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Don’t cancel your plans just yet.
NASCAR was celebrating its 75th year, but this would be the first time in the sport’s history that stock cars would barrel on and around city streets, an undertaking about which drivers were wary.
Last year, the three-time Supercars champion in Australia and New Zealand was a debuting driver in the Cup Series. Now, having won the Grant Park race in Chicago, he’s the hunted.
The event’s debut last year was marred by torrential rain that canceled concerts and cut short the Xfinity and Cup Series races. This year, NBC expects to put on the full show it was unable to then.