On Fan4Racing: Our Live Blog from the Inaugural NASCAR Chicago Street Race Weekend

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On Fan4Racing: Our Live Blog from the Inaugural NASCAR Chicago Street Race Weekend is presented by our on-site contributor Brian Eberly. He's in Chicago for this historic NASCAR event

On Fan4Racing: Our Live Blog from the Inaugural NASCAR Chicago Street Race Weekend is presented by our on-site contributor Brian Eberly. He’s in Chicago for this historic NASCAR event.

Check-in here for live updates directly from Brian Eberly as he shares his experience during the inaugural NASCAR Chicago Street Race Weekend. We’ll announce this weekend’s live blog on Fan4Racing Radio Thursday, June 29th as he calls in from NASCAR Night at Wrigley Field.

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Jenson Button: One Race on the Calendar

Jenson Button: One Race on the Calendar is by our Fan4Racing contributor Brian Eberly, He is covering NASCAR’s inaugural Chicago Street Race.

Suffice it to say there is no lack of chatter when it comes to the stars and cars of NASCAR taking to the Windy City’s most infamous streets amid a holiday weekend filled with tourists and traffic. And when it comes to the course layout, it’s very narrow, tight, and bumpy, and has certainly resulted in some sleepless nights for drivers, crew chiefs, and engineers. Not to mention NASCAR and city officials that have been working tirelessly to ensure this first-of-its-kind event is a success.

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Mason Mitchell Motorsports to Cease Operations, Effective Immediately

2014 ARCA Racing Series presented by Menards championship team Mason Mitchell Motorsports (MMM) will cease operations effective immediately. The team captured the drivers and owners championship with the series in their first season of competition during the 2014 season. The team made 123 starts in the series with 32 different drivers during their five-year span racing with the circuit. Continue reading

Mason Mitchell Returns Behind the Wheel for Iowa Speedway

Mason Mitchell on Fan4Racing Radio, on Thursday, July 5, 2018, at 9 pm ET. Photo – MMM

Mason Mitchell is our guest on Fan4Racing NASCAR Weekend Preview, Thursday, July 5, 2018, at 9 pm ET. Call 929-477-1790 or tweet @Fan4RacingSite with any questions or comments during our LIVE broadcast.

Mason Mitchell will return behind the wheel for this Saturday’s ARCA Racing Series event at Iowa Speedway, Motorsports Tribune has confirmed. Mitchell, the 2014 ARCA Racing Series champion, will pilot the No. 98 Chevrolet in a second entry for his own team. Continue reading

Problems at Kansas Put Elliott in Precarious Position Heading to Talladega

Chase Elliott, driver of the #24 SunEnergy1 Chevrolet, talks with a crew member in the garage area during practice for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Hollywood Casino 400 at Kansas Speedway on October 14, 2016 in Kansas City, Kansas. Photo - Chris Trotman/Getty Images

Chase Elliott, driver of the #24 SunEnergy1 Chevrolet, talks with a crew member in the garage area during practice for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Hollywood Casino 400 at Kansas Speedway on October 14, 2016 in Kansas City, Kansas. Photo – Chris Trotman/Getty Images

In the first race of the Round of 12 last weekend at Charlotte Motor Speedway, Chase Elliott led 103 laps before a wreck on lap 258 ended his day and put the rookie driver three points behind the final transfer spot to the Round of 8 heading to Kansas Speedway.

Elliott qualified 13th for Sunday’s Hollywood Casino 400 and was one of just three Chase drivers that started outside the top-12. Elliott cracked the top-three at lap 121 and passed Kevin Harvick for the lead on lap 169 of the 267-lap race before a left-rear tire issue resulted in an unscheduled pit stop. Elliott would lose a lap and return to the track one lap down in the 24th position.

The Dawsonville, Georgia native would get back on the lead lap under the seventh caution of the race at lap 222 but a second tire issue with 23 laps remaining forced the team to come to pit road for the second unscheduled stop of the afternoon. Continue reading