Chicago sports legend Derrick Rose is set to take center stage at the NASCAR Cup Series street race in Chicago, where he will serve as the grand marshal for the Grant Park 165 race on July 6, 2025.

This is just the latest chapter for Derrick Rose and his roots in Chicago. The NASCAR Chicago Street Race is home to the first-ever NASCAR Cup Series street race in the history of the sport.

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He’s good,” Rose said Sunday during a NASCAR press conference as he was serving as the grand marshal for the Chicago event. “You can’t be mad when you’re walking away with $30 million.

He’s good,” Rose said Sunday during a NASCAR press conference as he was serving as the grand marshal for the Chicago event. “You can’t be mad when you’re walking away with $30 million.

Known as the Grant Park 165, the race takes drivers on a 2.2-mile loop through the streets of downtown Chicago, the same city where Rose grew up and later starred for the Chicago Bulls before two ...

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