The 2025 The Loop 110 will be the 18th stock car race of the 2025 NASCAR Xfinity Series, and the 3rd iteration of the event. The race is scheduled to be held on Saturday, July 5, 2025, at the Chicago Street Course in Chicago, Illinois, a street course. The race is scheduled to be contested over 50 laps.
Report.
Background.
The Chicago Street Course is a street circuit located in the city of Chicago, Illinois, United States. It hosts the NASCAR Cup Series and NASCAR Xfinity Series. The track was initially a conceptual track on iRacing made for the eNASCAR iRacing Pro Invitational Series in 2021.
The track for the actual race in 2023 ended up being the exact same layout as the version used in 2021 for the eNASCAR iRacing Pro Invitational Series. The start/finish line is located on South Columbus Drive in front of Buckingham Fountain in Grant Park. The cars will go south and then turn left onto East Balbo Drive and then right onto South Lake Shore Drive (also part of U.S. Route 41), which is alongside Lake Michigan. The cars will then turn right onto East Roosevelt Road and then make another right, which gets them back onto South Columbus Drive where they are going north. They will then reach the intersection of South Columbus Drive and East Balbo Drive again and will make a left turn. When they are back on East Balbo Drive, they will cross a bridge over the Metra Electric District tracks. Next, the cars will turn right onto South Michigan Avenue and go north, go onto East Congress Plaza Drive and back onto South Michigan Ave. Lastly, they will make a right turn onto East Jackson Drive, go back across the Metra Electric tracks, and right back onto South Columbus Drive to the start/finish line.
On October 20, 2023, NASCAR announced that the Xfinity Series Chicago Street Race would be shortened from 121 miles (194 km) and 55 laps to 110 miles (177 km) and 50 laps.
Practice.
The first and only practice session is scheduled to be held on Saturday, July 5, at 9:30 AM CST, and will last for 50 minutes.
Qualifying.
Qualifying is scheduled to be held on Saturday, July 5, at 10:30 AM CST. Since the Chicago Street Course has a road course layout, the qualifying system is a two group system, with two rounds. Drivers will be separated into two groups, Group A and B. Each driver will have multiple laps to set a time. The fastest 5 drivers from each group will advance to the final round. The fastest driver to set a time in that round will win the pole.
Under a 2021 rule change, the timing line in road course qualifying is "not" the start-finish line. Instead, the timing line for qualifying will be set at the exit of Turn 11 on South Michigan Avenue.
Race results.
Stage 1 "Laps: 15"
Stage 2 "Laps: 15"
Stage 3 "Laps: 25"