William Byron, Ryan Blaney among many to start Chicago Street Race from rear

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).