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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Steve Greenberg

NASCAR drivers ‘skeptical’ about spectacle that will be the Chicago Street Race

Kyle Busch, driver of the No. 8 3CHI Chevrolet, takes the checkered flag to win the NASCAR Cup Series Enjoy Illinois 300 on Sunday in Madison, Ill. (Jeff Curry/Getty Images)

MADISON — NASCAR’s Cup Series revved it up Sunday at World Wide Technology Raceway, six miles across the river from St. Louis.

The Illinois 300 didn’t last three laps before there was a crash, this one involving Tyler Reddick, who drives for the 23XI team owned by Michael Jordan. No sooner did Reddick get his car turned in the right direction again than lightning struck, causing a lengthy delay that must have created an anticlimactic feel for all who actually came to the race out of love for the sport.

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