Street racing is not new to motorsport, but it will make its much-anticipated debut in NASCAR this weekend in Chicago ⬇️
The 12-turn, 2.2-mile street course will take the Cup and Xfinity series through the city with the start/finish line and pit road placed on South Columbus Drive, near the iconic Buckingham Fountain.
Harvick has been a vocal advocate for NASCAR and track owners to transform Cup races into bigger “events” and sees Chicago as the perfect example. “Chicago’s obviously a huge market for anything with all the people and eyeballs, and I’m all for events, great events – I love great events – and Chicago is going to be an event. It’s in a great setting, and I think everybody’s looking forward to the challenge of the course and trying to do everything we need to do to put on a good show.”abruptly ended his NASCAR career after the 2016 season and only this season has started making appearances at tracks again.
“Yeah, I’m going to watch it. That’s one for sure. Those cars are not made to do that type of racing. To me that’s what it’s about – it’s wrestling those cars and trying to figure it out. New track, tight quarters, it’s bumpy – that’s as good as it gets.”Marks is the co-owner of one of the most successful new teams in the Cup series in Trackhouse Racing but he is also a former driver – and still does compete occasionally.
“That’s to me the purest form of the sport. You put souped-up cars on a street and see how fast they can go down the street. I think it’s a beautiful thing from that standpoint.”NASCAR’s first attempt at anything new generally sets the course on whether it sticks around and most see this weekend’s street race as no exception.
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