2025 Grant Park 165

Race details[1][2][3][4][5]
Race 19 of 36 in the2025 NASCAR Cup Series
Date	July 6, 2025 (2025-07-06)
Location	Chicago Street Course inChicago, Illinois
Course	Permanent racing facility
Course length	2.2 miles (3.5 km)
Distance	75 laps, 165 mi (265.542 km)
Average speed	66.674 miles per hour (107.301 km/h)
Pole position
Driver	Shane van Gisbergen	Trackhouse Racing
Time	1:29.656
Most laps led
Driver	Michael McDowell	Spire Motorsports
Laps	31
Fastest lap
Driver	Tyler Reddick	23XI Racing
Time	1:30.091
Winner
No. 88	Shane van Gisbergen	Trackhouse Racing
Television in the United States
Network	TNT
Announcers	Adam Alexander,Dale Earnhardt Jr., andSteve Letarte
Radio in the United States
Radio	MRN
Booth announcers	Alex Hayden andMike Bagley
Turn announcers	Dave Moody (Turns 1 and 6), Kurt Becker (Turns 2–5) and Tim Catalfamo (Turns 7–11)

The2025 Grant Park 165 was aNASCAR Cup Seriesrace held on July 6, 2025, at theChicago Street Course inChicago, Illinois. Contested over 75 laps on the 2.2-mile (3.5 km) street course, it was the 19th race of the2025 NASCAR Cup Series season, as well as the second race of theinauguralNASCAR In-Season Challenge.

Shane van Gisbergen won the race.Ty Gibbs finished 2nd, andTyler Reddick finished 3rd.Denny Hamlin andKyle Busch rounded out the top five, andA. J. Allmendinger,Ryan Preece,Alex Bowman,Austin Hill, andRoss Chastain rounded out the top ten.

TheChicago Street Course is a 2.2 mi (3.5 km)street circuit located in the city ofChicago, Illinois, United States. It hosts theNASCAR Cup Series andNASCAR Xfinity Series. The track was initially a conceptual track oniRacing made for theeNASCAR iRacing Pro Invitational Series in2021.

The track for the race ended up being the exact same layout as the version used in 2021 for the eNASCAR iRacing Pro Invitational Series. The start/finish line is located on South Columbus Drive in front ofBuckingham Fountain inGrant Park. The cars will go south and then turn left onto East Balbo Drive and then right onto SouthLake Shore Drive (also part ofU.S. Route 41), which is alongsideLake Michigan. The cars will then turn right onto East Roosevelt Road and then make another right, which gets them back onto South Columbus Drive where they are going north. They will then reach the intersection of South Columbus Drive and East Balbo Drive again and will make a left turn. When they are back on East Balbo Drive, they will cross a bridge over theMetra Electric District tracks. Next, the cars will turn right onto South Michigan Avenue and go north, onto East Congress Plaza Drive, and back onto South Michigan Ave. Lastly, they will make a right turn onto East Jackson Drive, go back across the Metra Electric tracks, and right back onto South Columbus Drive to the start/finish line.^[6]

On October 20, 2023, NASCAR announced that the Cup Series Chicago Street Race would be shortened from 220 miles (354.056 km) and 100 laps to 165 miles (265.542) and 75 laps.^[7]

• (R) denotes rookie driver.
• (i) denotes driver who is ineligible for series driver points.

Bubba Wallace was the fastest in the practice session with a time of 1:30.951 seconds and a speed of 87.079 mph (140.140 km/h).

Shane van Gisbergen scored the pole for the race with a time of 1:29.656 and a speed of 88.338 mph (142.166 km/h).^[8]Corey Heim failed to qualify. This was the first time a car failed to qualify^[a] since the2018 AAA Texas 500.

Stage OneLaps: 20

Stage TwoLaps: 25

Stage ThreeLaps: 30

• Lead changes: 6 among 5 different drivers
• Cautions/Laps: 7 for 15
• Red flags: 1 for 14 minutes and 42 seconds
• Time of race: 2 hours, 28 minutes and 17 seconds
• Average speed: 66.764 miles per hour (107.446 km/h)

TNT covered the race on the television side.Adam Alexander,Dale Earnhardt Jr. andSteve Letarte called the race from the broadcast booth. Marty Snider,Danielle Trotta, Alan Cavanna andMamba Smith handled pit road for the television side.

Radio coverage of the race was broadcast byMotor Racing Network (MRN) and was also simulcast onSirius XMNASCAR Radio.

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 William Byron 632 2 Chase Elliott 619 (–13) 3 Kyle Larson 613 (–19) 4 Denny Hamlin 589 (–43) 1 5 Tyler Reddick 584 (–48) 1 6 Christopher Bell 565 (–67) 7 Ryan Blaney 539 (–93) 8 Ross Chastain 490 (–142) 1 9 Chase Briscoe 482 (–150) 2 10 Alex Bowman 480 (–152) 2 11 Chris Buescher 476 (–156) 1 12 Joey Logano 471 (–161) 13 Bubba Wallace 443 (–189) 14 Ryan Preece 441 (–191) 2 15 A. J. Allmendinger 400 (–232) 4 16 Kyle Busch 397 (–235) Official driver's standings

Manufacturers' Championship standings Pos Manufacturer Points 1 Chevrolet 696 2 Toyota 676 (–20) 3 Ford 640 (–56) Note: Only the first 16 positions are included for the driver standings. . – Driver has clinched a position in theNASCAR Cup Series playoffs.

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