8/3/2025
POWRi
Cash Lacombe Wins in Restrictors and Levi Ballard Victorious in Jr Sprints in KKM Challenge Championship Night
Logansport, IN. (8/2/25) Running divisional competitions of Championship 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 Levi Ballard would visit victory lane driving in the Jr Sprint division.
Establishing a relentless field of thirty-one Non-Wing Restrictor divisional entries, Brice Shaid would outpace others by setting the hot-lap quick time with a lap of 12.33 seconds, with Paxton Belchik positioning the early standard of speed over the Jr Sprinters with a lap time of 13.322 seconds in the early competitions for Championship Night of the KKM Challenge.
Competing in heat racing action in Logansport for the Non-Wing Restrictor would find Mattix McBride, Brice Shaid, and Braxton Flatt each earning the victories. Gage Pio and Brady Ayers would gain early on-track wins in the Jr Sprint division. KKM Challenge Championship 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 Brice Shaid placing third as Deekan McRoberts finished fourth ahead of Mattix McBride, who rounded out the top five finishers of Championship Night for the KKM Challenge feature event.
Challenging in feature oppositions for the Jr Sprints would find a thrilling drive as Levi Ballard would claim the victory after leading nineteen laps from starting second position with pole-starter Bryton Buoy holding steady in a close runner-up position. Jaxson Evett would place third, with point-leader Gage Pio finishing fourth as Stetson Stroup rounded out the POWRi Jr Sprint top-five finishers for the Championship Night competition of the KKM Challenge at US-24 Speedway.
US-24 Speedway | KKM Challenge | 8/2/25:
Jr Sprint:
Eibach Racing A Feature (20 Laps): 1. 87-Levi Ballard[2]; 2. 65-Bryton Buoy[1]; 3. 14E-Jaxson Evett[3]; 4. 5-Gage Pio[5]; 5. 47-Stetson Stroup[6]; 6. 1P-Paxton Belchik[8]; 7. 17-Aj Barber[9]; 8. 15-Braylon Morris[4]; 9. 12-Brady Ayres[7]; 10. 1-Paxton Perry[13]; 11. 49-Kash Wireman[15]; 12. 66-Breck Buoy[12]; 13. 95-Landen Edsall[11]; 14. 14-Ryder Morris[17]; 15. 10-Payson Perry[18]; 16. 75-TomTom Hernly[14]; 17. 14A-Brycen Austin[16]; 18. 9-Connor Edsall[10].
Hyper Racing Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 5-Gage Pio[3]; 2. 17-Aj Barber[2]; 3. 1P-Paxton Belchik[4]; 4. 95-Landen Edsall[5]; 5. 75-TomTom Hernly[1]; 6. 14A-Brycen Austin[6]; 7. 10-Payson Perry[7]
Rush Race Gear Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 12-Brady Ayres[1]; 2. 47-Stetson Stroup[7]; 3. 9-Connor Edsall[2]; 4. 66-Breck Buoy[3]; 5. 1-Paxton Perry[4]; 6. 49-Kash Wireman[5]; 7. 14-Ryder Morris[6].
Eibach Racing Qualifying 1: 1. 1P-Paxton Belchik, 00:13.322[7]; 2. 5-Gage Pio, 00:13.354[2]; 3. 17-Aj Barber, 00:13.620[1]; 4. 75-TomTom Hernly, 00:13.735[3]; 5. 95-Landen Edsall, 00:13.915[4]; 6. 14A-Brycen Austin, 00:14.001[5]; 7. 10-Payson Perry, 00:14.092[6].
Eibach Racing Qualifying 2: 1. 1-Paxton Perry, 00:13.458[4]; 2. 66-Breck Buoy, 00:13.675[2]; 3. 9-Connor Edsall, 00:13.683[3]; 4. 12-Brady Ayres, 00:13.730[6]; 5. 49-Kash Wireman, 00:13.811[1]; 6. 14-Ryder Morris, 00:13.814[7]; 7. 47-Stetson Stroup, 00:14.449[5].
Non-Wing Restrictor:
Eibach Racing A Feature (20 Laps): 1. 97L-Cash Lacombe[1]; 2. 97-Mavrick Page[3]; 3. 11-Brice Shaid[5]; 4. 12-Deekan McRoberts[4]; 5. 11M-Mattix McBride[6]; 6. 71-Tate Gurney[8]; 7. 81-Braxton Flatt[9]; 8. 17B-Brayden Williams[2]; 9. 57-Austin Mccallum[14]; 10. 15G-Ashen Glazier[20]; 11. 42-Kolson Nelson[11]; 12. 26-Chase DeMarco[17]; 13. 54-Lukas Waber[19]; 14. 1K-Kolette Dicero[15]; 15. 23-Adam Presnar[18]; 16. 12H-Presley Horvath[16]; 17. 5E-Eli Holden[7]; 18. 12P-Collin Pruitt[12]; 19. 32C-Blake Crooms[13]; 20. 66-Brooks Buoy[10].
MPI B Feature (12 Laps): 1. 26-Chase DeMarco[1]; 2. 23-Adam Presnar[3]; 3. 54-Lukas Waber[2]; 4. 15G-Ashen Glazier[5]; 5. 37-Brady Williams[8]; 6. 2V-Mason Vincent[6]; 7. 25A-Kimber Crooms[9]; 8. 21S-Heath Walton[13]; 9. 81H-Maveryk Harris[7]; 10. 19-Norman Girard[11]; 11. 66H-Brantley Henderson[14]; 12. 92-Lathan Knott[4]; 13. 05K-Austin Keehn[10]; 14. 22-Drake Tarlton[12]; 15. 21A-Memarie Ashcraft[15].
Hyper Racing Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 11M-Mattix McBride[3]; 2. 71-Tate Gurney[4]; 3. 1K-Kolette Dicero[1]; 4. 26-Chase DeMarco[2]; 5. 23-Adam Presnar[5]; 6. 92-Lathan Knott[7]; 7. 25A-Kimber Crooms[6]; 8. 05K-Austin Keehn[9]; 9. 66H-Brantley Henderson[8].
Rush Race Gear Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 11-Brice Shaid[4]; 2. 66-Brooks Buoy[2]; 3. 57-Austin Mccallum[1]; 4. 12P-Collin Pruitt[7]; 5. 12H-Presley Horvath[9]; 6. 15G-Ashen Glazier[5]; 7. 37-Brady Williams[3]; 8. 19-Norman Girard[6]; 9. 21A-Memarie Ashcraft[8].
Hoosier Racing Tire Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 81-Braxton Flatt[1]; 2. 5E-Eli Holden[4]; 3. 42-Kolson Nelson[5]; 4. 32C-Blake Crooms[7]; 5. 54-Lukas Waber[3]; 6. 2V-Mason Vincent[6]; 7. 81H-Maveryk Harris[9]; 8. 22-Drake Tarlton[8]; 9. 21S-Heath Walton[2].
Eibach Racing Qualifying 1: 1. 71-Tate Gurney, 00:12.475[7]; 2. 11M-Mattix McBride, 00:12.539[8]; 3. 26-Chase DeMarco, 00:12.545[1]; 4. 1K-Kolette Dicero, 00:12.681[9]; 5. 23-Adam Presnar, 00:12.688[5]; 6. 25A-Kimber Crooms, 00:12.799[4]; 7. 92-Lathan Knott, 00:12.804[6]; 8. 66H-Brantley Henderson, 00:13.011[2]; 9. 05K-Austin Keehn, 00:13.011[3].
Eibach Racing Qualifying 2: 1. 11-Brice Shaid, 00:12.330[4]; 2. 37-Brady Williams, 00:12.586[3]; 3. 66-Brooks Buoy, 00:12.607[6]; 4. 57-Austin Mccallum, 00:12.643[9]; 5. 15G-Ashen Glazier, 00:12.714[2]; 6. 19-Norman Girard, 00:12.757[8]; 7. 12P-Collin Pruitt, 00:12.932[7]; 8. 21A-Memarie Ashcraft, 00:13.045[1]; 9. 12H-Presley Horvath, 00:13.103[5].
Eibach Racing Qualifying 3: 1. 5E-Eli Holden, 00:12.402[8]; 2. 54-Lukas Waber, 00:12.752[6]; 3. 21S-Heath Walton, 00:12.764[9]; 4. 81-Braxton Flatt, 00:12.846[1]; 5. 42-Kolson Nelson, 00:12.877[5]; 6. 2V-Mason Vincent, 00:12.880[4]; 7. 32C-Blake Crooms, 00:12.932[7]; 8. 22-Drake Tarlton, 00:13.136[2]; 9. 81H-Maveryk Harris, 00:13.365[3].
Event Information: https://www.myracepass.com/events/546471
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