Chicago sports history will be made this weekend as the world’s very best and most popular auto racers will be in fierce competition at the inaugural “NASCAR Chicago Street Race Weekend” and NBCUniversal Local Chicago’s trio of properties — NBC 5 Chicago/Telemundo Chicago/NBC Sports Chicago — will be THE home for everything NASCAR providing fans with extensive multi-platform coverage of this momentous sporting event beginning tomorrow (Thursday, June 29) through Sunday, July 2.
Published 5 mins ago– Chicago sports history will be made this weekend as the world’s very best and most popular auto racers will be in fierce competition at the inaugural “NASCAR Chicago Street Race Weekend” and NBCUniversal Local Chicago’s trio of properties -- NBC 5 Chicago/Telemundo Chicago/NBC Sports Chicago -- will be THE home for everything NASCAR providing fans with extensive multi-platform coverage of this momentous sporting event beginning tomorrow through Sunday, July 2.
Featuring live event preview and pre-race specials, live on-site reports, interviews with NASCAR drivers/executives, downtown sights & sounds of all the weekend festivities, fan interviews, along with massive digital & social media coverage, the networks of NBCUniversal Local Chicago will have it all for NASCAR fans this coming weekend.
“This is a very exciting time in the City of Chicago and our staff couldn’t be prouder to work on a project of this magnitude and present multi-platform coverage of it across our three local properties,” said John Schippman, VP of Sports Content, NBCUniversal Local Chicago. “The NASCAR Chicago Street Race will be a history-making moment for our city, and we are looking forward to being in the middle of all the action and take our viewers along for the ride.
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