Shorter races at Chicago Street Course in 2024
CHICAGO — Organizers with the Chicago Street Course said Friday the NASCAR Cup Series and Xfinity Series will run shorter races there in 2024.
The NASCAR Cup Series will run the Grant Park 165, while the Xfinity Series will run The Loop 110.
The Cup Series race will be 75 laps, 25 laps shorter than last year’s Grant Park 220. The Xfinity Series race will be 50 laps, five laps shorter than last year’s The Loop 121.
Due to heavy rain and logistics constraints, the Xfinity Series race ended after 25 of 55 laps. Heavy rain and looming darkness ended the Cup Series race after 78 of 100 laps.
Cole Custer led every lap and won the Xfinity Series race. Shane Van Gisbergen won the Cup Series race.
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Jonathan Fjeld is the co-owner of the The Racing Experts, LLC. He has been with TRE since 2010.
A Twin Valley, MN, native, Fjeld became a motorsports fan at just three years old (first race was the 2002 Pennsylvania 500). He worked as a contributor and writer for TRE from 2010-18. Since then, he has stepped up and covered 24 NASCAR race weekends and taken on a larger role with TRE. He became the co-owner and managing editor in 2023 and has guided the site to massive growth in that time.
Fjeld has covered a wide array of stories and moments over the years, including Kevin Harvick's final Cup Series season, the first NASCAR national series disqualification in over 50 years, Shane van Gisbergen's stunning win in Chicago and the first Cup Series race at Road America in 66 years – as well as up-and-coming drivers' stories and stories from inside the sport, like the tech it takes for Hendrick Motorsports to remain a top-tier team.
Currently, he resides in Albuquerque, N.M., where he works for KOB 4, an NBC station. He works as a digital producer and does on-air reports. He loves spending time with friends and family, playing and listening to music, exploring new places, being outdoors, reading books and writing among other activities. You can email him at fjeldjonathan@gmail.com