Paul Sullivan: Despite a rain delay and safety concerns, the 1st NASCAR Chicago Street Race is anything but dull
CHICAGO — The deluge that began Saturday night continued Sunday morning as NASCAR drivers awoke and prepared for the inaugural Chicago Street Race. Rivers of rainwater flooded the downtown course, and for a while it looked like a boat race would be more appropriate than a car race. What did driver Brad Keselowski think when he saw so much standing water on the track Sunday morning? “It’s ...
CHICAGO — The deluge that began Saturday night continued Sunday morning as NASCAR drivers awoke and prepared for the inaugural Chicago Street Race.
Rivers of rainwater flooded the downtown course, and for a while it looked like a boat race would be more appropriate than a car race.
What did driver Brad Keselowski think when he saw so much standing water on the track Sunday morning?
“It’s tough,” Keselowski, driver of the No. 6 Ford, said an hour before the scheduled start. “It’s not what we wanted. We wanted a beautiful weekend that everybody can enjoy. But the cards are what they are, and we’ll play them as best as we can.”
The race was delayed an hour
