NASCAR Tournament Update: Chicago Street Race Preview
Chicago, IL — The NASCAR in-season tournament heads to Chicago for its second event, featuring Chris Buescher as the highest remaining seed. Buescher, the No. 3 seed, successfully advanced past Todd Gilliland at EchoPark Speedway and faces fellow Ford driver Zane Smith in the upcoming race on Sunday.
Significantly, both top seeds, Denny Hamlin and Chase Briscoe, were eliminated in a massive 22-car wreck last weekend, impacting their chances to continue in the tournament. The tournament format leaves no perfect brackets remaining, as announced by NASCAR; a flawless bracket would have earned $1 million.
The stakes remain high, as the tournament winner will also take home $1 million. The Chicago street race marks the second event in a five-race tournament series.
Second-Round Matchups:
- (No. 8) Alex Bowman vs (No. 9) Bubba Wallace
- (No. 12) John Hunter Nemechek vs (No. 5) Chase Elliott
- (No. 14) Zane Smith vs (No. 3) Chris Buescher
- (No. 20) Erik Jones vs (No. 29) Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
- (No. 22) AJ Allmendinger vs (No. 6) Ty Gibbs
- (No. 26) Carson Hocevar vs (No. 23) Tyler Reddick
- (No. 31) Noah Gragson vs (No. 15) Ryan Preece
- (No. 32) Ty Dillon vs (No. 17) Brad Keselowski
As excitement builds for the Chicago street race, teams and drivers prepare for critical matchups in this high-stakes tournament.
