Go behind the scenes of the Grant Park 165 with a photographic look at the third running of the Chicago Street Race.

In 2023, when Shane van Gisbergen took the wheel in Grant Park, he was an unknown driver competing in his first NASCAR race. Now, he could be on the path to something far beyond j

The last two years, the rain’s messed up the race here. So I’m thinking, well, maybe I could do something to get the rain away,” Moy said, joking. He based it on the NASCAR “vortex theory,” an inside joke among fans that the cars racing around the circular track can create a “vortex” that pushes storms away.