Porter Pipe News Today

In one short week, more than 100 community members and nearly two dozen businesses contributed money and tools to the affordable housing organization.

Students from College of DuPages Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning and Refrigeration program recently partnered with Porter Pipe and Co. to create a heated snow and ice melt concrete slab at the Technical Education Center on the colleges Glen Ellyn campus.

Plus: Marcus closes its only Milwaukee theater, WHEDA offers new downpayment program and a recap of weeks real estate news.

Tender Car property appears to be on a collision course with redevelopment.

A determined, late-race rally fell by the wayside for Connor Mosack in Saturday’s Road America 180 NASCAR Xfinity Series race when a rear-gear issue forced the Charlotte, North Carolina, native to park his No. 19 Porter Pipe & Supply Toyota GR Supra for Joe Gibbs Racing (JGR).

With a background in road-course racing from 30 career starts in the TA2 division of the Trans Am Series, the 24-year-old racer has had the Henry 180 NASCAR Xfinity Series race Saturday at Road America in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin, circled on his calendar since before the season began.

Connor Mosack showed speed throughout the inaugural The Loop 121 NASCAR Xfinity Series race at the 2.2-mile, 12-turn Chicago Street Course, qualifying a career-best fourth and running among the top-five for the majority of the race.

Connor Mosack is not clairvoyant, but the 24-year-old racecar driver already knows what to expect when NASCAR hits the streets of downtown Chicago July 1-2 for the inaugural Chicago Street Race Weekend.

Connor Mosack is not clairvoyant, but the 24-year-old racecar driver already knows what to expect when NASCAR hits the streets of downtown Chicago July 1-2 for the inaugural Chicago Street Race Weekend. Mosack is the rare driver with previous street-course experience who is entered in The Loop 12

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