Will NASCAR Remain In Chicago?

Tim Healey
by Tim Healey

It's Friday, and that means it's podcast time again!

This week we’re NASCAR-heavy, with a look back at Mexico City and a look ahead to the Chicago Street Race. We chat with Julie Giese, the president of the Chicago Street Race, about what to expect from that race’s third year. We also ask if the race will return in future years -- tune in to hear what she has to say about that.

From there, TTAC contributor Matthew Guy and I discuss brake pads – including how to replace them at home.


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We thank Julie Giese and Matthew Guy for their time and Matt Posky for editing. Most of all, we thank you for listening. We’ll see you next time!

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Tim Healey
Tim Healey

Tim Healey grew up around the auto-parts business and has always had a love for cars — his parents joke his first word was “‘Vette”. Despite this, he wanted to pursue a career in sports writing but he ended up falling semi-accidentally into the automotive-journalism industry, first at Consumer Guide Automotive and later at Web2Carz.com. He also worked as an industry analyst at Mintel Group and freelanced for About.com, CarFax, Vehix.com, High Gear Media, Torque News, FutureCar.com, Cars.com, among others, and of course Vertical Scope sites such as AutoGuide.com, Off-Road.com, and HybridCars.com. He’s an urbanite and as such, doesn’t need a daily driver, but if he had one, it would be compact, sporty, and have a manual transmission.

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  • 1995 SC 1995 SC on Jun 20, 2025

    Why would they. I hear many residents don't even own cars there

  • Peter Peter on Jun 21, 2025

    Nope! NASCAR will follow the Bears to Arlington Hights

    • Peter Peter on Jun 21, 2025

      On the bright side Chicago, The White Sox are staying right where they are in New Comiskey U.S Cellular, Guaranteed Rate Field (a.k.a The Cell & Sox Park)


  • MaintenanceCosts One of the cleaner-looking 200+k mile cars I've seen. Still fills me with fear and loathing.
  • MaintenanceCosts Looking forward to the ad-free Superb Owl.(Also some kind of football game which my hometown team is favored to win, despite having Joe Lunchpail as their quarterback.)
  • Foaming Solvent Rivian, specifically the soon-to-be-available R2.
  • 1995 SC From any analysis I've seen so far the big winner here is Tesla, which is ironic if that comes to pass lol
  • Foaming Solvent "Governor Carney."As Eric Hoffer said, "Rudeness is the weak man's imitation of strength."
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