CHICAGO (WLS) — Chicago’s third annual NASCAR Street Race will hit the gas later Sunday, charging full speed into a second day.
Fans will be back in and around Grant Park for this high-octane day of professional racing.
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The NASCAR Cup Series — Grant Park 165 — takes off Sunday afternoon with Chicago Bulls legend Derrick Rose as the grand marshal.
The Xfinity Series Race was the main event on Saturday and did they get just beautiful weather or what?
New Zealand’s Shane van Gisbergen took home the win. This is actually van Gisbergen’s second straight time finishing first here in Chicago.
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This 2.2-mile circuit, featuring 12 turns, winds through Grant Park and follows DuSable Lakeshore Drive, offering drivers a breathtaking backdrop of the city’s skyline during these memorable races.
Fans poured into Grant Park from across the city and around the country on Saturday.
One guy here who came all the way from Louisiana to watch the NASCAR Chicago Street Race for the very first time.
Some Chicago area locals shared with me more about how this race has become a family affair.
NASCAR fan Brian Stanley Sr. is from south suburban Flossmoor. He said he and his family have come out to the race for the last three years.
“We look forward to this every year and mark it on our calendars. This year, we have seats right on pit row,” Stanley mentioned. “Being in Chicago makes it even more special because we get to experience it firsthand. When it’s hosted here, it feels incredibly intimate and thrilling.”
Stanley says there is nothing like hearing the roar of the engines reverberate throughout the city.
“It is really cool to see them on a road course race, really,” Stanley said. “It just sounds so loud and it is so fast.”
Festivities were in full force across NASCAR village, bringing in fans from different states and countries.
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