NASCAR returns to Chicago's Grant Park during the first weekend of July, bringing NASCAR fans back to Illinois for the second NASCAR Chicago Street Race. The area in front of the Buckingham Fountain ...

The second NASCAR Chicago Street Race roars back into Illinois today, when NASCAR returns to Chicago's Grant Park. Don't worry if you weren't able to make the trip to Chicago for the race. There's ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Street closures will go into effect around Grant Park Thursday for the Chase Corporate Challenge. The 3.5 mile race starts at 6:50 p.m. at Columbus Drive and Ida B. Wells and finishes ...

Hundreds of thousands of music fans packed Grant Park Thursday for the first day of Lollapalooza 2025. But they're not just battling crowds for the best view of the stage; Chicago air quality ...

For the third year in a row, Taste of Chicago, the city’s annual food festival, will take place in September, despite historically being celebrated in July. This year, Taste of Chicago will come to ...

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Martin Truex Jr. has only posted one top-10 finish in his last three road course races, so he will be hoping to turn things around at the 2024 Grant Park 165 on Sunday afternoon in Chicago. He got ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Hundreds in Chicago for the Obama Foundation Democracy Forum and to celebrate the 15th anniversary of an historic acceptance speech in Grant Park in 2008 when Americans elected the ...