NASCAR Cup Series set for first race at Chicagoland Speedway since 2019

JOLIET, Ill. (AP) — It has been seven years since NASCAR last raced at Chicagoland Speedway. Seven years of Midwest heat, rain and snow covering the aging asphalt at the 1.5-mile track. That last weekend also was before NASCAR moved into its Next Gen cars.The Cup Series returns to Chicagoland on Sunday, and what was old is new again.“It is definitely like learning a new racetrack,” Joe Gibbs Racing driver Chase Briscoe said.NASCAR ran 19 Cup races on the D-shaped oval in Joliet