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NASCAR’s Chicago Street Race

 typical Dom Toretto illegal drag race — it’s NASCAR. In a brazen bid to boost tourism (though clearly not her mayoral reelection prospects), Lori Lightfoot struck a three-year deal with the stock car group, which had never organized a street race in its 75-year history. This summer’s edition will bring two races, four concerts, and (supposedly) 100,000 visitors to Grant Park in early July. But

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