# 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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### Known for

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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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### Awards

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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)