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2023 Grant Park 220
The 2023 Grant Park 220 was a NASCAR Cup Series Grant Park 220, race held on July 2, 2023, at the Chicago Street Course in Chicago, Illinois. Originally scheduled for 100 laps, the race was shortened to originally 75 laps due to darkness before being extended to 78 laps due to an NASCAR Overtime, overtime finish on the street course. It was the 18th race of the 2023 NASCAR Cup Series season. It was the first street race contested for the series. The race was won by reigning Supercars Championship, Supercars champion Shane van Gisbergen, making his NASCAR debut. Report Background The Chicago Street Course is a street circuit located in the city of Chicago, Illinois, United States. It hosts the NASCAR Cup Series and NASCAR Xfinity Series. The track was initially a conceptual track on iRacing made for the eNASCAR iRacing Pro Invitational Series in 2021 eNASCAR iRacing Pro Invitational Series, 2021. The track for the actual race in 2023 ended up being the exact same layout as the v ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grant Park 220
The Grant Park 165 is an annual NASCAR Cup Series race held on the Chicago Street Course, a street circuit in Chicago, Illinois. The race was first held in 2023 NASCAR Cup Series, 2023 and was the first ever street race contested in the NASCAR Cup Series. The NASCAR Xfinity Series also holds a The Loop 110, race on the street course on the day before the Cup Series race. History Background On March 24, 2021, NASCAR announced that an imaginary street course in the Chicago Loop in Downtown Chicago would be the track for the fifth (and what turned out to be the final) race of the 2021 eNASCAR iRacing Pro Invitational Series. The iRacing event was broadcast live on ''NASCAR on Fox'' on Wednesday, June 2. Rick Ware Racing Cup Series driver James Davison would win the virtual Chicago street race. Ever since the announcement of the track's virtual creation for this iRacing event, there had been rumors and speculation that NASCAR would like to make this track a reality and have a street ra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
