KKM Challenge

Event Info

Plaza Park Raceway, Visalia, California, United States

March 21, 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 | 3/21/24:
K1 Race Gear Quick Qualifying Time: 88-Austin Torgerson(11.689)
Hyper Racing Heat Race One Winner: 28A-Jake Andreotti
Victory Fuel Heat Race Two Winner: 66-Broedy Graham
Rush Race Gear Heat Race Three Winner: 3-Cole Schroeder
Hoosier Racing Tire Heat Race Four Winner: 11X-Stefan Sidur
Max Papis Innovations Heat Race Five Winner: 2B-Eric Botelho
Driven Midwest Qualifier One Winner: 71K-Gavin Miller
Engler Machine and Tool Qualifier Two Winner: 95H-Chelby Hinton
Eibach Racing Qualifier Three Winner: 3-Cole Schroeder
Max Papis Innovations Qualifier Four Winner: 11C-Darren Brown
Victory Fuel Semi-Feature Winner: 41C-Brian Carber
Rush Race Gear Semi-Feature Two Winner: 12W-Brant Woods
Hyper Racing High Point Qualifier: 71K-Gavin Miller
Hoosier Racing Tire Hard Charger: 41C-Brian Carber
K1 Race Gear Feature Winner: 88-Austin Torgerson

K1 Race Gear A Feature (25 Laps): 1. 88-Austin Torgerson[2]; 2. 86-Daison Pursley[3]; 3. 66-Broedy Graham[4]; 4. 71K-Gavin Miller[1]; 5. 41C-Brian Carber[17]; 6. 12W-Brant Woods[18]; 7. 39-Russ Disinger[6]; 8. 55-Jett Barnes[12]; 9. 21-Cash Lovenburg[16]; 10. 4-Jett Yantis[14]; 11. 95-Nathan Ward[15]; 12. 3-Cole Schroeder[8]; 13. 55C-Brandon Carey[20]; 14. 28A-Jake Andreotti[10]; 15. 63-Caden Stoll[21]; 16. 11C-Darren Brown[11]; 17. 28-Jake Smith[19]; 18. 22M-Sammy McNabb[7]; 19. 11X-Stefan Sidur[13]; 20. (DNF) 95H-Chelby Hinton[5]; 21. (DNF) 65-Michael Faccinto[22]; 22. (DNF) 24S-Colby Sokol[9].

Victory Fuel B Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 41C-Brian Carber[1]; 2. 28-Jake Smith[2]; 3. 63-Caden Stoll[3]; 4. 61-Eli Bookout[8]; 5. 3L-Jimmy Leal[4]; 6. 74-Robby Brockman[12]; 7. 28X-Trevor Cline[10]; 8. 11-Keaton Martella[5]; 9. 55J-Jayden Huppert[9]; 10. 171-Alex Caldwell[13]; 11. 8X-Michael Manhire[7]; 12. (DNS) 2E-Mariah Ede; 13. (DNS) 88X-Paul Javaux.

Rush Race Gear B Feature 2 (12 Laps): 1. 12W-Brant Woods[2]; 2. 55C-Brandon Carey[8]; 3. 65-Michael Faccinto[1]; 4. 15D-Dylan Schaadt[10]; 5. 69-Isaiah Vasquez[5]; 6. 3J-Jonny Mederos[12]; 7. 21S-Raio Salmon[6]; 8. 3S-Brandon Stidham[4]; 9. 2B-Eric Botelho[3]; 10. 48-Koen Crawford[7]; 11. 22-Zack Williams[9]; 12. 23C-Cody Samuels[11].

Hyper Racing Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 28A-Jake Andreotti[1]; 2. 95-Nathan Ward[2]; 3. 88-Austin Torgerson[4]; 4. 21-Cash Lovenburg[3]; 5. 48-Koen Crawford[8]; 6. 3L-Jimmy Leal[6]; 7. 61-Eli Bookout[7]; 8. 3J-Jonny Mederos[9]; 9. 2E-Mariah Ede[5].

Victory Fuel Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 66-Broedy Graham[2]; 2. 4-Jett Yantis[4]; 3. 95H-Chelby Hinton[3]; 4. 88X-Paul Javaux[1]; 5. 55C-Brandon Carey[5]; 6. 3S-Brandon Stidham[7]; 7. 22-Zack Williams[6]; 8. 55J-Jayden Huppert[8].

Rush Race Gear Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 3-Cole Schroeder[1]; 2. 55-Jett Barnes[2]; 3. 39-Russ Disinger[4]; 4. 65-Michael Faccinto[6]; 5. 24S-Colby Sokol[3]; 6. 63-Caden Stoll[5]; 7. 69-Isaiah Vasquez[7]; 8. 74-Robby Brockman[8].

Hoosier Racing Tire Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 11X-Stefan Sidur[2]; 2. 22M-Sammy McNabb[3]; 3. 71K-Gavin Miller[4]; 4. 28-Jake Smith[1]; 5. 12W-Brant Woods[6]; 6. 28X-Trevor Cline[7]; 7. 23C-Cody Samuels[5]; 8. 171-Alex Caldwell[8].

MPI Heat 5 (8 Laps): 1. 2B-Eric Botelho[2]; 2. 86-Daison Pursley[4]; 3. 41C-Brian Carber[5]; 4. 11C-Darren Brown[3]; 5. 21S-Raio Salmon[8]; 6. 11-Keaton Martella[1]; 7. 15D-Dylan Schaadt[6]; 8. 8X-Michael Manhire[7].

Driven Midwest Qualifier 1 (10 Laps): 1. 71K-Gavin Miller[3]; 2. 24S-Colby Sokol[5]; 3. 55-Jett Barnes[1]; 4. 65-Michael Faccinto[6]; 5. 63-Caden Stoll[7]; 6. 8X-Michael Manhire[10]; 7. 21S-Raio Salmon[8]; 8. 4-Jett Yantis[4]; 9. 15D-Dylan Schaadt[9]; 10. 171-Alex Caldwell[11]; 11. 2B-Eric Botelho[2].

Engler Machine Tool Qualifier 2 (10 Laps): 1. 95H-Chelby Hinton[2]; 2. 66-Broedy Graham[3]; 3. 86-Daison Pursley[4]; 4. 41C-Brian Carber[5]; 5. 21-Cash Lovenburg[1]; 6. 3S-Brandon Stidham[8]; 7. 55J-Jayden Huppert[10]; 8. 48-Koen Crawford[7]; 9. 2E-Mariah Ede[9]; 10. 55C-Brandon Carey[6].

Eibach Racing Qualifier 3 (10 Laps): 1. 3-Cole Schroeder[1]; 2. 88-Austin Torgerson[4]; 3. 22M-Sammy McNabb[3]; 4. 12W-Brant Woods[6]; 5. 95-Nathan Ward[2]; 6. 3L-Jimmy Leal[7]; 7. 61-Eli Bookout[9]; 8. 74-Robby Brockman[10]; 9. 22-Zack Williams[8]; 10. 88X-Paul Javaux[5].

MPI Qualifier 4 (10 Laps): 1. 11C-Darren Brown[1]; 2. 28A-Jake Andreotti[2]; 3. 39-Russ Disinger[4]; 4. 28-Jake Smith[5]; 5. 11X-Stefan Sidur[3]; 6. 69-Isaiah Vasquez[9]; 7. 11-Keaton Martella[6]; 8. 3J-Jonny Mederos[10]; 9. 28X-Trevor Cline[8]; 10. 23C-Cody Samuels[7].

K1 Race Gear Qualifying: 1. 88-Austin Torgerson, 00:11.689[1]; 2. 4-Jett Yantis, 00:11.891[14]; 3. 39-Russ Disinger, 00:11.952[5]; 4. 71K-Gavin Miller, 00:11.997[9]; 5. 86-Daison Pursley, 00:12.010[20]; 6. 21-Cash Lovenburg, 00:12.011[23]; 7. 95H-Chelby Hinton, 00:12.088[15]; 8. 24S-Colby Sokol, 00:12.094[4]; 9. 22M-Sammy McNabb, 00:12.116[7]; 10. 11C-Darren Brown, 00:12.116[26]; 11. 95-Nathan Ward, 00:12.123[11]; 12. 66-Broedy Graham, 00:12.129[30]; 13. 55-Jett Barnes, 00:12.141[31]; 14. 11X-Stefan Sidur, 00:12.145[38]; 15. 2B-Eric Botelho, 00:12.156[34]; 16. 28A-Jake Andreotti, 00:12.165[41]; 17. 88X-Paul Javaux, 00:12.176[24]; 18. 3-Cole Schroeder, 00:12.194[16]; 19. 28-Jake Smith, 00:12.203[6]; 20. 11-Keaton Martella, 00:12.225[3]; 21. 2E-Mariah Ede, 00:12.240[21]; 22. 55C-Brandon Carey, 00:12.277[13]; 23. 63-Caden Stoll, 00:12.287[40]; 24. 23C-Cody Samuels, 00:12.302[8]; 25. 41C-Brian Carber, 00:12.303[28]; 26. 3L-Jimmy Leal, 00:12.326[17]; 27. 22-Zack Williams, 00:12.343[27]; 28. 65-Michael Faccinto, 00:12.365[29]; 29. 12W-Brant Woods, 00:12.396[22]; 30. 15D-Dylan Schaadt, 00:12.427[2]; 31. 61-Eli Bookout, 00:12.472[18]; 32. 3S-Brandon Stidham, 00:12.507[32]; 33. 69-Isaiah Vasquez, 00:12.617[36]; 34. 28X-Trevor Cline, 00:12.627[33]; 35. 8X-Michael Manhire, 00:12.636[37]; 36. 48-Koen Crawford, 00:12.640[35]; 37. 55J-Jayden Huppert, 00:12.655[39]; 38. 74-Robby Brockman, 00:12.687[10]; 39. 171-Alex Caldwell, 00:12.778[25]; 40. 21S-Raio Salmon, 00:12.893[12]; 41. 3J-Jonny Mederos, 00:12.918[19].