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Chicago NASCAR Race Viewership Plummets Amid Tensions

7/10/2025

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NASCAR's Chicago street race faced a significant drop in viewership, plummeting to 2.1 million from last year's 3.9 million and the inaugural 4.6 million. This decline casts doubt on the race's future. Tensions flared between Joey Logano and Ross Chastain after Chastain confessed to deliberately wrecking Logano, adding drama to the already shaky event.

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NASCAR's Chicago street race faced a significant drop in viewership, plummeting to 2.1 million from last year's 3.9 million and the inaugural 4.6 million. This decline casts doubt on the race's future. Tensions flared between Joey Logano and Ross Chastain after Chastain confessed to deliberately wrecking Logano, adding drama to the already shaky event.