Photos from the NASCAR Chicago Street Race on July 6-7 around the city.
Fans cheer after Alex Bowman wins the NASCAR Chicago Street Race in Grant Park on July 7, 2024. (Eileen T. Meslar/Chicago Tribune)Alex Bowman #48 stands on his car after winning the Grant Park 165 of the NASCAR Street Race on Sunday, July 7, 2024, at Grant Park in Chicago. (Vincent Alban/Chicago Tribune)
Alex Bowman finishes his victory lap after winning the NASCAR Chicago Street Race in Grant Park on July 7, 2024. (Eileen T. Meslar/Chicago Tribune)Alex Bowman #48 poses for a photo with his teammates after winning the Grant Park 165 of the NASCAR Street Race on Sunday, July 7, 2024, at Grant Park in Chicago. (Vincent Alban/Chicago Tribune)Alex Bowman #48 celebrates with his teammates after winning the Grant Park 165 of the NASCAR Street Race on Sunday, July 7, 2024, at Grant Park in Chicago. (Vincent Alban/Chicago Tribune)
Pit crew members work on the car of Ty Gibbs #54 during the Grant Park 165 of the NASCAR Street Race on Sunday, July 7, 2024, at Grant Park in Chicago. (Vincent Alban/Chicago Tribune)Fans cheer in the grandstands during the Grant Park 165 of the NASCAR Street Race on Sunday, July 7, 2024, at Grant Park in Chicago. (Vincent Alban/Chicago Tribune)People watch from windows along Michigan Avenue during the NASCAR Chicago Street Race on Sunday, July 7, 2024. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune)
Fans leave during a rain delay during the second day of the NASCAR Street Race on Sunday, July 7, 2024, at Grant Park in Chicago. (Vincent Alban/Chicago Tribune)Ross Chastain #1 and Carson Hocevar #77 race during the Grant Park 165 of the NASCAR Street Race on Sunday, July 7, 2024, at Grant Park in Chicago. (Vincent Alban/Chicago Tribune)Fans leave Grant Park during a rain delay at the NASCAR Chicago Street Race on July 7, 2024. (Eileen T. Meslar/Chicago Tribune)
The pit crew for Ricky Stenhouse Jr. huddle up before the NASCAR Chicago Street Race in Grant Park on July 7, 2024. (Eileen T. Meslar/Chicago Tribune)Pit crew members stand by during the Grant Park 165 of the NASCAR Street Race on Sunday, July 7, 2024, at Grant Park in Chicago. (Vincent Alban/Chicago Tribune)Pit crew members watch the Grant Park 165 of the NASCAR Street Race on Sunday, July 7, 2024, at Grant Park in Chicago. (Vincent Alban/Chicago Tribune)
Pit crews stand by during the Grant Park 165 of the NASCAR Street Race on Sunday, July 7, 2024, at Grant Park in Chicago. (Vincent Alban/Chicago Tribune)Driver Carson Hocevar gets a high-five during his introduction at the NASCAR Chicago Street Race in Grant Park on July 7, 2024. (Eileen T. Meslar/Chicago Tribune)The pace car with Mayor Brandon Johnson leads the field of cars ahead of the start of the 2024 Chicago NASCAR Street Race. (Peter Tsai/Chicago Tribune)
Mayor Brandon Johnson welcomes everyone to the NASCAR Chicago Street Race in Grant Park on July 7, 2024. (Eileen T. Meslar/Chicago Tribune)People walk in pit road during the second day of the NASCAR Street Race on Sunday, July 7, 2024, at Grant Park in Chicago. (Vincent Alban/Chicago Tribune)Fans leave the grandstands while it rains during the second day of the NASCAR Street Race on Sunday, July 7, 2024, at Grant Park in Chicago. (Vincent Alban/Chicago Tribune)
Rain hits the NASCAR Chicago Street Race for the second year in a row on Sunday, July 7, 2024. (Eileen T. Meslar/Chicago Tribune)Cars hit the track for the first laps of the NASCAR Chicago Street Race on Sunday, July 7, 2024. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune)A person covers his ears as the cars race by across the barriers along South Michigan Avenue during the NASCAR Chicago Street Race on Sunday, July 7, 2024. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune)
Kapil Fletcher, a pit crew member of Chase Briscoe (#14), speaks to a fan, Angad Bhargava, before the race. (Eileen T. Meslar/Chicago Tribune)Drivers race pass The Skyline box during the NASCAR Chicago Street Race in Grant Park on July 7, 2024. (Eileen T. Meslar/Chicago Tribune)Daniel Suarez gets high-fives during introductions before the NASCAR Chicago Street Race in Grant Park on July 7, 2024. (Eileen T. Meslar/Chicago Tribune)
People line up to enter the gates before the NASCAR Chicago Street Race on Sunday, July 7, 2024. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune)Fans watch as the NASCAR Xfinity Series race resumes after a caution flag Saturday, July 6, 2024, in Chicago. (John J. Kim/Chicago Tribune)Children play near street food vendor carts next to the Art Institute before the NASCAR Xfinity Series race Saturday, July 6, 2024, in Chicago. (John J. Kim/Chicago Tribune)
Crews work on their cars before the NASCAR Xfinity Series race Saturday, July 6, 2024, in Chicago. (John J. Kim/Chicago Tribune)Cars race on East Congress Plaza Drive during the NASCAR Xfinity Series race Saturday, July 6, 2024, in Chicago. (John J. Kim/Chicago Tribune)The north facing “Equestrian Indians” statue looms past the viewing stand on East Congress Plaza Drive during the NASCAR Xfinity Series race Saturday, July 6, 2024, in Chicago. (John J. Kim/Chicago Tribune)
A group of marketers watch as a child plays with a steering wheel in the NASCAR Village at Butler Field before the Xfinity Series race Saturday, July 6, 2024, in Chicago. (John J. Kim/Chicago Tribune)A fan wears a checkered shirt during the NASCAR Xfinity Series race Saturday, July 6, 2024, in Chicago. (John J. Kim/Chicago Tribune)Fans cheer as the NASCAR Xfinity Series race resumes after a caution flag Saturday, July 6, 2024, in Chicago. (John J. Kim/Chicago Tribune)
Race cars are on display in the NASCAR Village at Butler Field before the Xfinity Series race Saturday, July 6, 2024, in Chicago. (John J. Kim/Chicago Tribune)The race traffic at the early part of the 2024 Xfinity Race in Chicago on Saturday. (Peter Tsai/Chicago Tribune)A car with a graphic of Michael Jordan in the paddock during the first day of the NASCAR Street Race on Saturday, July 6, 2024, at Grant Park in Chicago (Vincent Alban/Chicago Tribune)
Jackson Cronin sits on the shoulders of his father Jake Cronin while watching the Xfinity Series during the first day of the NASCAR Street Race on Saturday, July 6, 2024, at Grant Park in Chicago (Vincent Alban/Chicago Tribune)Buddy Guy performs during the first day of the NASCAR Street Race on Saturday, July 6, 2024, at Grant Park in Chicago (Vincent Alban/Chicago Tribune)Onyx Carter watches the Xfinity Series during the first day of the NASCAR Street Race on Saturday, July 6, 2024, at Grant Park in Chicago (Vincent Alban/Chicago Tribune)
Cars race in the Xfinity Series during the first day of the NASCAR Street Race on Saturday, July 6, 2024, at Grant Park in Chicago (Vincent Alban/Chicago Tribune)A stunt dirt bike rider performs during the Monster FMX Show during the first day of the NASCAR Street Race on Saturday, July 6, 2024, at Grant Park in Chicago (Vincent Alban/Chicago Tribune)Pit crews work on their cars during the first day of the NASCAR Street Race, July 6, 2024, at Grant Park in Chicago (Vincent Alban/Chicago Tribune)
Race cars are looked over after being unloaded off trucks, July 5, 2024, in preparation for NASCAR Chicago Street Race. (Antonio Perez/Chicago Tribune)Crowds look on at Columbus Drive and Monroe, Friday, July 5, 2024, as trucks arrive with race cars to be unloaded off trucks in preparation for the NASCAR race. (Antonio Perez/Chicago Tribune)A grandstand and bleachers are nearly complete ahead of the NASCAR Chicago Street Race weekend on Columbus Drive in Grant Park, July 1, 2024. (E. Jason Wambsgans/Chicago Tribune)
Jordan Coleman, age 14, tries out the iRacing gaming experience, an authentic auto racing simulator, at a NASCAR-themed event in the James Jordan Boys & Girls Club in Chicago on Tuesday, July 2, 2024. Ty Burress, rear, who set up the simulator, gives Coleman driving tips. (Terrence Antonio James/Chicago Tribune)Aiden Marshall, age 9, plays with a radio-controlled toy car at a NASCAR-themed event in the James Jordan Boys & Girls Club in Chicago on Tuesday, July 2, 2024. (Terrence Antonio James/Chicago Tribune)A large music stage rises ahead of the NASCAR Chicago Street Race events weekend in Grant Park, July 1, 2024. (E. Jason Wambsgans/Chicago Tribune)
Signage is displayed on poles along Columbus Drive near Buckingham Fountain for the NASCAR Chicago Street Race on June 13, 2024, in Grant Park. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune)Workers construct a three-story grandstand which includes the Skyline premium hospitality club overlooking pit road and the start/finish line at Buckingham Fountain for the NASCAR Chicago Street Race on June 13, 2024, on Ida B. Wells Drive in Grant Park. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune)Workers construct a three-story grandstand which includes the Skyline premium hospitality club overlooking pit road and the start/finish line at Buckingham Fountain for the NASCAR Chicago Street Race on June 13, 2024, on Ida B. Wells Drive in Grant Park. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune)
Workers construct a three-story grandstand which includes the Skyline premium hospitality club overlooking pit road and the start/finish line at Buckingham Fountain for the NASCAR Chicago Street Race on June 13, 2024, on Ida B. Wells Drive in Grant Park. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune)Workers construct a three-story grandstand, which includes the Skyline premium hospitality club overlooking pit road and the start/finish line at Buckingham Fountain, for the NASCAR Chicago Street Race on June 13, 2024, on Ida B. Wells Drive in Grant Park. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune)A person walks near temporary viewing stands rising along Michigan Avenue on June 20, 2024 in advance of the upcoming NASCAR Chicago Street Race weekend. The event is scheduled to take place July 6-7. (Chris Sweda/Chicago Tribune)
Workers set up temporary viewing stands on Michigan Avenue on June 20, 2024 in advance of the NASCAR Chicago Street Race. The event is scheduled to take place July 6-7. (Chris Sweda/Chicago Tribune)Workers talk with curious people passing on Michigan Avenue on June 20, 2024 while setting up for the upcoming NASCAR Chicago Street Race weekend. The event is scheduled to take place July 6-7. (Chris Sweda/Chicago Tribune)
