Workers at Daimler Chrysler St. Louis South Plant will receive a camping world 200 tickets from Gateway International Raceway (GIR) staff with the Missouri-Illinois Dodge Dealers. They handing out 5,000 tickets to the Camping World 200 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race at GIR. The plant, has been schedules on Oct 31 to shutdown,produces the Dodge Caravan minivan. According to UAW Joint Operations Facilitator, Bill Roberts that approximately 1,400 workers/employees will lose their jobs as a result of the closure.

Roberts said the tickets of race at Gateway on Saturday which also features the ASA Late Model Series Challenge Division, will provide a boost in morale to the plant’s employees. It’s going that people are thinking about (the employees) and the impact that shutdown is making on their lives. It will be a morale that people are thinking about them and they haven’t been abandoned.

Vince Capatosta, Missouri-Illinois Dodge Dealers President, who among the volunteers handing out tickets Wednesday. Capatosta said “We’re always excited about working with our partners at the plant. It’s unfortunate that the circumstances revolving around the South plant have taken place. ” The quality of the vehicles that they build with a plant will be back up and running at some point. Over the years, Chrysler family plants would be one of the better plants as far as quality.

Lenny Batycki , a Gateway International Raceway Vice President and General Manager said it was important to be there for the men and women of the plant who have worked hard to provide such a quality product for American families.

NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series ASA Late Model Series at GIR practices takes place Friday with ASALMS qualifying at 4 p.m. On Saturday at 10 a.m the NCTS qualifying with the Camping World 200 scheduled to go green at approximately 1:30 p.m. Saturday.

Tickets are available by visiting this website www.gatewayraceway.com and using the “Print-At-Home” option or by purchasing tickets at the track starting Friday

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