NASCAR Returns to Chicagoland Speedway for First Time Since 2019 offers some perspective on the legendary track’s return to action this weekend.By Reid Scearce
For three consecutive summers, the thrills of NASCAR have been brought through downtown Chicago and the 90-degree turns of Grant Park. However, this Fourth of July weekend, race fans can look forward to the highly anticipated return of Chicagoland Speedway.
Here is Taz’s In-Season Tournament Bracket. Be sure to submit your completed bracket to the Facebook Messenger for Fan4Racing Blog And RadioThe 110 Nation Sports or Race Chat Liveby 11:30 pm ET on Saturday, June 27th to be eligible to play. Anything submitted after that date and time will NOT count.
Final Ranking after the Three Seeding Races
Larson (4.00)
Hamlin (5.33)
Buescher (7.33)
Wallace (8.67)
Blaney (9.00)
Jones (9.33)
Chastain (10.33)
Suarez (10.67)
Nemechek (11.33)
Herbst (12.33)
Briscoe (13.00)
Allmendinger (14.67)
Hocevar (14.67)
Cindric (15.67)
Gibbs (16.33)
Byron (17.67)
McDowell(17.67)
Elliott (18.33)
Logano (19.67)
Reddick (20.67)
Gilliland (20.67)
Preece (22.33)
Custer (22.33)
Bowman (24.00)
Z Smith (24.67)
Hill (24.67)
Ware (25.33)
Stenhouse Jr (25.67)
Berry (25.67)
A Dillon (28.33
T Dillon (28.67)
Bell (32.00)
Zilisch (32.33)
Gragson (32.33)
SVG (33.00)
Keselowski (35.33)
Tiebreakers from the Rankings
12 seed -Both AJ and Carson had a best of finish of 5th. Allmendinger had the next best finish of 17th to Hocevar’s 19th \
16 seed -Byron’s best finish was 3rd at Pocono vs McDowell’s tenth at San Diego
20 seed -Reddick’s best finish was 2nd at Pocono vs Gilliland’s 19th at Pocono
22 seed -Preece’s best finish was 11th at San Diego vs Custer’s 12th at Michigan
25 seed -Zane’s best finish was 4th at San Diego vs Hill’s 18th at Pocono
28 seed -Stenhouse and Berry had the same exact finishes amongst the 3 races (15th, 29th, 33rd). Coin flip decided who got the better seed