Despite poor weather, the Cup Series took to the streets of Chicago on July 2nd, 2023, but unfortunately, the race didn’t really go The Blue Oval’s way, as the NASCAR Ford teams struggled to find speed and overcome incident during the event.
Trouble started right off the bat for the NASCAR Ford teams, as in the sixth turn of the first lap, the No. 10 Ford Mustang of Aric Almirola spun out, and a short while later, the No. 6 Mustang of Brad Keselowski was swept into a pileup in the same corner. However, they were able to continue, as their race cars did not suffer any debilitating damage and were able to remove themselves from the tire barrier and drive away.
Throughout the race, the NASCAR Ford teams were nonfactors. In fact, not a single Mustang racer lead a single lap, even when the sanctioning body elected to shorten the race from 100 laps to 75 due to inclement weather and the threat of darkness, as the temporary racetrack was not configured with a lighting setup to facilitate a night race.
That’s not to say The Blue Oval finished poorly – the No. 2 Mustang of Austin Cindric finished sixth, followed by the No. 34 Mustang of Michael McDowell in seventh and the No. 22 Mustang of Joey Logano in eighth.
Meanwhile, Shane van Gisbergen won in the No. 91 Chevy Camaro ZL1 in his first career NASCAR start.
Finish | Start | Car Number | Driver | Team | Laps Run | Laps Led | Car |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 3 | 91 | Shane Van Gisbergen | Enhance Health Chevrolet | 78 | 9 | Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 |
2 | 37 | 31 | Justin Haley | Benesch Law Chevrolet | 78 | 23 | Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 |
3 | 26 | 9 | Chase Elliott | Hooters Chevrolet | 78 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 |
4 | 7 | 5 | Kyle Larson | HendrickCars.com Chevrolet | 78 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 |
5 | 18 | 8 | Kyle Busch | 3CHI Chevrolet | 78 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 |
6 | 31 | 2 | Austin Cindric | Discount Tire Ford | 78 | 0 | Ford Mustang |
7 | 6 | 34 | Michael McDowell | Chicago Pneumatic Compressors Ford | 78 | 0 | Ford Mustang |
8 | 9 | 22 | Joey Logano | Shell Pennzoil Ford | 78 | 0 | Ford Mustang |
9 | 12 | 54 | Ty Gibbs # | Interstate Batteries Toyota | 78 | 1 | Toyota TRD Camry |
10 | 15 | 17 | Chris Buescher | Fastenal Ford | 78 | 0 | Ford Mustang |
11 | 1 | 11 | Denny Hamlin | Yahoo! Toyota | 78 | 0 | Toyota TRD Camry |
12 | 24 | 10 | Aric Almirola | Smithfield Ford | 78 | 0 | Ford Mustang |
13 | 22 | 24 | William Byron | Valvoline Chevrolet | 78 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 |
14 | 19 | 7 | Corey LaJoie | Celsius Chevrolet | 78 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 |
15 | 28 | 41 | Ryan Preece | Operating Engineers Ford | 78 | 0 | Ford Mustang |
16 | 21 | 43 | Erik Jones | DRAIVER Chevrolet | 78 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 |
17 | 10 | 16 | AJ Allmendinger | Bath Plant by BCI Acrylics Chevrolet | 78 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 |
18 | 4 | 20 | Christopher Bell | CRAFTSMAN Racing For A Miracle Toyota | 78 | 37 | Toyota TRD Camry |
19 | 25 | 38 | Todd Gilliland | gener8tor Skills Ford | 78 | 0 | Ford Mustang |
20 | 16 | 14 | Chase Briscoe | Mahindra Tractors Ford | 78 | 0 | Ford Mustang |
21 | 8 | 15 | Jenson Button | Mobil 1 Ford | 78 | 0 | Ford Mustang |
22 | 34 | 1 | Ross Chastain | AdventHealth Chevrolet | 78 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 |
23 | 27 | 78 | Josh Bilicki(i) | Zeigler Auto Group Chevrolet | 78 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 |
24 | 20 | 6 | Brad Keselowski | Elk Grove Village Ford | 78 | 0 | Ford Mustang |
25 | 23 | 42 | Noah Gragson # | Wendy's Chevrolet | 78 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 |
26 | 30 | 51 | Andy Lally | Camping World Ford | 78 | 0 | Ford Mustang |
27 | 5 | 99 | Daniel Suarez | Worldwide Express Chevrolet | 78 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 |
28 | 2 | 45 | Tyler Reddick | Monster Energy Toyota | 78 | 8 | Toyota TRD Camry |
29 | 35 | 4 | Kevin Harvick | GEARWRENCH Ford | 78 | 0 | Ford Mustang |
30 | 32 | 21 | Harrison Burton | Motorcraft/Quick Lane Ford | 78 | 0 | Ford Mustang |
31 | 14 | 23 | Bubba Wallace | McDonald's Toyota | 78 | 0 | Toyota TRD Camry |
32 | 11 | 19 | Martin Truex Jr. | Bass Pro Shops Toyota | 77 | 0 | Toyota TRD Camry |
33 | 17 | 12 | Ryan Blaney | Menards/Dutch Boy Ford | 77 | 0 | Ford Mustang |
34 | 36 | 47 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | Mariano's/SunnyD Chevrolet | 77 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 |
35 | 33 | 77 | Ty Dillon | Chicago White Sox Chevrolet | 67 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 |
36 | 29 | 3 | Austin Dillon | Get Bioethanol Chevrolet | 62 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 |
37 | 13 | 48 | Alex Bowman | Ally Chevrolet | 40 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 |
# – Rookie
i – Points ineligible
* – Part-time driver
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Comments
The only way Fird stands a chance of winning is if NASCAR bans Chevy from racing.
Camaro takes 1 thru 5, now that’s what I call domination!
Ford will not win untill Nascar gives them as much HP as Hendrix has. Don’t you see how good the Chevys handle down the straight a ways.