Worker dies in accident while setting up NASCAR’s Chicago Street Course

In a statement Friday, NASCAR confirmed an employee of a private contractor working on the construction of the Chicago Street Course suffered a “fatal medical emergency.”
Police reports and WGN of Chicago identified the man as 53 years old who worked for a staging and lighting company.
Around 12:30 p.m. ET, the victim was working on the frontstretch area of the course near the …Keep reading
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