Long before the street course event in Chicago became a reality on the Cup Series schedule, NASCAR raced at a venue south of the 12-turn layout developed for Sunday’s Grant Park 220 (5:30 p.m. on NBC, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio).
And, no, we’re not talking about the 1.5-mile track about an hour’s drive to the southwest — Chicagoland Speedway in Joliet.
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