Alex Bowman’s victory on the Chicago Street Course Sunday marks the second consecutive week the driver on the Playoff points position cutoff line has won a race to secure his chance to race for the 2024 NASCAR Cup Series championship.
Kyle Larson seemed poised Sunday to take the win on the Chicago Street Course.
Young kids in race caps, groups of college-aged co-eds with colorful NASCAR t-shirts, families dressed in race gear taking in the sights and sounds.
It was Alex Bowman’s time, both literally and figuratively
Shane van Gisbergen’s opportunity to defend his race win on the Chicago Street Course from last season ended almost before it began Sunday.
Shane van Gisbergen put on a master class Saturday afternoon.
Shane van Gisbergen, the defending winner of Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series Grant Park 165 conceded that he expected this year’s race to go down differently from last summer’s rainy, inaugural edition.
NASCAR Cup Series championship contending drivers Kyle Larson and Denny Hamlin have carried a high-speed low-intensity rivalry throughout the season.
Though it took a few months into the season, the three-car Team Penske organization is the first multi-car team to secure 2024 Playoff berths for all of its entries.
Last year, even some of the most experienced NASCAR Cup Series veterans were awestruck by some of the moves Shane van Gisbergen made in wet conditions to win the inaugural Chicago Street Race.