Nine cars will start Sunday’s Chicago Street Race from the rear of the field in the second running of the marquee event.
CHICAGO — Nine cars will start Sunday’s Chicago Street Race from the rear of the field.
Among those to begin at a deficit are Josh Berry, Brad Keselowski, Corey LaJoie, defending NASCAR Cup Series champion Ryan Blaney, Chris Buescher, Harrison Burton, William Byron, Erik Jones and Josh Bilicki.
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Berry, Keselowski, LaJoie, Buescher and Burton all crashed during Saturday’s on-track sessions, necessitating repairs to their vehicles. The unapproved adjustments nullified their respective qualifying efforts, dropping them to the back of the pack.
Byron’s No. 24 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet suffered a power-steering failure, resulting in a full change of the car’s steering system. Jones’ No. 43 Legacy Motor Club Toyota had a clutch issue the team needed to address.
Josh Bilicki’s No. 66 MBM Motorsports Ford failed pre-race technical inspection three times, invalidating the team’s qualifying time and additionally resulting in a pass-through penalty down pit road at the beginning of Sunday’s Grant Park 165 (4:30 p.m. ET, NBC, MRN Radio, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio, NBC Sports App).