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"He's just really good, and he doesn't ever touch anybody to get by them," said Kyle Larson, who finished third. "That's rare to see, so it's fun to race with a guy like that.''
NASCAR was celebrating its 75th year, but this would be the first time in the sport’s history that stock cars would barrel on and around city streets, an undertaking about which drivers were wary.
Last year, the three-time Supercars champion in Australia and New Zealand was a debuting driver in the Cup Series. Now, having won the Grant Park race in Chicago, he’s the hunted.
Bertoletti won in a tight, 10-minute race, the first since 2015 that wasn't won by famed hot dog consumer Joey Chestnut.