NASCAR's brings its first-ever street race to Chicago this weekend.
The NASCAR XFinity Series will race in The Loop 121 on Saturday at 4 p.m. CT and then the NASCAR Cup Series will takeover downtown in the Grant Park 220 on Sunday at 4:30 p.m.
The course will start and end at Buckingham Fountain, and will loop through major city arteries like DuSable Lake Shore Drive, Michigan Avenue, Columbus Drive and select surrounding streets to form a 12-turn, 2.2 mile course Gates open at 9 a.m. on both Saturday and Sunday and that is also when the NASCAR Village at Butler Field will open.
In addition to the racing, there are also a number of pre- and post-race concerts at the Lakefront Green Mobil 1 concert stage
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