CHICAGO (WLS) -- The NASCAR Chicago Street Race for 2024 is being held in and around Grant Park on July 6 and 7. Along with two banner races, the event features a family-friendly festival with with live music, including performances by The Black Keys, The Chainsmokers and Keith Urban.
Extensive street closures and re-routes are now in place as the city constructs the winding race course, and fans are flocking to the city over the long Fourth of July holiday weekend.
Chicago, start your engines...
A graduate of the University of Chicago and first-generation Colombian American, NASCAR Xfinity Series driver Andre Castro will once again race under his alma mater's banner, representing UChicago Medicine.
He'll be driving the No. 14 Chevrolet Camaro for SS-Green Light Racing.
If you're at the NASCAR Chicago Street Race this weekend, you can score yourself some special Chicago-themed merch.
We spoke with Justin Bryant, who worked with NASCAR to design some special items that NASCAR fans will want to commemorate the upcoming weekend.
Brehanna Daniels graduated from NASCAR's Drive for Diversity program and is now the first African-American woman in a NASCAR Cup Series pit crew.
In 2017, daniels became the first African American woman to go over the wall in a national racing series.
New street closures are in effect on Friday ahead of the big NASCAR Chicago Street Race.
Beginning at 12:01 a.m., northbound and southbound DuSable Lake Shore Drive is closed between Randolph Street and McFetridge Road.
Southbound Michigan Avenue is closed between Roosevelt Road and Jackson Drive.
The northbound lane of Indiana Avenue is closed at 13th Street.
Monroe Street is closed between Columbus Drive and DuSable Lake Shore Drive.
Click here for more information about Friday's preps for the big race.
