Speedway

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Gas station in Elgin, IL

3.4 · 71 reviewsOpen until 11:59

Gas-station & convenience-store chain with grab-&-go food, plus hot & cold beverages.

Eligible to offer 20% cashback to customers who shop here.OrbitBack

AI ScoreGemini mentions Speedway and ChatGPT doesn't.Scored from 8 signals across search and AI.

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Updated Sep 16, 2026Last activity 1 month ago, a question from weekend_only_mabel.

Services

What Speedway offers, what it costs, and what people come for.

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Team

Who you'll see, and whether their licenses check out.
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TodayOpen 24 hours
MondaysOpen 24 hours

Busy times

Usually quiet now. Busiest Fri and Sun, 2 to 6 PM.

Reputation

What reviews, press and directories say about Speedway.

3.4from 71 reviews on Google

This Speedway struggles with customer service and maintenance issues, leading to a negative reputation among patrons. Customers report a troubling experience at this Speedway location, often highlighting rude staff interactions and unreliable services. Many express frustration over broken facilities like bathrooms and soda machines, leading to a sense of unprofessionalism and discomfort during visits.

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  • 40%
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  • 20%
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Would go back48%48% of reviews give the visit 4 or 5 stars.Positive 48%, 4 or 5 stars · Neutral 12%, 3 stars · Negative 40%, 1 or 2 stars
The bad
  • Rude and aggressive staff interactions
  • Bathrooms frequently out of order
  • Inconsistent service hours
  • Broken or malfunctioning equipment
  • Unreliable food availability

Press and awards

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How AI sees Speedway

The AI Score is out of 100, read from 8 signals across search and AI.

32out of 100

36 Elgin avg

What the score is made of

Signal and how much it countsSpeedway

  • Retrieval grounding 26%Whether you appear in the ranked results AI retrieves and cites: AI-Overview citations, organic top-10 for your money queries, and the Bing index ChatGPT leans on.0
  • Off-property attestation 20%Volume and consistency of what others say about you: YouTube mentions, branded web mentions, third-party “best-of” lists. The cause of retrievability.40
  • AI visibility 14%Whether ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and AI Overviews name you, and whether they name you for the right service.50
  • Reviews & response 12%The star average is only one input. We also read volume, velocity, the specificity of review language, and response cadence. Specific reviews are what AI quotes verbatim.68
  • Backlink & citation authority 8%Domain authority and editorial quality of the sources that attest to you.64
  • Google Business Profile 8%Required and recommended fields; update cadence. The listing AI pulls from first.90
  • Speed & mobile 7%Core Web Vitals at the 75th percentile, on a real phone.45
  • Content freshness & schema 5%Crawl recency, intent alignment, valid JSON-LD, canonicals.30

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Local AI Registry · Gas stations in Elgin, IL · Editorial

Speedway, Elgin IL: Reviews

Steve Lee

By Steve Lee, founder and CEO of Local AI Registry. Updated September 16, 2026.

Published September 16, 2026 · Updated September 16, 2026 · Machine-readable version below

In short

Speedway is a gas station in Elgin, IL. Its AI Score is 32 of 100, which is poor.

What each mark on this page means: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#marks

Key facts

FactValue
TypeGas station
Address1156 Dundee Ave, Elgin, IL 60120, USA
HoursMon to Sun Open 24 hours
Phone(847) 697-2109
Rating3.4 across 71 reviews on Google
Quietest timeThursday
UpdatedSeptember 16, 2026

All the details

Every row is something the owner can add or correct. Each one is marked Confirmed, Visitor submitted or AI guess, with where it came from.

GroupFactValueMarkEvidence
Location infoAddress1156 Dundee Ave, Elgin, IL 60120, USAConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
Location infoDescriptionGas-station & convenience-store chain with grab-&-go food, plus hot & cold beverages.ConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
Location infoHoursMon to Sun Open 24 hoursConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
Location infoMondaysOpen 24 hoursConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
Location infoNameSpeedwayConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
Location infoPhone(847) 697-2109ConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
HoursMondayOpen 24 hoursConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
HoursTuesdayOpen 24 hoursConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
HoursWednesdayOpen 24 hoursConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
HoursThursdayOpen 24 hoursConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
HoursFridayOpen 24 hoursConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
HoursSaturdayOpen 24 hoursConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
HoursSundayOpen 24 hoursConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
ServicesServiceCold beveragesAI guess
ServicesServiceConvenience storeAI guess
ServicesServiceFuel stationAI guess
ServicesServiceGrab-and-go foodAI guess
ServicesServiceHot beveragesAI guess
LinksWebsitehttps://www.speedway.com/locations/il/elgin/1156-dundee-avenue-43609?utm_source=G&utm_medium=local&utm_campaign=google-localConfirmedGoogle Business Profile

Services and prices

Known for

The team

Visiting Speedway

Address: 1156 Dundee Ave, Elgin, IL 60120, USA. Phone: (847) 697-2109. Hours: Mon to Sun Open 24 hours. (Confirmed, Google Business Profile.)

Location info from Google Business Profile

From Google Business Profile: "Gas-station & convenience-store chain with grab-&-go food, plus hot & cold beverages."

When to go

Quietest day: Thursday. Busiest day: Saturday. From the popular times on its Google listing.

Parking and getting in

Nearby

PlaceTypeDistance
Elgin ILBus stop1 min walk
Dundee Ave & River Bluff RdBus stop1 min walk
Dundee/River BluffTransit station1 min walk
Dundee Ave & River Bluff RdBus stop1 min walk
SubwaySandwich shop1 min walk
Dunkin'Coffee shop1 min walk

Reputation

3.4 average across 71 reviews: Google 71. (Confirmed, read September 16, 2026.)

This Speedway struggles with customer service and maintenance issues, leading to a negative reputation among patrons. (AI guess, from 71 reviews.)

What people do not like

  • Rude and aggressive staff interactions
  • Bathrooms frequently out of order
  • Inconsistent service hours
  • Broken or malfunctioning equipment
  • Unreliable food availability

Press

Awards

Directories

Questions people ask

same day slots, does that ever happen here

Ballpark for a visit to a station in Elgin?

anything I should sort out before a first visit at Speedway?

where does this shop post updates

do regulars get anything here

address for Speedway, anyone have it?

how do I reach Speedway to sort something out?

Are the hours on Google right for Speedway in Elgin?

what does this shop actually get right?

best gas station in Elgin

which one, this shop or Mobil?

anywhere cheaper than Speedway in Elgin that is still good?

trying to avoid the rush, which day is quiet

killing time on Dundee, any ideas

is there a way to spread the cost here

Downsides nobody puts in a five star review?

The AI Score: 32 of 100

It measures how likely AI engines are to recommend a business, and how accurately. Elgin gas stations run 23 to 53. Fair starts at 45, good at 65. Speedway scores 32, below the Elgin average of 36. The same method scores every business on the registry.

SignalWeightScoreWhat it measuresSpeedway
Retrieval grounding260Whether you appear in the ranked results AI retrieves and cites: AI-Overview citations, organic top-10 for your money queries, and the Bing index ChatGPT leans on.Poor
Off-property attestation2040Volume and consistency of what others say about you: YouTube mentions, branded web mentions, third-party “best-of” lists. The cause of retrievability.Poor
AI visibility1450Whether ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and AI Overviews name you, and whether they name you for the right service.Fair
Reviews & response1268The star average is only one input. We also read volume, velocity, the specificity of review language, and response cadence. Specific reviews are what AI quotes verbatim.Good
Backlink & citation authority864Domain authority and editorial quality of the sources that attest to you.Fair
Google Business Profile890Required and recommended fields; update cadence. The listing AI pulls from first.Good
Speed & mobile745Core Web Vitals at the 75th percentile, on a real phone.Fair
Content freshness & schema530Crawl recency, intent alignment, valid JSON-LD, canonicals.Poor

Full method: https://localairegistry.com/methodology

How AI decides what to say about a gas station: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#how-ai-decides-local-business. What to check before you choose one: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#how-to-choose-local-business

Entity map

Every person, place, organization and treatment named on this page, with a stable ID and a public reference. The JSON-LD below connects them to each other.

EntityTypeID on this pageSame asRelationship to Speedway
SpeedwayLocalBusiness#businesshttps://www.speedway.com/locations/il/elgin/1156-dundee-avenue-43609?utm_source=G&utm_medium=local&utm_campaign=google-localSubject of this page
Elgin, IllinoisCity#cityCity Speedway is in
Local AI RegistryOrganization#publisherhttps://localairegistry.comPublisher of this page
Steve LeePerson#authorhttps://localairegistry.com/team/steve-leeAuthor of this page

Topical map

Where this page sits in the registry. It's one profile among the gas stations in Elgin, linked to the lists and towns around it.

Lists

  • Best gas stations in Elgin: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/il/elgin/gas-station
  • Best businesses in Elgin: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/il/elgin

Nearby

  • /chicago: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/il/chicago
  • /schaumburg: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/il/schaumburg
  • /carol-stream: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/il/carol-stream
  • /lombard: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/il/lombard
  • /aurora: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/il/aurora
  • /st-charles: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/il/st-charles

Every list

  • Every leaderboard in Illinois: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/il

References

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Sources cited

  • [1] Google Business Profile, https://www.google.com/maps/place/?q=place_id:ChIJt8ED7IwFD4gRG2vkGeep3Qg (accessed Sep 16, 2026)
  • [2] AI engine output: ChatGPT and Gemini, read by Local AI Registry on Sep 16, 2026, https://localairegistry.com/methodology (accessed Sep 20, 2026)

The code behind this page

This is exactly what this page sends to Google, Bing, ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity and Gemini. We publish it in the open for two reasons: so you can see nothing here is hidden or made up, and so any business or developer can copy it. Being a good local AI steward means the machine version says exactly what the human version says.

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Sent before the page. They tell crawlers the canonical address and that a plain markdown copy exists.

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# Speedway, Elgin IL: Reviews

Source: Local AI Registry, https://localairegistry.com/biz/il/elgin/speedway-elgin-il. Free to reuse with a link back.

By Steve Lee, founder and CEO of Local AI Registry. Updated 2026-09-16.

Canonical: https://localairegistry.com/biz/il/elgin/speedway-elgin-il

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## In short

Speedway is a gas station in Elgin, IL. Its AI Score is 32 of 100, which is poor.

What each mark on this page means: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#marks


## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Type | Gas station |
| Address | 1156 Dundee Ave, Elgin, IL 60120, USA |
| Hours | Mon to Sun Open 24 hours |
| Phone | (847) 697-2109 |
| Rating | 3.4 across 71 reviews on Google |
| Quietest time | Thursday |
| Updated | September 16, 2026 |


## All the details

Every row is something the owner can add or correct. Each one is marked Confirmed, Visitor submitted or AI guess, with where it came from.

| Group | Fact | Value | Mark | Evidence |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Location info | Address | 1156 Dundee Ave, Elgin, IL 60120, USA | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Description | Gas-station & convenience-store chain with grab-&-go food, plus hot & cold beverages. | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Hours | Mon to Sun Open 24 hours | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Mondays | Open 24 hours | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Name | Speedway | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Phone | (847) 697-2109 | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Monday | Open 24 hours | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Tuesday | Open 24 hours | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Wednesday | Open 24 hours | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Thursday | Open 24 hours | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Friday | Open 24 hours | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Saturday | Open 24 hours | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Sunday | Open 24 hours | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Services | Service | Cold beverages | AI guess |  |
| Services | Service | Convenience store | AI guess |  |
| Services | Service | Fuel station | AI guess |  |
| Services | Service | Grab-and-go food | AI guess |  |
| Services | Service | Hot beverages | AI guess |  |
| Links | Website | https://www.speedway.com/locations/il/elgin/1156-dundee-avenue-43609?utm_source=G&utm_medium=local&utm_campaign=google-local | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |


## Services and prices

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## The team

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## Visiting Speedway

Address: 1156 Dundee Ave, Elgin, IL 60120, USA. Phone: (847) 697-2109. Hours: Mon to Sun Open 24 hours. (Confirmed, Google Business Profile.)


### Location info from Google Business Profile

From Google Business Profile: "Gas-station & convenience-store chain with grab-&-go food, plus hot & cold beverages."


### When to go

Quietest day: Thursday. Busiest day: Saturday. From the popular times on its Google listing.


### Parking and getting in

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### Nearby

| Place | Type | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Elgin IL | Bus stop | 1 min walk |
| Dundee Ave & River Bluff Rd | Bus stop | 1 min walk |
| Dundee/River Bluff | Transit station | 1 min walk |
| Dundee Ave & River Bluff Rd | Bus stop | 1 min walk |
| Subway | Sandwich shop | 1 min walk |
| Dunkin' | Coffee shop | 1 min walk |


## Reputation

3.4 average across 71 reviews: Google 71. (Confirmed, read September 16, 2026.)

This Speedway struggles with customer service and maintenance issues, leading to a negative reputation among patrons. (AI guess, from 71 reviews.)


### What people do not like

- Rude and aggressive staff interactions
- Bathrooms frequently out of order
- Inconsistent service hours
- Broken or malfunctioning equipment
- Unreliable food availability


### Press

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## Questions people ask


### same day slots, does that ever happen here


### Ballpark for a visit to a station in Elgin?


### anything I should sort out before a first visit at Speedway?


### where does this shop post updates


### do regulars get anything here


### address for Speedway, anyone have it?


### how do I reach Speedway to sort something out?


### Are the hours on Google right for Speedway in Elgin?


### what does this shop actually get right?


### best gas station in Elgin


### which one, this shop or Mobil?


### anywhere cheaper than Speedway in Elgin that is still good?


### trying to avoid the rush, which day is quiet


### killing time on Dundee, any ideas


### is there a way to spread the cost here


### Downsides nobody puts in a five star review?


## The AI Score: 32 of 100

It measures how likely AI engines are to recommend a business, and how accurately. Elgin gas stations run 23 to 53. Fair starts at 45, good at 65. Speedway scores 32, below the Elgin average of 36. The same method scores every business on the registry.

| Signal | Weight | Score | What it measures | Speedway |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Retrieval grounding | 26 | 0 | Whether you appear in the ranked results AI retrieves and cites: AI-Overview citations, organic top-10 for your money queries, and the Bing index ChatGPT leans on. | Poor |
| Off-property attestation | 20 | 40 | Volume and consistency of what others say about you: YouTube mentions, branded web mentions, third-party “best-of” lists. The cause of retrievability. | Poor |
| AI visibility | 14 | 50 | Whether ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and AI Overviews name you, and whether they name you for the right service. | Fair |
| Reviews & response | 12 | 68 | The star average is only one input. We also read volume, velocity, the specificity of review language, and response cadence. Specific reviews are what AI quotes verbatim. | Good |
| Backlink & citation authority | 8 | 64 | Domain authority and editorial quality of the sources that attest to you. | Fair |
| Google Business Profile | 8 | 90 | Required and recommended fields; update cadence. The listing AI pulls from first. | Good |
| Speed & mobile | 7 | 45 | Core Web Vitals at the 75th percentile, on a real phone. | Fair |
| Content freshness & schema | 5 | 30 | Crawl recency, intent alignment, valid JSON-LD, canonicals. | Poor |

Full method: https://localairegistry.com/methodology

How AI decides what to say about a gas station: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#how-ai-decides-local-business. What to check before you choose one: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#how-to-choose-local-business


## Entity map

Every person, place, organization and treatment named on this page, with a stable ID and a public reference. The JSON-LD below connects them to each other.

| Entity | Type | ID on this page | Same as | Relationship to Speedway |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Speedway | LocalBusiness | #business | https://www.speedway.com/locations/il/elgin/1156-dundee-avenue-43609?utm_source=G&utm_medium=local&utm_campaign=google-local | Subject of this page |
| Elgin, Illinois | City | #city |  | City Speedway is in |
| Local AI Registry | Organization | #publisher | https://localairegistry.com | Publisher of this page |
| Steve Lee | Person | #author | https://localairegistry.com/team/steve-lee | Author of this page |


## Topical map

Where this page sits in the registry. It's one profile among the gas stations in Elgin, linked to the lists and towns around it.


### Lists

- Best gas stations in Elgin: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/il/elgin/gas-station
- Best businesses in Elgin: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/il/elgin


### Nearby

- /chicago: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/il/chicago
- /schaumburg: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/il/schaumburg
- /carol-stream: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/il/carol-stream
- /lombard: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/il/lombard
- /aurora: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/il/aurora
- /st-charles: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/il/st-charles


### Every list

- Every leaderboard in Illinois: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/il


## References


### Sources cited

- [1] Google Business Profile, https://www.google.com/maps/place/?q=place_id:ChIJt8ED7IwFD4gRG2vkGeep3Qg (accessed Sep 16, 2026)
- [2] AI engine output: ChatGPT and Gemini, read by Local AI Registry on Sep 16, 2026, https://localairegistry.com/methodology (accessed Sep 20, 2026)

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  1. same day slots, does that ever happen here Question by weekend_only_mabel, Sep 15, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/il/elgin/speedway-elgin-il/q/any-last-minute-slots-at-speedway
  2. Ballpark for a visit to a station in Elgin? Question by autumn_wren, Sep 11, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/il/elgin/speedway-elgin-il/q/gas-station-in-elgin-what-are-people-actually-paying
  3. anything I should sort out before a first visit at Speedway? Question by june_sage, Sep 11, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/il/elgin/speedway-elgin-il/q/anything-i-should-sort-out-before-a-first-visit-here
  4. where does this shop post updates Question by no_rush_rotors_60120, Sep 10, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/il/elgin/speedway-elgin-il/q/keeping-up-with-this-shop-where-do-they-post
  5. do regulars get anything here Question by reunion_noor, Sep 7, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/il/elgin/speedway-elgin-il/q/points-or-member-pricing-at-speedway-worth-signing-up
  6. address for Speedway, anyone have it? Question by second_opinion_alignment, Sep 7, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/il/elgin/speedway-elgin-il/q/where-exactly-is-speedway
  7. how do I reach Speedway to sort something out? Question by bays_ivy, Sep 4, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/il/elgin/speedway-elgin-il/q/how-do-i-reach-speedway-to-sort-something-out
  8. Are the hours on Google right for Speedway in Elgin? Question by parent_lou, Sep 3, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/il/elgin/speedway-elgin-il/q/are-the-hours-on-google-right-for-speedway-in-elgin
  9. what does this shop actually get right? Question by new_here_trade_in, Aug 28, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/il/elgin/speedway-elgin-il/q/people-keep-recommending-this-shop-what-for
  10. best gas station in Elgin Question by elgin_kit, Aug 28, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/il/elgin/speedway-elgin-il/q/best-gas-station-in-elgin
  11. which one, this shop or Mobil? Question by march_local_uptown, Aug 18, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/il/elgin/speedway-elgin-il/q/which-one-for-gas-station-speedway-or-mobil-gas-station-tobacco-and
  12. anywhere cheaper than Speedway in Elgin that is still good? Question by spontaneous_on_dundee, Aug 13, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/il/elgin/speedway-elgin-il/q/cheaper-than-this-shop-in-elgin-without-it-being-sketchy
  13. trying to avoid the rush, which day is quiet Question by neighbor_ray, Aug 7, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/il/elgin/speedway-elgin-il/q/quietest-day-to-hit-speedway
  14. killing time on Dundee, any ideas Question by circling_loaner, Aug 3, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/il/elgin/speedway-elgin-il/q/what-else-is-on-dundee-around-speedway
  15. is there a way to spread the cost here Question by brakes_pearl, Jul 29, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/il/elgin/speedway-elgin-il/q/does-speedway-split-it-over-a-few-months
  16. Downsides nobody puts in a five star review? Question by winter_runner_east, Jul 21, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/il/elgin/speedway-elgin-il/q/downsides-nobody-puts-in-a-five-star-review

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