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Gateway International Raceway, located outside St. Louis, has informed NASCAR it will not seek Nationwide or Camping World Truck Series dates for 2011, and its parent company, Dover Motorsports Inc., even raised the possibility of selling the facility."We deeply appreciate all the support we have had from the racing community over the years. .... '' Dover Motorsports inc. president Dennis McGlynn said in a statement issued late Wednesday. "However, economics dictate that we evaluate all of our options for this facility, including its possible sale.''
Gateway currently hosts a truck series race and two Nationwide Series events, including one on Oct. 23 featuring IndyCar driver Danica Patrick. The 1.25-mile oval has hosted Nationwide Series races since 1997 and was part of a massive westward expansion by NASCAR as it started racing in places like St. Louis, Ontario, Calif., Fort Worth, and Kansas in the late 1990s.
"This was a difficult decision in light of the many years of earnest and continued efforts on everyone's part to
develop a viable market for these events in one of our nation's greatest cities,'' Gateway vice president and GM Terry Harmeson said.
"We remain committed to fulfill the balance of our 2010 schedule . ... We also plan to explore various ways to change the economics at Gateway both from the revenue and expense side."
The news comes just a few days after NASCAR chairman Brian France told reporters that the sanctioning body is in the final stages of setting the 2011 schedules and promising "impactful" changes to it.
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