Re: Dover Motorsports shuts down Gateway track
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Re: Dover Motorsports shuts down Gateway track




I am disapointed. I have wanted to go to Monster Mopar for the last few years, Now that my Son and his family are moving close to St Louis, I was planning on being there next year. RATS!. Any rumors where in Missouri the new track will be? ....................MO
{Steve Mick}
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----- Original Message ----- From: "Joey" <jake4@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, November 04, 2010 6:55 PM
Subject: Re: Dover Motorsports shuts down Gateway track



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>
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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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