NASCAR at Chicago 2025: Odds and more info
For the third straight year, the NASCAR Cup and Xfinity Series will tackle the streets of the United States’ third-largest city at the Chicago Street Course.

The NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series returns to action July 25 at Indianapolis Raceway Park.
NASCAR Cup Series’ Grant Park 165
- Sunday, July 6
- 2 p.m. (All times Eastern)
- 70 laps
- Stages end on laps 20, 45, 75
- TNT (stream on Max), Motor Racing Network, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio Channel 90
- Last year’s winner: Alex Bowman

For the fourth time this year, the NASCAR Cup Series will feature a full field with 36 chartered entries and four open entries.
Additionally, for the first time since the Daytona 500, a driver will not qualify for the race with 41 entries for 40 spots.
- Will Brown, No. 13 Kaulig Racing Chevrolet
- Brown is attempting his first start of 2025 and first since last year
- Austin Hill, No. 33 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet
- Hill is attempting his second start of 2025
- Josh Bilicki, No. 66 Garage 66 Ford
- Bilicki is attempting his third start of 2025
- Corey Heim, No. 67 23XI Racing Toyota
- Heim is attempting his second start of 2025
- Katherine Legge, No. 78 Live Fast Motorsports Chevrolet
- Legge is attempting her third start of 2025
Odds for NASCAR Cup Series at Chicago 2025
2023 Chicago Street Course winner Shane Van Gisbergen is the opening odds-on favorite to win Sunday, per Caesarโs Sportsbook. Here are the odds for the Grant Park 165:
- Shane Van Gisbergen +225
- Christopher Bell +800
- Kyle Larson +850
- Ty Gibbs +950
- Tyler Reddick +1000
- Chase Elliott +1200
- William Byron +1500
- Michael McDowell +1600
- Alex Bowman, Chris Buescher +1800
- A.J. Allmendinger +2000
- Will Brown +2500
- Ross Chastain +2800
- Chase Briscoe, Carson Hocevar, Daniel Suarez +3500
- Kyle Busch, Austin Cindric+4000
- Denny Hamlin +4500
- Ryan Blaney +5000
- Joey Logano +6000
- Ryan Preece +7500
- Corey Heim, Brad Keselowski +10000
- Austin Dillon, Todd Gilliland, Justin Haley, John Hunter Nemechek, Zane Smith, Bubba Wallace +15000
- Cole Custer, Erik Jones, Ricky Stenhouse Jr. +20000
- Josh Berry +25000
- Noah Gragson, Austin Hill +30000
- Josh Bilicki, Ty Dillon +50000
- Katherine Legge, Cody Ware +100000
NASCAR Xfinity Series’ The Loop 110
- Saturday, July 5
- 4:30 p.m.
- 50 laps
- Stages end on laps 15, 30, 50
- CW, Motor Racing Network, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio Channel 90
- Last year’s winner: Shane Van Gisbergen

Two drivers will miss the race with 40 entries for 38 spots.
Shane Van Gisbergen, the 2024 winner, is the only driver slated for double-duty this weekend, as he will pilot the No. 9 JR Motorsports Chevrolet.
Other notable entries include:
- Alex Labbe: No. 07 for SS-Greenlight Racing
- Connor Mosack: No. 14 for SS-Greenlight Racing
- Jack Perkins: No. 19 for Joe Gibbs Racing
- Kaz Grala: No. 24 for Sam Hunt Racing
- Austin Green: No. 32 for Jordan Anderson Racing
- Brad Perez: No. 45 for Alpha Prime Racing
- Preston Pardus: No. 50 for Pardus Racing
- Thomas Annunziata: No. 70 for Cope Family Racing
- Josh Bilicki: No. 91 for DGM Racing
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Dominic Aragon is currently the editor-in-chief for The Racing Experts.
From Grants, New Mexico, USA, Aragon started watching NASCAR in 2004 and has been covering the sport since 2009. Aragon is a 2012 graduate of Grants High School and a May 2016 graduate of the University of New Mexico with a B.A. in Mass Communications & Journalism. Aragon has worked in local and national media, as a musician, and an educator. He is co-author of the 2024 book "All of It: Daytona 500 Champion Tells the Rest of the Story" with racer Geoff Bodine.
Aragon, his wife Feliz, and son Christopher currently reside in Grants, New Mexico, USA.
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