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Chicago kids get revved up for NASCAR Street Race
CHICAGO (CBS) — Chicago kids are getting their turn in the driver's seat ahead of this weekend's NASCAR Chicago Street Race with driving simulators to a Boys and Girls Club on the near West Side.The need for speed comes naturally to nine-year-old Aiden Marshall."I don't know. I just like them," Marshall said. He tries his hand at racing inside the Boys and Girls Club gym on the near West Side. NASCAR teamed up with the organization to give more than 150 kids a turn behind the wheel."Now turn really hard to this side," Marshall said. Even a couple of young pro drivers are...
2024 NASCAR Chicago Street Race: What to know about the 2.2-mile course around the city
NASCAR is back in Chicago. For a second straight year, the city will transform the Grant Park environs into a racetrack for Saturday’s The Loop 110 (Xfinity Series) and Sunday’s Grant Park 165 (Cup Series). The televised event on NBC-5 will have NASCAR drivers weaving through the park on closed-off streets lined with temporary fences, grandstands and what promoters hope will be thousands of ...
Arlington Heights Awaits Bear Response to Racetrack Tax Proposal
The Arlington Heights Daily Herald reported a response was submitted by the Bears to a proposed solution for the tax standoff over the racetrack, which might mean a shift in the stadium outlook.
Pressing Points | Windy City Updates
Philadelphia Union is back on the road, heading midwest for a match against Chicago Fire on Wednesday. Before they took off for their trip, Head Coach Jim Curtin met with the media, previewing the match to come. Learning From Mistakes. The midweek match marks the team’s second contest this week;...
Brookfield softball continues its winning ways
Three years ago, Nena Melendez and her Brookfield softball all-star teammates started to wear their hair in braids for games. “Ever since we wore braids, we were on a winning streak,” Melendez said. “I just think of that in my head every time they ask what hair style we should do.”
CUBETTES’ MABIE SELECTED FOR ALL STAR GAMES IN CHICAGO
A member of the Brenham Cubette Softball Team has been invited to take part in the Alliance of Fastpitch Stars of Tomorrow Games. Sarah Mabie is one of 60 girls that has been invited to compete in the games, which are being held in Chicago next month. Alliance Fastpitch is the national organizing body for travel softball.
NASCAR in Chicago 2024: Odds, TV times, entry lists and more info
CHICAGO — NASCAR is back to take over the streets of Chicago as the Cup and Xfinity Series kick off the month of July in the Windy City. Last year, the inaugural NASCAR Cup Series race at the Chicago Street Course saw Shane van Gisbergen score a stunning win that propelled him into the spotlight.
Guardians beat White Sox, walk off style
CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - Bo Naylor lifted a fly ball to center field with one out in the 9th and Andres Gimenez on third. It was not deep, but it was deep enough to score Gimenez because center fielder Luis Robert, Jr. did not bother throwing home. It was a...
Tigers, Whitecaps Post Sunday Wins; Chicago’s Teams Lose
UNDATED (WHTC-AM/FM, July 1, 2024) – The Tigers needed Carson Kelly’s three-run homer in the fifth inning as they nearly threw away a 7-1 lead before holding on to edge the Los Angeles Angels in Anaheim yesterday, 7-6. Detroit meets the Minnesota Twins in Minneapolis tomorrow evening, with broadcast time at 7:15 PM on 99 7/1450 WHTC.
New round of NASCAR Chicago Street Race closures, including Lake Shore Drive, begins
A new round of road closures for the upcoming NASCAR Chicago Street Race take effect for the Fourth of July holiday week -- and this round includes major roadways like DuSable Lake Shore Drive. gone into effect for the race, set to take place July 6 and 7. The 2024...
River Forest’s Cathy Adduci finishes 6th in world championships
Most people travel to Nice, France, on the French Riviera to visit the Vieux Nice or the Promenade de Anglaise, or to experience the food, the beaches or the nightlife. Cathy Adduci of River Forest went there last month for a workout – not just any workout, but to participate in the Hyrox World Championships, which organizers call “the world series of fitness racing.”
AUTO RACING: NASCAR looks for drier time on Chicago streets, Formula 1 heads to Britain
Schedule: Saturday practice, 12:30 p.m., qualifying, 1:30 p.m.; Sunday race, 4:30 p.m. (NBC). Track: Chicago Street Course. Race distance: 75 laps, 165 miles. Last year: New Zealand’s Shane Van Gisbergen made NASCAR history when he became the first to win his Cup Series debut since Johnny Rutherford in 1963 when he won a rain-shortened event at Chicago. The race went just 78 of the scheduled 100 laps because of a late start and impending darkness. Justin Haley finished second with Chase Elliott, Kyle Larson and Kyle Busch rounding out the top five.
JUCO Standout Dior Johnson Announces His Commitment Monday
Dior Johnson's circuitous basketball journey took another turn on Monday. The former five-star high school recruit committed to UCF this afternoon, according to Joe Tipton of On3 Sports. The 6-foot-2 Johnson spent last season at Clarendon Community College, where he averaged 29.7 points, ...
Noah Gragson’s Road-Course Strategy at NASCAR Chicago Street Race
By @speedwaydigest via Speedway Digest - Home for NASCAR News - Bass Pro Shops/Winchester Racing: Noah Gragson Chicago Street Race Advance, 12h ago. Notes of Interest ● The Grant Park 165 Sunday on the streets of downtown Chicago is the third of five road-course races on the 2024 NASCAR Cup Series schedule. Noah Gragson, driver of the No. 10 Bass Pro Shops/Winchester Ford Mustang Dark Horse for Stewart-Haas Racing, finished 34th in the series’ first road-course race of the year March 24 at Circuit of the Americas (COTA) in Austin, Texas. He then placed 26th in the series’ second road-course stop June 9 at Sonoma (Calif.) Raceway. After Chicago, the next road-course race is Sept. 15 at Watkins Glen (N.Y.) International with the…
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