Northwest Pro4 Alliance Sets 2010 Race Season

Labor Day Weekend plays host to the series championship events at Stateline Speedway with the potential for a date at Spokane County Raceway to conclude the year.
Courtesy: Bob Coply/NW Pro4 Alliance Media Relations
Boise, Id. - The Northwest Pro4 Alliance will kick off the 2010 Summer ofExcitement Series IV at the fast Wenatchee Valley’s Super Oval on May, 1stalong with the fast B-Mods and the fun and quick Super Mini Stocks. RickThompson of Prosser, WA will be back to defend his 2009 win.Round two will find the fastest Pro4 Late Models in the country at thelegendary Yakima Speedway on June 12th where they will share the card withthe Outlaw Compacts and Street Stocks. Rick Thompson won the 2009 event andwill be a strong contender in 2010.The month of July will allow teams to slip in a family vacation, prepare forthe final three events or to take part in some non-points events. TheAlliance will visit Canada on July 4th weekend for an exhibition at WesternSpeedway. Alliance marketing director Bob Coply explains, “were very excitedto branch out and show the tracks in Canada just what we have to offer andwith the support of Jim McKay, Paul Klatt, Lois Pollard-Grant and a coupleof other Canadian teams along with several Alliance regulars lead by 2009Champ Matt Melby, Steve and Rick Thompson and 2009 Alliance Rookie of theYear Steve Schovares we should make a positive impression”.If Canada is not something you can do maybe a trip to Meridian Speedway totry the newly redesigned quarter mile track. Track manager, Adam Nelson isentering his second season as the General Manager and would like to inviteour teams to come down on July 10th.Round three will find the cars and stars of the Alliance rolling into TwinFalls, ID for their first visit to Magic Valley Speedway on August 7th.Magic Valley Speedway promoter Eddy McKean was gracious enough to put on aFriday night practice on August 6th for our teams that have never been tothe third mile oval. Meridian, Idaho’s Kale Freedman won the last Pro4 raceheld at the track and looks forward to racing with the Alliance.Championship weekend will fall on the Labor Day weekend September 4th and5th and the Alliance teams will be put to the test as Saturday night willfind them at Stateline Stadium Speedway in Post Falls, ID where defendingAlliance Champ Matt Melby scored his first win last year. Sunday nights hostwill be the half mile Spokane County Raceway where two time Alliance champKameron McKeehan and Lewiston Idaho driver John Jackson have both won clubraces at in 2009.“This by far will be one heck of a season for four cylinder late modelracing” states Coply and all of the Alliance teams extend a huge invitationto the fans to come and watch.”