NASCAR Chicago Street Race

With more than a dozen streets and sidewalks closed, navigating around Chicago leading up to and during NASCAR’s Chicago Street Race, scheduled for July 1 and July 2 may prove challenging. But don’t be intimidated — these five tips can help you get around the closures like a (pit) boss.

The scaffolding for great big grandstands has gone up, and orange cones, construction fences and “No Parking” signs are lining more than a dozen streets and sidewalks near Grant Park in Chicago. But the biggest road closures are yet to come.

Racing fans can start their engines ahead of the NASCAR Chicago Street Race with upcoming themed nights at White Sox and Cubs games. Special tickets include game entrance, special edition merchandise and race-related appearances.

From the Taste of Chicago to Lollapalooza, big events are returning for the city the summer of 2023. But this year, a new one — the NASAR Chicago Street Race — is on the schedule as well, and with it comes with more than a dozen street closures.

Whether you plan to attend the event or not, NASCAR’s first ever Chicago Street Race and music festival taking place later this summer could impact you — in the form of street closures.

Preparations are already underway for the event, which is set to take place in and around Grant Park July 1 and 2. Dozens of rolling road closures and parking restrictions will take over the area ahead of the two-day race and music festival — and even afterwards, with some streets and sidewalks not fulling reopening until July 15.

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Just ahead of the Fourth of July, downtown Chicago will host an unprecedented NASCAR race, with drivers maneuvering through a challenging 2.2-mile course, speeding by many of the city’s most recognizable sites.

We are less than a month away from the NASCAR Chicago Street Race, and preparations for the one-of-a-kind event are getting underway.

With NASCAR’s historic Chicago street race one month away, the first parking restrictions will go into effect Friday as part of the slow buildup to the event.

NASCAR legends will be in Chicago Wednesday to preview the upcoming historic street race that will take over downtown streets in just over one month.

Go pro footage lets you experience just exactly what NASCAR drivers will see in Chicago this summer while speeding around downtown’s street course.

Officials with two high-profile racing circuits are calling it “Chicago’s summer of racing,” and they were in town to tout their respective events this week.