The 2025 Grant Park 165 was a NASCAR Cup Series race held on July 6, 2025, at the Chicago Street Course in Chicago, Illinois. Contested over 75 laps on the street course, it was the 19th race of the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series season, as well as the second race of the inaugural NASCAR In-Season Challenge.
Shane van Gisbergen won the race. Ty Gibbs finished 2nd, and Tyler Reddick finished 3rd. Denny Hamlin and Kyle Busch rounded out the top five, and A. J. Allmendinger, Ryan Preece, Alex Bowman, Austin Hill, and Ross Chastain rounded out the top ten.
Report
Background
The Chicago Street Course is a street circuit located in the city of Chicago, Illinois, United States. It hosts the NASCAR Cup Series and NASCAR Xfinity Series. The track was initially a conceptual track on iRacing made for the eNASCAR iRacing Pro Invitational Series in 2021.
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 of Buckingham Fountain in Grant Park. The cars will go south and then turn left onto East Balbo Drive and then right onto South Lake Shore Drive (also part of U.S. Route 41), which is alongside Lake 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 the Metra 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.
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.
Entry list (R) denotes rookie driver. (i) denotes driver who is ineligible for series driver points.
Driver Team Manufacturer 1 Ross Chastain Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 2 Austin Cindric Team Penske Ford 3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 4 Noah Gragson Front Row Motorsports Ford 5 Kyle Larson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 6 Brad Keselowski RFK Racing Ford 7 Justin Haley Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 8 Kyle Busch Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 10 Ty Dillon Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 13 Will Brown Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 16 A. J. Allmendinger Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 17 Chris Buescher RFK Racing Ford 19 Chase Briscoe Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 21 Josh Berry Wood Brothers Racing Ford 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 23 Bubba Wallace 23XI Racing Toyota 24 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 33 Austin Hill (i) Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 34 Todd Gilliland Front Row Motorsports Ford 35 Riley Herbst (R) 23XI Racing Toyota 38 Zane Smith Front Row Motorsports Ford 41 Cole Custer Haas Factory Team Ford 42 John Hunter Nemechek Legacy Motor Club Toyota 43 Erik Jones Legacy Motor Club Toyota 45 Tyler Reddick 23XI Racing Toyota 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Hyak Motorsports Chevrolet 48 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 51 Cody Ware Rick Ware Racing Ford 54 Ty Gibbs Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 60 Ryan Preece RFK Racing Ford 66 Josh Bilicki Garage 66 Ford 67 Corey Heim (i) 23XI Racing Toyota 71 Michael McDowell Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 77 Carson Hocevar Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 78 Katherine Legge Live Fast Motorsports Chevrolet 88 Shane van Gisbergen (R) Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 99 Daniel Suárez Trackhouse Racing ChevroletOfficial entry list
Practice Bubba Wallace was the fastest in the practice session with a time of 1:30.951 seconds and a speed of .
Practice results Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Time 1 23 Bubba Wallace 23XI Racing Toyota 1:30.951 87.079 2 24 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 1:31.006 87.027 3 9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 1:31.072 86.964Official practice results
Qualifying Shane van Gisbergen scored the pole for the race with a time of 1:29.656 and a speed of . Corey Heim failed to qualify, becoming the first non-Daytona 500 driver to not qualify for a race since the 2018 AAA Texas 500.
Qualifying results Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Time 1 88 Shane van Gisbergen (R) Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 1:29.656 88.338 2 71 Michael McDowell Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 1:30.124 87.879 3 77 Carson Hocevar Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 1:30.180 87.824 4 45 Tyler Reddick 23XI Racing Toyota 1:30.227 87.779 5 19 Chase Briscoe Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 1:30.273 87.481 6 8 Kyle Busch Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 1:30.371 87.639 7 60 Ryan Preece RFK Racing Ford 1:30.534 87.481 8 17 Chris Buescher RFK Racing Ford 1:30.544 87.471 9 54 Ty Gibbs Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 1:30.627 87.391 10 3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 1:30.719 87.303 11 48 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 1:30.783 87.241 12 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 1:30.785 87.239 13 20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 1:30.836 87.190 14 5 Kyle Larson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 1:30.845 87.181 15 6 Brad Keselowski RFK Racing Ford 1:30.846 87.181 16 16 A. J. Allmendinger Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 1:30.861 87.166 17 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 1:30.886 87.142 18 99 Daniel Suárez Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 1:30.910 87.119 19 13 Will Brown Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 1:31.045 86.990 20 34 Todd Gilliland Front Row Motorsports Ford 1:31.075 86.961 21 35 Riley Herbst (R) 23XI Racing Toyota 1:31.171 86.870 22 1 Ross Chastain Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 1:31.205 86.837 23 41 Cole Custer Haas Factory Team Ford 1:31.296 86.751 24 4 Noah Gragson Front Row Motorsports Ford 1:31.335 86.714 25 42 John Hunter Nemechek Legacy Motor Club Toyota 1:31.359 86.691 26 38 Zane Smith Front Row Motorsports Ford 1:31.380 86.671 27 2 Austin Cindric Team Penske Ford 1:31.516 86.542 28 7 Justin Haley Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 1:31.604 86.459 29 21 Josh Berry Wood Brothers Racing Ford 1:31.650 86.416 30 33 Austin Hill (i) Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 1:31.663 86.403 31 66 Josh Bilicki (i) Garage 66 Ford 1:31.989 86.097 32 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Hyak Motorsports Chevrolet 1:32.146 85.951 33 78 Katherine Legge Live Fast Motorsports Chevrolet 1:32.368 85.744 34 43 Erik Jones Legacy Motor Club Toyota 1:32.541 85.584 35 51 Cody Ware Rick Ware Racing Ford 1:32.681 85.454 36 10 Ty Dillon Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 1:33.313 84.876 37 23 Bubba Wallace 23XI Racing Toyota 1:44.783 75.585 38 24 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 0.000 0.000 39 9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 0.000 0.000 40 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 0.000 0.000 Did not qualify 41 67 Corey Heim (i) 23XI Racing Toyota 1:32.506 85.616Official qualifying results
Race
Race results
Stage Results
Stage One Laps: 20
Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Points1 71 Michael McDowell Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 102 8 Kyle Busch Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 93 45 Tyler Reddick 23XI Racing Toyota 84 19 Chase Briscoe Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 75 60 Ryan Preece RFK Racing Ford 66 1 Ross Chastain Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 57 42 John Hunter Nemechek Legacy Motor Club Toyota 48 38 Zane Smith Front Row Motorsports Ford 39 33 Austin Hill (i) Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 010 4 Noah Gragson Front Row Motorsports Ford 1Official stage one results
Stage Two Laps: 25
Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Points1 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 102 19 Chase Briscoe Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 93 45 Tyler Reddick 23XI Racing Toyota 84 48 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 75 23 Bubba Wallace 23XI Racing Toyota 66 43 Erik Jones Legacy Motor Club Toyota 57 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 48 9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 39 42 John Hunter Nemechek Legacy Motor Club Toyota 210 20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 1Official stage two results
Final Stage Results
Stage Three Laps: 30
Pos Grid Driver Team Manufacturer Laps Points1 1 88 Shane van Gisbergen (R) Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 75 40 2 9 54 Ty Gibbs Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 75 35 3 4 45 Tyler Reddick 23XI Racing Toyota 75 50 4 40 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 75 37 5 6 8 Kyle Busch Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 75 41 6 16 16 A. J. Allmendinger Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 75 31 7 7 60 Ryan Preece RFK Racing Ford 75 36 8 11 48 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 75 36 9 30 33 Austin Hill (i) Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 75 010 22 1 Ross Chastain Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 75 32 11 12 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 75 26 12 17 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 75 35 13 14 5 Kyle Larson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 75 24 14 26 38 Zane Smith Front Row Motorsports Ford 75 26 15 25 42 John Hunter Nemechek Legacy Motor Club Toyota 75 28 16 39 9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 75 24 17 21 35 Riley Herbst (R) 23XI Racing Toyota 75 20 18 8 17 Chris Buescher RFK Racing Ford 75 19 19 33 78 Katherine Legge Live Fast Motorsports Chevrolet 75 18 20 36 10 Ty Dillon Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 75 17 21 31 66 Josh Bilicki (i) Garage 66 Ford 75 022 28 7 Justin Haley Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 75 15 23 5 19 Chase Briscoe Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 75 3024 13 20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 75 14 25 34 43 Erik Jones Legacy Motor Club Toyota 74 17 26 35 51 Cody Ware Rick Ware Racing Ford 73 11 27 27 2 Austin Cindric Team Penske Ford 72 10 28 37 23 Bubba Wallace 23XI Racing Toyota 70 14 29 18 99 Daniel Suárez Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 69 8 30 24 4 Noah Gragson Front Row Motorsports Ford 68 8 31 32 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Hyak Motorsports Chevrolet 62 7 32 2 71 Michael McDowell Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 53 15 33 23 41 Cole Custer Haas Factory Team Ford 29 4 34 29 21 Josh Berry Wood Brothers Racing Ford 28 3 35 3 77 Carson Hocevar Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 2 2 36 10 3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 2 1 37 15 6 Brad Keselowski RFK Racing Ford 2 1 38 20 34 Todd Gilliland Front Row Motorsports Ford 2 1 39 19 13 Will Brown Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 2 1 40 38 24 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 1 1 Official race results
Race statistics 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:
Media
Television TNT covered the race on the television side. Adam Alexander, Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Steve Letarte called the race from the broadcast booth. Marty Snider, Danielle Trotta, Alan Cavanna and Mamba Smith handled pit road for the television side.
TNTBooth announcersPit reportersLap-by-lap: Adam AlexanderColor-commentator: Dale Earnhardt Jr.Color-commentator: Steve Letarte Marty SniderDanielle TrottaAlan CavannaMamba Smith
Radio Radio coverage of the race was broadcast by Motor Racing Network (MRN) and was also simulcast on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio.
MRNBooth announcersTurn announcersPit reporters Lead announcer: Alex HaydenAnnouncer: Mike Bagley Turns 1 & 6: Dave MoodyTurns 2–5: Kurt BeckerTurns 7–11: Tim Catalfamo Steve PostChris Wilner
Standings after the race
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