NASCAR drivers hit the streets Saturday in downtown Chicago.
Qualifying rounds begin at 11 a.m. and The Loop 121 race kicks off at 4 p.m. The Grant Park 220 will start at 4:30 p.m. Sunday afternoon. Sunday's race is 100 laps, equating 220 miles around a track full of turns set up by Grant Park, partially on DuSable Lake Shore Drive. It's NASCAR’s first-ever street race so it will be an adjustment for some.
NASCAR hosted a ‘Welcome Party’ for drivers, executives, and Chicago notables at RPM Events on Friday.The weather looks like it will stay decent enough for the race weekend to continue as planned with some chance of rain. The wait is over, as Chicago's NASCAR street race kicks off Saturday downtown. NASCAR officials told FOX 32 Chicago the only way it will be paused is if there is a downpour or lightning.
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