Speedway "It was an OK day, we just didn't have what we needed to take off with the guys ahead of us and really contend for the win. I am very proud of how far we came from the start of the race through the checkered flag."
Camry driver Daniel Suárez was the highest-finishing Toyota in Saturday’s NASCAR Xfinity Series (NXS) race at Chicagoland Speedway after placing fourth.
KEVIN HARVICK, No. 98 Hunt Brothers Pizza Ford Mustang “The handling was great on the last stop, probably better than it was the stop before. We were just a 1-25 and not a 25-50.”
JOLIET, Ill. – When Kyle Larson crossed the finish line at Chicagoland Speedway 8.030 seconds ahead of runner-up Kevin Harvick, there were no screams of elation from the winner of Saturday’s Overton’s 300 NASCAR Xfinity Series race.