For the second season in a row, NASCAR is heading to Chicago.
After making its NASCAR debut last July, the Chicago Street Course is back. While NASCAR races on winding road courses every season, the Chicago Street Race is the only one on the schedule this season that’ll take place on real city streets.
The downtown Chicago loop area has been transformed into a 2.2-mile racetrack that’ll see NASCAR drivers whizzing by some of the city’s most notable landmarks and racing down iconic streets like Michigan Ave.
The full race weekend, including qualifying and races in both NASCAR series, will air across a handful of networks, but a live TV streaming service like DIRECTV Stream will let you watch the whole thing for free if you don’t have cable.
The 2024 NASCAR Chicago Street Races will take place on Saturday, July 5 at 3:30 p.m. ET (NASCAR Xfinity Series) and Sunday, July 6 at 4:30 p.m. ET (NASCAR Cup Series).
The NASCAR Cup Series, which races every Sunday, is the highest level of stock-car racing in the United States, while the NASCAR Xfinity Series is their version of the minor league.
In addition to two races, practice and qualifying sessions for both series will take place and air live on TV.
Saturday, July 6:
Sunday, July 7:
Qualifying for the 2024 NASCAR Chicago Street Races will air on USA Network, while both races will air on NBC. If you have traditional cable, all you have to do is change over to the correct channel at race time.
If you don’t have cable, the best way to stream all of the qualifying sessions and races for the 2024 NASCAR Chicago Street Race weekend is by taking advantage of a live TV streaming service‘s free trial.
DIRECTV Stream includes USA and your local NBC affiliate in its base plan. DIRECTV Stream comes with a five-day free trial for new users, before monthly payments of $79.99 begin.
Another way to watch the 2024 NASCAR Chicago Street Race is with a Peacock subscription. Peacock costs $5.99/month with ads and $11.99/month without ads — but the “with ads” plan will be just fine here, as live sports always have ads.
Only the races will stream on Peacock, so if you’re interested in watching the qualifying rounds as well, DIRECTV Stream will likely make more sense for you.
As the name implies the 2024 NASCAR Chicago Street Race will take place in the streets of Chicago, IL. Specifically, the track was constructed in and around Grant Park and includes some of the city’s most recognizable streets, including S. Michigan Ave. and DuSable Lake Shore Drive, and landmarks like Grant Park’s Buckingham Fountain and the Art Institute of Chicago.
40 drivers are slated to compete in the Grant Park 165.
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