MADISON, IL - Doc's Harley Davidson, is back as the major sponsor of motorcycle drag racing at Gateway International Raceway. The St. Louis based Harley Davidson Sales and Service center and longtime Gateway sponsor has signed on to be the title sponsor of Gateway's Street Bike and Pro Bike weekly racing series. Doc's has also worked with Gateway to create the Doc's Quick Street Bike and Doc's Quick Harley Program during the Wednesday Night Slick Tire Test and Tunes.
The Doc's Harley Davidson Street Bike and Pro Bike classes will run on Saturday with Gateway's weekly drag racing program. Doc's support has allowed Gateway to be one of the few tracks in the country to run both a Street Bike and Pro Bike category.
The Doc's Harley Davidson Quick Street Bike and Doc's Quick Harley will be contested during Gateway's Wednesday Night Test and Tunes. They will match the quickest two street bikes and the quickest two Harley's to see who's got the quickest street bike and Harley of the evening.
"We are very happy to have the support that we have from Doc's Harley Davidson," said Matt Strelo, Gateway's Vice President and General Manager, "It allows us the opportunities to have one of the biggest and most diverse bike programs in the country."
"We are very happy to continue our race tradition through our relationship with Gateway International Raceway, " said Patty Bush, Dealer Principal and Owner of Doc's Harley-Davidson, "Racing is a part of the long standing tradition of Doc's since our earliest days in business and has been a passion of my family since the beginning. Racers struggle to make ends meet, cart their families around the country and make huge sacrifices all for the sake of making another pass. Supporting a flat track and drag racing team for years, we understand this and have always embraced any role we can play in promoting racing in the Midwest, especially when bringing new fans to the sport. We are pround Harley-Davidson has become the official motorcycle sponsor of the NHRA this year and look forward to another great season honoring racers and their machines at Gateway."
Doc's Harley-Davidson is located at the intersection of Lindbergh and Big Bend in Kirkwood, Missouri. Doc's was founded by "Doc" Schneidewind and Charlie Popovich in 1955. Today Doc's, is run by "Doc's" daughter, Patty Bush. The 28,000 square foot facility ranks 2nd out of 670 dealers nationwide for new bike purchase experience.
Gateway International Raceway's weekly racing program is one of the most active drag racing programs in the country. Gateway runs three test and tunes a week and hosts the NHRA's Division 3 winning bracket racing program. Gateway is also the host of the O'Reilly's NHRA Midwest Nationals, a Lucas Oil Divisional Series Event, the Mobil 1 World Ford Challenge, Monster Mopar, AHDRA, UBDRA's "Black Sunday", NOPI, Motorcycle Megabucks and much, much more. For more information on Gateway, please log on to www.gatewayraceway.com
The Doc's Harley Davidson Street Bike and Pro Bike classes will run on Saturday with Gateway's weekly drag racing program. Doc's support has allowed Gateway to be one of the few tracks in the country to run both a Street Bike and Pro Bike category.
The Doc's Harley Davidson Quick Street Bike and Doc's Quick Harley will be contested during Gateway's Wednesday Night Test and Tunes. They will match the quickest two street bikes and the quickest two Harley's to see who's got the quickest street bike and Harley of the evening.
"We are very happy to have the support that we have from Doc's Harley Davidson," said Matt Strelo, Gateway's Vice President and General Manager, "It allows us the opportunities to have one of the biggest and most diverse bike programs in the country."
"We are very happy to continue our race tradition through our relationship with Gateway International Raceway, " said Patty Bush, Dealer Principal and Owner of Doc's Harley-Davidson, "Racing is a part of the long standing tradition of Doc's since our earliest days in business and has been a passion of my family since the beginning. Racers struggle to make ends meet, cart their families around the country and make huge sacrifices all for the sake of making another pass. Supporting a flat track and drag racing team for years, we understand this and have always embraced any role we can play in promoting racing in the Midwest, especially when bringing new fans to the sport. We are pround Harley-Davidson has become the official motorcycle sponsor of the NHRA this year and look forward to another great season honoring racers and their machines at Gateway."
Doc's Harley-Davidson is located at the intersection of Lindbergh and Big Bend in Kirkwood, Missouri. Doc's was founded by "Doc" Schneidewind and Charlie Popovich in 1955. Today Doc's, is run by "Doc's" daughter, Patty Bush. The 28,000 square foot facility ranks 2nd out of 670 dealers nationwide for new bike purchase experience.
Gateway International Raceway's weekly racing program is one of the most active drag racing programs in the country. Gateway runs three test and tunes a week and hosts the NHRA's Division 3 winning bracket racing program. Gateway is also the host of the O'Reilly's NHRA Midwest Nationals, a Lucas Oil Divisional Series Event, the Mobil 1 World Ford Challenge, Monster Mopar, AHDRA, UBDRA's "Black Sunday", NOPI, Motorcycle Megabucks and much, much more. For more information on Gateway, please log on to www.gatewayraceway.com
