Yes, there was even some banking (but not much of a safety fence) at Soldier Field's racing layout. Fehrman, who is the director of the Illinois Stock Car Hall of Fame, has collected photographs ...

Anthony “Andy” Granatelli, left, president of the Chicago Auto Racing Association, with a trophy to be presented to the winner of the Soldier Field stock car title on Sept. 5, 1954.

During Chicago’s auto racing heyday, a NASCAR race in Soldier Field ended in a razor-slim victory by Fireball Roberts Stock car racing evokes images of county fairs and Southern racetracks ...

For the first time in the sport’s history, stock cars will race through a makeshift ... In 1956, three NASCAR-sanctioned races were held at Soldier Field – one NASCAR Cup Series race and ...

Pistone eventually moved to North Carolina but was a star of weekly stock car racing events at Soldier Field prior to his jump into NASCAR. Pistone and other Chicago-area drivers were hometown ...

For some reason in 1947 auto racing in the field became popular. Both midget and stock car races were held within the field for years to come. President Harry Truman made a trip to Soldier Field ...

NASCAR stock ... Soldier Field wasn’t the only Illinois track to host a NASCAR race. On July 10, 1954, Dick Rathmann won a 200-lap race on Santa Fe Speedway’s dirt oval in Willow Springs. Auto ...

On June 8, as F1 drivers try their best to secure a good starting position for the Canadian GP across the lakes, a different type of racing ... drive the car right into the Soldier Field Stadium.

on-again threat to ditch Soldier Field. That would knock a hole the size of a souped-up bulldozer in the budget of its owner, the Chicago Park District. Perhaps renewed stock car racing could take ...