Newmanstown, PA. (5/30/24) Steven Snyder Jr would perfect the evening even after a work-area visit to win Preliminary Night One of the third yearly installment of the Keith Kunz Motorsports Challenge presented by Start2Finish TV to claim his seventh career victory with the POWRi Non-Wing Outlaw Micro League at the outstanding hosting Clyde-Martin Memorial Speedway.
Going through a strong split-field of thirty entries on prelim night one of the POWRi Outlaw Non-Wing Micro division in the KKM Challenge would find Steven Snyder Jr set the quick qualifying time with a time of 11.118 seconds. Steven Snyder Jr, Thomas Kunsman Jr, Zak Gorski, and Gunnar Pio would each emerge victorious in heat racing action with Steven Snyder Jr, Thomas Kunsman Jr, and Neal Allison all earning wins in qualifier competitions as Robbie Smith would gain the semi-feature win.
Flying onto the smooth Clyde-Martin Memorial Speedway surface for Preliminary Night One feature racing for the opening night of the Keith Kunz Motorsports Challenge presented by Start2Finish TV would see high-point qualifier Steven Snyder Jr battle outside front-row contender Thomas Kunsman Jr as the green flew with Snyder gaining the lead then dropping from leading contention on the second lap with mechanical issues forcing him to the work area and the back of the restarting field.
Resetting the lineup with Thomas Kunsman Jr, Kole Kirkman, Neal Allison, Gunnar Pio, and Brecken Reese within the refiring top-five as Thomas Kunsman Jr would begin to set the speed standard in the opening laps.
Mounting an intense and thrilling charge back towards the front would witness Steven Snyder Jr return to top-five contention around lap ten with Thomas Kunsman Jr leading as caution would bunch the field back together with Snyder grabbing the runner-up position to restart.
Throwing dramatics into the mix the original starting front row would find the leading Thomas Kunsman Jr set the pace ahead of the front-to-back-to-front running Steven Snyder Jr with Neal Allison, James Roselli, and Kole Kirkman rounding out the top five.
Restarting with perfection would find Steven Snyder Jr snatch the lead on lap thirteen with James Roselli running the bottom into the runner-up spot as one-time leader Kunsman and Neal Allison battled within the lock-in positions around the mid-race point.
Undeniable in domination, Steven Snyder Jr held steady up front for his second yearly POWRi Non-Wing Outlaw Micro victory as James Roselli would finish in the closely contended second spot from starting tenth with the leader of eleven laps Thomas Kunsman Jr finalizing the podium placements.
“I don’t know what happened early, everything just kind of shut off down the backstretch, I’m just grateful for this team for giving me a bad fast car and all of the support,” said the victorious Steven in the Clyde-Martin Memorial Speedway victory lane for Preliminary Night One of the PA KKM Challenge. Adding, “I knew we had a very comfortable car and could drive where other drivers couldn’t run, I’m honestly just as shocked as anyone to be here after the work area trip”.
Hard-charging from starting sixteenth, Brent Shearer would place fourth in the final auto lock-in position as Kole Kirkman rounded out the top-five finishers in the POWRi Outlaw Micro League feature in Preliminary Night One of the Keith Kunz Motorsports Challenge presented by Start2Finish TV at Clyde-Martin Memorial Speedway.
POWRi Non-Wing Outlaw Micro | KKM Challenge | 5/30/24:
Eibach Racing Quick Qualifying Time: 21S-Steven Snyder Jr(11.118)
Hyper Racing Heat Race One Winner: 21S-Steven Snyder Jr
Victory Fuel Heat Race Two Winner: 21K-Thomas Kunsman Jr
Rush Race Gear Heat Race Three Winner: 78-Zak Gorski
Hoosier Racing Tire Heat Race Four Winner: 28P-Gunnar Pio
Driven Midwest Qualifier One Winner: 21S-Steven Snyder Jr
Engler Machine and Tool Qualifier Two Winner: 21K-Thomas Kunsman Jr
PAGEKC Qualifier Three Winner: 15N-Neal Allison
Victory Fuel Semi-Feature Winner: 99B-Robbie Smith
Hyper Racing High Point Qualifier: 21S-Steven Snyder Jr
Hoosier Racing Tire Hard Charger: 29-Brett Shearer(+12)
Eibach Racing Feature Winner: 21S-Steven Snyder Jr
Eibach Racing Eibach Racing A Feature (25 Laps): 1. 21S-Steven Snyder Jr[1]; 2. 95B-James Roselli[10]; 3. 21K-Thomas Kunsman Jr[2]; 4. 29-Brent Shearer[16]; 5. 22K-Kole Kirkman[3]; 6. 15N-Neal Allison[5]; 7. 28P-Gunnar Pio[4]; 8. 5A-Alex Ruppert[19]; 9. 12-Jeffrey Newell[21]; 10. 11Z-Kyle Lick[13]; 11. 2D-Cole Dewease[20]; 12. 71B-Brian Kramer[15]; 13. 3B-Dallas Damask[12]; 14. 24W-Zack Weisenfluh[22]; 15. 8-TJ Stark[11]; 16. 15D-Matthew Donley[18]; 17. 12J-Brecken Reese[6]; 18. 25K-Kyle Spence[9]; 19. 99B-Robbie Smith[17]; 20. 99-Briggs Danner[7]; 21. 21-Mason Beinhower[14]; 22. 78-Zak Gorski[8].
Victory Fuel Victory Fuel B Feature (12 Laps): 1. 99B-Robbie Smith[1]; 2. 15D-Matthew Donley[5]; 3. 5A-Alex Ruppert[3]; 4. 2D-Cole Dewease[2]; 5. 12-Jeffrey Newell[4]; 6. 24W-Zack Weisenfluh[7]; 7. 10-Mason Peters[6]; 8. 62-Jacob Lynch[8]; 9. 88-Billy Calvert[10]; 10. 5H-Haylee Papp[9]; 11. 30-Jack Fraser[13]; 12. 2L-Luke Hess[11]; 13. 11H-Holden Eckman[12]; 14. 16X-Marty Brian[14].
Hyper Racing Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 21S-Steven Snyder Jr[4]; 2. 15N-Neal Allison[1]; 3. 25K-Kyle Spence[2]; 4. 12J-Brecken Reese[3]; 5. 5A-Alex Ruppert[5]; 6. 88-Billy Calvert[6]; 7. 62-Jacob Lynch[7]; 8. 5H-Haylee Papp[8].
Victory Fuel Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 21K-Thomas Kunsman Jr[2]; 2. 95B-James Roselli[1]; 3. 99B-Robbie Smith[4]; 4. 3B-Dallas Damask[3]; 5. 29-Brent Shearer[5]; 6. 21-Mason Beinhower[7]; 7. 2L-Luke Hess[8]; 8. 16X-Marty Brian[6].
Rush Race Gear Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 78-Zak Gorski[3]; 2. 8-TJ Stark[4]; 3. 71B-Brian Kramer[6]; 4. 12-Jeffrey Newell[2]; 5. 11H-Holden Eckman[5]; 6. 11Z-Kyle Lick[1]; 7. (DNS) 30-Jack Fraser.
Hoosier Racing Tire Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 28P-Gunnar Pio[2]; 2. 22K-Kole Kirkman[3]; 3. 99-Briggs Danner[4]; 4. 15D-Matthew Donley[5]; 5. 2D-Cole Dewease[1]; 6. 10-Mason Peters[6]; 7. 24W-Zack Weisenfluh[7].
Hoosier Racing Tire Qualifier 1 (10 Laps): 1. 21S-Steven Snyder Jr[4]; 2. 22K-Kole Kirkman[2]; 3. 25K-Kyle Spence[1]; 4. 95B-James Roselli[5]; 5. 2D-Cole Dewease[7]; 6. 24W-Zack Weisenfluh[10]; 7. 62-Jacob Lynch[9]; 8. 15D-Matthew Donley[6]; 9. 99B-Robbie Smith[3]; 10. 88-Billy Calvert[8].
Hoosier Racing Tire Qualifier 2 (10 Laps): 1. 21K-Thomas Kunsman Jr[3]; 2. 28P-Gunnar Pio[2]; 3. 21-Mason Beinhower[8]; 4. 3B-Dallas Damask[1]; 5. 71B-Brian Kramer[5]; 6. 5A-Alex Ruppert[6]; 7. 5H-Haylee Papp[10]; 8. 8-TJ Stark[4]; 9. (DNS) 11H-Holden Eckman; 10. (DNS) 16X-Marty Brian.
Hoosier Racing Tire Qualifier 3 (10 Laps): 1. 15N-Neal Allison[1]; 2. 12J-Brecken Reese[2]; 3. 11Z-Kyle Lick[7]; 4. 29-Brent Shearer[6]; 5. 99-Briggs Danner[3]; 6. 10-Mason Peters[8]; 7. 78-Zak Gorski[4]; 8. 30-Jack Fraser[10]; 9. 12-Jeffrey Newell[5]; 10. 2L-Luke Hess[9].
Eibach Racing Eibach Racing Qualifying: 1. 21S-Steven Snyder Jr, 00:11.118[5]; 2. 99B-Robbie Smith, 00:11.166[29]; 3. 8-TJ Stark, 00:11.167[21]; 4. 99-Briggs Danner, 00:11.246[22]; 5. 12J-Brecken Reese, 00:11.257[18]; 6. 3B-Dallas Damask, 00:11.279[8]; 7. 78-Zak Gorski, 00:11.286[17]; 8. 22K-Kole Kirkman, 00:11.306[26]; 9. 25K-Kyle Spence, 00:11.345[7]; 10. 21K-Thomas Kunsman Jr, 00:11.356[4]; 11. 12-Jeffrey Newell, 00:11.360[12]; 12. 28P-Gunnar Pio, 00:11.368[24]; 13. 15N-Neal Allison, 00:11.368[15]; 14. 95B-James Roselli, 00:11.407[6]; 15. 11Z-Kyle Lick, 00:11.426[2]; 16. 2D-Cole Dewease, 00:11.442[20]; 17. 5A-Alex Ruppert, 00:11.447[28]; 18. 29-Brent Shearer, 00:11.456[3]; 19. 11H-Holden Eckman, 00:11.460[9]; 20. 15D-Matthew Donley, 00:11.466[1]; 21. 88-Billy Calvert, 00:11.472[14]; 22. 16X-Marty Brian, 00:11.507[27]; 23. 71B-Brian Kramer, 00:11.531[13]; 24. 10-Mason Peters, 00:11.556[16]; 25. 62-Jacob Lynch, 00:11.561[10]; 26. 21-Mason Beinhower, 00:11.630[30]; 27. 30-Jack Fraser, 00:11.638[23]; 28. 24W-Zack Weisenfluh, 00:11.655[19]; 29. 5H-Haylee Papp, 00:11.744[25]; 30. 2L-Luke Hess, 00:11.772[11].
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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 Non-Wing Outlaw feature event for the KKM Giveback Classic.
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