This is a city that knows how to put on big events," NASCAR Chicago Street Race president Julie Giese said. "We've enjoyed, and continue to enjoy that relationship we have with the entire city.”

Julie Giese is busy. As president of the Chicago Street Race, her focus is squarely on getting the 2025 edition of NASCAR's most ambitious urban event across the line. But while concrete barriers are going up and fan zones are being built,

Chicagoans and suburbanites may have one last chance to watch the logic-defying spectacle of race cars streaking past Buckingham Fountain this Saturday and Sunday. It’s the final leg of NASCAR’s