Under the agreed-upon deal, NASCAR agreed to pay the city a rate of $2 per ticket sold, as well as a percentage of net commissions on food and beverage sales. An annual permit fee of $500,000 was also agreed upon.

Grant Park The NASCAR Chicago Street Race '23 is being held in Grant Park. The park does not offer parking of any kind within its grounds. There are several parking facilities nearby, off of S. Michigan Ave.

Kennedy says that during NASCAR's decision-making process, Chicago was found to be the sport's third-biggest market by total volume. The company staged races at Chicagoland Speedway in Joliet (about an hour from Chicago) for nearly two decades before deciding to move downtown.

TV/RADIO: NBC and Peacock will broadcast the race at 5 p.m. Post-race show will air on Peacock. Motor Racing Network coverage begins at 4:30 p.m. and also will stream at mrn.com.

NASCAR, in full National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing, sanctioning body for stock-car racing in North America, founded in 1948 in Daytona Beach, Fla., and responsible for making stock-car racing a widely popular sport in the United States by the turn of the 21st century.

The NASCAR Chicago Street Race will travel through sections of streets around and near Grant Park. From Buckingham Fountain to Grant Park to Michigan Avenue, the drivers will make their way through a track that will include views of Lake Michigan and several other Chicago attractions.

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The season is divided into two segments. After the first 26 races, 16 drivers, selected primarily on the basis of wins during the first 26 races, are seeded based on their total number of wins. They compete in the last ten races, where the difference in points is greatly minimized. This is called the NASCAR playoffs.

If the sport is to survive in the modern cultural consciousness, it needs to branch out, and fast. For NASCAR, a lot was riding on this event going smoothly. The Street Race represents a bold new strategy, one that pulls from F1 courses like Monaco, capitalizing on a sport which is seeing a boom of popularity.

NASCAR Chicago street race succeeds despite expectations, obstacles.

220 miles How many laps will drivers do in downtown Chicago? Drivers will make 100 laps on the 2.2-mile course for a total of 220 miles.

NBC Sports Where will the NASCAR Cup Series race in Chicago be live streamed? The Grant Park 220 street race will be live streamed on NBC Sports and Peacock.