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Two assailants exchanged gunfire before fleeing around 12:15 a.m. in the 1300 block of West Hastings Street, according to preliminary information.
Earl Lory, 34, was killed after checking a firework that initially failed to explode Thursday night in the 3000 block of North Kostner Avenue.
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.
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.