5/10/2025
POWRi
Owen Larson and Cullen Hutchison Gain Macon Speedway Wins in KKM Challenge Preliminary Night Support Divisions
Macon, IL. (5/9/25) Running in support division competitions of Preliminary Night in the first yearly KKM Challenge at Macon Speedway would find Cullen Hutchison earn the feature victory in the Non-Wing Restrictor division, as Owen Larson would find victory lane driving in the Jr Sprint division.
Forming a relentless field of twenty-eight entries spanning the Non-Wing Restrictor division, Braxton Flatt would outpace others by setting the hot-lap quick time with a lap of 11.899-seconds with Gage Pio situating the early standard of speed over the Jr Sprinters with a lap time of 12.829-seconds in the early at Macon Speedway competitions for Preliminary Night in support of the first yearly KKM Challenge.
Contending into heat racing action at Macon Speedway for the Non-Wing Restrictor would find Mavrick Page, Heath Walton, Cullen Hutchison, and Deeken McRoberts each earning the victories, with Norman Girard taking the semi-feature win. Paxton Belchik and Levi Ballard would gain the early on-track wins in the Jr Sprint division. KKM Challenge Preliminary Night High Point Qualifiers earning the feature pole starting positions would be Cullen Hutchison in the Non-Wing Restrictor and Levi Ballard in Jr Sprints.
Cruising onto the smooth and speedy Macon Speedway surface for the Non-Wing Restrictor feature would find Cullen Hutchison protecting the front of the field while leading all twenty of the green flag feature laps to score the victory. Deeken McRoberts would cross the checker's second with Garyn Howard placing third from starting seventh, as Cash Lacombe finished fourth from ninth ahead of Braxton Flatt, rounding out the top-five finishers in support of the Preliminary Night for the KKM Challenge feature event.
Contending in feature oppositions for the Jr Sprints would find a thrilling drive as Owen Larson would claim the victory from starting third position with pole-sitter Levi Ballard holding steady in a close runner-up position. Paxton Belchik would place third with Gage Pio finishing fourth as Bryton Buoy rounded out the POWRi Jr Sprint top-five finishers for the Preliminary Night support competition of the KKM Challenge at Macon Speedway.
Macon Speedway | KKM Challenge | 5/9/25:
Jr Sprint: Eibach Racing A Feature (20 Laps): 1. 83-Owen Larson[3]; 2. 87-Levi Ballard[1]; 3. 1P-Paxton Belchik[2]; 4. 5-Gage Pio[4]; 5. 65-Bryton Buoy[5]; 6. 17C-Willow Coleman[8]; 7. 40C-Koen Coleman[11]; 8. 20-Ryker Sumner[9]; 9. 1-Paxton Perry[6]; 10. 21-Ryker Toops[10]; 11. 14E-Jaxson Evett[12]; 12. 11S-RJ Smith[14]; 13. 14-Aliya Snyder[15]; 14. 66-Breck Buoy[17]; 15. 10-Payson Perry[13]; 16. (DNS) 17-Aj Barber; 17. (DNS) 17S-Baylen Sumner.
Hyper Racing Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 1P-Paxton Belchik[3]; 2. 83-Owen Larson[4]; 3. 1-Paxton Perry[2]; 4. 20-Ryker Sumner[1]; 5. 17-Aj Barber[9]; 6. 40C-Koen Coleman[5]; 7. 10-Payson Perry[8]; 8. 14-Aliya Snyder[6]; 9. 66-Breck Buoy[7].
Rush Race Gear Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 87-Levi Ballard[3]; 2. 65-Bryton Buoy[1]; 3. 5-Gage Pio[4]; 4. 17C-Willow Coleman[2]; 5. 21-Ryker Toops[5]; 6. 14E-Jaxson Evett[6]; 7. 11S-RJ Smith[7]; 8. 17S-Baylen Sumner[8].
Eibach Racing Qualifying 1: 1. 83-Owen Larson, 00:13.104[3]; 2. 1P-Paxton Belchik, 00:13.147[7]; 3. 1-Paxton Perry, 00:13.162[2]; 4. 20-Ryker Sumner, 00:13.179[6]; 5. 40C-Koen Coleman, 00:13.282[5]; 6. 14-Aliya Snyder, 00:13.295[8]; 7. 66-Breck Buoy, 00:14.312[4]; 8. 10-Payson Perry, 00:14.787[1]; 9. 17-Aj Barber, 01:00.000[9].
Eibach Racing Qualifying 2: 1. 5-Gage Pio, 00:12.829[5]; 2. 87-Levi Ballard, 00:12.836[1]; 3. 17C-Willow Coleman, 00:13.022[6]; 4. 65-Bryton Buoy, 00:13.118[2]; 5. 21-Ryker Toops, 00:13.329[4]; 6. 14E-Jaxson Evett, 00:13.513[7]; 7. 11S-RJ Smith, 00:13.623[3]; 8. 17S-Baylen Sumner, 00:16.269[8].
Non-Wing Restrictor: Eibach Racing A Feature (20 Laps): 1. 83H-Cullen Hutchison[1]; 2. 12-Deekan McRoberts[3]; 3. GH7-Garyn Howard[7]; 4. 97L-Cash Lacombe[9]; 5. 81-Braxton Flatt[4]; 6. 26-Chase DeMarco[8]; 7. 5E-Eli Holden[11]; 8. 83-Owen Larson[10]; 9. 66-Brooks Buoy[19]; 10. 71-Tate Gurney[14]; 11. 29-Lane Seratt[13]; 12. 9-Cole Bennett[12]; 13. 12C-Bella Coleman[20]; 14. 92-Lathan Knott[15]; 15. 97-Mavrick Page[6]; 16. 11H-Nicholas Harris[16]; 17. 87-Levi Ballard[18]; 18. 19-Norman Girard[17]; 19. 21S-Heath Walton[2]; 20. 23-Adam Presnar[5].
MPI B Feature (12 Laps): 1. 19-Norman Girard[3]; 2. 87-Levi Ballard[5]; 3. 66-Brooks Buoy[4]; 4. 12C-Bella Coleman[2]; 5. 14-Cameron Marsha[7]; 6. 2V-Mason Vincent[9]; 7. 12P-Collin Pruitt[11]; 8. 7-Clarkson Hagan[8]; 9. 88A-AJ Williams[10]; 10. 5-Kaden Wells[6]; 11. 21-Ryker Toops[1]; 12. (DNS) 11S-RJ Smith.
Hyper Racing Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 97-Mavrick Page[2]; 2. 81-Braxton Flatt[4]; 3. 97L-Cash Lacombe[5]; 4. 21-Ryker Toops[1]; 5. 92-Lathan Knott[7]; 6. 87-Levi Ballard[3]; 7. 88A-AJ Williams[6].
Rush Race Gear Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 21S-Heath Walton[4]; 2. 26-Chase DeMarco[2]; 3. 83-Owen Larson[3]; 4. 12C-Bella Coleman[1]; 5. 19-Norman Girard[6]; 6. 5-Kaden Wells[5]; 7. 11S-RJ Smith[7].
Hoosier Racing Tire Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 83H-Cullen Hutchison[4]; 2. 23-Adam Presnar[6]; 3. 5E-Eli Holden[3]; 4. 9-Cole Bennett[7]; 5. 66-Brooks Buoy[5]; 6. 7-Clarkson Hagan[1]; 7. 2V-Mason Vincent[2].
Engler Machine & Tool Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 12-Deekan McRoberts[4]; 2. GH7-Garyn Howard[3]; 3. 29-Lane Seratt[1]; 4. 71-Tate Gurney[2]; 5. 11H-Nicholas Harris[7]; 6. 14-Cameron Marsha[5]; 7. 12P-Collin Pruitt[6].
Eibach Racing Qualifying 1: 1. 81-Braxton Flatt, 00:11.899[6]; 2. 87-Levi Ballard, 00:12.098[7]; 3. 97-Mavrick Page, 00:12.113[5]; 4. 21-Ryker Toops, 00:12.130[4]; 5. 97L-Cash Lacombe, 00:12.204[2]; 6. 88A-AJ Williams, 00:12.305[1]; 7. 92-Lathan Knott, 00:12.475[3].
Eibach Racing Qualifying 2: 1. 21S-Heath Walton, 00:12.099[6]; 2. 83-Owen Larson, 00:12.103[4]; 3. 26-Chase DeMarco, 00:12.170[7]; 4. 12C-Bella Coleman, 00:12.209[1]; 5. 5-Kaden Wells, 00:12.305[2]; 6. 19-Norman Girard, 00:12.398[3]; 7. 11S-RJ Smith, 00:12.784[5].
Eibach Racing Qualifying 3: 1. 83H-Cullen Hutchison, 00:12.039[6]; 2. 5E-Eli Holden, 00:12.165[1]; 3. 2V-Mason Vincent, 00:12.256[2]; 4. 7-Clarkson Hagan, 00:12.346[3]; 5. 66-Brooks Buoy, 00:12.383[4]; 6. 23-Adam Presnar, 00:12.397[5]; 7. 9-Cole Bennett, 00:12.648[7].
Eibach Racing Qualifying 4: 1. 12-Deekan McRoberts, 00:12.278[2]; 2. GH7-Garyn Howard, 00:12.293[1]; 3. 71-Tate Gurney, 00:12.341[5]; 4. 29-Lane Seratt, 00:12.392[6]; 5. 14-Cameron Marsha, 00:12.513[3]; 6. 12P-Collin Pruitt, 00:12.523[7]; 7. 11H-Nicholas Harris, 00:12.535[4].
Event Information: https://www.myracepass.com/events/551289
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