Chicagoland Speedway

This aerial panorama of Chicagoland Speedway was taken by James Blakeway and features the speedway during a NASCAR weekend. Built adjacent to it's sister track, Route 66 Raceway, Chicagoland Speedway in Joliet, Illinois, is a 1.5-mile D-shaped tri-oval speedway. With the addition of the 75,000-seat, $130 million Speedway, Joliet's world-class motorsports complex formed Illinois' largest sporting facility, occupying over 1,300 acres. The first NASCAR driver to visit Victory Lane at Chicagoland after winning a Busch Series race on July 14, 2001, was Jimmie Johnson.