Kyle Williams
Sports Reporter
“Si estuviera aquí y viera su nombre en un auto de carreras en la Chicago Street Race, se quedaría absolutamente boquiabierto”, dijo Alex Maddox.
“It’s an incredible event,” Bowman said. “It’s been two chaotic races with the weather, but it’s been a super-fun event and really meaningful to be able to win.”
The defending Cup Series champion was sidelined after a crash in Stage 2.
“Street tracks are different every year, no matter where you go,” Shane van Gisbergen said. “The burial location is always different, whether inside the curb or on top of it. The track always changes.”
“If he were here and he were to see his name on a race car at the Chicago Street Race, it would just absolutely blow his mind,” Alex Maddox said.
“He’s just really good, and he doesn’t ever touch anybody to get by them,” said Kyle Larson, who finished third. “That’s rare to see, so it’s fun to race with a guy like that.’'
“It’s nice to be able to look out into the crowd and see a lot of different faces than what I see at a NASCAR race,” Wallace said Friday in Douglass Park.
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 Sox could be active at the deadline and recoup some real value for starter Garrett Crochet and center fielder Luis Robert Jr.