The NASCAR Chicago Road Race has been impacted for 2 consecutive years by nasty climate, however may we see a three-peat on Sunday?
Rain has hampered the race all through its existence, shortening the 2023 race to 78 laps and final 12 months’s race to 58, with drivers trying to outrace each rain and darkness on the town streets round Grant Park.
This 12 months’s race is about to race 75 laps across the 2.2-mile circuit, however will we see a full version of the Grant Park 165?
In accordance with forecast fashions, showers and storms are anticipated to develop within the Chicago space on Sunday afternoon as a chilly entrance begins to push its method down the lakeshore, producing gusty winds, heavy rain and enormous waves because it passes.
The Nationwide Climate Service is anticipating heavy rain with some storms that develop, concentrating on a window between 2 p.m. and 5 p.m. for the worst of the climate to reach within the metropolis of Chicago.
That might put it proper within the thick of the race in Grant Park, with the inexperienced flag set to drop at 1 p.m., with the race airing on TNT Sports activities and streaming on HBO Max.
You possibly can observe the radar right here, or on the NBC Chicago app:
Final 12 months’s race was imagined to function 75 laps, however was shortened to 58 after rain delayed the beginning and darkness impacted the conclusion of the race. The 2023 version of the race had initially been scheduled for 100 laps, however finally solely ran 78 earlier than darkness ended the proceedings.
Thankfully, Saturday’s Xfinity Collection race went the complete 50 laps across the circuit, with Shane van Gisbergen capturing the checkered flag for the second consecutive 12 months.
The New Zealand-born van Gisbergen additionally gained the first-ever Cup Collection race in Chicago in 2023, however completed 16th final season. He finally captured the pole place for this 12 months’s race too, giving him a main alternative to brush the weekend’s races in Chicago.
