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April 16, 2007
Updated Feb. 24, 2009

NHRA Division 3 Champs

Team Gateway Championships:

2005 – Team Champion

2005 – Jr. Team Spirit Award

2006 – Jr. Team Spirit Award

Division Champions:

Lynn Muir – 1999 Super Pro Champion

Jason Phillips – 2001 Super Pro Champion

Steve Pearson – 2001 Pro Champion

Jacob Blumenstein – 2004 Jr. Dragster Champion (8-9)

David Gamber – 2005 Sportsman (Street ET) Champion

Kelsey Beimfohr – 2005 Jr Dragster Champion (8-9)

Austin Suhre – 2006 Jr. Dragster Champion (13 and up)

Race of Champions:

Bob Lohr – 2001 Pro Bike Race of Champions

Doug Graf – 2004 Super Pro Race of Champions

Corey Landolt – 2006 Super Pro Race of Champions

Summit Shootout:

Ron Beach Jr. – 2004 Sportsman (Street ET) Summit Shootout

Dave Demsko – 2006 Pro Summit Shootout

Gateway Track Champions

Super Pro

Year	Super Pro ¼ mile Champion
1996	Doug Graf
1997	Mark Gilliam
1998	Doug Graf
1999	Jeff Norton

In 2000 – 2002, Gateway Crowned a Super Pro 1/8 mile and ¼ mile champion:

Year	Super Pro ¼ Mile Champion	Super Pro 1/8 Mile Champion
2000	Greg Sesti	Corey Landolt
2001	Dave Schutte	Joe Kuchta
2002	Tim Foley	Greg Sesti

In 2003, Gateway went back to crowning only a Super Pro ¼ Mile Champion:

Year	Super Pro 1/4 Mile Champion
2003	Tim Foley
2004	Doug Graf
2005	Jon Tignor
2006	Cory Landolt
2007	Scott Offerman
2008	Mark Gilliam

Pro

Year	Champion
1996	Allen Mollet
1997	Allen Mollet
1998	John Hoffman
1999	Jason Phillips
2000	Brandon Ray
2001	Brandon Ray
2002	Mike Vishino
2003	John Ratulowski
2004	Dan Smith
2005	Clay Tyler
2006	Ron Hendrixson
2007	Mike Vishino
2008	Mike Vishino

Street

Year	Champion
1996	Dennis Gilliam
1997	Jason Phillips
1998	Hank Cullen
1999	John Anderson
2000	Jim Bouckaert
2001	Ron Rathgeb, Jr.
2002	Ron Rathgeb, Jr.
2003	Ron Rathgeb, Jr.
2004	Jim Bouckaert
2005	Jim Bouckaert
2006	Jim Bouckaert
2007	Ron Beach, Sr.
2008	Dave Gamber

Super Pro Bike  

1996	Dave Heimbach
1997	Bob Lohr
1998	Dave Heimbach
1999	Bob Lohr
2000	Bob Lohr
2001	Bob Lohr
2002	Noel Clark
2003	Jim Ryan
2004	Bob Lohr
2005	Bruce Damewood
2006	Bob Lohr
2007	Bob Lohr
2008	Bob Lohr

 

Street Bike

2002	Dusty Katich
2003	Jon Sykes
2004	Don Klarer
2005	Charles Willis
2006	Denny Slusser
2007	Denny Slusser
2008	Rudy Sanzottera

 

High School

Year	Champion
1996	Andy Hartline
1997	Andy Hartline
1998	Dan Stone
1999	Dan Stone
2000	Lauren Wescoat
2001	Ron Rathgeb, Jr.
2002	Torrey Graf
2003	Ron Rathgeb, Jr.
2004	Kevin Goss
2005	Sarah Bryant
2006	Aaron Hagen
2007	Dan Harris
2008	Matt Gosch

Jr. Dragster

Until 2003, Gateway ran one Jr. Dragster class:

Year	Jr. Drag Champion
1996	Tim Horstmann
1997	Matt Woolf
1998	Ron Rathgeb Jr.
1999
2000	Matt Woolf
2001	Matt Woolf
2002	Jerry Bonifield
2003	Travis Pour

 

From 2004-2005, Gateway ran two Jr. Dragster classes (8-9 and 10 and up):

Year	8-9	10 and up
2004	Jacob Blumenstein	Matt Lauterbach
2005	Jacob Blumenstein	Zach Kerr

 

In 2006, Gateway added a third class 13 and up (8-9,10-12, 13 and up):

Year	8-9 Champion	10-12 Champion	13+ Champion
2006	Jessica Schaeffer	Chris "Shotty" Kesel	Shannon Beimfohr
2007	Tommy Heaney	Austin Vaughn	Kegan Hagendorn
2008	Chase Bittle	Jacob Blumenstein	Tolisa Blumenstein

    

Earl Liverpool Memorial Sportsman of the Year Award

Year	Winner
1993	Earl Liverpool
1994	Jerry Dalton
1995	Tim Haeffner
1996	Reggie Luter
1997	Doug Graf
1998	Greg Collum
1999	Lynn Muir
2000	Brian Suhre
2001	Brandon Ray
2002	Tim Seibel
2003	Mark Ballard
2004	Kevin Corzine
2005	Bret Kepner
2006	Tim Seibel
2007	Junior McKague
2008	Brian Suhre

 

Gateway International Raceway / St. Louis International’s history goes back way before 1993.  Please feel free to send any past champion information that is not listed to rschaefer@gatewayraceway.com.