It stinks more for the people coming out to watch,” Ryan Blaney said. “I feel bad for the spectators that want to come out to the race with their whole families because it’s a huge weekend and, you know,

It certainly is the only venue of its kind in the NASCAR calendar — whereas other races are contested atop cordoned off ovals and road courses, the Grant Park 165 swirls through the heart of Chicago's financial district.

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