{"id":171491,"date":"2026-03-22T21:20:33","date_gmt":"2026-03-22T21:20:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/171491\/"},"modified":"2026-03-22T21:20:33","modified_gmt":"2026-03-22T21:20:33","slug":"nascar-being-back-in-joliet-leads-manhattan-to-cancel-independence-day-parade-shaw-local","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/171491\/","title":{"rendered":"NASCAR being back in Joliet leads Manhattan to cancel Independence Day parade \u2013 Shaw Local"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-xb1qmn-0 gBIiEi body-paragraph\">With the the Chicagoland Speedway hosting NASCAR over the July 2-5 weekend, the village of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shawlocal.com\/tags\/manhattan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.shawlocal.com\/tags\/manhattan\/\">Manhattan<\/a> has decided to not hold its annual Independence Day parade this year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-xb1qmn-0 gBIiEi body-paragraph\">\u201cThe Village is proud to support our neighboring community partner, Chicagoland Speedway, as NASCAR returns,\u201d according to a news release from the village.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-xb1qmn-0 gBIiEi body-paragraph\">This marks the first <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shawlocal.com\/the-herald-news\/2025\/08\/20\/nascar-makes-return-to-joliet-official-for-2026\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.shawlocal.com\/the-herald-news\/2025\/08\/20\/nascar-makes-return-to-joliet-official-for-2026\/\">NASCAR event at Chicagoland Speedway in Joliet <\/a>since 2019 and is expected to bring a large number of visitors to the region over the holiday weekend. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-xb1qmn-0 gBIiEi body-paragraph\">With the increase in traffic and visitors expected to the region during the race weekend, the village said it was important to limit additional road closures and disruptions within the community. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Q7OFR3RQ4C3LFPUQLTWHA2ETTI.jpg\" width=\"1440\" height=\"0\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"ImageMetadata__MetadataParagraph-sc-1gn0vty-0 ijEZZk image-metadata\">People crowd Chicago Street during the Race Fan Rally in downtown Joliet in 2015.  NASCAR returns to the Chicagoland Speedway this year, July 2-5, bringing back many race weekend events.<\/p>\n<p> (Lathan Goumas)<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-xb1qmn-0 gBIiEi body-paragraph\">By pausing the parade this year, the village \u201chopes residents can enjoy a safe, relaxing, and festive Fourth of July weekend with family and friends while also welcoming the excitement and economic impact that NASCAR brings back to the region,\u201d according to the release.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-xb1qmn-0 gBIiEi body-paragraph\">The village said it looks forward to continuing its Independence Day traditions in future years and appreciates the community\u2019s understanding and support. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-xb1qmn-0 gBIiEi body-paragraph\">For updates o village events and community activities, visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.villageofmanhattan.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.villageofmanhattan.org\/\">Village of Manhattan website <\/a>or follow the village on<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/manhattanillinoisvil\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/manhattanillinoisvil\"> social media<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"With the the Chicagoland Speedway hosting NASCAR over the July 2-5 weekend, the village of Manhattan has decided&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":171492,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[70015,8078,7625,8458,267,75,84,83,9,24,63,1365,7058,7057],"class_list":["post-171491","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-manhattan","tag-fourth-of-july-parade","tag-independence-day","tag-joliet","tag-kankakee-county-front-headlines","tag-local-news","tag-manhattan","tag-manhattan-headlines","tag-manhattan-news","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-parade","tag-shaw-local-front-headlines","tag-will-county"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171491","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=171491"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171491\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/171492"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=171491"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=171491"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=171491"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}