NASCAR is racing on a street course for the first time in the sports 75 year history, and with street courses come tight corners and narrow racing lanes.
Because of these narrow lanes, it doesn’t take much for the surface to become clogged with sideways cars, and that very thing happened in Chicago at the Street Course.
See below for the carnage that ensued after a massive pile up caused absolute gridlock until the wreckage could be cleared.
TRAFFIC JAM!#NASCARChicago | @NBC and @Peacock pic.twitter.com/t75M7Ll9cD
— NASCAR on NBC (@NASCARonNBC) July 3, 2023
Front Row Motorsports showed their comedic side with this tweet on the matter.
Caution for a NASCAR Thunder 04 style wreck where the AI hit the Martinsville tire barrier at pit-in
— Front Row Motorsports (@Team_FRM) July 3, 2023
The 17 team at RFK called it a “Parking Lot”.
Thatās what ya call a parking lot.
— No. 17 Team (@RFK17Team) July 3, 2023
Caution. We made it through.
Garrett Smithley can see into the future.
Memeās incoming
— Garrett Smithley (@GarrettSmithley) July 3, 2023
NASCAR tweeted out an all time great photo of the scene.
Even the professionals get stuck in traffic. pic.twitter.com/nrZCqofzhW
— NASCAR (@NASCAR) July 3, 2023
Matt found humor in the situation.
You sure the monsoon beforehand won’t be the most memorable Sonny?
GordanFan found beauty in the moment
Tony sees the similarity in a traffic jam and this wreck
Chris called it a disaster, and for a few of those teams involved, I’d say they agree.
Eric Estepp, host of Out of the Groove on YouTube claims he knew it was coming
We knew that was gonna happen eventually lol
— Eric Estepp (@EricEstepp17) July 3, 2023
RubbinisRacin, a Barstool sports podcast, shares this on the mayhem
CHICAGO TRAFFIC MID-RACEš¤Æ pic.twitter.com/Iaq8D7J5lq
— Rubbin is Racing (@rubbinisracing) July 3, 2023
Kelly Crandall, writer for RacerMag, said it had to happen at least once.
It had to happen at least once
— Kelly Crandall (@KellyCrandall) July 3, 2023
Jayski gives the update on the track condition
Caution out. Track blocked by a pile up.
— Jayski (@jayski) July 3, 2023
