Last week at Nashville was… chaos. Drivers running each other over, cars running out of fuel, take your pick, but it was another unexpected race. Even an unexpected winner happened as Joey Logano is back in the win column as he somehow saved tons of fuel. Next up we head to a place where another unexpected race is upon us as last year rain plagued the weekend, Chicago. Down below you will find different statistics for active drivers and Next Gen races of the NASCAR Cup series here at Chicago Street Race ranging from Most Wins to Best Average Finishes by starting position in the Next Gen era. So read and enjoy these fun fact track stats!
In this post you will only find active and Next Gen stats, if you are looking for all-time stats check out my previous article All-Time Cup Track Stats: Chicago Street Race.
| Finish | Start | Driver | Laps | Led | S1 Fin | S2 Fin | Driver Rating |
| 1 | 3 | Shane Van Gisbergen | 78 | 9 | 3rd | 4th | 138.1 |
| 2 | 37 | Justin Haley | 78 | 23 | – | – | 93.7 |
| 3 | 26 | Chase Elliott | 78 | 0 | – | – | 85.4 |
| 4 | 7 | Kyle Larson | 78 | 0 | 7th | 2nd | 112.5 |
| 5 | 18 | Kyle Busch | 78 | 0 | – | – | 71.8 |
| 6 | 31 | Austin Cindric | 78 | 0 | – | – | 76.5 |
| 7 | 6 | Michael McDowell | 78 | 0 | 5th | 5th | 105.3 |
| 8 | 9 | Joey Logano | 78 | 0 | – | – | 88.5 |
| 9 | 12 | Ty Gibbs | 78 | 1 | 9th | 6th | 99.9 |
| 10 | 15 | Chris Buescher | 78 | 0 | – | – | 88.0 |
| 11 | 1 | Denny Hamlin | 78 | 0 | – | – | 85.3 |
| 12 | 24 | Aric Almirola | 78 | 0 | – | – | 49.7 |
| 13 | 22 | William Byron | 78 | 0 | – | – | 74.2 |
| 14 | 19 | Corey LaJoie | 78 | 0 | – | – | 78.6 |
| 15 | 28 | Ryan Preece | 78 | 0 | – | – | 78.7 |
| 16 | 21 | Erik Jones | 78 | 0 | – | – | 61.8 |
| 17 | 10 | A.J. Allmendinger | 78 | 0 | 8th | 9th | 83.3 |
| 18 | 4 | Christopher Bell | 78 | 37 | 1st | 1st | 113.5 |
| 19 | 25 | Todd Gilliland | 78 | 0 | – | – | 51.5 |
| 20 | 16 | Chase Briscoe | 78 | 0 | – | 10th | 71.3 |
| 21 | 8 | Jenson Button | 78 | 0 | 10th | – | 65.0 |
| 22 | 34 | Ross Chastain | 78 | 0 | – | – | 61.8 |
| 23 | 27 | Josh Bilicki | 78 | 0 | – | – | 57.0 |
| 24 | 20 | Brad Keselowski | 78 | 0 | – | – | 39.0 |
| 25 | 23 | Noah Gragson | 78 | 0 | – | – | 32.8 |
| 26 | 30 | Andy Lally | 78 | 0 | – | – | 44.2 |
| 27 | 5 | Daniel Suarez | 78 | 0 | 6th | 7th | 75.8 |
| 28 | 2 | Tyler Reddick | 78 | 8 | 2nd | 3rd | 101.5 |
| 29 | 35 | Kevin Harvick | 78 | 0 | – | – | 33.7 |
| 30 | 32 | Harrison Burton | 78 | 0 | – | – | 31.3 |
| 31 | 14 | Bubba Wallace | 78 | 0 | – | – | 38.7 |
| 32 | 11 | Martin Truex Jr. | 77 | 0 | 4th | 8th | 73.6 |
| 33 | 17 | Ryan Blaney | 77 | 0 | – | – | 41.5 |
| 34 | 36 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | 77 | 0 | – | – | 32.0 |
| 35 | 33 | Ty Dillon | 67 | 0 | – | – | 37.0 |
| 36 | 29 | Austin Dillon | 62 | 0 | – | – | 41.8 |
| 37 | 13 | Alex Bowman | 40 | 0 | – | – | 52.8 |
– An interesting note from the 2023 Chicago Street Race is that the driver who started on Pole led 0 laps, while the driver who started last led the 2nd most laps in the race.
| Rank | Driver | Avg. Fin. | Best | Worst | Starts |
| 1 | Shane Van Gisbergen | 1.0 | 1st | 1st | 1 |
| 2 | Justin Haley | 2.0 | 2nd | 2nd | 1 |
| 3 | Chase Elliott | 3.0 | 3rd | 3rd | 1 |
| 4 | Kyle Larson | 4.0 | 4th | 4th | 1 |
| 5 | Kyle Busch | 5.0 | 5th | 5th | 1 |
| 6 | Austin Cindric | 6.0 | 6th | 6th | 1 |
| 7 | Michael McDowell | 7.0 | 7th | 7th | 1 |
| 8 | Joey Logano | 8.0 | 8th | 8th | 1 |
| 9 | Ty Gibbs | 9.0 | 9th | 9th | 1 |
| 10 | Chris Buescher | 10.0 | 10th | 10th | 1 |
| 11 | Denny Hamlin | 11.0 | 11th | 11th | 1 |
| 12 | William Byron | 13.0 | 13th | 13th | 1 |
| 13 | Corey LaJoie | 14.0 | 14th | 14th | 1 |
| 14 | Ryan Preece | 15.0 | 15th | 15th | 1 |
| 15 | Erik Jones | 16.0 | 16th | 16th | 1 |
| 16 | A.J. Allmendinger | 17.0 | 17th | 17th | 1 |
| 17 | Christopher Bell | 18.0 | 18th | 18th | 1 |
| 18 | Todd Gilliland | 19.0 | 19th | 19th | 1 |
| 19 | Chase Briscoe | 20.0 | 20th | 20th | 1 |
| 20 | Ross Chastain | 22.0 | 22nd | 22nd | 1 |
| 21 | Brad Keselowski | 24.0 | 24th | 24th | 1 |
| 22 | Noah Gragson | 25.0 | 25th | 25th | 1 |
| 23 | Daniel Suarez | 27.0 | 27th | 27th | 1 |
| 24 | Tyler Reddick | 28.0 | 28th | 28th | 1 |
| 25 | Harrison Burton | 30.0 | 30th | 30th | 1 |
| 26 | Bubba Wallace | 31.0 | 31st | 31st | 1 |
| 27 | Martin Truex Jr. | 32.0 | 32nd | 32nd | 1 |
| 28 | Ryan Blaney | 33.0 | 33rd | 33rd | 1 |
| 29 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | 34.0 | 34th | 34th | 1 |
| 30 | Ty Dillon | 35.0 | 35th | 35th | 1 |
| 31 | Austin Dillon | 36.0 | 36th | 36th | 1 |
| 32 | Alex Bowman | 37.0 | 37th | 37th | 1 |
– Not much to be said about anything above, but obviously Shane Van Gisbergen has the best Avg. Finish here since there has only been one race ever run on this track.
| Best Active Chicago Avg. Driver Rating |
Best Active Chicago Avg. Top 15% |
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| Rank | Driver | Driv. Rate | Starts | Rank | Driver | Top 15% | Starts |
| 1 | Shane Van Gisbergen | 138.1 | 1 | 1 | Ty Gibbs | 100 | 1 |
| 2 | Christopher Bell | 113.5 | 1 | 2 | Kyle Larson | 97.44 | 1 |
| 3 | Kyle Larson | 112.5 | 1 | 3 | Shane Van Gisbergen | 93.59 | 1 |
| 4 | Michael McDowell | 105.3 | 1 | 4 | Michael McDowell | 89.74 | 1 |
| 5 | Tyler Reddick | 101.5 | 1 | 5 | Chris Buescher | 79.49 | 1 |
| 6 | Ty Gibbs | 99.9 | 1 | 6 | Denny Hamlin | 76.92 | 1 |
| 7 | Justin Haley | 93.7 | 1 | 7 | Tyler Reddick | 73.08 | 1 |
| 8 | Joey Logano | 88.5 | 1 | 8 | Christopher Bell | 69.23 | 1 |
| 9 | Chris Buescher | 88.0 | 1 | 9 | Joey Logano | 67.95 | 1 |
| 10 | Chase Elliott | 85.4 | 1 | 10 | A.J. Allmendinger | 66.67 | 1 |
Shane Van Gisbergen is the only driver to be top 5 in both tables above and also top 5 in the Laps Led% table below. Photo by Michael Reaves — Getty Images
| Best Active Laps Led% | Best Active Laps Completed% | ||||||
| Rank | Driver | Laps Led% | Starts | Rank | Driver | Laps Comp% | Starts |
| 1 | Christopher Bell | 47.44 | 1 | T1 | 26 drivers tied | 100 | 1 |
| 2 | Justin Haley | 29.49 | 1 | ||||
| 3 | Shane Van Gisbergen | 11.54 | 1 | ||||
| 4 | Tyler Reddick | 10.26 | 1 | ||||
| 5 | Ty Gibbs | 1.28 | 1 | ||||
| Most Active Chicago Starts | Most Active Chicago Poles | ||||
| Rank | Driver | Starts | Rank | Driver | Poles |
| T1 | 32 drivers tied | 1 | 1 | Denny Hamlin | 1 |
– Of the 37 drivers that started in last years Chicago Street Race only 32 have made a Cup Series start this year.
| Rank | Driver | Wins | Win% |
| 1 | Shane Van Gisbergen | 1 | 100 |
| Most Active Chicago Top 3’s | Best Active Chicago Top 3% | |||||
| Rank | Driver | Top 3’s | Rank | Driver | Top3% | Top3’s |
| T1 | Chase Elliott | 1 | T1 | Chase Elliott | 100 | 1 |
| T1 | Justin Haley | 1 | T1 | Justin Haley | 100 | 1 |
| T1 | Shane Van Gisbergen | 1 | T1 | Shane Van Gisbergen | 100 | 1 |
– Chevy will be tough to beat this weekend as their drivers didn’t just win, didn’t just sweep the Top 3, but swept the entire Top 5 in last years race.
| Most Active Chicago Top 5’s | Best Active Chicago Top 5% | |||||
| Rank | Driver | Top 5’s | Rank | Driver | Top5% | Top5’s |
| T1 | Chase Elliott | 1 | T1 | Chase Elliott | 100 | 1 |
| T1 | Justin Haley | 1 | T1 | Justin Haley | 100 | 1 |
| T1 | Kyle Busch | 1 | T1 | Kyle Busch | 100 | 1 |
| T1 | Kyle Larson | 1 | T1 | Kyle Larson | 100 | 1 |
| T1 | Shane Van Gisbergen | 1 | T1 | Shane Van Gisbergen | 100 | 1 |
| Most Active Chicago Top 10’s | Best Active Chicago Top 10% | |||||
| Rank | Driver | Top 10’s | Rank | Driver | Top 10% | Top 10’s |
| T1 | Austin Cindric | 1 | T1 | Austin Cindric | 100 | 1 |
| T1 | Chase Elliott | 1 | T1 | Chase Elliott | 100 | 1 |
| T1 | Chris Buescher | 1 | T1 | Chris Buescher | 100 | 1 |
| T1 | Joey Logano | 1 | T1 | Joey Logano | 100 | 1 |
| T1 | Justin Haley | 1 | T1 | Justin Haley | 100 | 1 |
| T1 | Kyle Busch | 1 | T1 | Kyle Busch | 100 | 1 |
| T1 | Kyle Larson | 1 | T1 | Kyle Larson | 100 | 1 |
| T1 | Michael McDowell | 1 | T1 | Michael McDowell | 100 | 1 |
| T1 | Shane Van Gisbergen | 1 | T1 | Shane Van Gisbergen | 100 | 1 |
| T1 | Ty Gibbs | 1 | T1 | Ty Gibbs | 100 | 1 |
– All 10 drivers that got a Top 10 finish last year at the Chicago Street Race will be looking to get their 2nd Top 10 finish here this weekend.
| Rank | Driver | Stage Wins | Stage Win% |
| 1 | Christopher Bell | 2 | 100 |
If Christopher Bell can sweep the stages again this weekend he will remain the only driver to win a stage at the Chicago Street Race. Photo by Michael Reaves — Getty Images
| Most Active Chicago Stage T10’s | Best Active Chicago Stage T10% | |||||
| Rank | Driver | Stage T10’s | Rank | Driver | Stage T10% | Stage T10’s |
| T1 | A.J. Allmendinger | 2 | T1 | A.J. Allmendinger | 100 | 2 |
| T1 | Christopher Bell | 2 | T1 | Christopher Bell | 100 | 2 |
| T1 | Daniel Suarez | 2 | T1 | Daniel Suarez | 100 | 2 |
| T1 | Kyle Larson | 2 | T1 | Kyle Larson | 100 | 2 |
| T1 | Martin Truex Jr. | 2 | T1 | Martin Truex Jr. | 100 | 2 |
| T1 | Michael McDowell | 2 | T1 | Michael McDowell | 100 | 2 |
| T1 | Shane Van Gisbergen | 2 | T1 | Shane Van Gisbergen | 100 | 2 |
| T1 | Ty Gibbs | 2 | T1 | Ty Gibbs | 100 | 2 |
| T1 | Tyler Reddick | 2 | T1 | Tyler Reddick | 100 | 2 |
| 10 | Chase Briscoe | 1 | 10 | Chase Briscoe | 50.00 | 1 |
– Almost every active driver that got a Stage T10 in last years Chicago Street Race did so in both stages.
| Most Active Chicago Starts without Win | Most Active Chicago Starts without Pole | ||||
| Rank | Driver | Starts | Rank | Driver | Starts |
| T1 | 31 drivers tied | 1 | T1 | 31 drivers tied | 1 |
| Most Active Chicago Starts without Top 3 | Most Active Chicago Starts without Top 5 | ||||
| Rank | Driver | Starts | Rank | Driver | Starts |
| T1 | 29 drivers tied | 1 | T1 | 27 drivers tied | 1 |
| Rank | Driver | Starts |
| T1 | 22 drivers tied | 1 |
– There are a lot of active drivers racing in the Chicago Street Race this weekend that are looking for their first Top 10 finish or Stage T10 here.
| Most Active Chicago Stages without Stage Win | Most Active Chicago Stages without Stage T10 | ||||
| Rank | Driver | Stages | Rank | Driver | Stages |
| T1 | 31 drivers tied | 2 | T1 | 22 drivers tied | 2 |
| Driver | Streak | Category | Driver | Streak | Category |
| Christopher Bell | 2 | Stage Wins | Michael McDowell | 2 | Stage T10’s |
| A.J. Allmendinger | 2 | Stage T10’s | Shane Van Gisbergen | 2 | Stage T10’s |
| Daniel Suarez | 2 | Stage T10’s | Ty Gibbs | 2 | Stage T10’s |
| Kyle Larson | 2 | Stage T10’s | Tyler Reddick | 2 | Stage T10’s |
| Martin Truex Jr. | 2 | Stage T10’s |
– We’ll see how many of these streaks are still alive at the end of Stage 1 this weekend.
| Rank | Race | Laps Led% | Driver | Fin. | Rank | Race | Laps Led% | Driver | Fin. |
| 1 | 2023-18 | 47.44 | Denny Hamlin | 18th | 4 | 2023-18 | 10.26 | Tyler Reddick | 28th |
| 2 | 2023-18 | 29.49 | Ross Chastain | 2nd | 5 | 2023-18 | 1.28 | Ty Gibbs | 9th |
| 3 | 2023-18 | 11.54 | Martin Truex Jr. | 1st |
– Chevy may have swept the Top 5 at Chicago last year, but watch for Toyota to lead a lot as their drivers led nearly 60% of the laps last year.
| Rank | Race | Driver |
Driv. Rate |
Fin. | Rank | Race | Driver |
Driv. Rate |
Fin. |
| 1 | 2023-18 | Shane Van Gisbergen | 138.1 | 1st | 6 | 2023-18 | Ty Gibbs | 99.9 | 9th |
| 2 | 2023-18 | Christopher Bell | 113.5 | 18th | 7 | 2023-18 | Justin Haley | 93.7 | 2nd |
| 3 | 2023-18 | Kyle Larson | 112.5 | 4th | 8 | 2023-18 | Joey Logano | 88.5 | 8th |
| 4 | 2023-18 | Michael McDowell | 105.3 | 7th | 9 | 2023-18 | Chris Buescher | 88.0 | 10th |
| 5 | 2023-18 | Tyler Reddick | 101.5 | 28th | 10 | 2023-18 | Chase Elliott | 85.4 | 3rd |
Shane Van Gisbergen hopes to have another good race this weekend at the Chicago Street Race and maybe hold the top 2 spots in the Driver Rating table above at the end of the weekend. Photo by Chris Graythen — Getty Images
| Rank | Race | Driver |
Top 15% | Fin. | Rank | Race | Driver |
Top 15% | Fin. |
| 1 | 2023-18 | Ty Gibbs | 100 | 9th | 6 | 2023-18 | Denny Hamlin | 76.92 | 11th |
| 2 | 2023-18 | Kyle Larson | 97.44 | 4th | 7 | 2023-18 | Tyler Reddick | 73.08 | 28th |
| 3 | 2023-18 | Shane Van Gisbergen | 93.59 | 1st | 8 | 2023-18 | Christopher Bell | 69.23 | 18th |
| 4 | 2023-18 | Michael McDowell | 89.74 | 7th | 9 | 2023-18 | Joey Logano | 67.95 | 8th |
| 5 | 2023-18 | Chris Buescher | 79.49 | 10th | 10 | 2023-18 | A.J. Allmendinger | 66.67 | 17th |
– Each driver that ran over 89% of the Chicago Street Race last year in the Top 15 finished the race in the Top 10.
| Best Next Gen Avg. Fin. by Starting Position (1-37) |
Worst Next Gen Avg. Fin. by Starting Position (1-37) |
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| Rank | Start Pos. | Avg. Fin | Rank | Start Pos. | Avg. Fin |
| 1 | 3rd | 1.0 | 1 | 13th | 37.0 |
| 2 | 37th | 2.0 | 2 | 29th | 36.0 |
| 3 | 26th | 3.0 | 3 | 33rd | 35.0 |
| 4 | 7th | 4.0 | 4 | 36th | 34.0 |
| 5 | 18th | 5.0 | 5 | 17th | 33.0 |
| 6 | 31st | 6.0 | 6 | 11th | 32.0 |
| 7 | 6th | 7.0 | 7 | 14th | 31.0 |
| 8 | 9th | 8.0 | 8 | 32nd | 30.0 |
| 9 | 12th | 9.0 | 9 | 35th | 29.0 |
| 10 | 15th | 10.0 | 10 | 2nd | 28.0 |
– The only thing to take away from the two tables above is that qualifying good didn’t matter last year, we’ll see if that holds true for this weekend as well.
| Best Next Gen Chicago Avg. Driver Rating |
Best Next Gen Chicago Avg. Top 15% |
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| Rank | Driver | Driv. Rate | Starts | Rank | Driver | Top 15% | Starts |
| 1 | Shane Van Gisbergen | 138.1 | 1 | 1 | Ty Gibbs | 100 | 1 |
| 2 | Christopher Bell | 113.5 | 1 | 2 | Kyle Larson | 97.44 | 1 |
| 3 | Kyle Larson | 112.5 | 1 | 3 | Shane Van Gisbergen | 93.59 | 1 |
| 4 | Michael McDowell | 105.3 | 1 | 4 | Michael McDowell | 89.74 | 1 |
| 5 | Tyler Reddick | 101.5 | 1 | 5 | Chris Buescher | 79.49 | 1 |
| 6 | Ty Gibbs | 99.9 | 1 | 6 | Denny Hamlin | 76.92 | 1 |
| 7 | Justin Haley | 93.7 | 1 | 7 | Tyler Reddick | 73.08 | 1 |
| 8 | Joey Logano | 88.5 | 1 | 8 | Christopher Bell | 69.23 | 1 |
| 9 | Chris Buescher | 88.0 | 1 | 9 | Joey Logano | 67.95 | 1 |
| 10 | Chase Elliott | 85.4 | 1 | 10 | A.J. Allmendinger | 66.67 | 1 |
Ty Gibbs hopes to keep his status of running every lap in the Top 15 in a Next Gen race at the Chicago Street Race alive this weekend. Photo by Michael Reaves — Getty Images
| Best Next Gen Chicago Avg. Finish | Best Next Gen Chicago Laps Led% | ||||||
| Rank | Driver | Avg. Fin. | Starts | Rank | Driver | Laps Led% | Starts |
| 1 | Shane Van Gisbergen | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | Christopher Bell | 47.44 | 1 |
| 2 | Justin Haley | 2.0 | 1 | ||||
| 3 | Chase Elliott | 3.0 | 1 | 2 | Justin Haley | 29.49 | 1 |
| 4 | Kyle Larson | 4.0 | 1 | ||||
| 5 | Kyle Busch | 5.0 | 1 | 3 | Shane Van Gisbergen | 11.54 | 1 |
| 6 | Austin Cindric | 6.0 | 1 | ||||
| 7 | Michael McDowell | 7.0 | 1 | 4 | Tyler Reddick | 10.26 | 1 |
| 8 | Joey Logano | 8.0 | 1 | ||||
| 9 | Ty Gibbs | 9.0 | 1 | 5 | Ty Gibbs | 1.28 | 1 |
| 10 | Chris Buescher | 10.0 | 1 | ||||
– Denny Hamlin may be the only driver on the Pole list table below, but he is in neither of the tables above and obviously isn’t in the Win table below either.
| Next Gen Chicago Win List | Next Gen Chicago Pole List | |||||
| Rank | Driver | Wins | Win% | Rank | Driver | Poles |
| 1 | Shane Van Gisbergen | 1 | 100 | 1 | Denny Hamlin | 1 |
| Rank | Driver | Top 3’s | Top 3% |
| T1 | Chase Elliott | 1 | 100 |
| T1 | Justin Haley | 1 | 100 |
| T1 | Shane Van Gisbergen | 1 | 100 |
I’ve honestly run out of things to say and am tired of repeating myself, so enjoy this picture from last year’s race here. Photo by Sean Gardner — Getty Images
| Most Next Gen Chicago Top 5’s | Most Next Gen Chicago Top 10’s | ||||||
| Rank | Driver | Top 5’s | Top 5% | Rank | Driver | Top 10’s | Top 10% |
| T1 | Chase Elliott | 1 | 100 | T1 | Austin Cindric | 1 | 100 |
| T1 | Chase Elliott | 1 | 100 | ||||
| T1 | Justin Haley | 1 | 100 | T1 | Chris Buescher | 1 | 100 |
| T1 | Joey Logano | 1 | 100 | ||||
| T1 | Kyle Busch | 1 | 100 | T1 | Justin Haley | 1 | 100 |
| T1 | Kyle Busch | 1 | 100 | ||||
| T1 | Kyle Larson | 1 | 100 | T1 | Kyle Larson | 1 | 100 |
| T1 | Michael McDowell | 1 | 100 | ||||
| T1 | Shane Van Gisbergen | 1 | 100 | T1 | Shane Van Gisbergen | 1 | 100 |
| T1 | Ty Gibbs | 1 | 100 | ||||
| Most Next Gen Chicago Stage Wins | Most Next Gen Chicago Stage T10’s | ||||||
| Rank | Driver | Stage Wins | Stage Win% | Rank | Driver | Stage T10’s | Stage T10% |
| 1 | Christopher Bell | 2 | 100 | T1 | A.J. Allmendinger | 2 | 100 |
| T1 | Christopher Bell | 2 | 100 | ||||
| T1 | Daniel Suarez | 2 | 100 | ||||
| T1 | Kyle Larson | 2 | 100 | ||||
| T1 | Martin Truex Jr. | 2 | 100 | ||||
| T1 | Michael McDowell | 2 | 100 | ||||
| T1 | Shane Van Gisbergen | 2 | 100 | ||||
| T1 | Ty Gibbs | 2 | 100 | ||||
| T1 | Tyler Reddick | 2 | 100 | ||||
| T10 | Chase Briscoe | 1 | 50.0 | ||||
| T10 | Jensen Button | 1 | 50.0 | ||||