Gateway to be repaved before IndyCar race

The Gateway surface was terrible and has to be repaved.

RACER.com's Robin Miller reported Gateway Motorsports Park outside St. Louis is "going to repave the entire 1.25-mile oval" prior to the Bommarito Automotive Group 500 on Aug. 26 in an "effort to try and ensure the best possible return" of IndyCar.

Gateway President Curtis Francois "pursued IndyCar for the past three years and is promoting the 15th race in the Verizon IndyCar Series."

The track surface was "breaking up" during IndyCar driver Ed Carpenter's initial test "so it was patched, and then during an open test on May 2 the abrasive surface was cutting down tires."

Carpenter said, "They were having trouble identifying whether it was the surface or the patches so repaving takes care of that." RACER.com