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NASCAR Brings Professional car Racing To Chicago Streets
Three Years of Planning and Partnerships Lead to First Street Race
The Chicago Street Race Weekend will be an entertainment-filled two-day racing and music festival headlined by The Chainsmokers and Miranda Lambert performing full-length concerts with the support of the local JC Brooks Band, The Black Crowes, and Charley Crockett in Grant Park in downtown Chicago on July 1-2.. Liam Brotherton who works with NASCAR Partnership Strategies explains the process of proposing the NASCAR street racing idea to City officials and major corporate sponsors such as McDonald’s and Xfinity, by preparing a computer simulation of what Columbus Drive and other downtown streets in Chicago would look like if turned into a Race track.
See more on the race and winners in SPORTS.
McDonald’s Presents NASCAR Drivers To Excited South Side Fans
NASCAR drivers Tyler Reddick and Bubba Wallace met crowds of race car fans at the McDonalds restaurant at 26th and King Drive Thursday June 29th. The McDonald’s Corporation, a major sponsor of the NASCAR Street races, will have its signage on race car 23, driven by Bubba Wallace and race car 45 driven by Tyler Reddick. Radio Station WGCI 107.5 FM was among the media outlets who interviewed the drivers at the McDonald’s event. See more on the outcome of the NASCAR Street Races in SPORTS.
Hope Center Foundation Hopes NASCAR Event Inspires Youth Toward Automotive Industry Professions
Shenita Muse, Executive Director of the Hope Center Foundation which serves youth in the Roseland commmunitynof Chicago, said she is grateful for the Black McDonald’s Owners Association for making it possible for youth from the community to meet NASCAR race car drivers. She said she hoped the exposure would inspire youth to explore the many new career opportunities in race car driving and the automotive industry. For more information on the Hope Center Foundation, go to hopecenterchicago.org. See more on the NASCAR Street Races in SPORTS.