Lifelock.com 400
Here is a quick run down of trivial facts and statistics for this weekend’s Lifelock.com 400 at Chicagoland Speedway in Joilet, IL.
Chicagoland Speedway History
- Construction of the Chicagoland Speedway began in August 1999.
- The first NASCAR Nationwide Series race at Chicago was July 14, 2001.
- The first NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race was held on July 15, 2001.
Track Numbers
- NASCAR Cup Series Races: 7
- Pole Winners: 7
- Race Winners: 5
- 17 drivers have competed in all seven races at Chicago.
- Todd Bodine won the first pole.
- Kevin Harvick won the first race.
- Five different drivers have won races, led by Kevin Harvick – who won the first two races there – and Tony Stewart, each with two.
- Kevin Harvick won the inaugural race in 2001 from the sixth position – the best starting position of a Chicago winner. He won the 2002 from the 32nd starting position, the deepest in the field that a race winner ever started at Chicago.
- Kevin Harvick has an 8.00 average finish in seven races at Chicago, the best of any driver with more than one start there.
- One Chicago race has gone beyond the scheduled distance (2006 – 270 laps).
- Greg Biffle finished 20th in each of his first two races at Chicago. He has finished 11th in his other three races.
- The best starting position of a race winner at Chicago was sixth by Kevin Harvick in the inaugural race there in 2001. Since that time only one race has been won from a top-10 starting position with two coming from outside the top-25.
- Three active drivers have had a runner-up finish be their best at Chicago: Jeff Burton, Matt Kenseth and Jimmie Johnson.
- Johnson has finished sixth or better in five of his six NASCAR Sprint Cup races and has a NASCAR Busch Series victory there – which was his career-first NASCAR win.
- Kenseth has finished second twice in both the NASCAR Sprint Cup and NASCAR Nationwide Series.
- Burton has just one other top-10 finish in six Chicago races and has finished third in all five of his NASCAR Busch Series races.
Track Records
- Track qualifying record: Jimmie Johnson (188.147 mph, 28.701 secs., 7-8-05)
- Track race record: Kevin Harvick (136.832 mph, 7-14-02)
Chicagoland Race Day Data
- Estimated Pit Window: Every 50 – 55 laps, based on fuel mileage.
- Race #19 of 36 (7-12-08)
- Track Size: 1.5 miles
- Race Length: 400 miles (267 laps)
- Banking/Corners: 18 degrees
- Banking/Backstretch: 5 degrees
- Banking/Tri-Oval: 11 degrees