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This article is about the NASCAR track in Joliet, Illinois. For the former CART track located in Cicero, Illinois, see. Chicagoland Speedway Location 500 Speedway Blvd.,, 60433 Time zone / −5 () Capacity 55,000 Owner Broke ground September 28, 1999 Opened July 2001 Construction cost $130 million Architect Major events Surface Asphalt Length 2.4 km (1.5 mi) Turns 4 Banking Turns: 18° Frontstretch: 11° Backstretch: 5° Website Chicagoland Speedway is a 1.5 miles (2.4 km) in, southwest of. The speedway opened in 2001 and used to host racing including the opening event in the NASCAR Cup Series. Until 2011, the speedway also hosted the, recording numerous close finishes including the closest finish in IndyCar history. The speedway is owned and operated. See also: First discussions of building a major speedway near took place in an informal meeting between President and Chief Executive Officer in late 1995.
Together they formed The Motorsports Alliance, a joint company owned by Indianapolis Motor Speedway Corporation and International Speedway Corporation. By 1995, a major racing facility had been built or was near completion near,. The Chicago area was an untapped market for motorsports that had potential to be very lucrative.
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In 1996, the search began for a site to build a speedway somewhere near Chicago. Several sites were considered, and a track was built in suburban Cicero (), but eventually attention turned to the area where George Barr had negotiated to build. Barr convinced Joliet officials to meet with the Motorsports Alliance to discuss building their speedway adjacent to Route 66 Raceway. The success of Route 66 Raceway, completed in 1998, led to the city conducting an impact study of the proposed speedway. The study revealed the new speedway would generate $300 million for the Joliet and Will County region and over 3,000 jobs. The Joliet city council unanimously approved the speedway on January 19, 1999.
Following the approval, the Will County Board extended the Valley Enterprise Zone in order to give a tax break to the speedway developers. The tax break news also led to the Joliet High School district threatening to bail out of the enterprise zone, but a compromise was reached. In May 1999, The Motorsports Alliance combined with Route 66 Raceway LLC to form Raceway Associates, LCC with Coyne as president alongside George and France. Raceway Associates revealed the track would be a 1.5 miles (2.4 km) d-shaped tri-oval superspeedway.
Brad Keselowski has a three-race streak and a couple of back-to-back top-10 finishes. Keselowski is only 12th best in terms of his three-year average finish.
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Was named vice president and general manager of the facility. During the announcement, France stated the significance of the new speedway: The construction of a major league racing facility of this magnitude and quality in the Chicago metropolitan market symbolizes the ongoing transformation of auto racing from a narrowly-focused regional competition to a major mainstream sport.
This type of racing will rival the NFL, NBA and Major League baseball for fan and sponsorship involvement. We are absolutely thrilled to be here. The racing at Chicagoland Architecture and engineering firm, which has built stadiums and arenas such as the, and the, was selected to lead the design of the facility. Construction management company headed the construction of the speedway. Construction started in August 1999, with groundbreaking September 28, 1999.
On May 8, 2000, in a press conference on Chicago's, the track's name and inaugural events were announced. Construction of the speedway resulted in a few problems. In the summer of 2000, homes near the speedway were flooded as a result of heavy rains and run-off from excavation.
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In February 2001, a worker was killed after falling from the skybox suites on top of the grandstands. Construction was completed in spring 2001.
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The track has seen little expansion since its construction, with the only major addition being the installation of lights around the track in 2008. Phase 1 of 4; phase 4 consists of a Bristol type seating capacity completely surrounding the speedway. 
The Indycar Series ran at the track since 2001, recording three of the top five closest finishes in Indycar history, including the closest in 2002. Despite the close finishes, the speedway announced IndyCar would not return to the track for the 2011 season. The speedway also announced changes to the NASCAR schedule for 2011, with the NASCAR Cup Series race moving to September 16–18 as the first race in the 2011 Chase for the Championship. The and also raced the same weekend, in addition, the Nationwide Series had a stand-alone race day on June 4.