"As NASCAR fans from across the globe gathered for the 2025 Chicago Street Race on Saturday, some spectators reveled in the moment more than usual, knowing it may be the last time the city hosts the event." - @ChicagoTribune

"Grant Park buzzed with energy Saturday morning as tens of thousands of attendees descended on the park grounds for the third NASCAR Chicago Street Race amid rising temperatures and a blazing sun." - @SunTimes

Here's some more of the fresh @NASCARChicago merchandise, with featured brands including @47, Flag & Anthem, Horn Legend, @lululemon, @NewEraCap, @PeterMillar, Concept Sport and @Columbia1938.

.@NASCAR partnered with @ZacBrownBand on some co-branded merch — a hat, tee and coozie — for @NASCARChicago where they will be performing tonight.

"In the 24 hours after Ram told the world the V-8 is back, 'over 10,00 orders' were placed for a Ram with a Hemi in it, the company said in a statement announcing its second-quarter sales." - @CARandDRIVER

.@UFC is planning to put on a fight card at the White House over the next year to celebrate America’s 250th anniversary, a spokesperson for the TKO Group Holdings-owned property confirmed to SBJ, after President Trump revealed the idea Thursday night.

A @UFC spokesperson confirms to SBJ it is accurate that the fighting property is planning to put on an event at the White House over the next year to celebrate America's 250th anniversary, as President Trump announced tonight.

"President Trump stunningly announced that there would be a UFC fight with up to 25,000 spectators at the White House within the next year to celebrate America’s upcoming 250th birthday." - @NYPost

Top @IndyCar driver merch sales during May @IMS:. 1) @PatricioOWard .2) @KyleLarsonRacin .3) @JosefNewgarden .4) @AlexanderRossi .5) @ScottDixon9

.@FoxSports' marketing president said that the network loves @NHRA, but when it came to the @IndyCar marketing tagline controversy, "Sometimes brands have to take a little liberty and you can’t put all the fine print and all the literal descriptors that you might inside a deck."

.@Stellantis has given @RamTrucks president Tim Kuniskis the additional duty of overseeing all American brands and announced that it is bringing back its Street & Racing Technology unit, which will oversee motorsports initiatives and engineering for Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep and Ram.

Ganassi: "I don’t know if we can draw a direct line between the win at the Indianapolis 500 with our OpenAI association, I don’t know there’s a direct line, but there’s certainly a dotted line, and those lines are getting closer and closer to a solid line."

.@LEGO_Group says that it's bringing its "Build the Thrill" @F1 experience to Charlotte at Symphony Park near SouthPark Mall next weekend.

.@OpenAI will run its first primary livery with Chip Ganassi Racing at this weekend's race at Mid-Ohio, as part of the AI company's deal with the IndyCar team that started earlier this year. ➡️ @CGRteams is experimenting with OpenAI's products on and away from the track.

"Max Verstappen is open to leaving Red Bull to join Mercedes for the 2026 Formula 1 season with talks intensifying ahead of this weekend's British Grand Prix, according to Sky in Italy." - @SkySportsF1

.@GrillosPickles will have a racing pop-up in Chicago with signed hero cards from @ToddGilliland_, @Johnsonville hot dogs, an art show, Front Row driver appearances, pickle ride, mascot, merch, sims, show car, pickle samples and for-sale pickled grapes/red onions/green tomatoes.

.@Daniel_SuarezG says that he won't return to Trackhouse after this NASCAR season.

.@WBD's social media platforms @BleacherReport, @br_racing and @HoHighlights generated 17 million video views about NASCAR over the weekend, per the network. ➡️ This was @TNTdrama's first time airing the NASCAR Cup Series since 2014.

.@TNTdrama + @truTV got 1.608 million viewers for Saturday's delayed NASCAR Cup race at Echo Park. ➡️ That does not include @StreamOnMax viewers. ➡️ No direct comparison to last year because Atlanta was in September and the same calendar weekend was Nashville on Sunday on NBC.

"One possible change that could interest the city is moving to a different weekend, something it has discussed with NASCAR. 'It may make more sense to move that event to a different weekend where we don’t have as many demands on our law enforcement.'"