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Brandon Jones Started 29th and Led 12 Laps at Chicagoland. He Also Won.
Brandon Jones started 29th at Chicagoland, led 12 of 201 laps, and won the Cuervo 300 in overtime, the NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series' first extra-lap finish of 2026. Chase Elliott and Connor Zilisch led 126 laps and won both stages between them. They left with zero points.
William Byron Won Everything at Chicagoland Except the Race
William Byron swept both stages at Chicagoland and led 94 laps, more than anyone else on the grid. He finished fourth. Chase Briscoe led the final 46 laps, beat Christopher Bell by 0.276 seconds, and gave Joe Gibbs Racing a 1-2-3 in NASCAR's first Cup race at the track since 2019.
The Cup Series Returns to Chicagoland Speedway on Sunday, Its First Race There Since 2019
NASCAR's Cup Series returns to Chicagoland Speedway on Sunday for the first time since 2019, a 2,562-day gap. The eero 400 caps a three-day holiday weekend at the Joliet oval and lands in a regular-season points race that Denny Hamlin, after a six-race surge, now leads by a single point over Tyler Reddick.