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Chicago’s first day in the NASCAR business was far from a smash hit. Will Sunday be better?

The Xfinity Series’ Loop 121 race never really got anywhere before being postponed due to weather. As for the main race — the Grant Park 220 — Cup Series drivers had some gripes after qualifying.

Chicago Sun-Times

NASCAR fans rev up for Chicago Street Race

CHICAGO — On NASCAR race day Saturday, Chicago native Aaron Moy stood alongside Clarence F. Buckingham Memorial Fountain decked out head-to-toe in NASCAR gear, complete with a checkered shirt and “DuPont Motorsports hat” with racing flags sticking out of it.

Chicago Tribune

Lightning forces postponement of Chicago Xfinity race to Sunday

Following a nearly 1 ½-hour delay, NASCAR finally decided to postpone the remainder of Saturday’s scheduled 55-lap race until 11 a.m. ET Sunday. The race will be broadcast live on USA Network.

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Button "pretty happy" with top-10 NASCAR qualifying effort

Button, 43, is making his second NASCAR Cup Series start this weekend on the streets of Chicago.

Motorsport

The Black Crowes make the most of muggy Chicago day with greatest hits — albeit abbreviated — set for NASCAR festival

Like the JC Brooks Band earlier in the day, The Black Crowes started their set late and also cut it abruptly, only offering 40 minutes of the hour they had slated for their set.

Chicago Sun-Times

NASCAR noise: Muffled Chicago Street Racers still pump out more than 100 decibels, Sun-Times test shows

Using a cellphone app, Sun-Times reporters measured more than 110 decibels of noise at various points of NASCAR’s Chicago Street Race course, which is about as loud a having someone shout directly in your ear.

Chicago Sun-Times

Denny Hamlin wins pole for Grant Park 220

Hamlin’s time of 89.557 MPH topped the field for the fastest lap in qualifying for Sunday’s NASCAR Chicago Street Race.

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NASCAR in Chicago gives fans thrills until the threat of lightning puts the brakes on things

“We were walking up and heard the noise of the cars,” said Jessie Mitchel, 42, who came with her friend Casar Ybarra. “We got goosebumps, and we’re not even into it.”

Chicago Sun-Times

NASCAR Cup Chicago: Hamlin snags pole, van Gisbergen takes third

Three-time Australian Supercars champion Shane van Gisbergen (Trackhouse Racing) had posted the fastest average speed as all 10 cars took to the track in the last minute of Saturday’s final round of qualifying.

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Hamlin snags Chicago Cup pole ahead of Reddick and Van Gisbergen

Three-time Australian Supercars champion Shane van Gisbergen had posted the fastest average speed as all 10 cars took to the track in the last minute of Saturday’s final round of qualifying.

Motorsport

NASCAR Cup Series drivers praise setup for 1st street race in downtown Chicago

The NASCAR Cup Series hits the streets of downtown Chicago on Sunday at the end of a big weekend for the sport that includes concerts and other entertainment

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JC Brooks Band kicks off NASCAR Chicago concert series on day 1 of street racing extravaganza

In addition to the street races, the event has a short lineup of music performances planned for both days, kicking off Saturday with the only local Chicago act of the weekend, the dynamic indie-soul troupe The JC Brooks Band.

Chicago Sun-Times

Audio specialist was electrocuted at Chicago NASCAR course, autopsy finds; family ‘still waiting for answers’

Duane Tabinski, 53, had been hired to produce audio for “pre-race celebrations” at Chicago’s NASCAR race this weekend when he died of after contacting electrical wires, according to autopsy results. He’s survived by his wife, five children and seven grandchildren.

Chicago Sun-Times

Van Gisbergen leads Hamlin and Button in Chicago Cup practice

Van Gisbergen, the three-time Australian Supercars champion making his Cup debut this weekend in the No. 91 Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet, set a blistering pace throughout the 50-minute session.

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Custer wins pole for Chicago Xfinity race; Creed wrecks

The driver of Stewart-Haas Racing's No. 00 Ford topped the 10-minute final round of qualifying on Saturday with an average lap speed of 87.590 mph.

Autosport

Worker dies while setting up NASCAR Chicago street track

In a statement on Friday, NASCAR confirmed an employee of a private contractor working on the construction of the Chicago Street Course had suffered a “fatal medical emergency”.

Chicago Sun-Times

NASCAR fans flock to Chicago Street Race course for a peek at final preparations

The bustle was palpable less than 24 hours before drivers start their engines.

Chicago Sun-Times

Picture Chicago: 20 must-see Sun-Times photos from the week in news

Thousands turned out for the Chicago Pride Parade, President Biden visited the Old Post Office to kick off “Bidenomics,” and NASCAR has come to town.

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Worker dies in accident while setting up NASCAR's Chicago Street Course

In a statement Friday, NASCAR confirmed an employee of a private contractor working on the construction of the Chicago Street Course suffered a “fatal medical emergency.”

Chicago Sun-Times

‘He’s always going to rag on you’: NASCAR’s Bubba Wallace on driving for Michael Jordan

Jordan is a co-owner of 23XI Racing, which will have a pair of drivers — Wallace and Tyler Reddick — in Sunday’s Grant Park 220 downtown street race.

Motorsport

Busch: Chicago "will be one of the most challenging races" in Cup history

Busch, a two-time Cup champion in his first season with Richard Childress Racing, is an accomplished road course racer but like much of field this week will be making his first NASCAR on a street course in Chicago.

Chicago Tribune

Paul Sullivan: NASCAR arrives this weekend — and Bubba Wallace and Tyler Reddick are anxious to see how the ‘good vibes’ will play out

CHICAGO — Drivers will finally get their chance Saturday to check out the Chicago Street Race track, one of the talked-about events on the NASCAR circuit for months.

Chicago Sun-Times

NASCAR drivers, officials answer Sun-Times reader questions about Chicago Street Race

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Chicago Sun-Times

Contractor hired to do pre-race audio dies at NASCAR Chicago Street Race site

Duane Earl Tabinski 53, suffered a medical emergency about 11:30 a.m. Friday in the 500 block of South Columbus Drive.

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