Visalia, CA. (3/21/24) Running in support division competitions of Preliminary Night Two in the first yearly K1 Race Gear KKM Challenge presented by S2F TV at Plaza Park Raceway powered by Keller Auto Center would find Jace Thurein earn the feature victory in Restrictors as Levi Ballard would find victory lane driving in the Jr Sprint division.
Forming a resolute field of twenty-five entries spanning the Restrictor division, Blayden Graham would outpace others by setting the hot-lap quick time with a lap of 11.781 seconds with a Levi Ballard situating the early standard of speed over seventeen Jr Sprinters with a time of 13.249-second lap in the early Plaza Park Raceway competitions for Preliminary Night Two in support of the West Coast KKM Challenge.
Contending in heat racing action for the Restrictors would find Braxton Flatt, Mavrick Page, and Brycen Roush each earning the victories with Levi Ballard and Mackcen Page gaining the early on-track wins in the Jr Sprint division. KKM Challenge Preliminary Night Two High Point Qualifiers earning the feature pole starting positions at Plaza Park Raceway would be Jace Thurein in the Restrictors and Levi Ballard in Jr Sprints.
Cruising onto the smooth Plaza Park Raceway powered by Keller Auto Center surface for the POWRi Restrictor Micro feature would find Jace Thurein protecting the front of the field even after a late race restart and leading all twenty green flag feature laps to score the victory. Colton Knapp would cross the checker's second with TJ Stark placing third from starting sixth as Cole Bezio finished fourth just ahead of Brycen Roush rounding out the top-five finishers in the Preliminary Night Two of the KKM Challenge feature event.
Contending into feature oppositions for the Jr Sprints would find a thrilling twenty-lap drive as Levi Ballard would dominate in the evening to lead all feature laps to claim the victory from starting pole position with Mackcen Roush holding steady in a close runner-up position. Tyce Domingos would place third with David Anderson finishing fourth as Jace Meyers rounded out the POWRi Jr Sprint top-five finishers for Preliminary Night Two in support competition of the K1 Race Gear KKM Challenge at Plaza Park Raceway powered by Keller Auto Center.
Plaza Park Raceway | POWRi Support Micro Leagues | KKM Challenge | 3/21/24:
Jr Sprint: A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 87-Levi Ballard[1]; 2. 17M-Mackcen Roush[2]; 3. 9D-Tyce Domingos[3]; 4. 3D-David Anderson[9]; 5. 14-Jace Meyers[11]; 6. 14Q-Maya Mauldin[6]; 7. 11E-Easton Wright[13]; 8. 9B-Beau Bickner[8]; 9. 4U-Lee Uzzell[17]; 10. 7L-Logan Banks[4]; 11. 379-Kendyl Leal[16]; 12. 32-Matteo Logan[15]; 13. 12-Haven Sherman[10]; 14. 65-Bryton Buoy[5]; 15. 5T-Austin Turner[7]; 16. 77-Nixen Gabbard[14]; 17. 4-Jaxson Evett[12].
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 87-Levi Ballard[4]; 2. 7L-Logan Banks[2]; 3. 14Q-Maya Mauldin[1]; 4. 3D-David Anderson[6]; 5. 65-Bryton Buoy[3]; 6. 14-Jace Meyers[5]; 7. 4U-Lee Uzzell[9]; 8. 77-Nixen Gabbard[7]; 9. 379-Kendyl Leal[8].
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 17M-Mackcen Roush[3]; 2. 9D-Tyce Domingos[4]; 3. 9B-Beau Bickner[1]; 4. 5T-Austin Turner[2]; 5. 12-Haven Sherman[5]; 6. 4-Jaxson Evett[6]; 7. 11E-Easton Wright[7]; 8. 32-Matteo Logan[8].
Qualifying 1 (2 Laps): 1. 87-Levi Ballard, 00:13.249[17]; 2. 9D-Tyce Domingos, 00:13.268[9]; 3. 65-Bryton Buoy, 00:13.384[1]; 4. 17M-Mackcen Roush, 00:13.393[15]; 5. 7L-Logan Banks, 00:13.459[12]; 6. 5T-Austin Turner, 00:13.474[16]; 7. 14Q-Maya Mauldin, 00:13.486[11]; 8. 9B-Beau Bickner, 00:13.494[2]; 9. 14-Jace Meyers, 00:13.512[10]; 10. 12-Haven Sherman, 00:13.528[3]; 11. 3D-David Anderson, 00:13.529[13]; 12. 4-Jaxson Evett, 00:13.640[14]; 13. 77-Nixen Gabbard, 00:13.717[8]; 14. 11E-Easton Wright, 00:13.720[5]; 15. 379-Kendyl Leal, 00:14.466[6]; 16. 32-Matteo Logan, 00:16.833[7]; 17. (DNS) 4U-Lee Uzzell.
Restrictor: A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 5-Jace Thurein[1]; 2. 5C-Colton Knapp[2]; 3. 00T-TJ Stark[6]; 4. 37X-Cole Bezio[5]; 5. 17B-Brycen Roush[4]; 6. 81-Braxton Flatt[7]; 7. 9J-Levi Osborne[12]; 8. 03-James Ferrin[8]; 9. 38JT-Jackson Tardiff[14]; 10. 71K-Tate Gurney[10]; 11. 29V-Vito Celli `[9]; 12. 71-Mavrick Page[3]; 13. 29-Jaydon Barnes[11]; 14. 11S-Shyla Ernst[18]; 15. 13V-Braxon Vasconcellos[17]; 16. 55X-Maya Mauldin[16]; 17. 16S-Bryson Sozinho[22]; 18. 68-McKenna Morgan[19]; 19. 10-Brodie Copeland[13]; 20. 3L-Kasey Leal[23]; 21. 91-Kaiden Johnson[21]; 22. (DNF) 2-Illiana Bezio[24]; 23. (DNF) 21G-Greyson Henry[15]; 24. (DNS) 66-Buoy Brooks; 25. (DNS) 66B-Blayden Graham.
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 81-Braxton Flatt[1]; 2. 5C-Colton Knapp[3]; 3. 03-James Ferrin[2]; 4. 9J-Levi Osborne[6]; 5. 10-Brodie Copeland[5]; 6. 68-McKenna Morgan[7]; 7. 16S-Bryson Sozinho[8]; 8. 2-Illiana Bezio[9]; 9. (DNS) 66B-Blayden Graham.
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 71-Mavrick Page[2]; 2. 29V-Vito Celli `[1]; 3. 00T-TJ Stark[3]; 4. 37X-Cole Bezio[4]; 5. 21G-Greyson Henry[7]; 6. 91-Kaiden Johnson[8]; 7. 66-Buoy Brooks[6]; 8. 13V-Braxon Vasconcellos[5].
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 17B-Brycen Roush[2]; 2. 5-Jace Thurein[4]; 3. 29-Jaydon Barnes[1]; 4. 38JT-Jackson Tardiff[7]; 5. 71K-Tate Gurney[3]; 6. 11S-Shyla Ernst[6]; 7. 55X-Maya Mauldin[5]; 8. 3L-Kasey Leal[8].
Qualifying 1 (2 Laps): 1. 66B-Blayden Graham, 00:11.781[23]; 2. 37X-Cole Bezio, 00:11.808[1]; 3. 5-Jace Thurein, 00:11.828[3]; 4. 5C-Colton Knapp, 00:11.904[6]; 5. 00T-TJ Stark, 00:11.941[8]; 6. 71K-Tate Gurney, 00:11.988[5]; 7. 03-James Ferrin, 00:12.012[9]; 8. 71-Mavrick Page, 00:12.030[4]; 9. 17B-Brycen Roush, 00:12.093[20]; 10. 81-Braxton Flatt, 00:12.121[24]; 11. 29V-Vito Celli `, 00:12.183[2]; 12. 29-Jaydon Barnes, 00:12.313[22]; 13. 10-Brodie Copeland, 00:12.385[15]; 14. 13V-Braxon Vasconcellos, 00:12.453[11]; 15. 55X-Maya Mauldin, 00:12.479[13]; 16. 9J-Levi Osborne, 00:12.502[16]; 17. 66-Buoy Brooks, 00:12.532[10]; 18. 11S-Shyla Ernst, 00:12.589[12]; 19. 68-McKenna Morgan, 00:12.675[7]; 20. 21G-Greyson Henry, 00:12.718[14]; 21. 38JT-Jackson Tardiff, 00:12.732[17]; 22. 16S-Bryson Sozinho, 00:12.920[25]; 23. 91-Kaiden Johnson, 00:12.926[19]; 24. 3L-Kasey Leal, 00:12.939[18]; 25. 2-Illiana Bezio, 00:13.008[21].
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