The 2026 eero 400 was an NASCAR Cup Series race that was held on July 5, 2026, at Chicagoland Speedway in Joliet, Illinois. Contested over 267 laps on the asphalt oval, it was the 19th race of the 2026 NASCAR Cup Series season, as well as the second race of the 2026 NASCAR In-Season Challenge.
Chase Briscoe won the race. Christopher Bell finished 2nd, and Denny Hamlin finished 3rd. William Byron and Alex Bowman rounded out the top five, and Bubba Wallace, Ryan Blaney, Ty Gibbs, Corey Heim, and Riley Herbst rounded out the top ten.
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Background
Chicagoland Speedway is a tri-oval speedway in Joliet, Illinois, southwest of Chicago. The speedway opened in 2001 and currently hosts NASCAR racing. Until 2011, the speedway also hosted the IndyCar Series, recording numerous close finishes including the closest finish in IndyCar history. The speedway is owned and operated by International Speedway Corporation and located adjacent to Route 66 Raceway.
The race is scheduled to mark the Cup Series' return to Chicagoland Speedway for the first time since 2019.
On May 21, eero was announced as the title sponsor for the race.
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 Daniel Suárez Spire Motorsports 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 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 23XI Racing Toyota 38 Zane Smith Front Row Motorsports Ford 41 Cole Custer Haas Factory Team Chevrolet 42 John Hunter Nemechek Legacy Motor Club Toyota 43 Erik Jones Legacy Motor Club Toyota 44 J. J. Yeley (i) NY Racing Team Chevrolet 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 Chevrolet 54 Ty Gibbs Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 60 Ryan Preece RFK Racing Ford 67 Corey Heim (i) 23XI Racing Toyota 71 Michael McDowell Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 77 Carson Hocevar Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 88 Connor Zilisch (R) Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 97 Shane van Gisbergen Trackhouse Racing ChevroletOfficial entry list
Practice Riley Herbst was the fastest in the practice session with a time of 30.326 seconds and a speed of .
Practice results Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Time 1 35 Riley Herbst 23XI Racing Toyota 30.326 178.065 2 23 Bubba Wallace 23XI Racing Toyota 30.349 177.930 3 5 Kyle Larson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 30.358 177.877Official practice results
Qualifying Denny Hamlin scored the pole for the race with a time of 30.296 and a speed of .
Qualifying results Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Time 1 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 30.296 178.241 2 5 Kyle Larson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 30.297 178.235 3 17 Chris Buescher RFK Racing Ford 30.311 178.153 4 6 Brad Keselowski RFK Racing Ford 30.322 178.089 5 54 Ty Gibbs Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 30.323 178.083 6 20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 30.398 177.643 7 19 Chase Briscoe Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 30.399 177.637 8 23 Bubba Wallace 23XI Racing Toyota 30.420 177.515 9 9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 30.424 177.491 10 24 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 30.472 177.212 11 16 A. J. Allmendinger Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 30.481 177.160 12 48 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 30.502 177.038 13 45 Tyler Reddick 23XI Racing Toyota 30.523 176.916 14 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 30.528 176.887 15 77 Carson Hocevar Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 30.531 176.869 16 38 Zane Smith Front Row Motorsports Ford 30.552 176.748 17 42 John Hunter Nemechek Legacy Motor Club Toyota 30.564 176.678 18 35 Riley Herbst 23XI Racing Toyota 30.576 176.609 19 1 Ross Chastain Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 30.580 176.586 20 60 Ryan Preece RFK Racing Ford 30.629 176.304 21 88 Connor Zilisch (R) Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 30.632 176.286 22 43 Erik Jones Legacy Motor Club Toyota 30.683 175.993 23 2 Austin Cindric Team Penske Ford 30.706 175.861 24 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Hyak Motorsports Chevrolet 30.770 175.496 25 3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 30.779 175.444 26 7 Daniel Suárez Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 30.795 175.353 27 10 Ty Dillon Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 30.813 175.251 28 67 Corey Heim (i) 23XI Racing Toyota 30.827 175.171 29 34 Todd Gilliland Front Row Motorsports Ford 30.911 174.695 30 97 Shane van Gisbergen Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 30.961 174.413 31 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 30.996 174.216 32 4 Noah Gragson Front Row Motorsports Ford 31.021 174.076 33 41 Cole Custer Haas Factory Team Chevrolet 31.074 173.779 34 21 Josh Berry Wood Brothers Racing Ford 31.155 173.327 35 33 Austin Hill (i) Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 31.171 173.328 36 44 J. J. Yeley (i) NY Racing Team Chevrolet 31.969 168.914 37 51 Cody Ware Rick Ware Racing Chevrolet 0.000 0.000 38 71 Michael McDowell Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 0.000 0.000 Official qualifying results
Race
Race results
Stage Results
Stage One Laps: 80
Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Points1 24 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 102 5 Kyle Larson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 93 23 Bubba Wallace 23XI Racing Toyota 84 2 Austin Cindric Team Penske Ford 75 19 Chase Briscoe Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 66 17 Chris Buescher RFK Racing Ford 57 35 Riley Herbst 23XI Racing Toyota 48 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 39 54 Ty Gibbs Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 210 45 Tyler Reddick 23XI Racing Toyota 1
Stage Two Laps: 80
Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Points1 24 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 102 19 Chase Briscoe Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 93 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 84 54 Ty Gibbs Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 75 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 66 20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 57 9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 48 48 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 39 2 Austin Cindric Team Penske Ford 210 42 John Hunter Nemechek Legacy Motor Club Toyota 1
Final Stage Results
Stage Three Laps: 107
Pos Grid Driver Team Manufacturer Laps Points1 7 19 Chase Briscoe Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 267 70 2 6 20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 267 40 3 1 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 267 45 4 10 24 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 267 53 5 12 48 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 267 35 6 8 23 Bubba Wallace 23XI Racing Toyota 267 40 7 14 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 267 36 8 5 54 Ty Gibbs Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 267 38 9 28 67 Corey Heim (i) 23XI Racing Toyota 267 0 10 18 35 Riley Herbst 23XI Racing Toyota 267 31 11 9 9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 267 30 12 31 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 267 25 13 23 2 Austin Cindric Team Penske Ford 267 33 14 26 7 Daniel Suárez Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 267 23 15 22 43 Erik Jones Legacy Motor Club Toyota 267 22 16 29 34 Todd Gilliland Front Row Motorsports Ford 267 21 17 11 16 A. J. Allmendinger Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 266 20 18 19 1 Ross Chastain Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 266 19 19 3 17 Chris Buescher RFK Racing Ford 266 23 20 27 10 Ty Dillon Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 266 17 21 4 6 Brad Keselowski RFK Racing Ford 266 16 22 15 77 Carson Hocevar Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 266 15 23 17 42 John Hunter Nemechek Legacy Motor Club Toyota 266 14 24 25 3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 266 13 25 30 97 Shane van Gisbergen Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 266 12 26 24 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Hyak Motorsports Chevrolet 266 11 27 32 4 Noah Gragson Front Row Motorsports Ford 266 10 28 16 38 Zane Smith Front Row Motorsports Ford 266 9 29 38 71 Michael McDowell Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 266 8 30 37 51 Cody Ware Rick Ware Racing Chevrolet 266 7 31 33 41 Cole Custer Haas Factory Team Chevrolet 266 6 32 20 60 Ryan Preece RFK Racing Ford 266 5 33 34 21 Josh Berry Wood Brothers Racing Ford 265 4 34 2 5 Kyle Larson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 265 12 35 36 44 J. J. Yeley (i) NY Racing Team Chevrolet 256 0 36 13 45 Tyler Reddick 23XI Racing Toyota 237 2 37 35 33 Austin Hill (i) Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 47 0 38 21 88 Connor Zilisch (R) Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 1 1 Official race results
Race statistics Lead changes: 28 among 13 different drivers Cautions/Laps: 7 for 43 laps Red flags: 0 Time of race: 3 hours, 9 minutes and 18 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, Shannon Spake, Danielle Trotta 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 SniderShannon SpakeDanielle TrottaMamba Smith
Radio Radio coverage of the race was broadcast by Motor Racing Network (MRN) and simulcast on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio. Alex Hayden, Mike Bagley and former championship crew chief Todd Gordon called the race in the booth while the field raced on the front stretch. Kurt Becker and Tim Catafalmo called the race. Lead MRN pit reporter Steve Post, Chris Wilner and Jacklyn Drake were the pit reporters during the broadcast.
MRNBooth announcersTurn announcersPit reporters Lead announcer: Alex HaydenAnnouncer: Mike BagleyAnnouncer: Todd Gordon Turns 1 & 2: Dave MoodyTurns 3 & 4: Tim Catafalmo Steve PostChris WilnerJacklyn Drake
Standings after the race
Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Denny Hamlin 764 2 Tyler Reddick 720 (–44) 3 Ryan Blaney 651 (–113) 4 Ty Gibbs 627 (–137) 1 5 Chase Elliott 584 (–180) 1 6 Kyle Larson 583 (–181) 7 Chris Buescher 541 (–223) 3 8 Chase Briscoe 538 (–226) 1 9 Carson Hocevar 524 (–240) 10 Christopher Bell 512 (–252) 2 11 Daniel Suárez 507 (–257) 12 William Byron 499 (–265) 13 Bubba Wallace 484 (–280) 14 Shane van Gisbergen 437 (–327) 1 15 Austin Cindric 434 (–330) 1 16 Erik Jones 411 (–353)Official driver's standings
Manufacturers' Championship standings Pos Manufacturer Points 1 Toyota 892 2 Chevrolet 772 (–120) 3 Ford 622 (–270)
Note: Only the first 16 positions are included for the driver standings.
NASCAR In-Season Challenge bracket
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