KKM Challenge

Event Info

Plaza Park Raceway, Visalia, California, United States

March 20, 2024

KKM Challenge / POWRi

Continually striving for industry growth while providing premier events showcasing competitive micro-sprint racing, Keith Kunz Motorsports, working in connection with the POWRi, unveils an eager twenty-eight-night seasonal agenda for 2024 with high-paying prizes as well as boasting over a $43K season point-fund on the line for top-tier competitors.

Joining forces to form a greatly anticipated and action-packed season agenda, the POWRi Outlaw Micro League, running in conjunction with Keith Kunz Motorsports, expands the always-popular $10K-to-Win KKM Challenges into a six-event mini-series ultimately culminating in the $15K-to-Win KKM Giveback Classic.

Registration for competitors for each event is now open and available at https://www.myracepass.com/series/1572/registrations/8872.

Beginning the season with a trip to the Golden State for the first KKM Challenge Race at Keller Auto Center at Plaza Park Raceway on March 20-23 with Restrictor and Jr Sprint support classes at the speedy Visalia California facility.

Then, a return to the Dallas/Fort Worth area at Lil’ Texas Motor Speedway for Micro Mania on April 8-11 also featuring the Restrictor and Jr Sprint classes; as part of NASCAR Weekend at TMS.

Arriving at the mid-season point for the third event hosted at Clyde Martin Memorial Speedway in Schaefferstown Pennsylvania on May 29-June 1 with U6SA Wing Micros and Jr Sprints also on tap for action in the weekend.

Hitting the Hoosier State’s US-24 Speedway for the first time in league history, Logansport Indiana will welcome KKM Challenge stop number four with Restrictor and Jr Sprint bonus classes on August 7-10.

The KKM Challenge Events will also visit the fast lap times Southern Illinois Raceway in Marion Illinois the fifth event of the year on August 21-24 also featuring the always attractive Restrictor and Jr Sprint.

Heading to Coles County Speedway for a debut in Mattoon Illinois with Restrictor and Jr Sprint support classes for the penultimate showcase of speed in the season on September 4-7.

Concluding the yearly series in the KKM Giveback Classic at Port City Raceway with support of NOW600 Restrictor and Jr Sprints classes on October 16-19 to be broadcast on FloRacing. The overall series champion will continue to get the decision of a $15,000 lump sum prize or a ride in a Keith Kunz Motorsports entry at the Chili Bowl Nationals along with $7,500 cash.

Winners of the $10K-to-win finale events at each of the KKM Challenge Races will receive automatic entry into the “Challenge Champions Dash” at the KKM Giveback Classic at Port City Raceway on October 19th, with that winner earning automatic entry into the King of Port pole-shuffle and prized starting position in the Outlaw Non-Wing feature event for the KKM Giveback Classic.

The KKM Challenges, known for its adrenaline-pumping and highly competitive POWRi Non-Wing Outlaw Micro events, has joined forces with Start2Finish TV to deliver unparalleled access to the heart-pounding action with premier $10K-to-Win events monthly from March until September. Through this collaboration, fans will have the opportunity to experience every moment of the KKM Challenges from the comfort of their homes, ensuring a front-row seat to the thrill and excitement of the competitions.

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For additional information including point fund, support divisions, payouts, updates, the broadcast schedule, yearly agenda, and full format of the KKM Challenge events visit http://www.powri.com/kkm/.

For more information about Keith Kunz Motorsports and their racing endeavors, visit their website at www.keithkunzmotorsports.com. Also, follow the Keith Kunz Motorsports pages on leading social media platforms.

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Detailed Results

Plaza Park Raceway | POWRi Non-Wing Outlaw Micro | KKM Challenge | 3/20/24:
K1 Race Gear Quick Qualifying Time: 44X-Jeffery Pahule(11.335)
Hyper Racing Heat Race One Winner: 20Q-Brecken Reese
Victory Fuel Heat Race Two Winner: 71-Kale Drake
Rush Race Gear Heat Race Three Winner: 02-Ashton Torgerson
Hoosier Racing Tire Heat Race Four Winner: 7-Quinn Thurein
Driven Midwest Qualifier One Winner: 44X-Jeffery Pahule
Engler Machine and Tool Qualifier Two Winner: 99-Cameron Paul
Eibach Racing Qualifier Three Winner: 02-Ashton Torgerson
Max Papis Innovations Qualifier Four Winner: 21S-Steven Snyder Jr.
Victory Fuel Semi-Feature Winner: 24-KJ Snow
Hyper Racing High Point Qualifier: 44X-Jeffery Pahule
Hoosier Racing Tire Hard Charger: 24-KJ Snow(+13)
K1 Race Gear Feature Winner: 44X-Jeffery Pahule

K1 Race Gear A Feature (25 Laps): 1. 44X-Jeffery Pahule[1]; 2. 71-Kale Drake[5]; 3. 21S-Steven Snyder Jr[2]; 4. 24-KJ Snow[17]; 5. 02-Ashton Torgerson[3]; 6. 20Q-Brecken Reese[7]; 7. 99-Cameron Paul[13]; 8. 21K-Thomas Kunsman Jr[21]; 9. 7-Quinn Thurein[16]; 10. 5-Mattix Salmon[22]; 11. 4K-Khloe Cotton[4]; 12. 8-Corbin Rueschenberg[20]; 13. 55X-Lucas Mauldin[11]; 14. 2-Taylor Mayhew[10]; 15. 8G-Teddy Bivert[6]; 16. 44-Brandt Twitty[14]; 17. 73-Katey Syra[15]; 18. 24AZ-JW Henderson[9]; 19. 11K-Matt Carr[19]; 20. 12J-Jeffrey Newell[12]; 21. 14-TJ Smith[18]; 22. 25S-Justis Sokol[8].

Victory Fuel B Feature (12 Laps): 1. 24-KJ Snow[3]; 2. 14-TJ Smith[6]; 3. 11K-Matt Carr[1]; 4. 8-Corbin Rueschenberg[7]; 5. 21K-Thomas Kunsman Jr[8]; 6. 5-Mattix Salmon[18]; 7. 28K-Kevin Carter[4]; 8. 11M-Colin Mackey[15]; 9. 28U-Austin Ullstrom[2]; 10. 4X-Teagan Moles[10]; 11. 00T-TJ Stark[14]; 12. 223-Rick Whatley[17]; 13. 77X-Dalten Gabbard[5]; 14. 21B-Brayson Gillio[9]; 15. 43E-Eddie Hamblen[13]; 16. 77-Ceil Howe[16]; 17. (DNS) 79-Dash Duinkerken; 18. (DNS) 51G-Grant Schaadt.

Hyper Racing Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 20Q-Brecken Reese[2]; 2. 44X-Jeffery Pahule[4]; 3. 25S-Justis Sokol[1]; 4. 73-Katey Syra[6]; 5. 14-TJ Smith[5]; 6. 28K-Kevin Carter[8]; 7. 11M-Colin Mackey[9]; 8. 51G-Grant Schaadt[7]; 9. 21B-Brayson Gillio[3].

Victory Fuel Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 71-Kale Drake[2]; 2. 8G-Teddy Bivert[4]; 3. 2-Taylor Mayhew[1]; 4. 28U-Austin Ullstrom[6]; 5. 24-KJ Snow[5]; 6. 44-Brandt Twitty[3]; 7. 79-Dash Duinkerken[9]; 8. 43E-Eddie Hamblen[7]; 9. 5-Mattix Salmon[8].

Rush Race Gear Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 02-Ashton Torgerson[1]; 2. 4K-Khloe Cotton[4]; 3. 77X-Dalten Gabbard[2]; 4. 24AZ-JW Henderson[3]; 5. 4X-Teagan Moles[7]; 6. 11K-Matt Carr[5]; 7. 77-Ceil Howe[8]; 8. 00T-TJ Stark[6].

Hoosier Racing Tire Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 7-Quinn Thurein[1]; 2. 21S-Steven Snyder Jr[4]; 3. 12J-Jeffrey Newell[2]; 4. 55X-Lucas Mauldin[3]; 5. 21K-Thomas Kunsman Jr[6]; 6. 99-Cameron Paul[7]; 7. 8-Corbin Rueschenberg[5]; 8. 223-Rick Whatley[8].

Driven Midwest Qualifier 1 (10 Laps): 1. 44X-Jeffery Pahule[4]; 2. 25S-Justis Sokol[1]; 3. 24AZ-JW Henderson[2]; 4. 20Q-Brecken Reese[3]; 5. 8-Corbin Rueschenberg[7]; 6. 28U-Austin Ullstrom[5]; 7. 4X-Teagan Moles[6]; 8. 223-Rick Whatley[9]; 9. 77-Ceil Howe[8].

Engler Machine Tool Qualifier 2 (10 Laps): 1. 99-Cameron Paul[7]; 2. 2-Taylor Mayhew[1]; 3. 71-Kale Drake[3]; 4. 11K-Matt Carr[6]; 5. 8G-Teddy Bivert[4]; 6. 14-TJ Smith[5]; 7. 79-Dash Duinkerken[8]; 8. 77X-Dalten Gabbard[2]; 9. (DNS) 5-Mattix Salmon.

Eibach Racing Qualifier 3 (10 Laps): 1. 02-Ashton Torgerson[3]; 2. 44-Brandt Twitty[1]; 3. 55X-Lucas Mauldin[2]; 4. 4K-Khloe Cotton[4]; 5. 24-KJ Snow[5]; 6. 21B-Brayson Gillio[6]; 7. 51G-Grant Schaadt[8]; 8. 00T-TJ Stark[7].

Max Papis Innovations Qualifier 4 (10 Laps): 1. 21S-Steven Snyder Jr[4]; 2. 73-Katey Syra[1]; 3. 12J-Jeffrey Newell[2]; 4. 28K-Kevin Carter[6]; 5. 7-Quinn Thurein[3]; 6. 21K-Thomas Kunsman Jr[5]; 7. 43E-Eddie Hamblen[8]; 8. 11M-Colin Mackey[7].

K1 Race Gear Qualifying: 1. 44X-Jeffery Pahule, 00:11.335[5]; 2. 8G-Teddy Bivert, 00:11.392[7]; 3. 4K-Khloe Cotton, 00:11.465[19]; 4. 21S-Steven Snyder Jr, 00:11.469[9]; 5. 21B-Brayson Gillio, 00:11.491[2]; 6. 44-Brandt Twitty, 00:11.494[21]; 7. 24AZ-JW Henderson, 00:11.497[13]; 8. 55X-Lucas Mauldin, 00:11.503[6]; 9. 20Q-Brecken Reese, 00:11.523[24]; 10. 71-Kale Drake, 00:11.569[8]; 11. 77X-Dalten Gabbard, 00:11.569[28]; 12. 12J-Jeffrey Newell, 00:11.572[4]; 13. 25S-Justis Sokol, 00:11.601[16]; 14. 2-Taylor Mayhew, 00:11.604[23]; 15. 02-Ashton Torgerson, 00:11.606[33]; 16. 7-Quinn Thurein, 00:11.606[18]; 17. 14-TJ Smith, 00:11.612[32]; 18. 24-KJ Snow, 00:11.623[10]; 19. 11K-Matt Carr, 00:11.628[20]; 20. 8-Corbin Rueschenberg, 00:11.654[22]; 21. 73-Katey Syra, 00:11.659[11]; 22. 28U-Austin Ullstrom, 00:11.659[17]; 23. 00T-TJ Stark, 00:11.670[14]; 24. 21K-Thomas Kunsman Jr, 00:11.673[15]; 25. 51G-Grant Schaadt, 00:11.720[29]; 26. 43E-Eddie Hamblen, 00:11.726[1]; 27. 4X-Teagan Moles, 00:11.779[25]; 28. 99-Cameron Paul, 00:11.780[31]; 29. 28K-Kevin Carter, 00:11.837[34]; 30. 5-Mattix Salmon, 00:11.854[3]; 31. 77-Ceil Howe, 00:11.888[12]; 32. 223-Rick Whatley, 00:11.956[26]; 33. 11M-Colin Mackey, 00:12.021[27]; 34. 79-Dash Duinkerken, 00:12.022[30].