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The first major racing track in the Chicago area was the two-mile wooden-board Speedway Park in Maywood, which hosted open-wheel Indianapolis-style racing from 1915 to 1918.
Santa Fe Speedway, a quarter-mile clay oval near Willow Springs, opened in 1953 with a program of races for midgets, sprint cars, stock cars, and motorcycles, and such events as tractor pulls, motocross, and demolition derbies.
Motor sport racing revived in the late 1990s, when national racing organizations noticed huge television ratings for their product in the Chicago area.
Buona Beef, Inc. gears up for ChicagoMotorSpeedway's 2000 season Berwyn, Illinois-July 24, 2000- ChicagoMotorSpeedway, located in Cicero, Illinois is not only generating interest from all over the country, but also definitely creating a tremendous local impact.
ChicagoMotorSpeedway's first full year of racing will utilize many local businesses from throughout Chicagoland to make the events a reality.
Execution and management of the ChicagoMotorSpeedway concession contract will now be the responsibility of Buona Special Events, the newest division of the Buona Companies that, along with Buona Beef Restaurants and Buona Catering, completes their spectrum of food service operations.
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