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Heavy rains flooded Chicago streets Sunday, trapping cars and forcing NASCAR officials to cancel the last half of an Xfinity Series race set to run through the city's downtown. The National ...
The delay continued through the afternoon, and the event was shortened with darkness looming. People walk along pit row in the rain before a NASCAR Cup Series auto race at the Grant Park 220 ...
Rain again at Chicago. Is Mother Nature sending NASCAR a message about racing in downtown Chicago? The inaugural race was shortened by rain in 2023 before the rain ruined what could have been a ...
The 2024 Grant Park 165 was a NASCAR Cup Series race held on July 7, 2024, at the Chicago Street Course in Chicago, Illinois.Originally scheduled for 75 laps, the race was shortened to 58 laps due to darkness, on the 2.2-mile (3.5 km) street course, it was the 20th race of the 2024 NASCAR Cup Series season.
On October 20, 2023, NASCAR announced that the 2024 Cup Series Chicago Street Race would be shortened from 220 miles (354.056 km) and 100 laps to 165 miles (265.542) and 75 laps. [10] This is about the same length of the rain and darkness-shortened 2023 race, which was 171.6 miles and 78 laps long.
Shane Van Gisbergen (97) during the NASCAR Xfinity Series Loop 121 on July 6, 2024, in Chicago, Ill., at the Chicago Street Course. SVG wrecks after winning Xfinity, opening stage of Cup
The July 2023 Chicago Area Flood was caused by a heavy rainfall that occurred on July 2, 2023, in the Chicago Metropolitan Area of northeastern Illinois. Rainfall up to 9.0 inches (23 cm) occurred over an 18-hour period; the majority occurred from early in the morning to late in the afternoon. [ 1 ]
As some may recall, the inaugural Chicago Street Race, the first street race in Cup Series history, was mired by historic rain that forced organizers to delay the start by about 90 minutes and ...