An active promoter in the Chicago area, Granatelli scheduled weekly and sometimes twice-weekly stock-car racing programs at the stadium in the 1950s, in the process attracting tens of thousands of ...

In the late 1950s, Lorenzen raced at Soldier Field and the experience put him on the road for a stock car career. In 1965, Lorenzen won the Daytona 500 and came in first in more than 20 other races.