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@AlextheAdm1ral I have to assume at this point that they never intended to return to Chicagoland. I feel that if they were able to resolve the Fourth of July weekend conflict with the city before the deadline, they’re probably racing in the city this year. Land was likely always a 1-off.

I'll allow that SC's can put on some fun shows But at it's core, racing down a city street is not what people think when they hear "NASCAR" So, from that angle, having these events to show off the sport and attract one-offs from other series falls flat to me I'll elaborate:

@fidgetsfive @WBYTOfficial @GOWENYT It used to years ago

@npowell0599 @WBYTOfficial @GOWENYT It’s Joliet, why would it sell? Racing aside, you don’t take the family to Joliet for the weekend.

Confirmed I was wrong on this one I’ll take the L on that

@Gamerboy2418 @DGIveyNASCARFan I was there in ‘19, it was half empty before the rain

@npowell0599 @DGIveyNASCARFan When it shows great racing we will have more fans coming back

Someone legitimately explain to me why they feel the need to return to Chicago for a street race? Also is it possible for both Chicagoland and the city race to exist in 2027?

@something_zrl @AlexShowman48 Im one of the fans who love and bought a ticket to chicagoland this year as well. If they cant sell 47k tickets in that market… Im sorry but… yeah…

@npowell0599 @AlexShowman48 What about the fans that want to keep it and bought tickets? Also, they could always run both tracks in the same season. San Diego is a one year deal. 🤷🏻‍♂️

Bringing the Chicago Street course back would be a catastrophic mistake and failure to listen to the fans by NASCAR.

@ItsJustElite it would be disappointing, but if it doesn’t sell, then we shouldn’t be upset that it is a one and done

Am I the only one who doesn’t care if Chicagoland is a one and done?

@brettbphoto I went to the street race both years, and I tell people all the time that it’s one of the best autoracing experiences I’ve ever had as a fan. Having both would be perfect, but the street race being off of 2026 was a huge disappointment.

Chicago in 2025 was one of the coolest experiences I've had at a race so I would not be opposed to seeing it come back. I just hope that this is replacing San Diego and not Chicagoland, because Chicagoland fully deserves a guaranteed Cup race

@JoeyStone_8 I understand the frustration, but the people crying about wanting Chicagoland back on the schedule aren’t the ones who are going to buy tickets. The street course sells and attracts more people because of its accessibility and overall location, despite the increase in price.

If Chicagoland is a “one and done” so help me…

@TheRaacingLine @GOWENYT I wonder why they left…..

@npowell0599 @GOWENYT They haven’t raced there in seven years dude.

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I’m fine with the Chicago Street Course returning if NASCAR also stays at Chicagoland Speedway. San Diego is a one-year contract. It makes sense to replace a street course with a street course.

@livingonc3dying @GOWENYT no one has mentioned anything about them racing. I think this car is a perfect fit for that track, the reality that you’re avoiding is the fact that it doesn’t sell.

@npowell0599 @GOWENYT Brother the race hasn't even ran yet

@WBYTOfficial @GOWENYT it has nothing to do with racing quality, it’s about ticket sales. It does not sell.

@npowell0599 @GOWENYT Bro, they haven’t raced there yet 💀

@BBNDi9 As someone who lives in the area, Chicagoland is not selling well and did not sell well last time. NASCAR has not done any favors by scheduling it on the same weekend as the taste of Chicago and the Cubs – Cardinals series. Also: Public transportation to street race helps.

Really? Right after we decided to bring Chicagoland back?

@Cubs W

DROP A "W" IN THE REPLIES.

just woke up. tears in my eyes watching the footage and edits and reactions. genuinely unbelievable. so thankful that this feeling is exactly what i dreamt it would feel like. thank you, everyone.

Every man on Every crew! @CarsonHocevar wins! #NASCAR

They sought mainstream coverage and acceptance. Mainstream outlets are burying the show. They do things believing it’ll attract extra casual eyeballs. Casuals on IG, TikTok, Twitter thought the show sucked. The truth is it’s entertainment for nobody except soulless content creators that attend the event as a show of status. And media partners. Stephen A has to sit there and pretend to know and care about pro wrestling while his alleged favorite team was playing a playoff game. Remember this when he makes severe, declarative takes on First Take about the NBA playoffs. It’s a 4 hour ad grab. They’ve even forgone video packages in the name of more ads. They know the audience is a bunch of suckers. You have WWE fans paying $40 to watch this event and defending commercials, you can’t help these people. WWE has always been about the pomp and circumstance, the pageantry, the theatrics, but it always did its brand of entertainment within the confines of a wrestling promotion. At present, it has never ever felt like less of a wrestling promotion. I don’t say this because it brings me joy to say, I’m a big fan of numerous talents on the roster. I say it, because it is so blatantly the truth now, and there’s no revoking of access that any company can dangle over me that’ll discourage me from being honest. Not only is it not actually for the casuals or the hardcores, it’s not even for the wrestlers themselves. I actually feel bad for the talent who still dream of getting their big wrestlemania stage appearance and match. The people on that undercard were background actors. Outside of your top guys, the stars of the show were Hulk Hogan, Wheatley’s American Vodka, RAM Trucks, Minute Maid, and Fanatics. It’s not going to get better. The people that run this operation are all focused on preserving their backs and making sure the money continues to roll in at the same rate and they’ll do whatever they need to get there, even if it means an extra ad where video packages used to be. Ads where a charming backstage segment used to be. It’s not for you or me, it’s a ruse. The undercard talent only get to have actual matches on the TVs and the big show hits you over the head that the TV doesn’t actually matter. You’re insulted for caring and paying attention because the TV stories are incongruous with the things that happen on the big show. In past bad eras of WWE, it was bad wrestling produced by wrestling minds. This is something entirely different. To describe it as a facsimile of wrestling would be too charitable to its proximity to pro wrestling. It is a dystopian, synthetic, cynical, corporatized, vaguely similar recreation of a sports entertainment product and it’s produced by businessmen that’ll free their hands of it and dump it off to the next sucker that’ll buy it the first chance they get.

@36eagles I felt that the actual match was good. I think once they got all the pre-match wacky bs out of the way the actual match delivered. It could’ve gone on 5 minutes longer, but I thought overall it was a good main event.

I haven’t heard a single articulated reason as to why this match was bad besides “Orton loss”.