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Podcast: Women's Motorsports Network Podcast
Episode: Julie Giese on Shifting Gears and Making History with the Chicago Street Race
Description: Send us Fan MailIn this powerful episode, Melinda Russell sits down with trailblazer Julie Giese, President of the NASCAR Chicago Street Race and a 25-year veteran of the motorsports industry. From her early days on a Wisconsin dairy farm to her leadership roles at Daytona, Phoenix, and now Chicago, Julie shares how she turned bold ideas into history-making events.She opens up about the massive effort it took to bring a NASCAR Cup Series race to downtown Chicago—from working with the city, navigating a torrential rainstorm, and overcoming skepticism, to turning it into on...