Excitement around downtown race casts just another shadow over 1.5-mile oval track in Joliet.
, which returned to the schedule. But the pandemic was deadly for Chicagoland. Its scheduled Cup race in 2020 was canceled, and the success of NASCAR’s detours during the virus shutdowns opened the doors for new thinking.
The only racing activity scheduled at the speedway this year is a September visit by the SuperMotocross playoffs.Will NASCAR ever return? It doesn’t seem like a top-of-the-agenda matter for officials, and even a modest success by the Chicago Street Race could seal the gates at Chicagoland indefinitely.
Chicagoland wasn’t known for reliably dynamic racing, but it certainly has a colorful, if brief, history.
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