The 2025 The Loop 110 was the 18th stock car race of the 2025 NASCAR Xfinity Series, and the 3rd iteration of the event. The race was held on Saturday, July 5, 2025, at the Chicago Street Course in Chicago, Illinois, a street course. The race took the scheduled 50 laps to complete.
Shane van Gisbergen, driving for JR Motorsports, would make an aggressive pass on teammate Connor Zilisch in turn 1 with two laps to go to earn his fourth career NASCAR Xfinity Series win, and his first of the season. To fill out the podium, Sheldon Creed, driving for Haas Factory Team, would finish in 3rd, respectively.
Despite winning the pole, van Gisbergen experienced several setbacks during the race. His cool suit had malfunctioned, which physically took a toll on him. He was later treated and released from the infield care center after the race. van Gisbergen's car also had a balky carburetor, and he decided to stay out at the end of stage one while everyone else pitted for tires and fuel.
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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 actual race in 2023 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, go 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 Xfinity Series Chicago Street Race would be shortened from 121 miles (194 km) and 55 laps to 110 miles (177 km) and 50 laps.
Entry list
(R) denotes rookie driver. (i) denotes driver who is ineligible for series driver points.
#DriverTeamMake00Sheldon CreedHaas Factory TeamFord1Carson Kvapil (R)JR MotorsportsChevrolet2Jesse LoveRichard Childress RacingChevrolet4Parker RetzlaffAlpha Prime RacingChevrolet5Kris WrightOur MotorsportsChevrolet07Alex LabbéSS-Green Light RacingChevrolet7Justin AllgaierJR MotorsportsChevrolet8Sammy SmithJR MotorsportsChevrolet9Shane van Gisbergen (i)JR MotorsportsChevrolet10Daniel Dye (R)Kaulig RacingChevrolet11Josh WilliamsKaulig RacingChevrolet14Connor Mosack (i)SS-Green Light RacingChevrolet16Christian Eckes (R)Kaulig RacingChevrolet18William Sawalich (R)Joe Gibbs RacingToyota19Jack PerkinsJoe Gibbs RacingToyota20Brandon JonesJoe Gibbs RacingToyota21Austin HillRichard Childress RacingChevrolet24Kaz Grala (i)Sam Hunt RacingToyota25Harrison BurtonAM RacingFord26Dean Thompson (R)Sam Hunt RacingToyota27Jeb BurtonJordan Anderson RacingChevrolet28Kyle SiegRSS RacingFord31Blaine PerkinsJordan Anderson RacingChevrolet32Austin GreenJordan Anderson RacingChevrolet35 Andre CastroJoey Gase MotorsportsChevrolet39Ryan SiegRSS RacingFord41Sam MayerHaas Factory TeamFord42Anthony AlfredoYoung's MotorsportsChevrolet44Brennan PooleAlpha Prime RacingChevrolet45Brad PerezAlpha Prime RacingChevrolet48Nick Sanchez (R)Big Machine RacingChevrolet50Preston PardusPardus RacingChevrolet51Jeremy ClementsJeremy Clements RacingChevrolet53Sage KaramJoey Gase MotorsportsToyota54Taylor Gray (R)Joe Gibbs RacingToyota70Thomas AnnunziataCope Family RacingChevrolet71Ryan EllisDGM RacingChevrolet88Connor Zilisch (R)JR MotorsportsChevrolet91Josh BilickiDGM RacingChevrolet99Matt DiBenedettoViking MotorsportsChevroletOfficial entry list
Practice The first and only practice session was held on Saturday, July 5, at 9:30 AM CST, and would last for 50 minutes. Shane van Gisbergen, driving for JR Motorsports, would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 1:31.328, and a speed of . Pos.#DriverTeamMakeTimeSpeed19Shane van Gisbergen (i)JR MotorsportsChevrolet1:31.32886.720288Connor Zilisch (R)JR MotorsportsChevrolet1:31.52986.530341Sam MayerHaas Factory TeamFord1:31.60186.462Full practice results
Qualifying Qualifying was held on Saturday, July 5, at 10:30 AM CST. Since the Chicago Street Course has a road course layout, the qualifying procedure used is a two group system with one round. Drivers will be separated into two groups, A and B. Each driver will have multiple laps to set a time. Whoever sets the fastest time between both groups will win the pole.
Under a 2021 rule change, the timing line in road course qualifying is "not" the start-finish line. Instead, the timing line for qualifying will be set at the exit of Turn 11 on South Michigan Avenue. Shane van Gisbergen, driving for JR Motorsports, would score the pole for the race, with a lap of 1:30.085, and a speed of .
Two drivers failed to qualify: Kris Wright and Sage Karam.
Qualifying results Pos.#DriverTeamMakeTimeSpeed19Shane van Gisbergen (i)JR MotorsportsChevrolet1:30.08587.917221Austin HillRichard Childress RacingChevrolet1:30.34787.662341Sam MayerHaas Factory TeamFord1:30.86987.158400Sheldon CreedHaas Factory TeamFord1:30.90987.120519Jack PerkinsJoe Gibbs RacingToyota1:30.92587.10567Justin AllgaierJR MotorsportsChevrolet1:30.96587.066718William Sawalich (R)Joe Gibbs RacingToyota1:30.99787.036848Nick Sanchez (R)Big Machine RacingChevrolet1:31.03786.99892Jesse LoveRichard Childress RacingChevrolet1:31.07086.966108Sammy SmithJR MotorsportsChevrolet1:31.26486.7811120Brandon JonesJoe Gibbs RacingToyota1:31.38186.6701250Preston PardusPardus RacingChevrolet1:31.40286.650131Carson Kvapil (R)JR MotorsportsChevrolet1:31.48186.5751407Alex LabbéSS-Green Light RacingChevrolet1:31.69486.3741525Harrison BurtonAM RacingFord1:31.82386.2531614Connor Mosack (i)SS-Green Light RacingChevrolet1:31.96886.1171732Austin GreenJordan Anderson RacingChevrolet1:31.99286.0941899Matt DiBenedettoViking MotorsportsChevrolet1:32.00986.0791951Jeremy ClementsJeremy Clements RacingChevrolet1:32.09086.0032070Thomas AnnunziataCope Family RacingChevrolet1:32.12385.9722110Daniel Dye (R)Kaulig RacingChevrolet1:32.43685.6812244Brennan PooleAlpha Prime RacingChevrolet1:32.44285.6752331Blaine PerkinsJordan Anderson RacingChevrolet1:32.46285.657244Parker RetzlaffAlpha Prime RacingChevrolet1:32.62485.5072591Josh BilickiDGM RacingChevrolet1:32.64185.4912645Brad PerezAlpha Prime RacingChevrolet1:32.74385.3972711Josh WilliamsKaulig RacingChevrolet1:32.76385.3792842Anthony AlfredoYoung's MotorsportsChevrolet1:32.93385.2232935Andre CastroJoey Gase MotorsportsChevrolet1:32.93485.2223024Kaz Grala (i)Sam Hunt RacingToyota1:32.98985.1713127Jeb BurtonJordan Anderson RacingChevrolet1:33.04485.1213271Ryan EllisDGM RacingChevrolet1:33.15485.021Qualified by owner's points3326Dean Thompson (R)Sam Hunt RacingToyota1:33.74084.4893428Kyle SiegRSS RacingFord1:33.97284.2803588Connor Zilisch (R)JR MotorsportsChevrolet––3654Taylor Gray (R)Joe Gibbs RacingToyota––3739Ryan SiegRSS RacingFord––3816Christian Eckes (R)Kaulig RacingChevrolet––Failed to qualify395Kris WrightOur MotorsportsChevrolet1:34.86683.4864053Sage KaramJoey Gase MotorsportsToyota––Official qualifying resultsOfficial starting lineup
Race results Stage 1 Laps: 15 Pos.#DriverTeamMakePts19Shane van Gisbergen (i)JR MotorsportsChevrolet0200Sheldon CreedHaas Factory TeamFord9321Austin HillRichard Childress RacingChevrolet8441Sam MayerHaas Factory TeamFord7548Nick Sanchez (R)Big Machine RacingChevrolet667Justin AllgaierJR MotorsportsChevrolet578Sammy SmithJR MotorsportsChevrolet4888Connor Zilisch (R)JR MotorsportsChevrolet391Carson Kvapil (R)JR MotorsportsChevrolet21007Alex LabbéSS-Green Light RacingChevrolet1
Stage 2 Laps: 15 Pos.#DriverTeamMakePts100Sheldon CreedHaas Factory TeamFord1022Jesse LoveRichard Childress RacingChevrolet9321Austin HillRichard Childress RacingChevrolet8488Connor Zilisch (R)JR MotorsportsChevrolet758Sammy SmithJR MotorsportsChevrolet6627Jeb BurtonJordan Anderson RacingChevrolet5711Josh WilliamsKaulig RacingChevrolet487Justin AllgaierJR MotorsportsChevrolet3920Brandon JonesJoe Gibbs RacingToyota21070Thomas AnnunziataCope Family RacingChevrolet1
Stage 3 Laps: 25 Pos.St.#DriverTeamMakeLapsLedStatusPts119Shane van Gisbergen (i)JR MotorsportsChevrolet5027Running023588Connor Zilisch (R)JR MotorsportsChevrolet5011Running453400Sheldon CreedHaas Factory TeamFord509Running534221Austin HillRichard Childress RacingChevrolet500Running495848Nick Sanchez (R)Big Machine RacingChevrolet500Running38692Jesse LoveRichard Childress RacingChevrolet503Running407108Sammy SmithJR MotorsportsChevrolet500Running408341Sam MayerHaas Factory TeamFord500Running3691732Austin GreenJordan Anderson RacingChevrolet500Running28102244Brennan PooleAlpha Prime RacingChevrolet500Running27112711Josh WilliamsKaulig RacingChevrolet500Running30121407Alex LabbéSS-Green Light RacingChevrolet500Running26131525Harrison BurtonAM RacingFord500Running24143326Dean Thompson (R)Sam Hunt RacingToyota500Running23153816Christian Eckes (R)Kaulig RacingChevrolet500Running2216131Carson Kvapil (R)JR MotorsportsChevrolet500Running23172070Thomas AnnunziataCope Family RacingChevrolet500Running21182331Blaine PerkinsJordan Anderson RacingChevrolet500Running19192110Daniel Dye (R)Kaulig RacingChevrolet500Running18203428Kyle SiegRSS RacingFord500Running17211120Brandon JonesJoe Gibbs RacingToyota500Running18223024Kaz Grala (i)Sam Hunt RacingToyota500Running02367Justin AllgaierJR MotorsportsChevrolet500Running2224244Parker RetzlaffAlpha Prime RacingChevrolet500Running13253271Ryan EllisDGM RacingChevrolet500Running12261614Connor Mosack (i)SS-Green Light RacingChevrolet500Running0273127Jeb BurtonJordan Anderson RacingChevrolet500Running15281899Matt DiBenedettoViking MotorsportsChevrolet500Running9291250Preston PardusPardus RacingChevrolet500Running8302645Brad PerezAlpha Prime RacingChevrolet500Running7311951Jeremy ClementsJeremy Clements RacingChevrolet500Running632519Jack PerkinsJoe Gibbs RacingToyota460Running5332935Andre CastroJoey Gase MotorsportsChevrolet430Accident4343654Taylor GrayJoe Gibbs RacingToyota380DVP3352591Josh BilickiDGM RacingChevrolet260Electrical2362842Anthony AlfredoYoung's MotorsportsChevrolet260Engine137718William Sawalich (R)Joe Gibbs RacingToyota70Electrical1383739Ryan SiegRSS RacingFord50Accident1Official race results
Standings after the race
Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Justin Allgaier 646 1 2 Austin Hill 597 (–49) 1 3 Sam Mayer 597 (–49) 4 Jesse Love 581 (–65) 5 Connor Zilisch 571 (–75) 6 Carson Kvapil 511 (–135) 7 Brandon Jones 484 (–162) 3 8 Sheldon Creed 478 (–168) 1 9 Nick Sanchez 474 (–172) 1 10 Jeb Burton 460 (–186) 3 11 Sammy Smith 459 (–187) 4 12 Taylor Gray 456 (–190)Official driver's standings
Note: Only the first 12 positions are included for the driver standings.
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