Alex Bowman took the 2016 Chicago Cubs' motto of 'Try Not to Suck' to heart, breaking his 80-race winless streak at Chicago Street Course.
NASCAR was forced to shorten the race as rain plagued the street circuit for the second year with no rainout date negotiated. Bowman entered the NASCAR race weekend sitting at the cut line for the playoffs. With his surprising win in the Chicago Street Race, he has secured his spot in the NASCAR Playoffs.Shane van Gisbergen and Kyle Larson, the two heavy favorites, crashed out in separate incidents finishing in the bottom two positions.
'Man, I broke my back and had a brain injury,' Bowman recounted in his post-race interview. 'We've kinda sucked ever since. You start to second guess if you get a chance to win a race again.'Bowman's win fell 854 days after his last win at Las Vegas in the spring of 2022, completing the Sunday trifecta of winless streaks being broken in F1, Indycar, and NASCAR.
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