Other than the early cautions that sent the Xfinity Series’ Loop 121 race off at a snail’s pace, the weather delays that had spectators and pretty much everyone else downtown shrugging their shoulders at one another for what felt like forever, the eventual postponement of the race until Sunday morning and the cancellation of an evening concert by the Chainsmokers, everything about Chicago’s first official day in the NASCAR business was a rockin’-and-rollin’ success.
OK, maybe not everything. Cole Custer led all 25 laps before NASCAR waved the white flag on trying to get the rest of the race in. We might not be the world’s biggest racing experts in this town, but even we know zero passing at the front leaves something to be desired in the excitement department. More of the same over the remaining 30 laps would be a real drag.
