 Where:                                 Chicagoland Speedway, Joliet, Illinois
When: Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Thursday, June 27, 8 pm ET
Television:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â FS1, Live
Track Length:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 1.5 miles
Banking:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Turns: 18 degrees Frontstretch: 11 degrees Backstretch: 5 degrees
Most Recent Winner:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Michael Self, June 28, 2018, 129.144 miles per hour
Most Recent Pole Winner:Â Â Sheldon Creed, June 28, 2018, 176.194 miles per hour
Track Qualifying Record:Â Â Â Â Ricky Stenhouse, Jr., September 5, 2008, 180.030 miles per hour
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- There have been 18 previous ARCA Menards Series races at Chicagoland Speedway, one per year dating back to the track’s inaugural season in 2001.
- In the previous 18 races at Chicagoland, there has never been a repeat winner.
- Previous winners, dating back to 2001: Ed Berrier, Chad Blount, Frank Kimmel, Kyle Krisiloff, Dawayne Bryan, Steve Wallace, Michael McDowell, Scott Lagasse, Jr., Justin Lofton, Patrick Sheltra, Ty Dillon, Kevin Swindell, Corey LaJoie, Mason Mitchell, Ryan Reed, Chase Briscoe, Christopher Bell, and Michael Self.
- In the previous 18 races at Chicagoland, there has never been a repeat General Tire Pole Award winner.
- Previous General Tire Pole Award winners dating back to 2001 include Tim Steele, Chad Blount, Frank Kimmel, Stuart Kirby, Joey Miller, Steve Wallace, Michael McDowell, Ricky Stenhouse, Jr., Brian Ickler, Craig Goess, Josh Richards, Kevin Swindell, Ryan Blaney, John Wes Townley, Cody Coughlin, Shane Lee, Brandon Jones, and Sheldon Creed.
- The General Tire Pole Award winner has gone on to win five times at Chicagoland: Chad Blount in 2002, Frank Kimmel in 2003, Steve Wallace in 2006, Michael McDowell in 2007, and Kevin Swindell in 2012.
- The deepest a driver has started and gone on to win was Ed Berrier, who started 34th and scored the win in the inaugural race at the track in 2001.
- Chicago is home to the Blues Brothers, Ferris Buehler, sausage king Abe Froman, Shedd Aquarium, the Willis Tower, the Chicago Bears football team, Northwestern University, the Chicago Cubs baseball team, and the Chicago White Sox which is another baseball team but isn’t as loved as the Cubs. The Breakfast Club and Home Alone were also shot in the Chicagoland area.
- Seven drivers earned their first career ARCA Menards Series win at Chicagoland: Corey Lajoie, Mason Mitchell, Ryan Reed, Kevin Swindell, Ed Berrier, Dawayne Bryan, and Kyle Krisiloff. For Berrier, Bryan, and Krisiloff it was their only career series victory.
- Three drivers earned their last or most recent career win at Chicagoland: Scott Lagasse, Jr., Christopher Bell, and Patrick Sheltra.
- While there has been no repeat winners in the previous 18 races at Chicagoland, team owners Bill and Cathy Venturini have won four times at their home track: 2008 with Scott Lagasse, Jr., 2012 with Kevin Swindell, 2017 with Christopher Bell, and 2018 with Michael Self.
- The record for most cautions in an ARCA Menards Series race at Chicagoland is 10, set in 2005 and tied in 2008. The record for most laps under caution is 58 set in 2002.
- The record for the fewest cautions in an ARCA Menards Series race at Chicagoland is 3, set in 2012 and tied in 2013, 2016, and 2018. The record for fewest caution laps at Chicagoland is 11 set in 2012.
- The 2012 race, won by Kevin Swindell, is the last time a single driver has led every lap of an ARCA Menards Series race.
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