Re: Dover Motorsports shuts down Gateway track

[Joey <jake4@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Yeah, that's too bad but....the rumor mill is heavy that Memphis Motorsports 
is about to reopen and Missouri is getting a new track built so I guess 
things aren't all bad. I hope Bret Kepner lands somewhere great, he is one 
of the best drag racing announcers around.

Joey.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Herb" <zephyr9900@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <undisclosed-recipients@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, November 04, 2010 6:10 PM
Subject: Dover Motorsports shuts down Gateway track


> RIP Monster MoPar.  )-:   I hope they find a new venue.
>
> Gateway International Raceway's relatively short history came to an end on
> Wednesday with the announcement from its owner, Dover Motorsports Inc., 
> that
> the facility in Madison, Ill., will be shut down and the land will be 
> sold.
> Gateway debuted in 1997 with a Champ Car race won by Paul Tracy, and it
> hosted its final race, a NASCAR Nationwide Series event, in October.
> The facility was best known for hosting three Champ Car races on Memorial
> Day weekend (1997-99). The goal was to get many of the Indianapolis 500's
> fans and its media members to make the four-hour drive. It worked for a
> while before the event was moved to September and then was released to the
> Indy Racing League.
> NASCAR also staged Camping World Truck Series races on the 1.25-mile oval,
> and the facility's drag strip hosted an NHRA event.
> The track will also be remembered for the drivers who excelled there.
> Raul Boesel won the first Champ Car pole, followed the next year by Greg
> Moore. Alex Zanardi, Michael Andretti, Juan Pablo Montoya, Al Unser Jr., 
> Gil
> de Ferran and Helio Castroneves won open-wheel races there. Dan Wheldon 
> even
> won one of CART's Indy Lights races.
> In NASCAR, Brad Keselowski and Carl Edwards had their dramatic finish 
> there
> in the Nationwide Series. Tony Schumacher (Top Fuel) and Robert Hight 
> (Funny
> Car) won the final NHRA races.
> Dover Motorsports now only owns Dover International Speedway and Nashville
> Superspeedway.
> For more NASCAR racing news and reports, click here.
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