About Keera:

Birthdate: 11-18-1992
Hometown: Clarkston, MI
9th Grade Student at Clarkston Jr. High
Honor Roll Student
Runs Track
Plays 3 musical instruments - Baritone, Trumpet, Clarinet
Enjoys working with Mentally and Physically Handicapped Hobbies include RC Cars, Music & Shopping
(what teenage girl doesn’t enjoy shopping ??!!)
Helping her dad work on her cars.

Racing Accomplishments:

• 2003-Rookie of the Year
• 2003-MMRA Senior Novice Track Record-6.9437sec
• 2004-MMRA Senior Honda(120) Track Record-6.255sec
• 2004-Tri Cities Senior Stock Champion
• 2005-Tri Cities Senior Honda Champion
• 2005-2nd Place MMRA Points Series Senior Honda
• 2005-2nd Place MMRA Points Series Light 160
• 2005-Voted Female Driver of the year for both MMRA & Tri-Cities
• 2005-Fort Wayne Rumble-2 feature wins
• 2006-MMRA Senior Honda Track Record-6.2193sec(she broke her own record)
• 2006-2nd Place Tri Cities Heavy B
• 2006-3rd Place MMRA Heavy 160
• 2006-Fort Wayne Rumble-Friday Night- 3rd place in both Sr. Honda & Hvy 160
• 2006-Fort Wayne Rumble-Saturday-Won a Senior Honda Heat-2nd Place Hvy 160 Feature
• 2007- Columbus Rumble Series Hvy 160 Feature Winner
• 2007- Columbus Rumble Series Sr Honda 2nd Place

Team Info:

Car Owners: Reno & Jacki Allen
Chassis: Bullrider 2006 & 2007
Sponsors: Sterling Performance, Sterling Edge, PDQ Signs, Mazza Auto Parts, NR Racing, Just Dan-n-Dee Trucking
Racing plans for 2007: Mini Stock (M 40 Speedway), & Quarter Midgets Heavy 160 & World Formula on a limited schedule

And now for a little bit of history as mom remembers it:

Keera’s interest in racing began when she was about 8 years old and would spend Sunday afternoons sitting on the sofa with her Grandpa watching NASCAR. We all thought it was cute when she went around saying “I want to be a race car driver when I grow up!” Well one thing led to another and we ended up buying her a very used Quarter Midget car for her 10th birthday. Needless to say, she was thrilled to death and springtime(2003) couldn’t come fast enough for her.

It was obvious early on that she had some talent behind the wheel. She won many races and set her first track record in her rookie year and was voted Rookie of the Year by her peers. Halfway through the year, her dad realized that she could outdrive what that used car could do, so he bought her her very first Bullrider and we moved her out of the novice class into Senior Honda. 3 Races later, she made her first A-main in a competitive class in the very last race of the year. It was nice to end her first year racing on such a high note.

2004 - Early on in the season, she surprised us all by setting another track record. Her dad bought her yet another car and was loaned a Deco Stock Engine for her to run in it. So we became a two car team and it was in that second car that she won her first championship.

2005- This was an exciting year for Keera. Ray McCallum from McLaren Performance Technologies joined our team and with his help setting up and crewing her cars we were on our way to a banner year. She also experienced her first on track rivalry with a young man by the name of Trevor Berry. It was a very friendly rivalry and both drivers had an extreme amount of respect for each other. It was fun to watch the two of them go at it on the track. You just never knew who was going to win until the last lap. By the end of the year she earned herself another championship and was voted Female Driver of the year in 2 different points series. She also ran the Ft Wayne Rumble Series for the first time and won 2 of the 4 features she ran in.

2006 – We had an offer from Sterling Performance to buy her a ‘B’ Engine. So yet another car got added to the team. My husband found himself having to work on quite a few of the race weekends but luckily with the help of a lot of good friends we still managed to make most of the races. Even with the couple races we were forced to miss, Keera still finished pretty strong in the points series. The year finished off with the Fort Wayne Rumble where she had a good showing.

All in all, Keera absolutely has a passion for racing. Just put her in something fast and she’s happy. I tease her all the time calling her ‘My Little Adrenaline Junkie’ She gives up a lot to pursue this passion. When her friends from school are making plans to go to dances or the movies, she is packing the trailer getting ready for another weekend on the road. She has also gained a lot from her experiences too. She has made friends from all over the USA who she keeps in touch with by phone and internet and as a family it has all drawn us closer together.