(NewsNation) — “All they do is turn left,” the longtime trope about NASCAR, is nowhere to be heard this weekend. There are plenty of right turns on the streets of downtown Chicago, which forms the course for NASCAR’s Cup Series and Xfinity Series races.

“The bumps are real on the streets of Chicago!” said 2022 Cup Series champion Joey Logano, who won last week’s Cup Series race in Nashville.

“Last year was our first time ever on a street course. We didn’t know what we were getting ourselves into. We didn’t have any data to go back and look at. Our way of preparing was very limited,” Lagano told NewsNation.

The 2023 race was also hampered by rain all weekend. Sunday’s forecast calls for sunshine and a high of 85.  

“Now we’ve run a race. We have an idea what we’re up against,” Logano added.

NASCAR is running five races this season on road courses, but Chicago is unique because the course is on city streets. The Indy Car series has run many races on city courses, including Nashville, Long Beach, Cal. and St. Petersburg, Fl. Perhaps the most famous race on city streets is Formula One’s race in Monaco in late May.

Chicago is a special race for Bubba Wallace, who drives for 23XI Racing, which is co-owned by former Chicago Bulls legend Michael Jordan.

“It’s cool to be representing an icon, number 23, in the Chicago city limits. We just gotta go out and try to be as good as him,” Wallace told reporters. He’ll start Sunday’s race in the sixth position.

Last year’s inaugural Chicago Street race was won by New Zealand driver Shane van Gisbergen. He’s a three-time champion in the Australian Supercar series, which runs exclusively on road and city street courses.

Van Gisbergen took up where he left off, winning Saturday’s Xfinity Series race. He’ll start Sunday’s Cup Series race in the front row, next to pole-sitter Kyle Larson.