POST FALLS, IDAHO – June 22, 2008

Congratulations to California’s Eddie Secord in his Pro-4 Alliance Win!!!

        POST FALLS, IDAHO – June 22, 2008 – In the end it was California’s Eddie Secord who claimed the top spot in a full field of cars, winning the third annual Northwest Pro 4 Nationals part of the Pro 4 Alliance tour Saturday night at Stateline Speedway. Thirty teams from six different states were in contention for the crown.

Secord took the lead early in the 75-lap event when last year’s race winner John Grosvenor exited the race with mechanical problems while leading. Secord built up a large gap between second place until cautions and lapped traffic allowed Ron Rohde to challenge for position midway in the race pulling even with Secord but unable to complete the pass.

Inaugural Northwest Nationals race winner Steve Thompson of West Richland, Washington closed in on the lead during the final laps to apply pressure to the inside of Secord with 10-laps to go.

Secord prevailed holding a strong lower line through the turns to take the victory after a challenge on a restart. Thompson finished second Rob Powers third.

The win was Secord’s first victory at Stateline in only his second start. The win netted car owner Terry Rennick his second title at the Northwest Nationals. Rennick finished fourth driving a team car.

John Jackson finished fifth, the highest of local drivers. After running second the majority of the race Rohde finished sixth. Kameron McKeehan, Bud Rumsey, Cody Stewart, and Johnny Rumsey rounded out the top ten.

Utah’s Kurt Madsen won a dash along with Rob Golden. Tom Keehan and Tom Plybon won heats. Wayne Dillon set fast time and was one of the fastest cars during the main event but suffered mechanical problems late in the race. Mechanical problems also sidelined North Carolina’s Darren Shaw who was also a front runner early in the race.
 

NORTHWEST PRO 4 NATIONALS – PRO 4 ALLIANCE RACE
Fast Time – Wayne Dillon, 13.887. Trophy Dash -- A) Kurt Madsen; B) Rob Golden. Heat – B) Tom Keehan; C) Tom Plybon. B Main – 1) Kenny Chandler; 2) Dan Hale; 3) Renny Morose; 4) Neal Latham; 5) Travis Allen. Main -- 1) Eddie Secord; 2) Steve Thompson; 3) Rob Powers; 4) Terry Rennick; 5) John Jackson; 6) Ron Rohde; 7) Kameron McKeehan; 8) Bud Rumsey; 9) Cody Stewart; 10) Johnny Rumsey.

 

Rhode Repeats @ State Line Speedway  

June 1, 2008

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Ron Rohde set fast time and for the Late Model 4’s and held off John Jackson thru early race mishaps to win the 25-lap main event. Jackson finished second with early race leader Doug McMillan and Spokane’s Travis Allen rounding out the top five.

Kameron McKeehan won the heat. Paul McCarthy took the trophy dash. Late Model 4’s competitors return to Stateline Speedway for the Northwest Pro 4 Nationals race June 21. Drivers from the FSCRA of Western Washington and the Northwest Pro 4 Alliance will also field entries for the event.

Fast Time – Ron Rohde, 14.088. Trophy Dash – 1) Paul McCarthy. Heat – 1) Kameron McKeehan Main – 1) Rohde; 2) John Jackson 3) Doug McMillan; 4) Travis Allen; 5) McKeehan; 6) Dan Bedwell; 7) McCarthy.

 

Ron Rohde Wins Season Opener at State Line

Ron Rohde in the # 29 Ford Taurus takes two out of three wins at State Line Speed Way last Saturday May 10th. Lewiston ID's John Jackson runner up in last years points championship came in second, while Kevin McKeehan in the #41 Chevy Monte Carlo followed across the start finish line taking home third in the 35 Lap Feature event. The 83 Car out of Boise ID took fourth while Spokane's Travis Allen rounds of the top five.

    The nights festivities started off with qualifying and Kevin McKeehan proved why he is one of the top car builders in the Northwest by taking his brand new 3K Racing #41 Chevy Monte Carlo and putting it on the pole with a time of 14.106, that time even out timed the top ICAR Limited Late Model car by three tenths of a second. John Jackson had the second fast time at 14.459.

    The trophy dash had Travis Allen in the new #80 JA MotorSports Pontiac Grand Prix on the front row inside with the 83 Car from Boise, ID rounding off the front row. Behind Allen was John Jackson in the #20 Bob Jackson Auto Body Pontiac Grand-Prix next to him was the nights fast qualifier Kevin McKeehan sporting his new paint scheme of red and black a throw back scheme to the old 3K Late Model. With Allen having handling problems it left the door open for John Jackson to take to first checkered flag of the season followed by Kevin McKeehan, the 83 car from Boise and Travis Allen rounding off the field.
 

    The heat race of the night was won by Ron Rohde followed by Paul McCarthy in the 02 Budweiser car. In third was the 83 car than the 80 of Travis Allen, 16 of Bob Winker rounded of the top five. The # 22 car making his North West late Model 4 debut came in sixth. Leaving the nights fast qualifiers bringing up the rear of the field due to a last lap wreck in the back stretch.

       Next the North West Late Model 4 boys will head over to the West Coast to due battle in the first Pro 4 Alliance race of the year at South Sound Speedway. The Late Model 4's will be back at State Line on the 31st of this month.

See you at the track.

 

Mother Nature not playing fair for local racers

The 2008 State Line Speedway racers jamboree was scheduled for Sat April 5 but due to snow, yes snow in April, the kick off to the 2008 State Line Speedway season will now be next Saturday April 12th. Due to the extreme weather conditions the officials at State Line Speedway has announced the addition of another practice date Thursday April 10th from 4-7p.m.

 

STATELINE RELEASES PRELIMINARY SCHEDULE FOR 2008

1/7/2008

POST FALLS, Idaho – – Stateline Speedway has released a preliminary schedule of events for the 2008 season. The schedule details tentative dates of the various local divisions and special touring series that will compete at the venue.

The preliminary schedule can be found on Stateline Speedway’s website at www.raceidaho.com. Officials will release a full schedule of start times, ticket prices, and special promotions in coming weeks.

In its 18th season of operation under the direction of Joe and Walt Doellefeld, the season will play host to over 55 motorsports events starting Saturday April 5, 2008 with the Racer’s Jamboree and conclude Wednesday October 1, 2008 with the season finale of Wednesday Night Fever .

Popular events returning to Stateline Speedway include the NAPA Auto Parts Idaho 200 weekend, July 3 Giant Demolition Derby and Fireworks Extravaganza, Northwest Pro 4 Nationals, Gary Miller Memorial Modified Race, and the Vintage cars for Golden Wheels and West Coast Vintage Racers.

New events for 2008 include the return of the ASA NSRA Sprint Cars during the Northwest Super Shoe Show in August. Also in August the Rocky Mountain Challenge Series makes its debut at Stateline Speedway part of the Idaho 200 weekend. Modified drivers will pay tribute to racer Doyle Braton at a 93-lap race August 16.

Other new events include the “Slobber Knocker” for limited late model type cars September 27. A RACEceiver National Touring Series qualifier race will take place June 24 featuring Legends cars part of the Northwest Legends Speedweek. A second Demolition Derby event is added for Labor Day weekend part of the first ever “Smash a Polooza.”

Wednesday Night Fever, featuring cars and superstars in Road Runners, Fever 4’s and Bump to Pass, will run a 26-week season.

Over twenty different race divisions will be featured during the season.

Hobby Stocks, Early Stocks, Street Stocks, and Late Model 4’s will alternate on weekend events. INSSA Super Stocks, ICAR Late Models, INSCA Winged Sprints, and the Northwest Modified Series will headline multiple events.

Touring divisions making stops at the track include the ASA Aero Exhaust Northwest Tour, Northwest Legends, Outlaw Compacts, and Foreign Stock Car Auto Racers, a first time appearance from the Rocky Mountain Pro Stocks, the return of Vintage Modifieds, Northwest Outlaw Street Stocks, and Northwest Pro 4 Trucks on three events.

To view the complete preliminary schedule visit www.raceidaho.com.

For more information about Stateline Stadium/Speedway including upcoming events, promotions and participant updates log onto www.raceidaho.com or contact the event hotline at 208-773-5019

 

 

Northwest Pro 4 Alliance 2008 Summer of Excitement

12/22/2008

Bob Coply, NP4A Media

Boise, ID --- The big question going around these past few weeks has been:  What makes the “2008 Summer of Excitement Series” so exciting?  Well, that’s a good question. And the best way we can answer that, is to take a look at the results from the Northwest Pro4 Alliance’s 2007 season.

The 2007 Northwest Pro4 Alliance “Tri Track Showdown” saw 49 different race teams compete from six different states, with an average of 29 cars per event. The Alliance had three different winners, and a champion that didn’t win a single race but consistently finished every event, never once placing outside the top three spots.

The Alliance raced for combined awards of over $20,000.00, including track purse, event sponsorship money, and major product sponsorship awards. The Alliance also added a website maintained by Julie Bundschuh (www.nwpro4alliance.com ) and obtained the services of Troy Blanton as Race Coordinator.

Now during the off season, the staff of the Alliance has continued to work diligently preparing for the 2008 racing season, and the positive results speak for themselves to answer the question, “What’s so exciting?”

First, shortly after the end of the 2007 season, the Northwest Pro4 Alliance announced a provisional start program and the list of eligible teams for 2008.  These 14 teams will now have the chance at using a provisional start, should they encounter problems that keep them from qualifying for an event in 2008. The second announcement was the Motorsports Consulting Services Crew Chief of the Year award, which will further honor the efforts of the men and women behind the race team.

The 2008 schedule also saw the addition of the Wenatchee Valley Super Oval to the list of outstanding racetracks visited next season, bumping the schedule to four events in 2008.  And we are also thrilled to announce that all of our 2007 Sponsors have returned, and we will also be welcoming several new sponsors for 2008.  And the list of drivers committing to the series continues to grow,  with names such as 2006 and 2007 Meridian Speedway Champ, Kale Freedman, and 2007 State Line Speedway Champ, Jeff Smyth, just to name a few of the teams who will join our Alliance Champ, Kameron McKeehan, in 2008.

We still have several goals we are working on for 2008, but you can bank on next season living up to its name, the “2008 Summer Of Excitement"