A concrete barrier is installed on East Balbo Drive for the NASCAR Chicago Street Race in Grant Park.

Source: https://chicago.suntimes.com/2023/6/29/23773421/nascar-chicago-street-race-concrete-barrier-fence

After months of hype and curiosity, the NASCAR Cup Series hits the streets of downtown Chicago on Sunday at the end of a big weekend for the sport that includes concerts and other entertainment.

Source: https://www.mymcmurray.com/2023/07/01/nascar-cup-series-drivers-praise-setup-for-1st-street-race-in-downtown-chicago/

Ahead of the 20th Daytona 500 on Fox Sunday (1:30 p.m. ET), AA spoke to several members of the NASCAR on Fox team.

Source: https://awfulannouncing.com/racing/nascar-fox-ryan-newman-2020-daytona-500-damar-hamlin.html

But while NASCAR has unquestionably come a long way, it’s yet another sign of how far the sport has to go.

Source: https://brobible.com/sports/article/alleged-racist-radio-message-mars-nascar-all-star-race/

By the late '60s, NASCAR racing was a fully developed and highly popular racing series.

Source: https://www.slashgear.com/1406575/most-iconic-mopar-cars-ever-built/

CHICAGO – Shane van Gisbergen won his NASCAR Cup Series debut on a rainy Sunday in downtown Chicago, chasing down Justin Haley and Chase Elliott in a memorable finish to the series’ first street race.

Source: https://www.rep-am.com/sports/2023/07/02/shane-van-gisbergen-wins-nascar-cup-debut-in-rain-soaked-chicago/

Costner’s narrator sings about his NASCAR dreams and makes you believe that he just might be the next Richard Petty.

Source: https://americansongwriter.com/5-songs-you-didnt-know-kevin-costner-wrote/

Dean Thompson left the track at Texas Motor Speedway in an ambulance after he took two huge licks in a crash during a NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series on Saturday afternoon.

Source: https://www.wgmd.com/nascar-truck-series-driver-dean-thompson-involved-in-serious-wreck-put-on-stretcher-into-ambulance/

Denny Hamlin won the pole Saturday for the NASCAR Cup Series’ first street race, edging Tyler Reddick on the challenging course in downtown Chicago.

Source: https://www.chicagotribune.com/autos/ct-nascar-chicago-street-course-driver-reaction-20230701-hf3aztb4ffevxexoqft556qaoe-story.html

Drivers Kevin Harvick, left, and Carl Edwards, right, scuffle in the Nationwide series garage area during practice for the NASCAR Nationwide Series General Dollar 300 auto race at Lowe’s Motor Speedway in Concord, N.C., Thursday, Oct. 9, 2008.

Source: https://triblive.com/sports/harvick-its-just-time-racer-says-of-2023-final-season/

Fans take pictures during practice for the NASCAR Cup Series auto race at the Grant Park 220 Saturday, July 1, 2023, in Chicago.

Source: https://www.gjsentinel.com/sports/professional/nascar-cup-series-drivers-praise-setup-for-1st-street-race-in-downtown-chicago/article_30e2fc36-e84f-50c6-b788-99900642bca9.html

FILE - An American Ethanol label is shown on a NASCAR race car gas tank at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas, Nov. 1, 2014.

Source: https://newstalkkzrg.com/2023/03/01/midwest-could-add-more-ethanol-to-gasoline-under-epa-plan/

Former NASCAR Cup Series driver Kasey Kahne won the B-Main to advance to the feature.

Source: https://triblive.com/sports/nascar-star-kyle-larson-wins-don-martin-silver-cup-to-continue-mastery-of-lernerville/

Formula 1 cars are occasionally referred to as the world’s fastest billboards, and jabs are made at NASCAR drivers for always including the sponsor’s name when referring to their cars.

Source: https://jalopnik.com/what-are-your-favorite-racing-sponsorships-1850406294

Fox and NBC pay hundreds of millions per year just for the rights to show NASCAR races, and pay millions to produce the broadcasts each week.

Source: https://awfulannouncing.com/fox/dale-earnhardt-jr-commercial-breaks-daytona-500.html

Fresh off a win at Volunteer Speedway at Bulls Gap, TN this week, Larson just decided to head up I-81 to Bristol Motor Speedway for his weekly NASCAR run and settle in on the transplanted dirt surface of Bristol Motor Speedway.

Source: https://augustafreepress.com/news/larson-settles-in-to-a-dirt-mode-takes-the-pole-for-sundays-food-city-dirt-race/

Hamlin is tied with Kevin Harvick with 17 playoff appearances, most in NASCAR history, but has not been able to come away with the trophy.

Source: https://rapidcityjournal.com/sports/professional/top-seeded-william-byron-looks-to-open-title-run-at-darlington/article_8b635258-6419-589a-a638-551f3a6dfae7.html

He said going to a NASCAR event brought him “full circle” because, growing up, he’d watch NASCAR with his grandfather.

Source: https://chicago.suntimes.com/2023/7/1/23781123/nascar-chicago-street-race-experience-grant-park

He said going to a NASCAR event brought him “full circle” because, growing up, he’d watch NASCAR with his grandfather.

Source: https://chicago.suntimes.com/2023/7/1/23781123/nascar-chicago-street-race-experience-grant-park

He will be in the Xfinity booth for four races and the truck booth for three races this year as well as make numerous appearances on NASCAR Race Hub.

Source: https://www.foxsports.com/stories/nascar/kevin-harvick-joining-fox-sports-nascar-booth-in-2024