NASCAR 2018 Race 17: Chicagoland Overton's 400 race thread

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Schedule:

Friday, June 29
4:35-5:20 p.m.: NASCAR Xfinity Series practice, NBCSN (Canada: TSN GO)
5:40 p.m.: NASCAR Camping World Truck Series pole qualifying, FS2
7:35- 8:20 p.m.: NASCAR Xfinity Series final practice, NBCSN (Canada: TSN GO)
9 p.m.: NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Overton’s 225 (150 laps, 225 miles), FS1

Saturday, June 30
11:30 a.m.-12:20 p.m.: Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series practice, NBCSN (Canada: TSN2)
12:40 p.m.: NASCAR Xfinity Series pole qualifying, NBCSN (Canada: TSN GO)
2-2:50 p.m.: Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series final practice, NBCSN (Canada: TSN2)
3:30 p.m.: NASCAR Xfinity Series Overton’s 300 (200 laps, 300 miles), NBCSN (Canada: TSN2)
7:05 p.m.: Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series pole qualifying, NBCSN (Canada: TSN1, 3)

Sunday, July 1
2:30 p.m.: Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Overton’s 400, NBCSN (267 laps, 400.5 miles) (Canada: TSN2)


Distance 400.5 miles (644.5 km)
Stage 1: Lap 80
Stage 2: Lap 160
Stage 3: Lap 267



Track Specs:
1.5 mile tri-oval
267 laps for 400.5 miles
Banking:
18 degrees in the turns
11 degrees in the front stretch
5 degrees in the back stretch
Frontstretch: 2,400 feet
Backstretch: 1,700 feet
Pit Road Speed: 45mph
Pace Car Speed: 55mph
Grandstand Seating: 55,500 [was 69,000 and 75,000]
Opened: 2001

Track Records & Stats

2017 Race Winner: #78-Martin Truex, Jr., 145.401mph, started 3rd
Race Speed Record: Martin Truex, Jr., 9/17/2017, 145.401mph
Slowest Race Record: Kevin Harvick, 2001, 121.200
Oldest Winner: Mark Martin, 50 years, 6 months, 2 days, 7/11/2009
Youngest Winner: Kyle Busch, 23 years, 2 months, and 10 days, 7/12/2008

2017 Pole Winner: #18-Kyle Busch, 187.963mph, finished 15th
Track Qualifying Record: Joey Logano, 189.414mph, 9/13/2013
Oldest Pole Winner: Jeff Burton, 39 years, 0 months, 10 days, 7/09/2006
Youngest Pole Winner: Joey Logano, 23 years, 3 months, and 19 days, 9/13/2013
Worst Starting Spot to Win: Kevin Harvick, started 32nd, 7/2002

Most Wins: Tony Stewart, 3; Martin Truex Jr., Kevin Harvick & Brad Keselowski, 2
Most Poles: Jimmie Johnson, 2
Most Top 5s: Tony Stewart & Kevin Harvick, 8; Jimmie Johnson & Jeff Gordon, 7
Most Top 10s: Tony Stewart & Jimmie Johnson, 10; Kurt Busch, Jeff Gordon, Kevin Harvick, Ryan Newman, 9

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Starting Order:

1. (21) Paul Menard, Ford, 180.012 mph.
2. (12) Ryan Blaney, Ford, 179.880 mph.
3. (9) Chase Elliott, Chevrolet, 179.748 mph.
4. (41) Kurt Busch, Ford, 179.545 mph.
5. (14) Clint Bowyer, Ford, 179.491 mph.
6. (10) Aric Almirola, Ford, 179.259 mph.
7. (2) Brad Keselowski, Ford, 179.093 mph.
8. (24) William Byron #, Chevrolet, 179.057 mph.
9. (20) Erik Jones, Toyota, 178.826 mph.
10. (19) Daniel Suarez, Toyota, 176.315 mph.
11. (4) Kevin Harvick, Ford, 178.761 mph.
12. (22) Joey Logano, Ford, 178.731 mph.
13. (1) Jamie McMurray, Chevrolet, 178.489 mph.
14. (3) Austin Dillon, Chevrolet, 178.047 mph.
15. (88) Alex Bowman, Chevrolet, 177.754 mph.
16. (18) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 177.684 mph.
17. (31) Ryan Newman, Chevrolet, 177.288 mph.
18. (42) Kyle Larson, Chevrolet, 177.223 mph.
19. (47) AJ Allmendinger, Chevrolet, 177.061 mph.
20. (17) Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Ford, 176.373 mph.
21. (6) Trevor Bayne, Ford, 176.557 mph.
22. (43) Bubba Wallace #, Chevrolet, 176.378 mph.
23. (38) David Ragan, Ford, 175.890 mph.
24. (95) Kasey Kahne, Chevrolet, 175.827 mph.
25. (13) Ty Dillon, Chevrolet, 175.467 mph.
26. (34) Michael McDowell, Ford, 174.306 mph.
27. (15) Ross Chastain(i), Chevrolet, 174.087 mph.
28. (32) Matt DiBenedetto, Ford, 174.020 mph.
29. (23) Gray Gaulding, Toyota, 173.902 mph.
30. (99) Kyle Weatherman, Chevrolet, 170.740 mph.
31. (00) Landon Cassill, Chevrolet, 170.412 mph.
32. (72) Corey LaJoie, Chevrolet, 169.194 mph.
33. (51) BJ McLeod(i), Chevrolet, 169.099 mph.
34. (7) Reed Sorenson, Chevrolet, 168.471 mph.
35. (66) Timmy Hill(i), Toyota, 167.567 mph.
36. (78) Martin Truex Jr., Toyota, 0.000 mph.
37. (11) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 0.000 mph.
38. (48) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, 0.000 mph.
39. (37) Chris Buescher, Chevrolet, 0.000 mph.


Paul Menard has been running very well lately apart from a 26th-place finish last week in Sonoma. Back at an intermediate track this weekend, the 38-year-old won his first NASCAR Monster Energy Cup Series pole of the season at Chicagoland Speedway.

Menard was the fastest in both the first and third rounds of qualifying for the Overton's 400 (2:30 p.m. ET; NBCSN, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio).

"My guys did a hell of a job today," Menard told NBCSN after his run. "We weren't very good in practice, we did a mock run I was so loose I had to abort it so we never really got a true mock run, but the car had speed in all three of those rounds, we got a little too loose in Round 2 and adjusted for it and Round 3 drove like Round 1, so it was good."


Ryan Blaney will start second and Chase Elliott third. Kurt Busch and Clint Bowyer round out the top five after a series of failed post-qualifying inspections shuffled the field.

The cars of Martin Truex Jr. (qualified 12th), Denny Hamlin (qualified fourth), Jimmie Johnson (22nd) and Chris Buescher (23rd) all failed inspection. Their qualifying times were disallowed, and they'll line up at the rear of the field in positions 36-39.

Additionally, Ricky Stenhouse Jr. (24th) will move to the rear for the green flag because of an unapproved adjustment, per NBCSports.com.

[4me2c]

1)...Kevin Harvick
2)...Martin Truex Jr
3)...Kyle Busch

[Orziz]

Truex jr*
Kyle Larson
Kyle Busch

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Chase Elliott ***
Kurt Busch
Clint Bowyer

[Capt.Kangaroo]

Kyle Busch***
Kevin Harvick
Chase Elliott

[crazed 9.6]

Chase Elliott *
Clint Bowyer
Kevin Harvick

[ilan]

Kevin Harvick**
Kyle Busch
Martin Truex Jr.

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Wow, How that Starting Line-Up Has Changed...!

[carlosman]

*Joey Logano
Kyle Busch
Kevin Harvick