1956 NASCAR Grand National Series race at Soldier Field

[3] This was the first NASCAR Grand National Series/NASCAR Cup Series race to be held in the city of Chicago.The fourth, fifth, and sixth-place finishers (respectively: Speedy Thompson, Frank Mundy, and Buck Baker) all were racing for Carl Kiekhaefer's team,[10] which had dominated the 1956 Grand National Series season.[16] Legend: The 1957 edition of Soldier Field's annual Chicago Park District Police Benevolent Association Gold Trophy Race (held on June 15, 1957) was sanctioned by NASCAR as a 50-lap short track race under the "NASCAR Grand National" banner.[8] For reasons that are unclear, Soldier Field never held another NASCAR Cup Series race.[citation needed] ^note a The 1957 edition of Soldier Field's annual Chicago Park District Police Benevolent Association Gold Trophy Race (held on June 15, 1957) was sanctioned by NASCAR as a 50-lap short track race under the "NASCAR Grand National" banner.
Photograph of Soldier Field circa 1961
Advertisement for the race, published in the Chicago Tribune on July 20, 1956
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