difice. Some claim that “hippies” put an end to racing there, protesting the use of city tax dollars to support a private business enterprise. Others feel that it was just the extraordinarily huge expense that a promoter would have to handle just to swing open the gates for a particular racing event that put an end to racing on Chicago’s lakefront. As home of the Chicago Bears football team, the stadium underwent a major reconstruction and renovation project in 1979 with the football field being moved more to the south end of the stadium, basically covering up turns one and two of the race track.
So when someone says they don’t remember racing at Soldier Field, tell them the missed a whole bunch of action and a lot of great memories.