Neal Allison Earns POWRi Stock Non-Wing Micro KKM Challenge Championship Night Win
Photo by Mike Rauba
MACON, Ill.—Neal Allison would perfect the weekend to win Championship Night of the first yearly installment of the Keith Kunz Motorsports Challenge presented by Start2Finish TV to claim his second-straight career victory with the POWRi Stock Non-Wing Micro League at the outstanding hosting Macon Speedway.
Going through an impressive field of seventy entries on the championship night of the POWRi Stock Non-Wing Micro division in the KKM Challenge would find Wyatt Miller set the quick qualifying time with a time of 11.016 seconds. Jesse Pate, Colton Hardy, Drew Sherman, Ryder Hughart, Aiden Purdue, Gunnar Pio, Harley Hollan, and Keagan Osantowski would each emerge victorious in heat racing action with Jesse Pate, Reed Whitney, KJ Snow, and Drew Sherman all earning wins in qualifier competitions as Hank Soares and Colby Sokol would gain the b-feature wins with Chase Spicola and Russ Disinger taking the c-feature checkers.
Flying onto the smooth Macon Speedway surface for Championship Night feature racing for the opening night of the Keith Kunz Motorsports Challenge presented by Start2Finish TV would see the high point qualifier Neal Allison battle outside front-row contender Frank Flud as the green flew with Allison holding the front of the field.
Action aplenty around Macon Speedway for thirty laps would find Neal Allison protecting the top spot for every circuit in an action-packed feature event with Frank Flud, Brecken Reese, Gunnar Pio, and KJ Snow all taking spots running inside the top five.
Never wavering from the top line, Neal Allison would hold steady up front for his second career POWRi Stock Non-Wing Micro victory as Brecken Reese would finish in the closely contended second spot from starting third, with hard charger Brant Woods flying from starting twentieth to finalizing the podium placements.
“The track was changing so much during this race that I never really knew where the quickest line was. Anytime someone would throw a slider, I knew it was time to change things up,” said Neal Allison in the Macon Speedway victory lane for Championship Night of the first Illinois KKM Challenge. Adding, “One of the most technical and fun tracks I have ever been to, and what an amazing weekend”.
Driving from starting seventeenth, Hank Soares would place fourth as eighteenth-starting Colby Sokol rounded out the top-five finishers in the POWRi Outlaw Micro League feature in Championship Night of the Keith Kunz Motorsports Challenge presented by Start2Finish TV at Macon Speedway.
POWRi Stock Non-Wing Micro | KKM Challenge | Macon Speedway | 5/10/25:
Eibach Racing Quick Qualifying Time: 73-Wyatt Miller(11.016)
Hyper Racing Heat Race One Winner: 22-Jesse Pate
Victory Fuel Heat Race Two Winner: 41-Colton Hardy
Rush Race Gear Heat Race Three Winner: 3-Drew Sherman
Hoosier Racing Tire Heat Race Four Winner: 3H-Ryder Hughart
Driven Midwest Heat Race Five Winner: 37-Aiden Purdue
Start2Finish Heat Race Six Winner: 28P-Gunnar Pio
PageKC Heat Race Seven Winner: 14H-Harley Hollan
MPI Heat Race Eight Winner: 21-Keagan Osantowski
Driven Midwest Qualifier One Winner: 22X-Jesse Pate
Engler Machine and Tool Qualifier Two Winner: 5W-Reed Whitney
Eibach Racing Qualifier Three Winner: 89-KJ Snow
Max Papis Innovations Qualifier Four Winner: 3-Drew Sherman
MPI B-Feature One Winner: 22-Hank Soares
Rush Race Gear B-Feature Two Winner: 24S-Colby Sokol
Hoosier Racing Tire C-Feature One Winner: 9-Chase Spicola
Engler Machine & Tool C-Feature Two Winner: 39-Russ Disinger
Hyper Racing High Point Qualifier: 15N-Neal Allision
Hoosier Racing Tire Hard Charger: 12-Brant Woods(+17)
Eibach Racing Feature Winner: 15N-Neal Allision
Event Information: https://www.myracepass.com/events/551292
Eibach Racing A Feature (30 Laps): 1. 15N-Neal Allison[1]; 2. 20Q-Brecken Reese[3]; 3. 12-Brant Woods[20]; 4. 22-Hank Soares[17]; 5. 24S-Colby Sokol[18]; 6. 18-Aidan Leingang[21]; 7. 3-Drew Sherman[7]; 8. 28P-Gunnar Pio[6]; 9. 21-Keegan Osantowski[16]; 10. 10-Daniel Robinson[24]; 11. 14K-Kyle Hooper[11]; 12. 22X-Jesse Pate[9]; 13. 73-Wyatt Miller[12]; 14. 97-Mavrick Page[14]; 15. 81-Frank Flud[2]; 16. 5W-Reed Whitney[10]; 17. 72-Sam Johnson[4]; 18. 5C-Cooper Miller[13]; 19. 7S-Kanon Posey[8]; 20. 14H-Harley Hollan[19]; 21. 37-Aiden Purdue[15]; 22. 89-KJ Snow[5]; 23. 41-Colton Hardy[22]; 24. 22K-Kole Kirkman[23].
MPI B Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 22-Hank Soares[2]; 2. 14H-Harley Hollan[1]; 3. 18-Aidan Leingang[9]; 4. 22K-Kole Kirkman[4]; 5. 25S-Justis Sokol[3]; 6. 83H-Cullen Hutchison[6]; 7. 14P-Parker Perry[7]; 8. 21B-Mason Beinhower[10]; 9. 21S-Trevor Cline[16]; 10. 3H-Ryder Hughart[11]; 11. 75-Blayne Buntin[13]; 12. 9-Chase Spicola[15]; 13. 74X-Caleb Edington[12]; 14. 16W-Hunter Walker[17]; 15. 5K-Kameron Chamness[18]; 16. C71-Carter Jensrud[14]; 17. 24-Cameron Campbell[8]; 18. 87-Mack Leopard[5].
Rush Race Gear B Feature 2 (15 Laps): 1. 24S-Colby Sokol[2]; 2. 12-Brant Woods[3]; 3. 41-Colton Hardy[1]; 4. 10-Daniel Robinson[5]; 5. 21A-Trevor Gach[16]; 6. 17G-Isaiah Garcia[9]; 7. 1S-Braxton Weger[17]; 8. 14-Jaxton Wiggs[4]; 9. 66C-Caleb Shietze[10]; 10. 88-Billy Lieb[11]; 11. 8J-JJ Williams[13]; 12. 39-Russ Disinger[15]; 13. 7-Clarkson Hagan[12]; 14. 19J-Justin Robison[6]; 15. 48K-Jett Nunley[7]; 16. 21E-Enzo Spicola[18]; 17. (DNS) 64-Cade Jaeger; 18. (DNS) 14B-Brody Bridgeman.
Hoosier Racing Tire C Feature 1 (10 Laps): 1. 9-Chase Spicola[1]; 2. 21S-Trevor Cline[5]; 3. 16W-Hunter Walker[12]; 4. 5K-Kameron Chamness[2]; 5. 88M-Max Crabdree[4]; 6. 128-Marshall Willing[10]; 7. 25-Kenneth Beinhower III[8]; 8. 93-Matt Carr[3]; 9. 3X-Keatin Lyons[6]; 10. 97B-Donnie Burrows[11]; 11. 5M-Nate McMillin[7]; 12. 1V-Austin Saunders[9].
Engler Machine & Tool C Feature2 (10 Laps): 1. 39-Russ Disinger[6]; 2. 21A-Trevor Gach[3]; 3. 1S-Braxton Weger[5]; 4. 21E-Enzo Spicola[11]; 5. 16C-Sam Coleman[7]; 6. 95-Paige Moss[1]; 7. GH7-Garyn Howard[4]; 8. 23F-Luke Drotschie[10]; 9. 5R-Alex Ruppert[2]; 10. 5-August Skinner[9]; 11. (DNS) 5E-Mickey Bullock; 12. (DNS) 5P-Luke Porter
Hyper Racing Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 22X-Jesse Pate[1]; 2. 89-KJ Snow[4]; 3. 25S-Justis Sokol[3]; 4. 66C-Caleb Shietze[2]; 5. 17G-Isaiah Garcia[7]; 6. 5R-Alex Ruppert[5]; 7. 3X-Keatin Lyons[8]; 8. 1V-Austin Saunders[6].
Rush Race Gear Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 41-Colton Hardy[3]; 2. 22-Hank Soares[1]; 3. 10-Daniel Robinson[6]; 4. 83H-Cullen Hutchison[4]; 5. 75-Blayne Buntin[5]; 6. GH7-Garyn Howard[2]; 7. 5E-Mickey Bullock[7]; 8. 16W-Hunter Walker[8].
Hoosier Racing Tire Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 3-Drew Sherman[1]; 2. 87-Mack Leopard[4]; 3. 8J-JJ Williams[2]; 4. 64-Cade Jaeger[6]; 5. C71-Carter Jensrud[8]; 6. 93-Matt Carr[5]; 7. 1S-Braxton Weger[3]; 8. 5-August Skinner[7].
Engler Machine & Tool Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 3H-Ryder Hughart[1]; 2. 12-Brant Woods[3]; 3. 73-Wyatt Miller[4]; 4. 21B-Mason Beinhower[2]; 5. 88-Billy Lieb[6]; 6. 9-Chase Spicola[8]; 7. 5M-Nate McMillin[5]; 8. 128-Marshall Willing[7].
Driven Midwest Heat 5 (8 Laps): 1. 37-Aiden Purdue[2]; 2. 24-Cameron Campbell[1]; 3. 22K-Kole Kirkman[3]; 4. 24S-Colby Sokol[4]; 5. 14B-Brody Bridgeman[7]; 6. 88M-Max Crabdree[6]; 7. 39-Russ Disinger[5]; 8. 97B-Donnie Burrows[8].
Start2Finish Heat 6 (8 Laps): 1. 28P-Gunnar Pio[2]; 2. 97-Mavrick Page[3]; 3. 5C-Cooper Miller[4]; 4. 19J-Justin Robison[1]; 5. 7-Clarkson Hagan[5]; 6. 95-Paige Moss[8]; 7. 16C-Sam Coleman[6]; 8. 23F-Luke Drotschie[7].
PageKC Heat 7 (8 Laps): 1. 14H-Harley Hollan[1]; 2. 14K-Kyle Hooper[2]; 3. 14P-Parker Perry[4]; 4. 18-Aidan Leingang[3]; 5. 74X-Caleb Edington[6]; 6. 5K-Kameron Chamness[5]; 7. 25-Kenneth Beinhower III[7]; 8. (DNS) 5P-Luke Porter.
MPI Heat 8 (8 Laps): 1. 21-Keegan Osantowski[1]; 2. 7S-Kanon Posey[5]; 3. 5W-Reed Whitney[7]; 4. 48K-Jett Nunley[3]; 5. 14-Jaxton Wiggs[6]; 6. 21A-Trevor Gach[2]; 7. 21S-Trevor Cline[4]; 8. 21E-Enzo Spicola[8].
Qualifier 1 (10 Laps): 1. 22X-Jesse Pate[1]; 2. 28P-Gunnar Pio[3]; 3. 21-Keegan Osantowski[2]; 4. 22-Hank Soares[6]; 5. 41-Colton Hardy[4]; 6. 83H-Cullen Hutchison[7]; 7. 14P-Parker Perry[5]; 8. 18-Aidan Leingang[8]; 9. 88-Billy Lieb[10]; 10. 14B-Brody Bridgeman[9].
Qualifier 2 (10 Laps): 1. 5W-Reed Whitney[1]; 2. 7S-Kanon Posey[3]; 3. 14H-Harley Hollan[2]; 4. 24S-Colby Sokol[7]; 5. 22K-Kole Kirkman[6]; 6. 10-Daniel Robinson[5]; 7. 87-Mack Leopard[4]; 8. 17G-Isaiah Garcia[9]; 9. 74X-Caleb Edington[10]; 10. C71-Carter Jensrud[8].
Qualifier 3 (10 Laps): 1. 89-KJ Snow[4]; 2. 73-Wyatt Miller[1]; 3. 14K-Kyle Hooper[5]; 4. 25S-Justis Sokol[6]; 5. 12-Brant Woods[3]; 6. 19J-Justin Robison[9]; 7. 64-Cade Jaeger[7]; 8. 21B-Mason Beinhower[8]; 9. 7-Clarkson Hagan[10]; 10. 3H-Ryder Hughart[2].
Qualifier 4 (10 Laps): 1. 3-Drew Sherman[2]; 2. 5C-Cooper Miller[1]; 3. 97-Mavrick Page[3]; 4. 37-Aiden Purdue[4]; 5. 14-Jaxton Wiggs[9]; 6. 48K-Jett Nunley[7]; 7. 24-Cameron Campbell[5]; 8. 66C-Caleb Shietze[8]; 9. 75-Blayne Buntin[10]; 10. 8J-JJ Williams[6].
Eibach Racing Qualifying 1: 1. 89-KJ Snow, 00:11.109[7]; 2. 25S-Justis Sokol, 00:11.387[8]; 3. 66C-Caleb Shietze, 00:11.397[4]; 4. 22X-Jesse Pate, 00:11.447[6]; 5. 5R-Alex Ruppert, 00:11.488[2]; 6. 1V-Austin Saunders, 00:11.611[1]; 7. 17G-Isaiah Garcia, 00:11.666[5]; 8. 3X-Keatin Lyons, 00:11.715[3].
Eibach Racing Qualifying 2: 1. 83H-Cullen Hutchison, 00:11.148[4]; 2. 41-Colton Hardy, 00:11.426[2]; 3. GH7-Garyn Howard, 00:11.649[8]; 4. 22-Hank Soares, 00:11.660[5]; 5. 75-Blayne Buntin, 00:11.662[1]; 6. 10-Daniel Robinson, 00:11.669[7]; 7. 5E-Mickey Bullock, 00:11.747[3]; 8. 16W-Hunter Walker, 00:12.249[6].
Eibach Racing Qualifying 3: 1. 87-Mack Leopard, 00:11.084[2]; 2. 1S-Braxton Weger, 00:11.123[1]; 3. 8J-JJ Williams, 00:11.360[3]; 4. 3-Drew Sherman, 00:11.403[4]; 5. 93-Matt Carr, 00:11.510[6]; 6. 64-Cade Jaeger, 00:11.549[8]; 7. 5-August Skinner, 00:11.567[7]; 8. C71-Carter Jensrud, 00:11.803[5].
Eibach Racing Qualifying 4: 1. 73-Wyatt Miller, 00:11.016[8]; 2. 12-Brant Woods, 00:11.075[5]; 3. 21B-Mason Beinhower, 00:11.354[1]; 4. 3H-Ryder Hughart, 00:11.388[4]; 5. 5M-Nate McMillin, 00:11.497[7]; 6. 88-Billy Lieb, 00:11.512[2]; 7. 128-Marshall Willing, 00:11.616[6]; 8. 9-Chase Spicola, 00:11.667[3].
Eibach Racing Qualifying 5: 1. 24S-Colby Sokol, 00:11.156[5]; 2. 22K-Kole Kirkman, 00:11.223[4]; 3. 37-Aiden Purdue, 00:11.235[1]; 4. 24-Cameron Campbell, 00:11.311[2]; 5. 39-Russ Disinger, 00:11.358[8]; 6. 88M-Max Crabdree, 00:11.394[7]; 7. 14B-Brody Bridgeman, 00:11.466[6]; 8. 97B-Donnie Burrows, 00:11.739[3].
Eibach Racing Qualifying 6: 1. 5C-Cooper Miller, 00:11.184[6]; 2. 97-Mavrick Page, 00:11.285[5]; 3. 28P-Gunnar Pio, 00:11.293[4]; 4. 19J-Justin Robison, 00:11.408[2]; 5. 7-Clarkson Hagan, 00:11.413[1]; 6. 16C-Sam Coleman, 00:11.799[7]; 7. 23F-Luke Drotschie, 00:11.834[3]; 8. 95-Paige Moss, 01:00.000[8].
Eibach Racing Qualifying 7: 1. 14P-Parker Perry, 00:11.211[4]; 2. 18-Aidan Leingang, 00:11.254[6]; 3. 14K-Kyle Hooper, 00:11.308[3]; 4. 14H-Harley Hollan, 00:11.348[1]; 5. 5K-Kameron Chamness, 00:11.466[8]; 6. 74X-Caleb Edington, 00:11.564[2]; 7. 25-Kenneth Beinhower III, 00:11.671[7]; 8. 5P-Luke Porter, 01:00.000[5].
Eibach Racing Qualifying 8: 1. 21S-Trevor Cline, 00:11.072[6]; 2. 48K-Jett Nunley, 00:11.242[8]; 3. 21A-Trevor Gach, 00:11.285[5]; 4. 21-Keegan Osantowski, 00:11.325[1]; 5. 7S-Kanon Posey, 00:11.336[7]; 6. 14-Jaxton Wiggs, 00:11.401[2]; 7. 5W-Reed Whitney, 00:11.496[4]; 8. 21E-Enzo Spicola, 00:12.017[3].
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