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Nitro Joe Jackson 11-11-2010 10:17 PM
Re: Gateway done!
 
downfall of St Louis track was when they turned the track the other way, man i have great memories of the old AHRA days of the Gateway Nats and one of the first drag strips in the country that had a bar & restaurant right by the starting line.
Bret remembers those great days also!

CycloneFE 11-11-2010 11:00 PM
Re: Gateway done!
 
Bret,

My Dad said he used to go to Cahokia in the 1950's to Park's Air College where they used to run on the air strip. He told me that Lawrenceville was run on the air strip there also. He attended it a lot. He saw Garlits, Arfons, and the "Bustle Bomb" back in the day. It must have been quite a time back then.

Steve

k.pascoe 11-12-2010 10:26 AM
Re: Gateway done!
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Nitro Joe Jackson (Post 221610)
downfall of St Louis track was when they turned the track the other way, man i have great memories of the old AHRA days of the Gateway Nats and one of the first drag strips in the country that had a bar & restaurant right by the starting line.
Bret remembers those great days also!
Joe,

That club, bar, restaurant, went by the name of "Stages". It...., was a local legend.

Bret Kepner 11-12-2010 12:02 PM
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It actually started out as a "real" restaurant called Shooter's Steakhouse in 1976. After that went out of business, it was rented out and renamed Stages which was a bar/nightclub. Stages was shut down by law enforcement for admitting underage kids in 1993. The building was vacant from '94-'96.

k.pascoe 11-12-2010 12:32 PM
Re: Gateway done!
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Bret Kepner (Post 221677)
It actually started out as a "real" restaurant called Shooter's Steakhouse in 1976. After that went out of business, it was rented out and renamed Stages which was a bar/nightclub. Stages was shut down by law enforcement for admitting underage kids in 1993. The building was vacant from '94-'96.
Bret,

I can still hear in my mind the best line ever at a drag race by a track announcer at The Swamp. (I'll leave he name out, just because.)

"So and so just won more money than his whole house is worth!!!"

michael mercer 11-12-2010 02:30 PM
Re: Gateway done!
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Bret Kepner (Post 221677)
It actually started out as a "real" restaurant called Shooter's Steakhouse in 1976. After that went out of business, it was rented out and renamed Stages which was a bar/nightclub. Stages was shut down by law enforcement for admitting underage kids in 1993. The building was vacant from '94-'96.
Wasn't it being opperated by the Fed's trying to get some of thier money back at the
time it was busted?

Bret Kepner 11-13-2010 01:20 AM
Re: Gateway done!
 
Huh?

michael mercer 11-13-2010 07:48 PM
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Bret, you have a PM


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