2024 The Loop 110

2024 The Loop 110

Race details[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]
Race 18 of 33 of the 2024 NASCAR Xfinity Series
Date	July 6, 2024
Official name	2nd Annual The Loop 110
Location	Chicago Street Course in Chicago, Illinois
Course	Permanent racing facility 2.2 mi (3.5 km)
Distance	50 laps, 110 mi (177 km)
Average speed	56.531 mph (90.978 km/h)
Pole position
Driver	Shane van Gisbergen	Kaulig Racing
Time	1:29.448
Most laps led
Driver	Shane van Gisbergen Jesse Love	Kaulig Racing Richard Childress Racing
Laps	14
Winner
No. 97	Shane van Gisbergen	Kaulig Racing
Television in the United States
Network	NBC
Announcers	Rick Allen, Steve Letarte (booth), Mike Bagley (Turns 1–2 & 6–10), Dillon Welch (Turns 3–5) and Jeff Burton (Turn 11)
Radio in the United States
Radio	MRN

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 2.2 miles (3.5 km) 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.

The Chicago Street Course is a 2.2 mi (3.5 km) 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.^[8]

On October 20, 2023, NASCAR announced that the 2024 Xfinity Series Chicago Street Race would be shortened from 121 miles (194 km) and 55 laps to 110 miles (177 km) and 50 laps.^[9]

• (R) denotes rookie driver.
• (i) denotes driver who is ineligible for series driver points.

The first and only practice session was held on Saturday, July 6, at 9:30 AM CST, and would last for 50 minutes.^[10] Sam Mayer, driving for JR Motorsports, would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 1:30.737, and a speed of 87.285 mph (140.472 km/h).

Qualifying was held on Saturday, July 6, at 10:30 AM CST.^[10] 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.^[11]

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 88.543 mph (142.496 km/h).^[12]

Five drivers would fail to qualify: Ty Dillon, Kenko Miura, Thomas Annunziata, Brad Perez, and Alon Day.

Stage 1 Laps: 15

Stage 2 Laps: 15

Stage 3 Laps: 20

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Cole Custer 657 1 2 Justin Allgaier 619 (-38) 1 3 Chandler Smith 618 (–39) 4 Austin Hill 597 (–60) 1 5 Jesse Love 548 (–109) 1 6 Riley Herbst 523 (–134) 7 A. J. Allmendinger 522 (–135) 8 Sheldon Creed 505 (–152) 9 Parker Kligerman 495 (–162) 10 Sam Mayer 474 (–183) 2 11 Shane van Gisbergen 457 (–200) 1 12 Sammy Smith 455 (–202) Official driver's standings

Manufacturers' Championship standings Pos Manufacturer Points 1 Chevrolet 597 2 Toyota 574 (-23) 3 Ford 504 (–93) Note: Only the first 12 positions are included for the driver standings.