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11-11-2010, 10:17 PM
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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! |
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11-11-2010, 11:00 PM
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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 |
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11-12-2010, 10:26 AM
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Re: Gateway done!
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That club, bar, restaurant, went by the name of "Stages". It...., was a local legend. |
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11-12-2010, 12:02 PM
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Re: Gateway done!
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.
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11-12-2010, 12:32 PM
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Re: Gateway done!
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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!!!" |
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11-12-2010, 02:30 PM
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Re: Gateway done!
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time it was busted? |
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11-13-2010, 01:20 AM
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Re: Gateway done!
Huh?
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11-13-2010, 07:48 PM
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Re: Gateway done!
Bret, you have a PM
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