The first-ever Chicago Street Race was a rousing success last season and now the NASCAR Cup Series will return to to the Chicago Street Course for the 2024 Grant Park 165 on Sunday. The green flag drops at 4:30 p.m. ET and the race is scheduled for 75 laps around the 12-turn, 2.2-mile circuit carving through downtown Chicago. Shane Van Gisbergen won at Chicago in his NASCAR Cup Series debut and the Kiwi is back for seconds in 2024.

The three-time Supercars champion has added a pair of NASCAR Xfinity Series victories as he makes the full-time transition to racing in America this season and he's a 6-1 co-favorite in the 2024 Grant Park 165 odds with Tyler Reddick. Kyle Larson and Christopher Bell are close behind at 13-2 in the NASCAR Chicago Street Race odds. 

Before making any 2024 NASCAR Chicago predictions, you NEED to see the latest 2024 Chicago Street Race picks from SportsLine's proven projection model.

Our proven projection model has simulated the 2024 Grant Park 165 10,000 times and come up with a surprising leaderboard. Developed by daily Fantasy pro and SportsLine predictive data engineer Mike McClure, this proprietary NASCAR prediction model takes into account a slew of factors including track history and recent results.

McClure's model was red-hot during the 2023 season, nailing Martin Truex Jr.'s Clash win (20-1) as well as his win in New Hampshire (11-2), Joey Logano's Duel win (8-1), Kyle Busch's Fontana victory (10-1), Denny Hamlin's triumph in Kansas (6-1) and Kyle Larson's wins at Martinsville (6-1) and the NASCAR All-Star Race (13-2). The model correctly predicted winners in two playoff races as well, with Ryan Blaney scoring a 12-1 payout at Talladega and Larson winning at 9-2 in Las Vegas. 

It also called its first victory of the 2024 season with Larson winning again in Las Vegas for a 21-5 payout then predicted a Denny Hamlin's wins in Bristol at 5-1 and Richmond at 17-4. It impressively nailed five of Larson's wins during his historic season in 2021 too. All told, the model has nailed a whopping 18 winners since 2021 and hit nine last year alone! Anyone who followed its lead on those NASCAR picks saw HUGE returns.

Now, the model has dialed in on NASCAR at Chicago 2024 and released its projections.

The model knows the Chicago Street Course is the home of the only street race in NASCAR. Chicago previously hosted a one-off NASCAR race at Soldier Field in 1956 and Chicagoland Speedway in Joliet hosted the NASCAR Cup Series from 2001-2019 but this was the first time NASCAR has raced on public access streets in its history. Denny Hamlin won the pole last season but it was Van Gisbergen who stole the show, overtaking Justin Haley late and leading the final eight laps for a victory in overtime.

For the 2024 Grant Park 165, we can tell you the model is high on Daniel Suarez, even though he's a 30-1 longshot in the latest 2024 NASCAR at Chicago odds. He's a target for anyone looking for a HUGE payday. And a massive shocker: Christopher Bell, one of the Vegas favorites, stumbles big-time and fails to crack the top five! There are far better values in the 2024 Chicago Street Race starting lineup.

The model is also targeting one OTHER driver with 2024 NASCAR Chicago Street Race odds of 20-1 or longer to make a serious run at the checkered flag! Anyone who backs this driver could hit it BIG. You ABSOLUTELY need to see who it is before locking in any NASCAR picks.

So who wins the 2024 Grant Park 165, and which EPIC longshot is a MUST-BACK? ... Join SportsLine right now to see the full projected NASCAR at Chicago leaderboard, all from the model that's nailed 18 winners, including three already this year!