As a road course: 1985 (1985) As oval: May 1997 (1997-05)
Former names
St. Louis International Raceway (1967–1988) Gateway International Raceway (1988–2011) Gateway Motorsports Park (2012–2018)
Major events
Current: NASCAR Cup Series Enjoy Illinois 300 (2022–present) IndyCar Series Bommarito Automotive Group 500 (2001–2003, 2017–present) NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Toyota 200 presented by CK Power (1998–2010, 2014–present) Trans-Am Series (1985, 2023–present) NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series NHRA Midwest Nationals (1997–2010, 2012–present) Former: NASCAR Xfinity Series 5-Hour Energy 250 (1997–2010) ARCA Menards Series Dutch Boy 150 (1986, 1997, 2001, 2004–2007, 2018–2020) Monaco Cocktails Gateway Classic 125 (2018–2019) AMA Superbike Championship (1995) Can-Am (1985–1986)
Website
https://www.wwtraceway.com/
Oval (1997–present)
Surface
Asphalt
Length
1.250 miles (2.012 km)
Turns
4
Banking
Turn 1 & 2: 11° Turn 3 & 4: 9°
Race lap record
0:24.6317 ( Josef Newgarden, Dallara DW12, 2017, IndyCar)
Infield Road Course 1 (1997–present)
Surface
Asphalt
Length
1.600 miles (2.575 km)
Turns
10
Race lap record
0:58.729 ( Chris Dyson, Ford Mustang Trans-Am, 2023, TA1)
Infield Road Course 2 (2019–present)
Surface
Asphalt
Length
2.000 miles (3.219 km)
Turns
14
Dragway
Surface
Asphalt
Length
0.250 miles (0.400 km)
Kartplex
Surface
Asphalt
Length
0.55 miles
Turns
11
Original Road Course (1985–1995)
Length
2.600 miles (4.184 km)
Turns
14
Race lap record
1:23.090 ( Bill Tempero, March 84C, 1986, Can-Am)
Gateway Motorsports Park (now known as World Wide Technology Raceway) is a motorsport racing facility in Madison, Illinois, just east of St. Louis, close to the Gateway Arch. It features a 1.250 mi (2.012 km) oval that hosts the NASCAR Cup Series, NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, and the NTT IndyCar Series, a 2.000 mi (3.219 km) infield road course used by SpeedTour TransAm, SCCA, and Porsche Club of America, a quarter-mile NHRA-sanctioned drag strip that hosts the annual NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series Midwest Nationals event, and the Kartplex, a state-of-the-art karting facility.
The first major event held at the facility was the CART Series on Saturday May 24, 1997, the day before the Indy Racing League's Indianapolis 500. Rather than scheduling a race directly opposite the Indy 500 (as they had done in 1996 with the U.S. 500), CART scheduled Gateway the day before to serve as their Memorial Day weekend open-wheel alternative without direct conflict. For 2000, the race was moved to the fall. In 2001, it was dropped from the CART series schedule, and switched alliances to the Indy Racing League. After mediocre attendance, the event was dropped altogether after 2003. It was later re-added to the schedule for 2017.
In 1998, the then named Gateway International Raceway was purchased by Dover Motorsports, a group that also owned what is now Memphis International Raceway, along with the Nashville Superspeedway and Dover International Speedway. On November 3, 2010, Dover Motorsports closed the facility. On September 8, 2011, the facility was re-opened by local St. Louis real estate developer and former Indy Lights driver Curtis Francois and renamed Gateway Motorsports Park, saving the facility days before being scrapped. Under its new leadership, World Wide Technology Raceway went from the brink of demolition to one of the very few tracks in the United States to host the NASCAR Cup Series, NTT IndyCar Series, and NHRA Drag Racing Series all during the same year. The track also hosts Formula Drift, the Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series and the Confluence Music Festival.
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