The Latest Breaking News from Julie Giese

NASCAR targets 2032 for new scheduling approach but is working backwards to that date

Next season looks largely similar year-over-year

Motorsport · Aug 27

Custom-painted NASCAR show car unveiled at Museum of Science and Industry

Painted by local artists through Paint the City, the car is designed to honor Chicago’s history and culture.

Chicago Sun-Times · Oct 13, 2023

NASCAR in Chicago was ‘a commercial for the city,’ but is it worthy of a 2024 repeat?

CHICAGO — The NASCAR Chicago street race was shaping up to be a disaster.

Chicago Tribune · Jul 4, 2023

Sound advice: Expert says NASCAR spectators should protect their hearing

When 40 stock car drivers hit the streets this weekend, their roaring V8s will be bellowing at levels that could hurt spectators’ hearing.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jun 28, 2023

City’s first responders gear up for NASCAR

The closing of major thoroughfares for the stock car race in Grant Park will present challenges in getting patients quickly to area hospitals.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jun 28, 2023

Here’s an overview of the twists and turns in this weekend’s NASCAR street race

For Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series race, drivers will race for 100 laps around the 2.2 mile course. Each lap of the course has 12 turns, seven of which are 90 degrees.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jun 27, 2023

NASCAR in Chicago is the epitome of a culture clash

Are those cars and drivers ready for us? Are we ready for them?

Chicago Sun-Times · Jun 25, 2023

NASCAR course takes shape at Grant Park: ‘We’ve never built anything this large this fast’

NASCAR has begun work on all but two of its 13 grandstands and suites. But there’s still more work to do in the days before the July 1-2 races.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jun 21, 2023

NASCAR Street Race: CPD officers must work overtime for traffic control

With crowds expected to flock to the lakefront for the Fourth of July races, CPD says off-duty officers and those from other districts will be deployed to direct traffic downtown.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jun 14, 2023

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

“Racing through the city streets, very narrow, I honestly don’t know how it’s all going to work out,” Bubba Wallace said.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jun 4, 2023