This weekend is NASCAR’s return trip to Downtown Chicago, where it hopes for much better weather after literally historic flooding produced precedent altering decisions in the rain shortened Xfinity Series race and then a historic Cup Series winner in Shane Van Gisbergen.
Sunday’s forecast looks suspect once again but we’ll all cross that bridge when we get there.
For now, there’s 40 cars on the entry list for the Grant Park 165, meaning that everyone will take the green flag on Sunday. Richard Childress Racing has a third car for Austin Hill. RFK Racing has a third car for Joey Hand. Kaulig Racing even brought out a third car for the first time this year so that defending winner Shane Van Gisbergen and AJ Allmendinger can race.
Cup Series Grant Park 125
1 | Ross Chastain | Phil Surgen | Trackhouse Racing | Chevrolet
2 | Austin Cindric | Brian Wilson | Team Penske | Ford
3 | Austin Dillon | Justin Alexnader | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet
4 | Josh Berry | Rodney Childers | Stewart Haas Racing | Ford
5 | Kyle Larson | Cliff Daniels | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet
6 | Brad Keselowski | Matt McCall | RFK Racing | Ford
7 | Corey LaJoie | Ryan Sparks | Spire Motorsports | Chevrolet
8 | Kyle Busch | Randall Burnett | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet
9 | Chase Elliott | Alan Gustafson | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet
10 | Noah Gragson | Drew Blickensderfer | Stewart-Haas Racing | Ford
11| Denny Hamlin | Chris Gabehart | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota
12 | Ryan Blaney | Jonathan Hassler | Team Penske | Ford
13| AJ Allmendinger | Eddie Pardue | Kaulig Racing | Chevrolet
14 | Chase Briscoe | Richard Boswell | Stewart-Haas Racing | Ford
15 | Kaz Grala | Billy Plourde | Rick Ware Racing | Ford
16| Shane Van Gisbergen | Travis Mack | Kaulig Racing | Chevrolet
17| Chris Buescher | Scott Graves | RFK Racing | Ford
19| Martin Truex Jr. | James Small | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota
20 | Christopher Bell | Adam Stevens | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota
21 | Harrison Burton | Jeremy Bullins | Wood Brothers Racing | Ford
22| Joey Logano | Paul Wolfe | Team Penske | Ford
23| Bubba Wallace | Bootie Barker | 23XI Racing
24 | William Byron | Rudy Fugle | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet
31 | Daniel Hemric | Trent Owens | Kaulig Racing | Chevrolet
33 | Austin Hill | Keith Rodden | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet
34 | Michael McDowell | Travis Peterson | Front Row Motorsports | Ford
38 | Todd Gilliland | Ryan Bergentry | Front Row Motorsports | Ford
41| Ryan Preece | Chad Johnston |Stewart Haas Racing | Ford
42| John Hunter Nemechek | Ben Beshore | Legacy Motor Club | Toyota
43| Erik Jones | Dave Elenz | Legacy Motor Club | Toyota
45 | Tyler Reddick | Billy Scott | 23XI Racing | Toyota
47| Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | Mike Kelley |JTG Daugherty Racing | Ford
48| Alex Bowman | Blake Harris | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet
51| Justin Haley | Chris Lawson |Rick Ware Racing | Ford
54| Ty Gibbs | Chris Gayle | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota
60 | Joey Hand | Derrick Finley | RFK Racing | Ford
66 | Josh Bilicki | Carl Long | MBM Motorsports | Ford
71| Zane Smith | Stephan Doran | Spire Motorsports | Chevrolet
77 | Carson Hocevar | Luke Lambert | Spire Motorsports | Chevrolet
99 | Daniel Suarez | Matt Swiderski | Trackhouse Racing | Chevrolet
Like every Xfinity Series road race, it’s another dynamic entry list for The Loop 100 on Saturday. There’s 43 cars on the entry list, meaning that five cars will be sent home after qualifying.
That’s part of the reason Joey Logano is in the AM Racing No. 15 for Hailie Deegan, no doubt.
Notables include Alex Labbe in the SS GreenLight No. 07, Ty Dillon in the JD No. 4, Thomas Annunziata in the JD No. 6, Andre Castro in the SS GreenLight No. 14, Kyle Larson in the Hendrick No. 17, Sage Karam in the No. 26 Hunt car, Alon Day in the 45 Alpha Prime car and Connor Mosack in the No. 88 JR Motorsports car.
Xfinity Series The Loop 110
00 | Cole Custer | Jonathan Toney | Stewart Haas Racing | Ford
07 | Alex Labbe | Paul Claprood | SS GreenLight Racing | Chevrolet
1 | Sam Mayer | Mardy Lindley | JR Motorsports | Chevrolet
2 | Jesse Love | Danny Stockman | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet
6 | Thomas Annunziata | Dylan Roberts | JD Motorsports | Chevrolet
5 | Anthony Alfredo | Joshua Graham | Our Motorsports | Chevrolet
4 | Ty Dillon | Kase Kallenbach | JD Motorsports | Chevrolet
7 Justin Allgaier | Jim Pohlman | JR Motorsports | Chevrolet
8 | Sammy Smith | Adam Wall | JR Motorsports | Chevrolet
9 | Brandon Jones | Phillip Bell | JR Motorsports | Chevrolet
11 | Josh Williams | Kevin Walter | Kaulig Racing | Chevrolet
14 | Andre Castro | Jason Miller | SS Greenlight Racing | Chevrolet
15 | Joey Logano | Matt Lucas | AM Racing | Ford
16 | AJ Allmendinger | Alex Yontz | Kaulig Racing | Chevrolet
17 | Kyle Larson | Greg Ives | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet
18 | Sheldon Creed | Sam McAulay | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota
19 | Ty Gibbs | Seth Chavlka | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota
20 | John Hunter Nemechek | Tyler Allen | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota
21 | Austin Hill | Andy Street | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet
26 | Sage Karam | Kris Bowen | Sam Hunt Racing | Toyota
27 | Jeb Burton | Shane Whitbeck | Jordan Anderson Racing | Chevrolet
28 | Kyle Sieg | Michael Scearce | RSS Racing | Ford
29 | Blaine Perkins | Steve Addington | RSS Racing | Ford
31 | Parker Retzlaff | Chad Kendrick | Jordan Anderson Racing | Chevrolet
32 | Austin Green | Jody Measamer | Jordan Anderson Racing | Chevrolet
35 | Brad Perez | Scott Eggleston | Joey Gase Motorsports | Chevrolet
36 | Daniel Suarez | Nathan Kennedy | DGM Racing | Chevrolet
38 | Matt DiBenedetto | Kevin Johnson | RSS Racing | Ford
39 | Ryan Sieg | Matt Noyce | RSS Racing | Ford
42 | Leland Honeyman Jr. | Andrew Abbott | Young’s Motorsports | Chevroelt
43| Ryan Ellis | Keith Wolfe | Alpha Prime Racing | Chevrolet
44 | Brennan Poole | Frank Kerr | Alpha Prime Racing | Chevrolet
45 | Alon Day | Pat Tryson | Alpha Prime Racing | Chevrolet
48 | Parker Kligerman | Patrick Donahue | Big Machine Racing | Chevrolet
50 | Preston Pardus | Dan Pardus | Pardus Racing | Chevrolet
51 | Jeremy Clements | Mark Setzer | Jeremy Clements Racing | Chevrolet
53 | TBA | Wayne Carroll | Joey Gase Motorsports | Ford
81 | Chandler Smith | Jeff Meendering | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota
88 | Connor Mosack | Andrew Overstreet | JR Motorsports | Chevrolet
91 | Kyle Weatherman | Mario Gosselin | DGM Racing | Chevrolet
92 | Josh Bilicki | Bryan Berry | DGM Racing | Chevrolet
97 | Shane Van Gisbergen | Bruce Schlicker | Kaulig Racing | Chevrolet
98 | Riley Herbst | Davin Restivo | Stewart Haas Racing | Ford
Matt Weaver is a Motorsports Insider for Sportsnaut. Follow him on Twitter.
