{"id":43102,"date":"2025-07-06T10:14:09","date_gmt":"2025-07-06T10:14:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/43102\/"},"modified":"2025-07-06T10:14:09","modified_gmt":"2025-07-06T10:14:09","slug":"nascar-drivers-warned-by-chicago-that-celebrations-could-bring-arrest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/43102\/","title":{"rendered":"NASCAR drivers warned by Chicago that celebrations could bring arrest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jumping into Buckingham Fountain in the City of Chicago to celebrate a NASCAR win would be problematic<\/p>\n<p>NASCAR is currently racing on the Streets of Downtown Chicago. It marks the third year of the Chicago Street Race.<\/p>\n<p>Indycar has several street races. When it comes to the race in the streets of Detroit, it\u2019s tradition for the race winner to celebrate by going for a swim in the fountain. <\/p>\n<p>The NASCAR circuit in Chicago runs through Grant Park. The Buckingham Fountain inside the park is a landmark that\u2019s been in the park since 1927.<\/p>\n<p>However, drivers have been warned not to carry the Indycar traditions into Chicago. Taking a swim in the fountain would result in a $500 fine and a misdemeanor offence. <\/p>\n<p>Parker Kligerman explains that city officials gave him a warning<\/p>\n<p>Parker Kligerman has raced in the NASCAR Xfinity Series event. He once stated that he planned to jump in the fountain if he won. <\/p>\n<p><strong>He was quickly corrected\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was told that back in 2023,\u201d Parker Kligerman confirmed via TNT Sports.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn national television, I said that if I won, I\u2019d jump in there. Then, I was promptly informed by many officials from the City of Chicago that it would be a misdemeanor.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The NASCAR Cup Series takes the green flag on Sunday. It sure would be awesome if the race winner went for a swim anyway.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/racingnews.co\/2025\/07\/03\/chicago-tv-schedule-july-2025-nascar\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Chicago TV Schedule: July 2025 (NASCAR)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Links<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nascarchicago.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NASCAR Chicago<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nascar.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">NASCAR<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jumping into Buckingham Fountain in the City of Chicago to celebrate a NASCAR win would be problematic NASCAR&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":43103,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[46],"tags":[33809,960,29234,29235,29236,24591,21890,1418,1818,1406,1420,1459,5818,11931,1423,11933,33810,62,67,132,68,11932],"class_list":{"0":"post-43102","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nascar","8":"tag-buckingham-fountain","9":"tag-chicago","10":"tag-chicago-il","11":"tag-chicago-illinois","12":"tag-chicago-street-circuit","13":"tag-chicago-street-course","14":"tag-chicago-street-race","15":"tag-cup-series","16":"tag-illinois","17":"tag-nascar","18":"tag-nascar-cup","19":"tag-nascar-cup-series","20":"tag-nascar-xfinity","21":"tag-nascar-xfinity-series","22":"tag-ncs","23":"tag-nxs","24":"tag-parker-kligerman","25":"tag-sports","26":"tag-united-states","27":"tag-unitedstates","28":"tag-us","29":"tag-xfinity-series"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114805765813288424","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43102","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43102"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43102\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43103"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43102"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43102"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43102"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}