JOLIET, ILLINOIS - JULY 04: Taylor Gray, driver of the #54 Operation 300 Toyota, Brandon Jones, driver of the #20 Menards/MD Building Products Toyota, William Sawalich, driver of the #18 Starkey Toyota, Chase Elliott, driver of the #88 HendrickCars.com Chevrolet, and Sam Mayer, driver of the #41 Audibel Hear Better Connect Better Chevrolet, race during the NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series Cuervo 300 at Chicagoland Speedway on July 04, 2026 in Joliet, Illinois. (Photo by Jonathan Bachman/Getty Images)