NASCAR Returns to Chicago for 2025
It got a bit buried in the news about NASCAR heading, quite literally, south of the border to Mexico, but the series will also return to Chicago for a third year in 2025.
The event will use the same 12-turn, 2.2-mile street course that it did in 2023 and 2024 and is slated for July 5-6.
NASCAR has a three-year contract with Chicago and 2025 will mark the third and final year. However, there is an option to add two more years on.
“The Chicago Street Race Weekend has quickly become one of the highlights of the Chicago summer calendar, so we are proud to bring NASCAR back to this great city for a third year in a row,” said Julie Giese, Chicago Street Race President. “We look forward to continuing to build on the tremendous success of 2023 and 2024 to deliver one of the most unique sporting events in the country and continuing to help drive tourism to Chicago.”
After two years of excellent urban racing that was also marred by rain, let's hope that the skies stay sunny next summer.
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Tim Healey grew up around the auto-parts business and has always had a love for cars — his parents joke his first word was “‘Vette”. Despite this, he wanted to pursue a career in sports writing but he ended up falling semi-accidentally into the automotive-journalism industry, first at Consumer Guide Automotive and later at Web2Carz.com. He also worked as an industry analyst at Mintel Group and freelanced for About.com, CarFax, Vehix.com, High Gear Media, Torque News, FutureCar.com, Cars.com, among others, and of course Vertical Scope sites such as AutoGuide.com, Off-Road.com, and HybridCars.com. He’s an urbanite and as such, doesn’t need a daily driver, but if he had one, it would be compact, sporty, and have a manual transmission.
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