Been to the Windy City a few times and rain and loud sound is not a good combo

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So I can see why they did this:

Heavy rains flood Chicago roads, NASCAR ends downtown street race and names winner

NASCAR officials had planned to complete the last half of an Xfinity Series race through the city's downtown on Sunday morning after suspending action on Saturday due to lightning. They announced around midday Sunday they had decided to cancel the race because of the rain and declared Cole Custer the winner.

How loud was the NASCAR Chicago Street Race? We measured the noise along the downtown course.

The sounds registered around a 112, a decibel level that can cause hearing loss in less than two minutes. One aspect of the race that appeared to be an oversight was that earplugs were not being passed out to attendees.

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Can get very loud and the closer you are to the track, the louder. As you can see in the photos I took below, some are covering their ears while others have those fancy NASCAR headphones:

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I imagine it's even louder in Chi-Town because it's not an open space like the track I attended. I recorded a short video too:

https://i.imgur.com/ekbZuuy.mp4

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Here is how far the city and its' tall buildings are from the race track: