Officials with two high-profile racing circuits are calling it “Chicago’s summer of racing,” and they were in town to tout their respective events this week.
Officials with two high-profile racing circuits are calling it"Chicago's summer of racing," and they were in town to tout their respective events this week.
NASCAR will hold its first-ever city-based road race in Chicago later this summer, and Sail Grand Prix will host an event off of Navy Pier in June. “High adrenaline racing on fifty foot foiling catamarans that fly above the water powered only by nature at highway speeds,” said Todd Reynolds with Sail Grand Prix. “Sail GP travels the globe racing at iconic venues like Bermuda, Copenhagen, Saint-Tropez, Dubai, Singapore, and Sydney.”Feeling out of the loop? We'll catch you up on the Chicago news you need to know. Sign up for the weekly“The course is a little smaller, so that makes the traffic between the other boats a little heavier.
Similar to last year's course, the catamarans will race inside the break wall from Navy Pier toward the museum campus and back doing laps like NASCAR drivers. “It’s very similar to that because not only do you have fans on land watching, but you just have a ring around our race course of spectators on boats," said Dressler.
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