NASCAR drivers speed to finish their 75th and final lap along E. Congress Plaza Drive on Sunday, July 2, 2023. Shortened due to late a start time and sunset, drivers raced 75 laps instead of 100 concluding the NASCAR Cup Series in Chicago. (Addison Annis)
NASCAR drivers speed to finish their 75th and final lap along E. Congress Plaza Drive on Sunday, July 2, 2023. Shortened due to late a start time and sunset, drivers raced 75 laps instead of 100 concluding the NASCAR Cup Series in Chicago.

Addison Annis

Photos: Chicago’s first NASCAR weekend comes to a close

By Ruth Johnson, Editor-in-Chief

July 3, 2023

The highly anticipated NASCAR Chicago street circuit race weekend concluded Sunday evening with animated crowds and thrilled race drivers. The weekend faced multiple delays as rain and lightning passed over the festival grounds, but people kept their head up and waited it out until the excitement could resume.

The Chronicle’s Director of Video, Andres Guerra, was inside the NASCAR event to capture the weekend, and Staff Photojournalist Addison Annis shot the races from above. Take a look at the inaugural Chicago NASCAR event — set to happen again next year and again in 2025 — down below.

Saturday, July 1

By Addison Annis and Andres Guerra

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Addison Annis
Competitors in NASCARS first ever street race drive preliminary warm up laps along Michigan Avenue before the big race on Saturday, July 1, 2023. During the first ever NASCAR street race, drivers are set to complete 100 laps.

Sunday, July 2

By Addison Annis and Andres Guerra

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Andres Guerra
Attendees and workers of the Grant Park 220 Chicago Street Course Race walk down Pit Road on Columbus Drive in the pouring rain on Sunday, July 2, 2023.

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