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Piastri flips script on Norris in title statement amid Red Bull revival

Oscar Piastri just had his first duel for victory with Max Verstappen, and Verstappen came off second best. They were always likely to come to blows starting alongside each other on the front row at the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix. Both knew it was crucial to claim the apex and the lead to win the […]

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Piastri flips script on Norris in title statement amid Red Bull revival

Oscar Piastri just had his first duel for victory with Max Verstappen, and Verstappen came off second best.

They were always likely to come to blows starting alongside each other on the front row at the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix. Both knew it was crucial to claim the apex and the lead to win the race.

But Piastri got the better start, held his nerve on the kerb and came out on to, even if Verstappen attempted to argue the point by cutting the chicane.

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The flashpoint was brief but important for Piastri. The Australian is a clear title protagonist, and Verstappen is a perpetual frontrunner.

Lando Norris took too long last year to keep his elbows out and stand his ground in his battles with the uncompromising Dutchman.

Piastri laid down a small but important marker that he won’t be pushed around in pursuit of the title — a title he now leads.

PIASTRI TAKES THE TITLE LEAD IN BIG TICK FOR 2025 GAINS

For the first time in 5293 days an Australian leads the Formula 1 world championship, with Piastri holding a 10-point advantage over teammate Norris.

The last Australian to sit at the top the title standings was Mark Webber, Piastri’s now manager, on 24 October 2010. Webber took the lead in that year’s Italian grand prix and led through Singapore and Japan before losing top spot in Korea.

Piastri’s broken that 15-year drought with the first set of back-to-back victories by an Australian in more than a decade, dating back to Daniel Ricciardo’s wins at the Hungarian and Belgian grands prix on either side of the mid-season break in 2014.

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Three victories from four grands prix makes for the best run of form by an Australian since Alan Jones claimed a second place and three wins across the 1980 and 1981 seasons.

“I’m happy, but I think I’m more proud of the reasons I’m leading the championship rather than the fact I am leading the championship,” Piastri said. “It’s been a great start to the year.

“I worked on the things I wanted to work on from last season, and it’s paying off. That’s what’s given me the most satisfaction at the moment.

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“Obviously winning races is fun too, but the fact that I feel like I’ve really taken a step up and scoring the most amount of points when we can is the biggest thing.

“It’s still super early in the championship — I want to be leading it after round 24, not round 5 — but it’s a good start.”

After five rounds Piastri has totally flipped the ledger against Norris, the only driver to whom he can be accurately compared. He’s ahead in the championship and has reversed his qualifying deficit into an advantage.

The fact this has come at the opening five rounds of the season is significant. Over the past two seasons his lowest points have come inevitably at the non-European races, held at tracks where his experience gap is largest because most junior formulae race almost exclusively in Europe.

But with two seasons of F1 under his belt, that experience deficit appears to have vanished.

And having been the highest scoring driver through the European leg of last season, to lead the way after the opening five flyaway rounds of this season makes Piastri look much closer to the finished article and like a formidable title contender.

MISERABLE MAX IN PENALTY PROTEST

It didn’t take Max Verstappen long to get the metaphorical bottom lip out after the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix.

“I’m going to keep it quite short,” he said when asked about his race in the pre-podium trackside interview. “I just want to say a big thankyou to the fans in Jeddah. It’s been a great weekend. I love the track.

“The rest is what it is. I’m looking forward to Miami, so I’ll see you there.”

He was hardly verbose speaking to F1 TV about the issue subsequently.

“I think it’s better we don’t talk about it, because we are anyway not allowed to express our opinions on that,” he said.

And to Sky Sports: “To be honest, I think any words towards that is just a waste of time for everyone … the only thing that’s in my interests is looking forward to going home.”

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You didn’t have to be an expert in body language to know Verstappen wasn’t happy.

The source of his frustration was the five-second penalty of passing Piastri off track at the first turn.

Pole in Jeddah is on the racing line — that is, on the outside line on the right-hand side heading into the left-hander that enters the chicane.

It means the driver starting second on the grid has a clear view of the apex if they can get a better start than the pole-getter.

That’s exactly what Piastri did, nosing ahead of Verstappen as they reached the first turn.

But then Verstappen pulled out an old trick of his, releasing the brakes to appear ahead as they reached the apex and then cutting the corner under the pretext of being pushed off the road.

It’s a technique that’s worked several times for the Dutchman, but after several run-ins last year, particularly with Norris, and after 19 of 20 drivers lobbied the FIA to reconsider how they policed racing, such a gaming of the rules is now effectively outlawed.

For what it’s worth, Piastri wasn’t particularly aggrieved to be on the receiving end of some Verstappen gamesmanship.

“I knew it was going to be a difficult fight given it’s Max, but I think I did everything I needed to,” he said. “If the shoe was on the other foot, it would have looked identical probably.

“It was good racing and I think it was the right call.”

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Red Bull Racing principal Christian Horner unsurprisingly had a different view.

“We have this notion of ‘let them race’,” he said. “I don’t know where Max was supposed to go at that first corner.”

‘Let them race’ was an approach taken by race control circa 2021, when the sport allowed some borderline and occasionally outright objectionable racing in an attempt to improve the spectacle.

It’s been gradually wound back ever since in part because of the liberties taken by Verstappen.

But perhaps the biggest takeaway from the incident was that Red Bull Racing and Verstappen opted against taking up the opportunity to give the place back — notwithstanding they had only around half a lap before the safety car was called.

Had Verstappen let Piastri into the lead, then he would’ve had the chance to roll the dice on strategy rather than playing the unsuccessful defensive game that eventually left him locked into second.

“It probably would’ve been better for everyone if they’d swapped positions, but I’m not going to complain; we finished first and fourth,” McLaren CEO Zak Brown smiled to Sky Sports.

BUT RED BULL RACING HAS MADE GENUINE PROGRESS

The idea that Verstappen could have won with strategy isn’t so farfetched given how much closer Red Bull Racing looked to McLaren on race pace this weekend.

Verstappen obviously had the pace to take pole, but the Dutchman didn’t think much of his victory odds on Saturday night given the poor pace in race simulation during Friday relative to the MCL39.

But rather than the obliteration some had expected, the advantage swung from Piastri to Verstappen during the first stint, and in the second stint the gap remained steady at less than five seconds.

Piastri won the race, but there was no real knockout punch.

“I had to work for that one pretty hard,” Piastri said. “Essentially holding my ground [at the first corner] is what won me the race.

“Trying to stay in the dirty air was pretty much impossible today. I wouldn’t have had enough to go and overtake Max. I was struggling at the end of the medium stint.

“Once I had some clean air I could manage the gap a little bit, but I didn’t have too much more left. I certainly wasn’t trying to disappear up the road in case we had a safety car or something, but I couldn’t have just pulled out a bunch of lap time if I wanted.

“At the end of the first stint Max was quicker. That’s obviously not how we want things to look. I think we’ve got some things to work on after this weekend, because the competition is tight and I think they’re getting closer.”

Brown told Sky Sports that he expected competition to remain close.

“That was a very competitive race,” he said. “[Max] has been competitive all weekend. He’s won this year.

“I think this idea we were going to make it a bit boring — I don’t think we’ve really had a boring race yet.”

For Christian Horner it’s even clearer.

“We’ve lost the race by 2.6 seconds [after serving a five-second penalty],” he told Sky Sports. “I think the most positive thing for us was the pace was there — it was a very positive race.”

Verstappen wasn’t willing to buy into the idea that McLaren was truly within reach but did sound optimistic that the team had made some big gains in its understanding of the troubled RB21.

“The positives are that in the race I think we had quite good pace compared to Friday,” Verstappen said. “We improved a lot.”

“I do think we found a really good set-up on the car, but I think this track suits our car a bit better, plus the degradation is quite low.

“I think we know that we still have things to improve on the car. we just need to get a few updates the car to help that.

“I think what we need to try and work on is just being a little bit more consistent overall.”

NORRIS COMEBACK STIFLED BY FERRARI IN SINGLE HAMILTON BRIGHT SPOT

How you judge Norris’s comeback from 10th to fourth depends on your perspective.

You could argue he had the car in qualifying to start from the front row and probably pole. No comeback should have been required.

Alternatively you might put that he gained six places on an afternoon overtaking wasn’t easy.

“I think I’m pleased on the whole,” he told Sky Sports. “I just make life tough for myself, especially when it’s a race like that.

“It would’ve been much easier, a lot more chilled, to just drive up the front, so I’ve got to help myself out a little bit and have better Saturdays.”

But you could also say that a podium should have been comfortably within his reach in a car that was much faster than Charles Leclerc’s Ferrari. Instead he fell just over a second short of the Monegasque, having run out of laps to catch and challenge him for a trophy.

The reason for this marginal underperformance, his first non-podium finish of the year, was twofold.

The first was a superb race from Leclerc — who after a slightly shaky start to the season seems to be back in the groove he enjoyed for much of last year — and excellent execution from the team.

Leclerc ran long on a set of medium tyres — much longer than expected — to give himself a better hit at the hard tyres at the end.

It effectively neutralised Norris’s strategy — similar but switching from hard to medium — and gave him a fighting chance of keeping his nose ahead.

“I think we did the perfect race,” Leclerc said. “Today I don’t feel like there was anything more on the table.

“There were no mistakes. Strategy perfect. Pit stops again perfect.

“Overall it’s been the perfect race, and today I couldn’t do anymore more than P3.”

But Lewis Hamilton in the second Ferrari also played a role in preventing Norris from finishing higher than fourth — somewhat ironic given he was never in contention to get anywhere near the podium.

Hamilton’s big impact came between laps 12 and 15, when Norris was attempting to pass him in his gradual slog up the order before the pit stops.

The Ferrari driver defended relentlessly and cleverly, playing with the positioning of the DRS detection point before the final corner to let Norris through early only to blast back past him into the first turn with his rear wing open.

It took Norris three laps to understand the game and get through, costing him around four seconds.

He finished just one second behind Leclerc at the flag.

It was the single bright spot in Hamilton’s otherwise miserable weekend, the seven-time champion finishing 39 seconds off the lead and 31 seconds behind Leclerc.

“There wasn’t one second [when I felt comfortable in the car],” he told Sky Sports. “Clearly the car is capable of being P3. Charles did a great job today. I can’t blame the car.”

He was even more downcast speaking to F1 TV when asked whether the weekend off before the upcoming Miami Grand Prix would give him a chance to digest the lessons of his opening stanza of races and bounce back.

“If you want to look at it positively, yes, but I mean, honestly, I don’t’ think so,” he said. “It’s not going to make any difference.”

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Arguably the most unique event on the NASCAR calendar is here. The streets of Chicago will be filled with the sounds of Cup Series racing for the third year in a row.

This year’s race comes with an added wrinkle; it’s round two of NASCAR’s inaugural in-season challenge. Round one last week in Atlanta saw multiple upsets of the top seeds thanks to a collision-filled race with nearly one-third of the field failing to finish.

In the end, Chase Elliott won his home race by just 0.168 seconds over Brad Keselowski. That win was his first in more than a calendar year and closed the gap from him to championship leader William Byron.

The Grant Park 165 will be another challenge for the remaining 16 drivers in contention for the in-season challenge title. It’s the only street course event of the season and the prior two runnings were impacted by rain.

USA TODAY Sports will have coverage of the Grant Park 165 at the Chicago Street Course. Follow along for all the action and results:

Leaderboard as of Stage 1.

Michael McDowell, No. 71 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet
Kyle Busch, No. 8 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet
Tyler Reddick, No. 45 23XI Racing Toyota
Chase Briscoe, No. 19 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota
Ryan Preece, No. 60 RFK Racing Ford
Ross Chastain, No. 1 Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet
John Hunter Nemechek, No. 42 Legacy Motor Club Toyota
Zane Smith, No. 38 Front Row Motorsports Ford
Austin Hill, No. 33 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet
Noah Gragson, No. 4 Front Row Motorsports Ford
Shane van Gisbergen, No. 88 Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet
Ty Gibbs, No. 54 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota
AJ Allmendinger, No. 16 Kaulig Racing Chevrolet
Christopher Bell, No. 20 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota
Joey Logano, No. 22 Team Penske Ford
Ryan Blaney, No. 12 Team Penske Ford
Kyle Larson, No. 5 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet
Cody Ware, No. 51 Rick Ware Racing Ford
Bubba Wallace, No. 23 23XI Racing Toyota
Justin Haley, No. 7 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet
Josh Berry, No. 21 Wood Brothers Racing Ford
Josh Bilicki, No. 66 Garage 66 Ford
Erik Jones, No. 43 Legacy Motor Club Toyota
Austin Cindric, No. 2 Team Penske Ford
Katherine Legge, No. 78 Live Fast Motorsports Chevrolet
Denny Hamlin, No. 11 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota
Ricky Stenhouse Jr., No. 47 HYAK Motorsports Chevrolet
Chase Elliott, No. 9 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet
Daniel Suarez, No. 99 Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet
Riley Herbst, No. 35 23XI Racing Toyota
Alex Bowman, No. 48 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet
Ty Dillon, No. 10 Kaulig Racing Chevrolet
Cole Custer, No. 41 Haas Factory Team Ford
Chris Buescher, No. 17 Roush Fenway Keselowski Racing Ford
Carson Hocevar, No. 77 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet (out)
Austin Dillon, No. 3 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet (out)
Brad Keselowski, No. 6 Roush Fenway Keselowski Racing Ford (out)
Todd Gilliland, No. 34 Front Row Motorsports Ford (out)
Will Brown, No. 13 Kaulig Racing Chevrolet (out)
William Byron, No. 24 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet (out)

McDowell took the lead from Shane van Gisbergen on lap 1 and held on following the caution period to take the win after the first 20 laps. van Gisbergen kept behind McDowell for most of the stage but pitted on lap 18, leaving McDowell to take the stage win uncontested.

Carson Hocevar spun out in the No. 77 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet after hitting two walls and more cars collided and blocked the track. Austin Dillon, Brad Keselowski, Daniel Suarez, Todd Gilliland, Riley Herbst and Will Brown were involved in the wreck.

The lone street race of the 2025 Cup Series calendar is underway with Michael McDowell taking the lead from pole sitter Shane van Gisbergen.

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Shane van Gisbergen, No. 88 Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet
Michael McDowell, No. 71 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet
Carson Hocevar, No. 77 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet
Tyler Reddick, No. 45 23XI Racing Toyota
Chase Briscoe, No. 19 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota
Kyle Busch, No. 8 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet
Ryan Preece, No. 60 RFK Racing Ford
Chris Buescher, No. 17 Roush Fenway Keselowski Racing Ford
Ty Gibbs, No. 54 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota
Austin Dillon, No. 3 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet
Alex Bowman, No. 48 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet
Joey Logano, No. 22 Team Penske Ford
Christopher Bell, No. 20 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota
Kyle Larson, No. 5 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet
Brad Keselowski, No. 6 Roush Fenway Keselowski Racing Ford
AJ Allmendinger, No. 16 Kaulig Racing Chevrolet
Ryan Blaney, No. 12 Team Penske Ford
Daniel Suarez, No. 99 Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet
Will Brown, No. 13 Kaulig Racing Chevrolet
Todd Gilliland, No. 34 Front Row Motorsports Ford
Riley Herbst, No. 35 23XI Racing Toyota
Ross Chastain, No. 1 Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet
Cole Custer, No. 41 Haas Factory Team Ford
Noah Gragson, No. 4 Front Row Motorsports Ford
John Hunter Nemechek, No. 42 Legacy Motor Club Toyota
Zane Smith, No. 38 Front Row Motorsports Ford
Austin Cindric, No. 2 Team Penske Ford
Justin Haley, No. 7 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet
Josh Berry, No. 21 Wood Brothers Racing Ford
Austin Hill, No. 33 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet
Josh Bilicki, No. 66 Garage 66 Ford
Ricky Stenhouse Jr., No. 47 HYAK Motorsports Chevrolet
Katherine Legge, No. 78 Live Fast Motorsports Chevrolet
Erik Jones, No. 43 Legacy Motor Club Toyota
Cody Ware, No. 51 Rick Ware Racing Ford
Ty Dillon, No. 10 Kaulig Racing Chevrolet
Bubba Wallace, No. 23 23XI Racing Toyota
William Byron, No. 24 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet
Chase Elliott, No. 9 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet
Denny Hamlin, No. 11 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota

Thirty-two drivers qualified for the inaugural in-season challenge and 16 were eliminated in Atlanta. The 16 winners advanced to the second round and make up the remaining bracket. Here’s how things look entering Chicago:

Top half of draw

No. 17 Brad Keselowski vs. No. 32 Ty Dillon
No. 8 Alex Bowman vs. No. 9 Bubba Wallace
No. 5 Chase Elliott vs. No. 12 John Hunter Nemechek
No. 20 Erik Jones vs. No. 29 Ricky Stenhouse Jr.

Bottom half of draw

No. 15 Ryan Preece vs. No. 31 Noah Gragson
No. 23 Tyler Reddick vs. No. 26 Carson Hocevar
No. 6 Ty Gibbs vs. No. 22 A.J. Allmendinger
No. 3 Chris Buescher vs. No. 14 Zane Smith

The Weather Channel is calling for a 60% chance of rain in Chicago today. The hourly forecast predicts the highest chance of rain between 4 and 6 p.m. ET which may hit towards the end of the race. Temperatures should stay around the low 80s.

About 90 minutes from green flag here at Chicago. Just don’t know how quickly storms will build and how scattered. Do have rain tires but can’t race in conditions where they can’t see or lightning. pic.twitter.com/AJi9SJ8AVx

— Bob Pockrass (@bobpockrass) July 6, 2025

The Grant Park 165 is scheduled to start at 2 p.m. ET (1 p.m. local) Sunday, July 6, on the street course in downtown Chicago.

The Grant Park 165 will be broadcast on TNT. It’s the second of four races to be broadcast on the network. Pre-race coverage will start at 1 p.m. ET.

Yes, the Grant Park 165 will be streamed on WatchTNT, Max and Sling TV.

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The Grant Park 165 is 75 laps around the 2.2-mile track for a total of 165 miles. The race will have three segments (laps per stage) — Stage 1: 20 laps; Stage 2: 25 laps; Stage 3: 30 laps.

Alex Bowman led the final eight laps, taking the lead on Lap 51 of the shortened race that ended with a countdown clock on Lap 58 instead of the scheduled 75 after weather disrupted the race. When the clock hit zero, Bowman needed to maintain his lead for two laps – taking the white flag and the checkered flag – to earn his lone victory of 2024. Bowman pulled away from Tyler Reddick and won by 2.863 seconds.

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For the third year in a row, NASCAR is taking to the streets.

After making its NASCAR debut in July 2023, the Chicago Street Course is back on the schedule this year. While NASCAR races on winding road courses every season, the Chicago Street Race is the only one on the schedule this season that’ll take place on real city streets.

The downtown Chicago loop area has been transformed into a 2.2-mile racetrack that’ll see NASCAR drivers whizzing by some of the city’s most notable landmarks and racing down iconic streets like Michigan Ave.

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When: July 6, 2 p.m. ET
Where: Chicago Street Course
Channel: TNT
Streaming: DIRECTV

This year, the Grant Park 165 is also part of the league’s first single-elimination in-season challenge, which offers drivers a second chance at a $1 million bonus (the first being the All Star Race).

2025 NASCAR Chicago Street Race time:

The 2025 NASCAR Chicago Street Race is today, July 6, at 2 p.m. ET.

How to watch the 2025 NASCAR Chicago Street Race for free:

If you don’t have cable, you’ll need a live TV streaming service to stream NASCAR races for free. One option we love is DIRECTV, which comes with five days free and starts at $59.99/month, with plenty of subscription options that include TNT.

Other ways to watch the 2025 NASCAR Chicago Street Race:

Another way to watch the 2025 NASCAR Chicago Street Race is with a Max subscription. Max costs $9.99/month with ads and $16.99/month without ads — but the “with ads” plan will be just fine here, as live sports always have ads.

Where is the NASCAR race in Chicago?

As the name implies the 2025 NASCAR Chicago Street Race will take place in the streets of Chicago, IL. Specifically, the track was constructed in and around Grant Park and includes some of the city’s most recognizable streets, including S. Michigan Ave. and DuSable Lake Shore Drive, and landmarks like Grant Park’s Buckingham Fountain and the Art Institute of Chicago.

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The third NASCAR Chicago Street Race will be held Sunday, July 6, 2025.

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The Grant Park 165 will take place at 1 p.m. CST / noon EST Sunday, July 7. The 165-mile NASCAR Cup Series race is 75 laps long.

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NASCAR Chicago Street Race action will be broadcast on TNT. Adam Alexander, Dale Earnhardt Jr., and Steve Letarte will be on the call. The driver cam stream is available to stream on Max (subscription required).

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2025 NASCAR Chicago Street Race schedule today live on Grant Park 165 race day− Sunday, July 6, 2025

All times are CST:

10 a.m. CST: Gates open; NASCAR village opens at Butler Field
10-10:15 a.m. CST: Joint CFP and CFD Pipe and Drums Performance on the NASCAR Experience Stage
10:05 a.m.-10:15 a.m. CST: Q&A with NASCAR driver Shane Van Gisbergen on the NASCAR Experience Stage
10:15 a.m.-10:45 a.m. CST: NASCAR EV showcase
10:15 a.m.-11:05 a.m. CST: Rust Riders performance on The Front Porch Lounge
10:15-10:30 a.m. CST: Q&A with NASCAR driver Chase Elliott on the NASCAR Experience Stage
10:20 a.m. CST: NASCAR driver Erik Jones appearance at the Toyota Racing Experience
10:30 a.m.-11 a.m. CST: Noah’s Lego race car build-off with Noah Gragson at NASCAR kids zone
10:30 a.m. CST: KSFMX Freestyle Motocross show on Festival Field
10:45-11 a.m. CST: Joint CFP and CFD Pipe and Drums Performance on the NASCAR Experience Stage
11 a.m.-11:15 a.m. CST: Q&A with Chicago Street Race president Julie Giese on the NASCAR Experience Stage
11 a.m. CST: KSFMX Freestyle Motocross show on Festival Field
11:15 a.m.-11:30 a.m. CST: Jesse White tumbling team at Festival Field
11:25 a.m.-12:15 p.m. CST: Lawrence Peters Outfit performance at The Front Porch Lounge
11:30 a.m. CST: KSFMX Freestyle Motocross show on Festival Field
11:30 a.m.-Noon CST: Performance by Chicago DJ Chip E., the so-called “architect of house music” on the NASCAR Experience Stage
12:40 p.m.-1:30 p.m. CST: Wild Earp performance at The Front Porch Lounge
12:40 p.m. CST: NASCAR Cup Series driver introductions on the Busch Light Summer Music Series stage, followed by the National Anthem by Grammy-winner Soul Children
1 p.m. CST: Grant Park 165 NASCAR Cup Series Race

2025 NASCAR Chicago Street Race map / course layout

Here is a look at the race layout:

2025 NASCAR Chicago Street Race course layout.

2025 NASCAR Chicago Street Race tickets

New for 2025, grounds passes are between $125 to $300. Prices increase with VIP add-ons, reserved turn seating, and premium clubs or suites. Visit www.nascarchicago.com for more information or to purchase tickets.

Who won 2024 NASCAR Chicago Street Race? Who was Grant Park 165 winner last year?

In 2024, Alex Bowman beat Tyler Reddick for his second victory of the year.

Chris Sims is a digital producer at IndyStar. Follow him on Twitter: @ChrisFSims.

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Connor Zilisch caught off guard by SVG’s aggression in battle for the win

Shane van Gisbergen and Connor Zilisch are teammates at Trackhouse and at Chicago, they were also teammates at JR Motorsports. They ran inverse paint schemes, both representing Red Bull and WeatherTech. And while Zilisch had to drive through the field after a practice wreck, SVG had to do something similar after some mid-race strategy went […]

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And while Zilisch had to drive through the field after a practice wreck, SVG had to do something similar after some mid-race strategy went awry. With some help from a late-race yellow, the race became a head-to-head battle between the teammates.

Zilisch had never raced SVG for the win before (although, they were co-drivers in the Rolex 24 at Daytona) and was caught off guard by the aggression he experienced as the hands of SVG as they raced down into Turn 1. Van Gisbergen threw it up the inside, using all the track to muscle his way into the race lead.

“I didn’t have a chance”

Connor Zilisch, JR Motorsports Chevrolet, Harrison Burton, AM Racing Ford

“I understand he’s racing for the win, but yeah, I didn’t even have a chance there,” Zilisch told SiriusXM NASCAR Radio. “He just stuffed me in the wall. Definitely frustrating, but still really cool to get Red Bull and WeatherTech a 1-2. My team worked so hard (after practice wreck). The entire JR Motorsports team came in to help, and yeah, we had a shot at it there and that’s all you can ask for. I’ll definitely remember the way he raced me. I didn’t expect him to do that. But I get it, we’re racing for the win.”

Learning from it

In the post-race press conference, Zilisch expanded on that, both disappointed in himself for not preparing for the move and surprised by how aggressive van Gisbergen was.

“It wasn’t dirty,” said Zilisch. “We’re racing for the win on the last restart. I just didn’t expect it — kind of just caught me by surprise. I wouldn’t consider it dirty at all. I could have just done a better job at keeping leverage but I let him get a nose ahead of me and at that point, it’s his corner and he can do what he wants to. I didn’t expect it, so I wish I could have it back.”

He later added: “By no means does he have to leave me room. I expected it, but I won’t expect it next time. I’m not mad about it, but like I said, I wish I had it back … I would have done it differently.”

Shane Van Gisbergen, Chevrolet

What would Zilisch have done, exactly? He explained that he would have slammed the door on him in the brief moment where he got clear on the frontstretch, sweeping low and preventing a dive up the inside.

It also seems like Zilisch had some preconceived notions about the way SVG would race him, considering his background, but anyone who has watched Supercars knows better — just look at some of the tense battles between himself and his former Triple Eight teammate Jamie Whincup.

“I see Shane as a driver who came from New Zealand and over there, we were raised the same — when you hit someone, you get a penalty,” said Zilisch. “I expected that but by no means is that the rule here so I have nothing to complain about. I can’t be upset about it. It’s part of racing. Next time I’ll learn and will be more aggressive.”

And next time could be very soon as SVG will be back in the No. 9 JR Motorsports car for the NASCAR Xfinity race at Sonoma next weekend. It will be interesting to see how Zilisch adjusts his style should the two teammates face-off once again.

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Lando Norris wins thrilling British Grand Prix

Associated Press | Associated Press Silverstone, England – Lando Norris survived an incident-packed race in the rain to win Formula 1’s British Grand Prix on Sunday and cut the gap to his teammate and title rival Oscar Piastri. Norris won his home race for the first time after Piastri had to serve a 10-second penalty […]

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Silverstone, England – Lando Norris survived an incident-packed race in the rain to win Formula 1’s British Grand Prix on Sunday and cut the gap to his teammate and title rival Oscar Piastri.

Norris won his home race for the first time after Piastri had to serve a 10-second penalty for sharp braking behind the safety car while in the lead.

“This is a dream, winning at home. It’s beautiful,” Norris told the team over the radio. “Thanks for the memory. I’ll remember this more than anything.”

He climbed out of the car and celebrated with both arms raised to take in the moment, before hugs with his team and his mother. On the podium, Norris closed his eyes with a smile as the British anthem played.

Piastri was unhappy with his penalty, signaling he believed it was a legal move. “I’m not going to say too much to make myself in trouble,” he added.

Piastri had been leading the pack before a restart from safety car conditions and slowed to back up the cars behind, but did it sharply enough that Max Verstappen behind had to swerve to avoid him.

Once it became clear Piastri would have to serve the penalty at his next pit stop, Norris made sure the Australian couldn’t build a lead to cancel it out. Norris just needed to stay with his teammate and hovered two seconds behind, waiting to inherit the lead.

Piastri now leads Norris by eight points overall, cut from 15.

In a race with plenty of crashes and spins, Sauber’s Nico Hulkenberg was third from 19th on the grid for his first podium finish in his 239th race of an F1 career that began in 2010. His team hadn’t finished in the top three since 2012.

Verstappen started on pole but ended up fifth after spinning from second behind Piastri at a safety-car restart, briefly dropping to 10th.

Smart strategy could win big, like it did for Hulkenberg, or risk everything. George Russell asked the team for slick tires on a slippery track and span off through the gravel a lap later, finishing 10th.

It was a rough day for the rookies as Racing Bulls’ Isack Hadjar crashed into the wall after hitting the back of Kimi Antonelli, saying he couldn’t see the Mercedes driver in the rain.

Antonelli later retired and fellow rookies Gabriel Bortoleto, Liam Lawson and Franco Colapinto all failed to finish too. Oliver Bearman made it to the end for Haas in 11th but crashed into teammate Esteban Ocon along the way.

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