Upcoming Drag Racing Week At A Glance at Gateway!

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Tuesday, September 7, 2004, Street Legal Grudge Racing: Street Legal Grudge Racing features street
legal cars with street tires only, racing for love of the sport, not money! This gives those who might
otherwise race illegally on the street a safe, legal venue to race their cars against their friends at high speeds
without fear of legal repercussions or danger to others. Gates open at 5:00pm with runs from 5:30pm to
10:30pm.

Wednesday, September 8, 2004, Slick Tire Test and Tune: Slick Tire Test and Tune includes cars,
motorcycles and Junior Dragsters with slick tires or D.O.T. slicks doing just what the event title says,
testing their vehicles and making the adjustments to push them to run faster in the upcoming money races!
Gates open at 5:00pm with runs from 5:30pm to 10:30pm.

More than 1,000 classic Chrysler, Plymouth, Dodge, Jeep and AMC vehicles will crowd the grounds at the
20th Annual Missouri-Illinois Dodge Dealers Monster Mopar Weekend at Gateway International
Raceway September 10-12, 2004. The huge Mopar Only Bracket Racing program will feature the worlds
fastest Mopars racing in the Indy Cylinder Heads Quick 16, the Kilpatrick Racing Engines Super Pro
Challenge, the wild and crazy King of the Street Eliminator, The Extreme Sportswear Pro Eliminator, the
Auto Mart Nostalgia Super Stock Classic (open field), the A&A Transmissions Street Eliminator and the
trickpipes.com 6-Cylinder Shootout. The racers will be running for more than $65,000 in cash and awards,
the largest purse of its type in the nation for an all Mopar event. An added feature event will be the Teen
ArriveAlive Funny Car Nationals. Close to 50 of these thundering 220 mph cars will compete in the world
points final for the Nostalgia Funny Car Association in four classes, Injected, Blown Alcohol, The Salorr
Gas & Electric Scooters Blown VRA Nitro Eliminator and the Blown Non-VRA Nitro Eliminator. Other
events include more than 700 Mopar classic and muscle cars displayed in the Hardens Muscle Car World
Car Show along with the Winged Warrior's Fall Meet which is the largest annual gathering of Dodge
Charger Daytonas and Plymouth Road Runner Superbirds in the world; the return of the world famous
"Hurst Hemi Under Glass" along with racing legend Bob Riggle in his last national tour, "King of the
Burnouts" Burnout Contest, and 300 additional wild street and custom rods in the Midwest Rod, Custom
and Street Machine Nationals presented by the Nostalgia Rod and Custom Association. Each day's
schedule follows:

Friday, September 10, 2004, Monster Mopar Weekend: Gates open at 11:00am with Open Time Trials
at 11:00am, Funny Car Time Trials at 4:00pm, Time Trials by Class at 5:00pm and Funny Car 1st Round at
8:00pm. In addition, fans can visit the Manufacturers Midway, the Swap Meet Area and the Car Show.

Saturday, September 11, 2004, Monster Mopar Weekend: Gates open at 8:00am with Time Trials by
Class at 9:00am, Quick 16 and KOS Time Trials at 11:00am and 1:00pm and Qualifying at 4:00pm and
6:30pm, Saturday eliminations for 6-Cylinder and NSS at Noon and the Finals at 4:45pm, Funny Car 2nd
Round at 5:00pm and 3rd Round at 8:00pm followed by the Funny Car Finals at 9:30pm. There will also be
a Burnout Contest at 7:00pm. In addition, fans can visit the Manufacturers Midway, the Swap Meet Area
and the Car Show.

Sunday, September 12, 2004, Monster Mopar Weekend: Gates open at 8:00am with Time Trials for All
Classes and the Quick 16 Final Qualifying Round beginning at 9:00am and Final Eliminations at 11:00am.
In addition, fans can visit the Manufacturers Midway, the Swap Meet Area and the Car Show. The Car
Show Awards will be presented at 2:00pm.
 




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