That’s two in a row for NASCAR Cup Series outrights! We hit on Ross Chastain at 11-1 at Nashville. I’m going for three in a row as the NASCAR Cup Series heads to the Chicago Street Course for the inaugural Grant Park 220 on Sunday, July 2 at 5:30 p.m. ET. Keep reading as I break down the betting odds, make my predictions and identify the top NASCAR bets for this weekend’s action in Chicago — we’re riding with two undervalued but highly skilled drivers, including Joey Logano.
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NASCAR Predictions for the Grant Park 220 at the Chicago Street Course: Race Preview
How do We Handicap This Track?
We’re all flying blind for this one. No one will have ever laid a lap in a real NASCAR-sanctioned vehicle at the Chicago Street Course until this weekend, including the drivers themselves. The event will be the first-ever Cup Series race held on a street course, or a race track adapted from standard city streets.
While other road courses are a useful comparator, a few things make the layout of the Chicago Street Course truly unique. First, seven of the track’s 12 corners are at 90-degree angles, reminiscent of Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Second, the track features two straightaways (three, if you don’t count turn three as a true corner) that measure 0.35 miles or longer.
Those long straightaways and hairpin corners will combine to put a ton of pressure on drivers’ brake systems. Brake failure is almost a certainty in the 100-lap, 220-mile event. Gateway, which features similarly long straightaways and tight corners, saw Tyler Reddick, Bubba Wallace, Carson Hocevar and Noah Gragson all suffer brake failures.
The narrow Chicago streets could make ing difficult, and the lack of stage breaks means starting track position will come at a . Qualifying could get rained out. As such, I’m weighing both performance at last weekend’s race (for the qualifying algorithm) and recent road course qualifying performance heavily.
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