With 41 entries, a driver will fail to qualify for the NASCAR Cup race in Chicago

What has become rapid in modern NASCAR will have a DNQ (not qualified) in this weekend cup race in Chicago Street Course.

With 36 full -time chartered teams, five open entries will also appear for the last four spots on the grid. Among them, the slowest show will remember and the first driver and team will be sent home in qualifying since season-opening Detona 500. According to reporter Seth AgartThis will be the first non-500 race with DNQ in Texas Motor Speedway since 2018!

Five open entries here are closely monitored:

Will Brown – Number 13 Kaulig racing Chevrolet

Kaulig racing is entering a third car later this week and while the possibility of ‘Will Brown’ is unfamiliar to those who only see NASCAR, they should be taken very seriously. Brown is the champion of the brown Australian supercars and currently leads the 2025 championships. He was also a driver hired to change Sher van gisbergen Red Bull Triple eight team after leaving the supercar for NASCAR after SVG. Brown has a previous cup start, running 2024 race in Sonoma Richard Children RacingHe finished 24th and finished 31st.

Austin Hill – Number 33 Richard Children Racing Chevrolet

The hill stock car is a regular in the NASCAR XFINITY series with racing experience. Trying to make its 12th beginning at the top level of the hill game, making a third entry for RCR. He also ran the Chicago Cup race with RCR last year, finished 34th and finished 31st. In the Xfinity series, he has 13 career win and while most of them are on the drafting track, they have first shown speed on road/road courses. He traded both Sonoma and COTA with SVG last year in the victory fight.

Enthusiast – No. 66 Garage 66 (East MBM Motorsports) Ford

This list has a small team, a small team, owned by number 66 Carl Long, compared to most other people. What they have for them, the fact is that Billi is the most experienced cup driver of these five, with 103 in the cup series. He is also a decent road racer with two previous cups on the Chicago Street course. He finished 27th and finished 23rd in 2023, later finished 39th and finished 28th in the 2024 edition of the race.

Corey Hem – No. 67 23xi racing Toyota

23xi is the largest team in this list and Heim is a highly capable racer, as it has proved repeatedly. Fourth entry for co-owned team Denny Hamlin And Michael Jordan, Hem would be expecting his sixth start at the cup level at the end of this week. As the leader of the championship in the NASCAR truck series, he is fully dominated at 2025 season with five wins, recently led 99 out of 100 on his way to capture the checker flag at Lime Rock Park. However, this will be his first experience in the Chicago Street course.

There is another driver like Legaz Billi who is trying to get a small, single-car team in the race. He is also a very competent road racer, which has great experience as an IMSA driver, winning four races and competing in GTD and has the second place in the championship. The British racer has started the four Indi 500s, competing in DTM, WEC and even Formula E, while her NASCAR travel is a rocky, if she can make a race, it will be her third appearance in the cup series this year.

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