This weekend’s historic event is the first on a three-year contract between NASCAR and Chicago. What I do know is we’re going to have continued schedule variations.” Whether that happens in 2024, I don’t know. “(NASCAR executives) Ben Kennedy and Steve O’Donnell … their phones are ringing from cities across the country that are like, ‘We’d love to host a NASCAR race at our city.’ We have calls coming from north and south of the border. “Do we believe there’s interest north and south of the border? Yeah, there’s interest,” he said.

NASCAR Hot for Chicago Chicagoland Not so MuchĪt last fall’s season-ending “State of the Sport” message, Phelps spoke more on the subject.Let’s finally check that off the aging bucket list and look ahead.

NASCAR has run hundreds of short-track races and more than 100 road races on permanent or temporary circuits.Īnd now … the Grant Park 220, the first of its 2,731 races on downtown public streets. They’ve been on airport runways and Atlantic Ocean beaches. Its cars have raced around football fields and on baseball diamonds. The people in Daytona Beach have been offering high-banked, high-speed, long-distance Cup Series races for years, since the inaugural Southern 500 in 1950. Some in due time, of course others, probably not at all. With NASCAR soon to present the first street race in its 75-year history, it’s not unreasonable to look ahead to other new events it might be considering. But if things go even slightly sideways, cities reportedly calling NASCAR about a street race might reconsider.If all goes well at Chicago, stock car racing might come out with its head high.

This weekend’s historic event is the first on a three-year contract between NASCAR and Chicago.

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