Attendees find warm, sunny weather a welcome contrast to last year’s torrential rains.
Fans flocked downtown Chicago Sunday morning ahead of theThousands filed into the park before noon despite the midafternoon race start time to take in the full festival offerings and stake out spots along the 2.2-mile, 12-turn track built atop downtown city streets.
Her 3-year-old son Kenzo played with a toy car on her lawn chair as she waited for her husband to return with earplugs. Behind her, a few thousand fans listened as Australian country music star Keith Urban performed to a mostly empty field. “You can’t beat the race in Chicago,” Firlit said. “It’s a road course — it’s so different. I’ve just been taking pictures of everything — the skyline, the cars.”
“I wasn’t sure if it was just a passing fad,” said his mother, Jill Rottman. “It turns out he’s a legitimate fan. So, what he’s interested in, now I’m gonna be interested in.” “My wife always tell me sometimes you drive like you’re in the game,” Forte said during a news conference Sunday morning. People walk through the impressionist galleries and view “A Sunday on La Grande Jatte” by George Seurat at the Art Institute of Chicago before the NASCAR Chicago Street Race on Sunday, July 7, 2024.
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