8/2/2025
POWRi
Cash Lacombe Wins in Restrictors and Bryton Buoy Victorious in Jr Sprints in KKM Challenge Preliminary Night
Logansport, IN. (8/1/25) Running divisional competitions of Preliminary Night in the fifth yearly Eibach Racing KKM Challenge presented by Start2Finish event at US-24 Speedway would find Cash Lacombe earn the feature victory in the Non-Wing Restrictor division, as Bryton Buoy would visit victory lane driving in the Jr Sprint division.
Establishing a relentless field of thirty-one Non-Wing Restrictor divisional entries, Heath Walton would outpace others by setting the hot-lap quick time with a lap of 12.511 seconds, with Levi Ballard positioning the early standard of speed over the nineteen Jr Sprinters with a lap time of 13.518 seconds in the competitions for Preliminary Night of the KKM Challenge.
Competing in heat racing action at Coles County for the Non-Wing Restrictor would find Ashen Glazier, Braxton Flatt, Mavrick Page, and Chase DeMarco each earning the victories with Tate Gurney taking the Restrictor semi-feature checkers. Paxton Perry, Bryton Buoy, and Gage Pio would gain early on-track wins in the Jr Sprint division. KKM Challenge Preliminary Night High Point Qualifiers earning the feature pole starting positions would be Cash Lacombe in the Non-Wing Restrictor and Bryton Buoy in Jr Sprints.
Proceeding onto the smooth and speedy surface of US-24 Speedway for the Non-Wing Restrictor feature would find pole-starting Cash Lacombe protecting the front of the field late while leading all twenty laps of the green flag feature to score the victory. Mavrick Page would cross the checker's second with Brayden Williams placing third from starting as hard-charger Deekan McRoberts finished fourth from tenth ahead of Braxton Flatt, who rounded out the top five finishers of Preliminary Night for the KKM Challenge feature event.
Challenging in feature oppositions for the Jr Sprints would find a thrilling drive as Bryton Buoy would claim the victory after leading all twenty laps from starting pole position with fifth-starter Jaxson Evett holding steady in a close runner-up position. Levi Ballard would place third, with hard-charger Braylon Morris finishing fourth as Gage Pio rounded out the POWRi Jr Sprint top-five finishers for the Preliminary Night competition of the KKM Challenge at US-24 Speedway.
US-24 Speedway | KKM Challenge | 8/1/25:
Jr Sprint:
Eibach Racing A Feature (20 Laps): 1. 65-Bryton Buoy[1]; 2. 14E-Jaxson Evett[5]; 3. 87-Levi Ballard[2]; 4. 15-Braylon Morris[9]; 5. 5-Gage Pio[3]; 6. 1P-Paxton Belchik[8]; 7. 47-Stetson Stroup[11]; 8. 17-Aj Barber[7]; 9. 1-Paxton Perry[4]; 10. 75-TomTom Hernly[10]; 11. 14-Ryder Morris[16]; 12. 95-Landen Edsall[14]; 13. 49-Kash Wireman[6]; 14. 12-Brady Ayres[15]; 15. 66-Breck Buoy[17]; 16. 9-Connor Edsall[13]; 17. 47M-Maggie Stroup[18]; 18. 14A-Brycen Austin[12]; 19. 10-Payson Perry[19].
Hyper Racing Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 1-Paxton Perry[2]; 2. 87-Levi Ballard[4]; 3. 1P-Paxton Belchik[3]; 4. 14A-Brycen Austin[1]; 5. 9-Connor Edsall[6]; 6. 14-Ryder Morris[5]; 7. 10-Payson Perry[7].
Rush Race Gear Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 65-Bryton Buoy[4]; 2. 49-Kash Wireman[2]; 3. 15-Braylon Morris[3]; 4. 75-TomTom Hernly[6]; 5. 95-Landen Edsall[5]; 6. 47M-Maggie Stroup[1].
Hoosier Racing Tire Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 5-Gage Pio[2]; 2. 17-Aj Barber[1]; 3. 14E-Jaxson Evett[4]; 4. 47-Stetson Stroup[3]; 5. 12-Brady Ayres[5]; 6. 66-Breck Buoy[6].
Eibach Racing Qualifying 1: 1. 87-Levi Ballard, 00:13.518[4]; 2. 1P-Paxton Belchik, 00:13.660[6]; 3. 1-Paxton Perry, 00:13.676[2]; 4. 14A-Brycen Austin, 00:14.121[1]; 5. 14-Ryder Morris, 00:14.158[5]; 6. 9-Connor Edsall, 00:14.162[3]; 7. 10-Payson Perry, 00:14.643[7].
Eibach Racing Qualifying 2: 1. 65-Bryton Buoy, 00:13.641[5]; 2. 15-Braylon Morris, 00:13.697[2]; 3. 49-Kash Wireman, 00:13.793[6]; 4. 47M-Maggie Stroup, 00:13.812[1]; 5. 95-Landen Edsall, 00:13.867[4]; 6. 75-TomTom Hernly, 00:14.089[3].
Eibach Racing Qualifying 3: 1. 14E-Jaxson Evett, 00:13.543[1]; 2. 47-Stetson Stroup, 00:13.573[4]; 3. 5-Gage Pio, 00:13.600[2]; 4. 17-Aj Barber, 00:13.682[3]; 5. 12-Brady Ayres, 00:13.959[5]; 6. 66-Breck Buoy, 00:14.072[6].
Non-Wing Restrictor:
Eibach Racing A Feature (20 Laps): 1. 97L-Cash Lacombe[1]; 2. 97-Mavrick Page[5]; 3. 17B-Brayden Williams[3]; 4. 12-Deekan McRoberts[10]; 5. 81-Braxton Flatt[2]; 6. 11M-Mattix McBride[7]; 7. 2V-Mason Vincent[9]; 8. 5E-Eli Holden[13]; 9. 11-Brice Shaid[8]; 10. 42-Kolson Nelson[12]; 11. 12P-Collin Pruitt[11]; 12. 32C-Blake Crooms[14]; 13. 57-Austin Mccallum[16]; 14. 21S-Heath Walton[20]; 15. 19-Norman Girard[15]; 16. 1K-Kolette Dicero[19]; 17. 71-Tate Gurney[17]; 18. 26-Chase DeMarco[4]; 19. 92-Lathan Knott[18]; 20. 15G-Ashen Glazier[6]
MPI B Feature (12 Laps): 1. 71-Tate Gurney[2]; 2. 92-Lathan Knott[3]; 3. 1K-Kolette Dicero[6]; 4. 21S-Heath Walton[9]; 5. 37-Brady Williams[4]; 6. 05K-Austin Keehn[1]; 7. 25A-Kimber Crooms[12]; 8. 54-Lukas Waber[5]; 9. 66H-Brantley Henderson[13]; 10. 22-Drake Tarlton[14]; 11. 81H-Maveryk Harris[15]; 12. 12H-Presley Horvath[11]; 13. 66-Brooks Buoy[8]; 14. 21A-Memarie Ashcraft[7]; 15. 23-Adam Presnar[10]
Hyper Racing Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 15G-Ashen Glazier[1]; 2. 17B-Brayden Williams[3]; 3. 42-Kolson Nelson[2]; 4. 32C-Blake Crooms[4]; 5. 05K-Austin Keehn[7]; 6. 21A-Memarie Ashcraft[5]; 7. 12H-Presley Horvath[6]; 8. 22-Drake Tarlton[8]
Rush Race Gear Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 81-Braxton Flatt[2]; 2. 97L-Cash Lacombe[4]; 3. 19-Norman Girard[1]; 4. 12P-Collin Pruitt[7]; 5. 71-Tate Gurney[3]; 6. 66-Brooks Buoy[6]; 7. 23-Adam Presnar[5]; 8. 66H-Brantley Henderson[8].
Hoosier Racing Tire Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 97-Mavrick Page[1]; 2. 11-Brice Shaid[2]; 3. 2V-Mason Vincent[3]; 4. 5E-Eli Holden[4]; 5. 92-Lathan Knott[6]; 6. 1K-Kolette Dicero[5]; 7. 25A-Kimber Crooms[7]; 8. 81H-Maveryk Harris[8].
Engler Machine & Tool Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 26-Chase DeMarco[1]; 2. 11M-Mattix McBride[2]; 3. 12-Deekan McRoberts[3]; 4. 57-Austin Mccallum[5]; 5. 37-Brady Williams[6]; 6. 54-Lukas Waber[7]; 7. 21S-Heath Walton[4].
Eibach Racing Qualifying 1: 1. 32C-Blake Crooms, 00:12.772[5]; 2. 17B-Brayden Williams, 00:12.865[6]; 3. 42-Kolson Nelson, 00:13.047[4]; 4. 15G-Ashen Glazier, 00:13.196[7]; 5. 21A-Memarie Ashcraft, 00:13.225[3]; 6. 12H-Presley Horvath, 00:13.356[8]; 7. 05K-Austin Keehn, 00:13.358[2]; 8. 22-Drake Tarlton, 00:13.427[1].
Eibach Racing Qualifying 2: 1. 97L-Cash Lacombe, 00:12.681[3]; 2. 71-Tate Gurney, 00:12.863[4]; 3. 81-Braxton Flatt, 00:12.864[1]; 4. 19-Norman Girard, 00:12.909[8]; 5. 23-Adam Presnar, 00:12.992[2]; 6. 66-Brooks Buoy, 00:13.001[6]; 7. 12P-Collin Pruitt, 00:13.061[7]; 8. 66H-Brantley Henderson, 00:13.360[5].
Eibach Racing Qualifying 3: 1. 5E-Eli Holden, 00:12.634[6]; 2. 2V-Mason Vincent, 00:12.692[7]; 3. 11-Brice Shaid, 00:12.783[3]; 4. 97-Mavrick Page, 00:12.893[4]; 5. 1K-Kolette Dicero, 00:13.001[1]; 6. 92-Lathan Knott, 00:13.055[8]; 7. 25A-Kimber Crooms, 00:13.282[2]; 8. 81H-Maveryk Harris, 00:13.441[5].
Eibach Racing Qualifying 4: 1. 21S-Heath Walton, 00:12.511[1]; 2. 12-Deekan McRoberts, 00:12.714[5]; 3. 11M-Mattix McBride, 00:12.723[7]; 4. 26-Chase DeMarco, 00:12.741[3]; 5. 57-Austin Mccallum, 00:13.142[2]; 6. 37-Brady Williams, 00:13.188[6]; 7. 54-Lukas Waber, 00:13.267[4].
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