How to watch 2025 NASCAR Chicago Street Race: Time, TV and streaming

NASCAR's Chicago Street Course returns for the third consecutive year, creating a unique racing experience on city streets. The 2025 Grant Park 165 race not only provides thrilling competition but is also part of NASCAR’s in-season challenge for a $1 million bonus. Punters might see favorable odds on drivers who excel in street courses, given the challenging layout of this iconic race in downtown Chicago.

For the third year in a row, NASCAR is taking to the streets. After making its NASCAR debut in July 2023, the Chicago Street Course is back on the schedule this year. While NASCAR races on winding road courses every season, the Chicago Street Race is the only one on the schedule this season that’ll take place on real city streets.

The downtown Chicago loop area has been transformed into a 2.2-mile racetrack that’ll see NASCAR drivers whizzing by some of the city’s most notable landmarks and racing down iconic streets like Michigan Ave. This year, the Grant Park 165 is also part of the league’s first single-elimination in-season challenge, which offers drivers a second chance at a $1 million bonus (the first being the All Star Race).

2025 NASCAR Chicago Street Race time: The 2025 NASCAR Chicago Street Race is today, July 6, at 2 p.m. ET.

How to watch the 2025 NASCAR Chicago Street Race for free: If you don’t have cable, you’ll need a live TV streaming service to stream NASCAR races for free. One option we love is DIRECTV, which comes with five days free and starts at $59.99/month, with plenty of subscription options that include TNT.

Other ways to watch the 2025 NASCAR Chicago Street Race: Another way to watch the 2025 NASCAR Chicago Street Race is with a Max subscription. Max costs $9.99/month with ads and $16.99/month without ads — but the “with ads” plan will be just fine here, as live sports always have ads.

Where is the NASCAR race in Chicago? As the name implies the 2025 NASCAR Chicago Street Race will take place in the streets of Chicago, IL. Specifically, the track was constructed in and around Grant Park and includes some of the city’s most recognizable streets, including S. Michigan Ave. and DuSable Lake Shore Drive, and landmarks like Grant Park’s Buckingham Fountain and the Art Institute of Chicago.

The Windy City will be the backdrop of today's NASCAR contest.

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