It’s easy to lump Chicagoland Speedway’s 1.5 mile (2.41 km) oval with the bevy of so-called “intermediate” ovals across the country, but Chicagoland’s layout is unique. It’s an oval that never truly straightens out thanks to a couple of kinds on the front stretch and a backstretch that is one long, continuous curve. Chicagoland Speedway has 18 degrees of banking in the turns with 11 degrees of banking on the frontstretch and 5 degrees on the back.
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Background: Chicagoland Speedway
With the possible exception of New York City, no American market has been more coveted – or more underserved – by the auto racing industry than Chicago. After the Meadowlands International Raceway road course and its fiercesome “Monza Wall” closed in 1968, sanctioning bodies from CART and IMSA to Formula One attempted to organize auto…
