(Nearly 20,000 Students Participating This Year)
Madison, IL - Gateway International Raceway announced today that their partnership
with the St. Louis Post-Dispatch in the Newspapers In Education (NIE) Program has
grown to nearly 1000 teachers and 20,000 area students for 2006. The focus on the
program is "Character in the Classroom"and how the sport of racing can teach valuable
life skills to elementary level through high school aged students.
The month of February profiles the different forms of motorsports that run at Gateway
and features interviews with various racers. In the Friday, February 3 edition of the Post-
Dispatch St. Louis native and NASCAR star Kenny Wallace was featured. In the
interview, Wallace talks about growing up in the first family of racing and how it shaped
his life. He talks about the sacrifices and preparation it took for him to be a successful
driver in NASCAR.
This is the second consecutive year Gateway has partnered up with the St. Louis Post-
Dispatch in the NIE program. In 2005, 545 teachers and 12,000 students participated.
Gateway International Raceway is owned by Dover Motorsports, Inc. (NYSE: DVD), a leading
promoter of motorsports events in the United States. DVD subsidiaries operate tracks in three
states, and present more than 500 motorsports events each year. This includes 15 major,
national events which operate under the auspices of three of the premier sanctioning bodies in
the U.S. - NASCAR, NHRA, and IRL. Dover Motorsports, Inc. also owns and operates Dover
International Speedway in Dover, Del., Nashville Superspeedway near Nashville, Tenn., and
Memphis Motorsports Park in Memphis, Tenn.
Madison, IL - Gateway International Raceway announced today that their partnership
with the St. Louis Post-Dispatch in the Newspapers In Education (NIE) Program has
grown to nearly 1000 teachers and 20,000 area students for 2006. The focus on the
program is "Character in the Classroom"and how the sport of racing can teach valuable
life skills to elementary level through high school aged students.
The month of February profiles the different forms of motorsports that run at Gateway
and features interviews with various racers. In the Friday, February 3 edition of the Post-
Dispatch St. Louis native and NASCAR star Kenny Wallace was featured. In the
interview, Wallace talks about growing up in the first family of racing and how it shaped
his life. He talks about the sacrifices and preparation it took for him to be a successful
driver in NASCAR.
This is the second consecutive year Gateway has partnered up with the St. Louis Post-
Dispatch in the NIE program. In 2005, 545 teachers and 12,000 students participated.
Gateway International Raceway is owned by Dover Motorsports, Inc. (NYSE: DVD), a leading
promoter of motorsports events in the United States. DVD subsidiaries operate tracks in three
states, and present more than 500 motorsports events each year. This includes 15 major,
national events which operate under the auspices of three of the premier sanctioning bodies in
the U.S. - NASCAR, NHRA, and IRL. Dover Motorsports, Inc. also owns and operates Dover
International Speedway in Dover, Del., Nashville Superspeedway near Nashville, Tenn., and
Memphis Motorsports Park in Memphis, Tenn.
