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Saturday, July 4
1:30 p.m., NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series: Qualifying at Chicagoland Speedway, The CW App
3 p.m., NASCAR Cup Series: Qualifying at Chicagoland Speedway, HBO Max/truTV
4:30 p.m., NASCAR Countdown Live, The CW
5:30 p.m., NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series Race at Chicagoland Speedway, The CW
Sunday, July 5
5 p.m., NASCAR Nation Pre-Race, TNT Sports
6 p.m., NASCAR Cup Series: eero 400 at Chicagoland Speedway, TNT Sports, truTV
9 p.m., NASCAR Nation Post-Race, TNT Sports

eero 400
Chicagoland Speedway, Joliet, IL
Date: Sunday, July 5, 2026
TV: TNT
Green Flag: 6:00 PM ET
Radio: MRN, SiriusXM
Laps: 267
Miles: 400
Track: 1.5 mile oval
2019 Winner: Alex Bowman
Toyota / Save Mart 350
Winner: Shane van Gisbergegn
Average Speed of Race Winner: 83.188 MPH
Time of Race: 2 Hrs, 37 Mins, 53 Secs.
Margin of Victory: .357 Seconds
Caution Flags: 3 for 8 laps
Lead Changes: 8 among 6 drivers
Stage 1 Top 10: 54,20,71,77,60,48,97,43,5,35
Stage 2 Top 10: 54,20,16,2,1,38,97,88,19,12
Fastest Lap: #45 Lap 80 / 75.161
| # | Driver | Pts | Behind | +/- | |
| 1 | 11 | Denny Hamlin | 719 | 0 | +1 |
| 2 | 45 | Tyler Reddick | 718 | -1 | -1 |
| 3 | 12 | Ryan Blaney | 615 | -104 | 0 |
| 4 | 54 | Ty Gibbs | 589 | -130 | -1 |
| 5 | 5 | Kyle Larson | 571 | -148 | 1 |
| 6 | 9 | Chase Elliott | 554 | -165 | 0 |
| 7 | 17 | Chris Buescher | 518 | -201 | 0 |
| 8 | 77 | Carson Hocevar | 509 | -210 | -1 |
| 9 | 7 | Daniel Suarez | 484 | -235 | 1 |
| 10 | 20 | Christopher Bell | 472 | -247 | -2 |