FROM OUR STATION TO GET HERE.

IT WAS ROUGH ON MICHIGAN AVENUE.

WE ARE JOINED BY A DRIVER, ANDRE CASTRO, MAKING HIS XFINITY SERIES DEBUT.

THIS WILL BE YOUR FIRST AMERICAN NASCAR EVENT, THE FIRST EVER CITY STREET COURSE .

WHAT IS YOUR MENTALITY GOING IN ?

>> MY FIRST EVER RACE IN A SERIES.

THE EVENT IS ONLY ONE DATE.

THAT IS PRETTY CRAZY BECAUSE I HAVE NEVER DRIVEN THE XFINITY CAR.

I HAVE PRACTICE TO GET USED TO THE TRACK AND THE CAR.

I HAVE TO DO WELL ENOUGH IN QUALIFYING TO MAKE MY WAY INTO THE MAIN RACE.

IT IS ABOUT BEING PATIENT AND FINISHING THE BEST WE CAN.

>> Reporter: HOW DO YOU PRACTICE WHEN YOU CANNOT BE ON THE COURSE?

>> THANKS TO THE TEAM , I WENT TO CHARLOTTE AND DROVE A CHEVY SIMULATOR AND GOT SOME GOOD LAPS ON THE COURSE.

THEY SCANNED THE COURSE .

IT IS EXACTLY WHAT WE WILL BE DRIVING.

I FEEL LIKE I HAVE A GOOD LEG UP.

I FEEL COMFORTABLE GOING OUT THERE FOR THE FIRST TIME.

WE WILL SEE .

IT IS DIFFERENT WITH A TEMPORARY CIRCUIT, THE BARRIERS WILL NOT ALWAYS BE IN THE SAME PLACE.

WE WILL BE TAKING A FEW LAPS IN PRACTICE, AND DOING THE BEST I CAN.

>> Reporter: I GET A PREVIEW DRIVE WITH DALE JARRETT, NASCAR LEGEND , HE SAID, SERIOUSLY, HE WAS WORRIED DRIVERS MAY BE DISTRACTED BY THE SKYLINE.

THEY ARE NOT USED TO SEEING THAT WHILE DRIVING , ESPECIALLY IN THE FIRST FEW LAPS.

ARE YOU CONCERNED ?

>> I WENT TO SCHOOL HERE FOR FOUR YEARS SO I HAVE SEEN THE SKYLINE MULTIPLE TIMES.

I WILL TRY NOT TO GET DISTRACTED.

THE MAIN CONCERN WILL BE BEING CONSISTENT AND NOT HITTING THE WALL.

EVEN IF YOU'RE NOT DISTRACTED , YOU CAN MAKE A MISTAKE.

IT WILL BE ABOUT BEING CONSISTENT AND FOCUSED .

>> WE SHOULD MENTION YOU ARE A UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO GRADUATE.

WHAT IS IT LIKE MAKING YOUR DEBUT IN A CITY IN WHICH YOU WENT TO COLLEGE?

>> INCREDIBLE .

IT HAS NOT REALLY SUNK IN YET.

EVERYBODY IS EXCITED TO HAVE MANY GUESTS ON SATURDAY CHEERING ME ON.

IT IS A COOL OPPORTUNITY I NEVER THOUGHT I WOULD DO.

I STARTED COLLEGE IN 2017.

THIS WAS NOT EVEN BORN YET .

I NEVER THOUGHT THIS WOULD HAPPEN.

I KNEW I HAD TO JUMP AT THE CHANCE.

THANKFULLY, CHICAGO SUPPORTED ME AND THEY GOT BEHIND ME.

I AM HERE AND WILL SEE WHAT WE CAN DO.

>> Reporter: EMMITT SMITH IS THE OWNER OF YOUR TEAM.

BEST OF LUCK , LET'S GET YOU INTO THE MAIN RACE ON SUNDAY.

BE SAFE .

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US .

>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME .