With the NASCAR Street Race quickly approaching in Chicago, PWSullivan writes: 'NASCAR drivers should be forced to navigate their way around the city with the same obstacles Chicagoans face on a daily basis.'
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The inaugural NASCAR Chicago Street Race figures to be an epic event in the city’s sports history, and with all our local teams running on empty,But as talented as Kevin Harvick, Kyle Busch, Bubba Wallace and the rest of the NASCAR drivers are, we’ll never know how they would fare driving in real-life Chicago conditions.
All drivers will be checked by race officials to make sure their I-Pass transponders are functioning and properly mounted on the windshield. Only an experienced Chicago driver knows the right I-Pass lane to choose to get back into the city and avoid lining up behind someone with Ohio plates stuck in a toll booth with the gate down because he thought he could use quarters.
Using the Waze app, they’ll soon find the entrance to Du Sable Lake Shore Drive at East 57th Drive near the Museum of Science and Industry, avoiding the desire to check out the German submarine3. Going north on the Drive past Soldier Field, the real pros will separate themselves from the wannabes by putting the pedal to the metal and trying to keep up with random South Siders trying to get by them in the right-hand lane.
As they speed south on Clark past the Friendly Confines of Wrigley Field, racing fans from all over will have gathered at the DraftKings Sportsbook to watch the race on a hundred flatscreen TVs and bet on which car crashes first. like motorized scooter guys, are oblivious to the sound of turbocharged engines and will straddle the line of the dedicated bike lane, forcing drivers to weave around them. “On your right!” is their mantra.[Don't miss] NASCAR Chicago Street Race road closures are coming: Brace for traffic shutdowns on DuSable Lake Shore Drive9. Traffic slows to a crawl as the course goes past the Drake Hotel and around the curve at Oak Street Beach.
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