2024 The Loop 110
The 2024 The Loop 110 was the 18th stock car race of the 2024 NASCAR Xfinity Series, and the 2nd iteration of the event. The race was held on Saturday, July 6, 2024, at the Chicago Street Course in Chicago, Illinois, a street course. The race took the scheduled 50 laps to complete. Shane van Gisbergen, driving for Kaulig Racing, would continue to show his dominance on road courses, passing the leader Jesse Love with under five laps to go, and holding off the rest of the field to earn his third career NASCAR Xfinity Series win, his third of the season, and his third consecutive win on a road course. The early stages of the race saw Gisbergen and Kyle Larson in an intense battle for the lead, and eventually led to Gisbergen winning the first stage. After shuffling towards the back of the field from a pit road strategy, Gisbergen and Larson made their way back to the front, with Larson unable to challenge Gisbergen and finished 3rd, behind Ty Gibbs. Gisbergen and Love both led a race-high 14 laps, while Larson led 12 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, 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 2024 Xfinity Series Chicago Street Race would be shortened from 121 miles and 55 laps to 110 miles and 50 laps.
Entry list
- ' denotes rookie driver.
- ' denotes driver who is ineligible for series driver points.
Practice
Qualifying
Qualifying was held on Saturday, July 6, 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. Shane van Gisbergen, driving for Kaulig Racing, would win the pole after advancing from the preliminary round and setting the fastest time in Round 2, with a lap of 1:29.448, and a speed of.
Five drivers would fail to qualify: Ty Dillon, Kenko Miura, Thomas Annunziata, Brad Perez, and Alon Day.
Qualifying results
Race results
Stage 1 Laps: 15| Pos. | # | Driver | Team | Make | Pts |
| 1 | 97 | Shane van Gisbergen ' | Kaulig Racing | Chevrolet | 10 |
| 2 | 17 | Kyle Larson ' | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 0 |
| 3 | 19 | Ty Gibbs ' | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 0 |
| 4 | 88 | Connor Mosack | JR Motorsports | Chevrolet | 7 |
| 5 | 00 | Cole Custer | Stewart–Haas Racing | Ford | 6 |
| 6 | 16 | A. J. Allmendinger | Kaulig Racing | Chevrolet | 5 |
| 7 | 2 | Jesse Love ' | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 4 |
| 8 | 21 | Austin Hill | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 3 |
| 9 | 1 | Sam Mayer | JR Motorsports | Chevrolet | 2 |
| 10 | 48 | Parker Kligerman | Big Machine Racing | Chevrolet | 1 |
Stage 2 Laps: 15
| Pos. | # | Driver | Team | Make | Pts |
| 1 | 21 | Austin Hill | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 10 |
| 2 | 8 | Sammy Smith | JR Motorsports | Chevrolet | 9 |
| 3 | 2 | Jesse Love ' | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 8 |
| 4 | 7 | Justin Allgaier | JR Motorsports | Chevrolet | 7 |
| 5 | 18 | Sheldon Creed | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 6 |
| 6 | 19 | Ty Gibbs ' | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 0 |
| 7 | 48 | Parker Kligerman | Big Machine Racing | Chevrolet | 3 |
| 8 | 1 | Sam Mayer | JR Motorsports | Chevrolet | 4 |
| 9 | 20 | John Hunter Nemechek ' | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 0 |
| 10 | 97 | Shane van Gisbergen ' | Kaulig Racing | Chevrolet | 1 |
Stage 3 ''Laps: 20''
Standings after the race
;Drivers' Championship standings;Manufacturers' Championship standings
| Pos | Manufacturer | Points | |
| 1 | Chevrolet | 597 | |
| 2 | Toyota | 574 | |
| 3 | Ford | 504 |
- Note: Only the first 12 positions are included for the driver standings.