2025 Grant Park 165
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| Race details[1][2][3][4][5] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Race 19 of 36 in the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series | |||
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| Date | July 6, 2025 | ||
| Location | Chicago Street Course in Chicago, Illinois | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility | ||
| Course length | 2.2 miles (3.5 km) | ||
| Distance | 75 laps, 165 mi (265.542 km) | ||
| Average speed | 66.674 miles per hour (107.301 km/h) | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Trackhouse Racing | ||
| Time | 1:29.656 | ||
| Most laps led | |||
| Driver | Michael McDowell | Spire Motorsports | |
| Laps | 31 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Driver | Tyler Reddick | 23XI Racing | |
| Time | 1:30.091 | ||
| Winner | |||
| No. 88 | Shane van Gisbergen | Trackhouse Racing | |
| Television in the United States | |||
| Network | TNT | ||
| Announcers | Adam Alexander, Dale Earnhardt Jr., and Steve Letarte | ||
| Radio in the United States | |||
| Radio | MRN | ||
| Booth announcers | Alex Hayden and Mike Bagley | ||
| Turn announcers | Dave Moody (Turns 1 and 6), Kurt Becker (Turns 2–5) and Tim Catalfamo (Turns 7–11) | ||
The 2025 Grant Park 165 was a NASCAR Cup Series race held on July 6, 2025, at the Chicago Street Course in Chicago, Illinois. Contested over 75 laps on the 2.2-mile (3.5 km) street course, it was the 19th race of the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series season, as well as the second race of the inaugural NASCAR In-Season Challenge.
Shane van Gisbergen won the race. Ty Gibbs finished 2nd, and Tyler Reddick finished 3rd. Denny Hamlin and Kyle Busch rounded out the top five, and A. J. Allmendinger, Ryan Preece, Alex Bowman, Austin Hill, and Ross Chastain rounded out the top ten.
Background
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The Chicago Street Course is a 2.2 mi (3.5 km) street circuit located in the city of Chicago, Illinois, United States. It hosts the NASCAR Cup Series and NASCAR Xfinity Series. The track was initially a conceptual track on iRacing made for the eNASCAR iRacing Pro Invitational Series in 2021.
The track for the race ended up being the exact same layout as the version used in 2021 for the eNASCAR iRacing Pro Invitational Series. The start/finish line is located on South Columbus Drive in front of Buckingham Fountain in Grant Park. The cars will go south and then turn left onto East Balbo Drive and then right onto South Lake Shore Drive (also part of U.S. Route 41), which is alongside Lake Michigan. The cars will then turn right onto East Roosevelt Road and then make another right, which gets them back onto South Columbus Drive where they are going north. They will then reach the intersection of South Columbus Drive and East Balbo Drive again and will make a left turn. When they are back on East Balbo Drive, they will cross a bridge over the Metra Electric District tracks. Next, the cars will turn right onto South Michigan Avenue and go north, onto East Congress Plaza Drive, and back onto South Michigan Ave. Lastly, they will make a right turn onto East Jackson Drive, go back across the Metra Electric tracks, and right back onto South Columbus Drive to the start/finish line.[6]
On October 20, 2023, NASCAR announced that the Cup Series Chicago Street Race would be shortened from 220 miles (354.056 km) and 100 laps to 165 miles (265.542) and 75 laps.[7]
Entry list
- (R) denotes rookie driver.
- (i) denotes driver who is ineligible for series driver points.
Practice
Bubba Wallace was the fastest in the practice session with a time of 1:30.951 seconds and a speed of 87.079 mph (140.140 km/h).
Practice results
| Pos | No. | Driver | Team | Manufacturer | Time | Speed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 23 | Bubba Wallace | 23XI Racing | Toyota | 1:30.951 | 87.079 |
| 2 | 24 | William Byron | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 1:31.006 | 87.027 |
| 3 | 9 | Chase Elliott | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 1:31.072 | 86.964 |
| Official practice results | ||||||
Qualifying
Shane van Gisbergen scored the pole for the race with a time of 1:29.656 and a speed of 88.338 mph (142.166 km/h).[8] Corey Heim failed to qualify, becoming the first non-Daytona 500 driver to not qualify for a race since the 2018 AAA Texas 500.
Qualifying results
Race
Race results
Stage Results
Stage One Laps: 20
| Pos | No | Driver | Team | Manufacturer | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 71 | Michael McDowell | Spire Motorsports | Chevrolet | 10 |
| 2 | 8 | Kyle Busch | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 9 |
| 3 | 45 | Tyler Reddick | 23XI Racing | Toyota | 8 |
| 4 | 19 | Chase Briscoe | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 7 |
| 5 | 60 | Ryan Preece | RFK Racing | Ford | 6 |
| 6 | 1 | Ross Chastain | Trackhouse Racing | Chevrolet | 5 |
| 7 | 42 | John Hunter Nemechek | Legacy Motor Club | Toyota | 4 |
| 8 | 38 | Zane Smith | Front Row Motorsports | Ford | 3 |
| 9 | 33 | Austin Hill (i) | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 0 |
| 10 | 4 | Noah Gragson | Front Row Motorsports | Ford | 1 |
| Official stage one results | |||||
Stage Two
Laps: 25
| Pos | No | Driver | Team | Manufacturer | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 12 | Ryan Blaney | Team Penske | Ford | 10 |
| 2 | 19 | Chase Briscoe | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 9 |
| 3 | 45 | Tyler Reddick | 23XI Racing | Toyota | 8 |
| 4 | 48 | Alex Bowman | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 7 |
| 5 | 23 | Bubba Wallace | 23XI Racing | Toyota | 6 |
| 6 | 43 | Erik Jones | Legacy Motor Club | Toyota | 5 |
| 7 | 11 | Denny Hamlin | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 4 |
| 8 | 9 | Chase Elliott | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 3 |
| 9 | 42 | John Hunter Nemechek | Legacy Motor Club | Toyota | 2 |
| 10 | 20 | Christopher Bell | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 1 |
| Official stage two results | |||||
Final Stage Results
Stage Three Laps: 30
| Pos | Grid | No | Driver | Team | Manufacturer | Laps | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 88 | Shane van Gisbergen (R) | Trackhouse Racing | Chevrolet | 75 | 40 |
| 2 | 9 | 54 | Ty Gibbs | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 75 | 35 |
| 3 | 4 | 45 | Tyler Reddick | 23XI Racing | Toyota | 75 | 50 |
| 4 | 40 | 11 | Denny Hamlin | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 75 | 37 |
| 5 | 6 | 8 | Kyle Busch | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 75 | 41 |
| 6 | 16 | 16 | A. J. Allmendinger | Kaulig Racing | Chevrolet | 75 | 31 |
| 7 | 7 | 60 | Ryan Preece | RFK Racing | Ford | 75 | 36 |
| 8 | 11 | 48 | Alex Bowman | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 75 | 36 |
| 9 | 30 | 33 | Austin Hill (i) | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 75 | 0 |
| 10 | 22 | 1 | Ross Chastain | Trackhouse Racing | Chevrolet | 75 | 32 |
| 11 | 12 | 22 | Joey Logano | Team Penske | Ford | 75 | 26 |
| 12 | 17 | 12 | Ryan Blaney | Team Penske | Ford | 75 | 35 |
| 13 | 14 | 5 | Kyle Larson | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 75 | 24 |
| 14 | 26 | 38 | Zane Smith | Front Row Motorsports | Ford | 75 | 26 |
| 15 | 25 | 42 | John Hunter Nemechek | Legacy Motor Club | Toyota | 75 | 28 |
| 16 | 39 | 9 | Chase Elliott | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 75 | 24 |
| 17 | 21 | 35 | Riley Herbst (R) | 23XI Racing | Toyota | 75 | 20 |
| 18 | 8 | 17 | Chris Buescher | RFK Racing | Ford | 75 | 19 |
| 19 | 33 | 78 | Katherine Legge | Live Fast Motorsports | Chevrolet | 75 | 18 |
| 20 | 36 | 10 | Ty Dillon | Kaulig Racing | Chevrolet | 75 | 17 |
| 21 | 31 | 66 | Josh Bilicki (i) | Garage 66 | Ford | 75 | 0 |
| 22 | 28 | 7 | Justin Haley | Spire Motorsports | Chevrolet | 75 | 15 |
| 23 | 5 | 19 | Chase Briscoe | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 75 | 30 |
| 24 | 13 | 20 | Christopher Bell | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 75 | 14 |
| 25 | 34 | 43 | Erik Jones | Legacy Motor Club | Toyota | 74 | 17 |
| 26 | 35 | 51 | Cody Ware | Rick Ware Racing | Ford | 73 | 11 |
| 27 | 27 | 2 | Austin Cindric | Team Penske | Ford | 72 | 10 |
| 28 | 37 | 23 | Bubba Wallace | 23XI Racing | Toyota | 70 | 14 |
| 29 | 18 | 99 | Daniel Suárez | Trackhouse Racing | Chevrolet | 69 | 8 |
| 30 | 24 | 4 | Noah Gragson | Front Row Motorsports | Ford | 68 | 8 |
| 31 | 32 | 47 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | Hyak Motorsports | Chevrolet | 62 | 7 |
| 32 | 2 | 71 | Michael McDowell | Spire Motorsports | Chevrolet | 53 | 15 |
| 33 | 23 | 41 | Cole Custer | Haas Factory Team | Ford | 29 | 4 |
| 34 | 29 | 21 | Josh Berry | Wood Brothers Racing | Ford | 28 | 3 |
| 35 | 3 | 77 | Carson Hocevar | Spire Motorsports | Chevrolet | 2 | 2 |
| 36 | 10 | 3 | Austin Dillon | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 2 | 1 |
| 37 | 15 | 6 | Brad Keselowski | RFK Racing | Ford | 2 | 1 |
| 38 | 20 | 34 | Todd Gilliland | Front Row Motorsports | Ford | 2 | 1 |
| 39 | 19 | 13 | Will Brown | Kaulig Racing | Chevrolet | 2 | 1 |
| 40 | 38 | 24 | William Byron | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 1 | 1 |
| Official race results | |||||||
Race statistics
- Lead changes: 6 among 5 different drivers
- Cautions/Laps: 7 for 15
- Red flags: 1 for 14 minutes and 42 seconds
- Time of race: 2 hours, 28 minutes and 17 seconds
- Average speed: 66.764 miles per hour (107.446 km/h)
Media
Television
TNT covered the race on the television side. Adam Alexander, Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Steve Letarte called the race from the broadcast booth. Marty Snider, Danielle Trotta, Alan Cavanna and Mamba Smith handled pit road for the television side.
| TNT | |
|---|---|
| Booth announcers | Pit reporters |
| Lap-by-lap: Adam Alexander Color-commentator: Dale Earnhardt Jr. Color-commentator: Steve Letarte | Marty Snider Danielle Trotta Alan Cavanna Mamba Smith |
Radio
Radio coverage of the race was broadcast by Motor Racing Network (MRN) and was also simulcast on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio.
| MRN | ||
|---|---|---|
| Booth announcers | Turn announcers | Pit reporters |
| Lead announcer: Alex Hayden Announcer: Mike Bagley | Turns 1 & 6: Dave Moody Turns 2–5: Kurt Becker Turns 7–11: Tim Catalfamo | Steve Post Chris Wilner |
