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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Bernie Biernacki

Illinois has had a rich history of auto racing

Soldier Field hosted three NASCAR races in 1956 and one in 1957. (Sun-Times)

NASCAR stock cars are coming to Chicago. Is it the first time? Nope — sorry, been here, done that.

The July 1-2 NASCAR doubleheader has become the talk of the town — with opinions stretching to both extremes. Drivers and their cars will be cruising a 2.2-mile course through Grant Park, with Jackson Drive on the north, Michigan Avenue to the west, Roosevelt Road to the south, a stretch of DuSable Lake Shore Drive to the east and stretches of Balbo Drive and Columbus Drive mixed between.

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