Gateway Sets November Test-N-Tune Dates!
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Gateway Sets November Test-N-Tune Dates!
Gateway International Raceway in Madison, Illinois, has announced dates for its extended 2008 season schedule. Two Saturday Test-and-Tune sessions, open to all vehicles, will be held on Saturday, November 1st, and Saturday, November 15th, presuming that minimum weather standards, (a forecasted high temperature of 40 degrees twenty-four hours before the day of the event), are met. A swap meet is also scheduled for the November 1st event.
Gates will open for both events at 8 AM with racing beginning at 9 AM and continuing until 4 PM.
Therefore, the remaining 2008 GIR drag racing schedule includes the following:
Tuesday, October 7: Street Car Shootout Series/Open Test-N-Tune
Wednesday, October 8: Slick Tire Test-N-Tune/Street Bike Shootout Series
Tuesday, October 7 through Saturday, October 10:
10th annual Run ‘N Gun Nationals Replica Car Challenge
(contested on both the road course and the dragstrip)
Tuesday, October 14: Final Street Car Shootout Series/Open Test-N-Tune
Wednesday, October 15: Final Slick Tire Test-N-Tune/Street Bike Shootout Series
Friday, October 15 through Sunday, October 17:
14th annual United Black Drag Racers Association Black Sunday
(Open to all vehicles and, yes…all ethnicities…and the event includes a grudge racing division)
Saturday, November 1: Open Test-N-Tune/Swap Meet
Saturday, November 15: Open Test-N-Tune/Season Finale
By the way, this does not include track rental events on the dragstrip nor does it include five more events scheduled on the GIR road course. For more information, go to Gateway Raceway.com.
Gates will open for both events at 8 AM with racing beginning at 9 AM and continuing until 4 PM.
Therefore, the remaining 2008 GIR drag racing schedule includes the following:
Tuesday, October 7: Street Car Shootout Series/Open Test-N-Tune
Wednesday, October 8: Slick Tire Test-N-Tune/Street Bike Shootout Series
Tuesday, October 7 through Saturday, October 10:
10th annual Run ‘N Gun Nationals Replica Car Challenge
(contested on both the road course and the dragstrip)
Tuesday, October 14: Final Street Car Shootout Series/Open Test-N-Tune
Wednesday, October 15: Final Slick Tire Test-N-Tune/Street Bike Shootout Series
Friday, October 15 through Sunday, October 17:
14th annual United Black Drag Racers Association Black Sunday
(Open to all vehicles and, yes…all ethnicities…and the event includes a grudge racing division)
Saturday, November 1: Open Test-N-Tune/Swap Meet
Saturday, November 15: Open Test-N-Tune/Season Finale
By the way, this does not include track rental events on the dragstrip nor does it include five more events scheduled on the GIR road course. For more information, go to Gateway Raceway.com.
