NASCAR Chicago 2023 kicks off Saturday
STREETS TODAY. JUDY WANG IS LIVE WITH A LOOK AT THE BIG GOOD MORNING. HERE WE ARE. RACE DAY. HISTORY WILL BE MADE JUST A FEW HOURS FROM NOW IN THE INAUGURAL, CHICAGO STREET RACE ABOUT 40 MINUTES AGO, THE DRIVER STARTED WHAT THEY ARE DOING THIS MORNING AS THEY ARE WALKING THE ENTIRE 2.2 MILE COURSE TO KIND OF GET ANOTHER LOOK, THERE WAS A WALK THROUGH YESTERDAY AND THEY ARE WALKING UNTIL NOW, THEY’VE ONLY DONE THIS ON SIMULATORS. SO THIS IS THEIR WAY OF THE LAY OF THE LAND IN PERSON. JOINING US RIGHT NOW IS ANDREW
LALLY. HE IS ONE OF THE VETERAN DRIVERS THIS WEEKEND AND YOU ARE CONSIDERED A UNDERSTAND WHERE THE BEST DRIVERS IN THE WORLD. SO EXCITED ARE YOU TO BE IN CHICAGO? I DON’T KNOW IF I’M CONSIDERED ONE OF THE BEST WRITERS IN THE WORLD. BUT I’M EXTREMELY EXCITED TO BE IN CHICAGO HERE. THIS IS THIS IS THE HOME OF MY SPONSOR, CAMPING WORLD. AND SO WE’VE GOT A LOT OF PEOPLE VISITING HERE. A LOT OF EXCITEMENT AROUND THAT SCARS, FIRST-EVER STREET RACE. I’M PRETTY PUMPED AND READY TO GO. SO BUT UNTIL ABOUT EVERYONE’S KIND OF ON
A LEVEL PLAYING FIELD, EVEN THOUGH SOME PEOPLE HAVE SOME STREET RACING EXPERIENCE. BUT THIS IS LIKE EVERYONE’S THE SAME, RIGHT. THIS IS THAT THERE’S THERE’S WAYS THAT WE LOOKED FOR ADVANTAGES. YOU
THERE. SO WE’RE LOOKING AT TO FIND EVERY BIT OF ADVANTAGE THAT WE THINK MAYBE WE CAN. I CAN NOTICE THAT MAY BE ONE OF MY COMPETITORS DOES YOU GET TO WALK THROUGHS YESTERDAY. YOU WALK THE ENTIRE COURSE THIS MORNING BEFORE YOU GOT TO US THERE, WHAT AREAS AND WHAT CHALLENGES ARE YOU REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT SO THE NASCAR CUP CARS HAVE A LOT OF HORSEPOWER AND ON A REGULAR UP IN THAT THAT HELPS THE GRIP OFF OF THE CORNER AND A STREET CIRCUIT. THERE’S SAND. THERE’S THERE’S ROCKS. THERE’S OIL FROM PASSENGER CARS. THERE’S A LOT OF
STUFF THAT MAKES THIS SEGMENT OF RACETRACK. MUCH MORE SLIPPERY. SO WE LOOK FOR THE AREAS THAT WE THINK IS GOING TO HAVE THE BEST SO WE GET THAT EXIT SPEED OFF AND GET UP TO SPEED TO MAKE THE PASS IN THE NEXT SO ON A STREET RACE, WE’RE TALKING WHAT? 75 MILES AN HOUR 80. WHEN WE THINK NO, I THINK WE’RE GOING TO BE UPWARDS OF MEAN THIS FRONT STRAIGHT, WILLOW. NOT THAT WE’RE GOING TO BE AROUND ONE 40, THE BACK STRAIGHTAWAY. HERE WE GO THROUGH THE IN TURN 3 AND ON APPROACH TO FORCE. PROBABLY
GOING TO ONES PROBABLY HIGH ONE 70’S. YEAH. AND THEN COMING BACK TOWARD TURN 6 AGAIN, PROBABLY NEARLY ONE 70. AGAIN, IT’S IT’S FAST. YOU’RE GOING YOU’RE GOING TO SEE SOME SOME SOME SPEEDS, THE CHICAGO STREETS AND WE HAVEN’T SEEN BEFORE. AND ELI THANK YOU SO MUCH. GOOD LUCK. PLEASURE. ALL RIGHT. SO PRACTICE RUNS QUALIFYING ROUNDS AT 10 O’CLOCK THIS MORNING FOR THIS AFTERNOON. WE HAVE THE LOOP ONE. 21. AND THEN SUNDAY, THE BIG RACE, THE MAIN EVENT, THE GRANT PARK 2.20, 50,000 FANS EXPECTED HERE TODAY.
