The LifeLock.com 400 at Chicagoland Speedway is one of the younger races of the NASCAR history and also marks the beginning of the second half of the Sprint Cup season. The Nationwide Series is also a guest during a break, the trucks for another week.
Before the Sprint Cup rings in the middle third of four weekends off-season and in the U.S. television broadcasts once again change the station, the baggage train makes first NASCAR in Joliet, Illinois to the southwest of Chicago station. The LifeLock.com 400 marks the beginning of the second half of the season and is also the sixth and final race, for which TNT has the broadcast rights. From the Allstate 400 at the Brickyard again, the crew from ESPN will be used.
The track in Joliet is one of the NASCAR so typical "cookie cutter tracks", ie a 1.5-mile oval with the usual D-shaped layout. A special feature on the racetrack, however, because basically the Chicagoland Speedway is one big curve, because the back straight as the "Trioval" the home stretch is also curved. The banking in the turns is not very steep at 18 ° and occupied a seat behind the faster routes from Atlanta, Texas and Lowe's Motor Speedway. The start-finish line can provide at least 11 °, while the "counter-curve" for 5 °.
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