START YOUR ENGINES! Mayor Lightfoot announced Tuesday that the city will host its first-ever NASCAR race on the streets of downtown Chicago.
said in a statement. "Illinois, with its longstanding tradition of innovation, is a fitting host for NASCAR’s first-ever street race, and we are thrilled to welcome this new series to America’s most iconic drive next summer."To promote the race, Wallace drove his souped up Toyota Camry to several iconic Chicago locations, including Buckingham Fountain, Navy Pier and Soldier Field. Wallace also talked about the driving challenges of an urban street race.
"The opportunities for restaurants, bars, hotels. And to bring people to Chicago literally, but also figuratively," she said. The new venues come as NASCAR has made sweeping changes to its oval-heavy schedule, first by adding both a dirt race at Bristol Motor Speedway and additional road courses and now a completely new concept.
"But the street course is something we haven’t explored a whole lot before, and the the ability for us to get a downtown setting like his and bring racing to our fans, a street course is a perfect opportunity for it."
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