Narrow, no room for error among early opinions, based on simulator runs.
NASCAR’s venture onto Chicago’s city streets is still a month away, but a few drivers are already noting some issues they’ll face in the sanctioning body’s first-ever street course race.
“I’m like, just extend the wall, but maybe they don’t want to extend the wall because they need areas for safety crews to get out. I’m not the scientist on that. It just seemed weird when you’re coming around the corner and you’ve got to miss the end of a wall.”
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