By: Kevin Ramsell
LOVES PARK, IL (Tuesday, July 01, 2008) – Officials at both Jefferson (WI) Speedway and Rockford (IL) Speedway are gearing for the first ever Goodyear Stateline Challenge starting this Thursday night at Jefferson Speedway and concluding on Saturday night at Rockford Speedway.

This two-day event will feature the late model and sportsman drivers who compete weekly at each track.

This event will follow the Jefferson Speedway/Rockford Speedway rules & weights that apply at each track. There is no registration fee and the pit passes will be $20 each night with the competitor’s home track membership.

The first event will take place on Thursday, July 3 at Jefferson Speedway with the running of the Old Glory 50 that will pay $550 to win and $125 to start. Pit gates open at 2 pm with practice starting at 3 pm. Qualifying will start at 5 pm with the first race at 8 pm.

The second event will be two nights later at Rockford Speedway with the Star Spangled 76 that will pay $676 to win and $140 to start. Pit gates open at 3 pm with practice at 4 pm. Qualifying will start at 5:30 pm with racing at 7:07 pm.

Home track qualifying, line-up and race procedures will be utilized at each track.

Competitors who pre-register and compete in both events will be eligible for the Goodyear Stateline Challenge Point Fund. You can pre-register by calling either (920) 648-2705 or (815) 633-1500.

The Champion will receive two Goodyear 2862 or 2863 tires, an embroidered Goodyear champion’s Jacket plus a Giant Goodyear Stateline Challenge Championship Trophy. Second place will receive $100 and a FREE Goodyear tire. The top 12 overall will receive at least a free Goodyear tire.

Also on the schedule for each event will be the Sportsman Shootout with the Cheesehead 30 at Jefferson and the Flatlander 25 at Rockford, along with FIREWORKS at the end of each event.

Both track promoters, Terry Tucker at Jefferson and Gregg McKarns at Rockford, have announced that two provisionals will be given for Rockford competitors at Jefferson event while two provisionals will be given to Jefferson competitors at the Rockford event for both the late model and sportsman divisions.

The list is starting to grow for this event. A list of expected entrants is below.

For more information on Jefferson Speedway, please visit their site at www.jeffersonspeedway.com and for Rockford Speedway, please visit www.rockfordspeedway.com.

2008 Goodyear Stateline Challenge
Thursday Night July 3 at Jefferson Speedway
Saturday Night July 5 at Rockford Speedway

Drivers Expected to Run Both Events
As of: 7/1/2008

Late Models
2 Michael Bilderback Rockford
5 Casey Johnson Jefferson
7 Bob Kahler At Large
10 Jon Reynolds, Jr Rockford
11 Tim Sargent Rockford
16 Tyler Peterson Rockford
17 Ty Reedy At Large
17 Ryan Carlson Rockford
39 Matt Berger Rockford
41 Mike Taylor Jefferson
44 Roger Behlke Jefferson
51 Dennis Schmidt At Large
52 Steve Dobbratz Jefferson
52 Leonard Reimer Rockford
66 Curt Thompson Jefferson
71 John Ovadahl, Jr Jefferson
75 Mike Beyer Rockford
95 Jeff Falbe At Large

Sportsman
3 Chris Gantz Rockford
6 Chris Erhart Jefferson
6 Darrell Garman Rockford
7 Kyle Watters Jefferson
7 James Helmer Jefferson
12 Scott Lawver At Large
14 Fred Nason Rockford
23 Ron Young Rockford
27 Ricky Nielsen Rockford
30 Randy Samples Rockford
31 Dave Oswald Jefferson
42 Tom Reents Jefferson
52 Tory Bagley Jefferson
55 Terry Wangsness Jefferson
85 Beau Lawson Rockford
4D Brandon Reidner At Large