Shane van Gisbergen Is The Heavy Favorite to Win at Chicago Street Course

The NASCAR Cup Series is a road course this weekend, which means Shane van Gisbergen should be at the top of your radar when it comes to potential race winners. Just last month in Mexico City, SVG put on an absolutely dominating effort, and the Trackhouse Racing driver will be looking to do the exact […]

Christopher Bell Should Be Strong Despite Practice Struggles at Chicago Street Course

Even though the No. 20 Toyota wasn't able to find much speed during practice for this weekend's Grant Park 165 at the Chicago Street Course, you can still expect Christopher Bell to be a contender in Sunday's race. This year on the road course tracks, he has posted finishes of first and second, and that […]

Chase Elliott an Easy DFS Pick at Chicago Street Course

Chase Elliott will be a chalk DFS pick for this weekend's Grant Park 165 at the Chicago Street Course. The No. 9 Chevrolet was one of the fastest cars on track during practice here on Saturday afternoon, but late in the session, Chase ended up hitting the wall quite hard and subsequently wasn't able to […]

Chris Buescher Should Be Strong at Chicago Street Course

The NASCAR Cup Series is at a road course track this weekend (the Chicago Street Course), which means Chris Buescher should have a strong showing. Nobody has a better average finish than him at this track type since the start of the 2022 season. Over the last 18 races on road courses, Buescher has finished […]

Bubba Wallace a Solid DFS Target After Qualifying 37th at Chicago

Bubba Wallace is by no means a strong road course racer, but he's certainly not as bad as he used to be. In face, over the last 10 races on this track type, Bubba hasn't finished worse than 20th, and he even grabbed a 12th-place finish at Mexico City last month despite starting back in […]

Michael McDowell Has Solid Saturday at Chicago Street Course

Expect Michael McDowell to be a factor in the Grant Park 165 at the Chicago Street Course this weekend. The Spire Motorsports driver had a "solid" practice and qualifying at the track on Saturday and, like everyone else, will be trying to best Shane van Gisbergen for the win on Sunday. Chicago has been a […]

Will Brown an Interesting Fantasy Option at Chicago Street Course

Will Brown will be behind the wheel of the No. 13 Chevrolet for Kaulig Racing in this weekend's Grant Park 165, as the Australian Supercars driver will be making his second-ever Cup Series start on Sunday. Brown held his own during practice on Saturday, posting the 12th-fastest lap and ending up faster than his Kaulig […]

Justin Haley Has Strong Record at Chicago Street Course

One low-tier driver that could be flying under the radar for this weekend's Grant Park 165 is Justin Haley. The Spire Motorsports driver has struggled quite a bit this season, but road course venues can be a great equalizer, and Haley has been strong here at the Chicago Street Course over the last two years; […]

Todd Gilliland Could Surprise at Chicago Street Course

Keep an eye on Todd Gilliland in this weekend's Grant Park 165. The Front Row Motorsports driver walked away with a seventh-place finish in this race last season and has been consistently above-average at this track type since the start of 2024. During that time frame, Gilliland has posted three top-10 finishes and an average finish […]

Ricky Stenhouse Jr Seeking Another Top 10 at Chicago Street Course

Last year at the Chicago Street Course, Ricky Stenhouse Jr walked away with a sixth-place finish--marking his second-ever top-10 result in (then) 40 career attempts on road course tracks. This finish was likely due to good strategy and rain becoming a factor, but the result still counts. In this year's Grant Park 165, he'll be […]

Josh Berry Is Awful At Road Courses

There are some race tracks where Josh Berry can be considered a legitimate sleeper. Road course tracks are not one of those, though. Berry has struggled mightily in the Cup Series at the left-and-right-turn race tracks, and doesn't look to be showing any improvement this weekend at the Chicago Street Course. After posting the 38th-fastest […]

Josh Bilicki Shows Unexpected Speed at Chicago Street Course

The No. 66 Ford for Garage 66 has been one of the slowest cars on every track this season, but that hasn't been the case at the Chicago Street Course this weekend. Josh Bilicki is behind the wheel of this race car for Sunday's Grant Park 165 and he showed some unexpected speed during practice […]

Katherine Legge Qualifies for Chicago Street Course on Speed

Katherine Legge will be racing in this weekend's Grant Park 165 at the Chicago Street Course, as the British 44-year-old put down a lap of 92.368 seconds in qualifying on Saturday afternoon. That was faster than several notable drivers, including Erik Jones, Cody Ware, Ty Dillon, and Bubba Wallace. That lap was also faster than […]

Round 4 PGA DFS Showdown Picks - 2025 John Deere Classic

The John Deere Classic has delivered fireworks and birdies this July 4th weekend. TPC Deere Run has been getable, with much of the scoring coming over the first 36 holes before heavy winds brought in afternoon storms, making scoring more difficult on Saturday. Sunday looks to have a wetter challenge tomorrow, which could honestly mean […]

Cam Ward "Not Expecting" to be handed Starting Job

Tennessee Titans quarterback Cam Ward apparently isn't expecting to be handed the reigns heading into his inaugural campaign. "Cam's not gonna expect it to just be given to him," said offensive tackle JC Latham while speaking of the competition between the rookie and Will Levis. "Will's not just gonna sit over here and say, 'oh, […]