NASCAR Needed Its Chicago Street Race to be a Success. Then Came the Flood.

NASCAR's weekend in Chicago was an experiment: Can a street race bring a younger, more diverse crowd to an aging series? Can a country sport succeed in a city? Will the city itself rebel? Will the weather? Will this even feel like NASCAR?

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