NASCAR Chicago Street Race: How the event unfolded, from building the course to racers crossing the finish line
Construction of the Paddock Club, a premium two-level elevated deck overlooking the start/finish line at Buckingham Fountain, began June 2, enabled by adjacent parking restrictions on Columbus Drive between Jackson and Balbo drives.
The barriers, which were poured at an undisclosed Chicago-area facility, are 12 feet long, 3 ½ feet tall and weigh 10,000 pounds each. They are being stored at the McCormick Place Truck Marshaling Yard and driven in four at a time, a laborious process that began June 19 on a closed-off section of Balbo Drive.
The limited repair work was already on the city’s to-do list, and focused on Lake Shore Drive, Columbus and Jackson, Julie Giese, president of the Chicago Street Race, said. Race car driver Dale Earnhardt Jr. exits an SUV after viewing the course layout for the upcoming NASCAR race on May 31, 2023. The spectacle of racing in downtown Chicago was exactly what NASCAR was hoping to create when it announced the event a year ago.“They told us that over 80% of the fans here this weekend will be people who have never watched a NASCAR race,” driver Kevin Harvick said. “If you’re going to grow the sport, you’re going to have to do stuff like this.
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