Maverick Page and Gage Pio Win in KKM Challenge Preliminary Night

5/17/2025

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Maverick Page and Gage Pio Win in KKM Challenge Preliminary Night

Dodge City, KS. (5/16/25) Running in divisional competitions of Preliminary Night in the second yearly Eibach Racing KKM Challenge presented by Start2Finish at Dodge City Raceway Park would find Maverick Page earn the feature victory in the Non-Wing Restrictor division, as Gage Pio would visit victory lane driving in the Jr Sprint division.

Establishing a relentless field of talent entries spanning the Non-Wing Restrictor division, Cash Lacombe would outpace others by setting the hot-lap quick time with a lap of 13.203 seconds with Paxton Belchik positioning the early standard of speed over the Jr Sprinters with a lap time of 14.311 seconds in the early Dodge City Raceway Park competitions for Preliminary Night in support of the second yearly KKM Challenge.

Competing in heat racing action at Dodge City Raceway Park for the Non-Wing Restrictor would find Tate Gurney and Deekan McRoberts each earning the victories. Paxton Belchik 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 Collin Pruitt in the Non-Wing Restrictor and Paxton Belchik in Jr Sprints.

Proceeding onto the smooth and speedy Dodge City Raceway Park surface for the Non-Wing Restrictor feature would find fifth-starting Maverick Page protecting the front of the field late while leading the final five laps of the green flag feature to score the victory. Leader of the first fifteen laps, Tate Gurney would cross the checker's second with Mason Vincent placing third from starting fourth, as hard-charger Cash Lacombe finished fourth from fifteenth ahead of eighth-starter Mattix McBride that rounded out the top five finishers in support of the Preliminary Night for the KKM Challenge feature event.

Challenging in feature oppositions for the Jr Sprints would find a thrilling drive as Gage Pio would claim the victory after leading all fifteen laps from starting second position with pole-starter Paxton Belchik holding steady in a close runner-up position. Ryker Toops would place third, with Will Golding finishing fourth as Jaxson Evett rounded out the POWRi Jr Sprint top-five finishers for the Preliminary Night support competition of the KKM Challenge at Dodge City Raceway Park.

Dodge City Raceway Park | KKM Challenge | 5/16/25:
Jr Sprint:
Eibach Racing A Feature (15 Laps): 1. 5-Gage Pio[2]; 2. 1-Paxton Belchik[1]; 3. 21-Ryker Toops[3]; 4. 14G-Will Golding[4]; 5. 14-Jaxson Evett[6]; 6. 1P-Paxton Perry[5]; 7. 43L-Welker Wissman[7]; 8. 8W-Lane Wanger[8]; 9. 37K-Kacie Pittman[11]; 10. 1L-Axten Larsen[9]; 11. 10-Payson Perry[10].

Hyper Racing Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 1-Paxton Belchik[4]; 2. 21-Ryker Toops[3]; 3. 14G-Will Golding[5]; 4. 1L-Axten Larsen[2]; 5. 8W-Lane Wanger[6]; 6. 37K-Kacie Pittman[1].

Rush Race Gear Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 5-Gage Pio[2]; 2. 14-Jaxson Evett[1]; 3. 1P-Paxton Perry[5]; 4. 43L-Welker Wissman[3]; 5. 10-Payson Perry[4].

Non-Wing Restrictor:
Eibach Racing A Feature (20 Laps): 1. 97-Mavrick Page[5]; 2. 71-Tate Gurney[2]; 3. 2V-Mason Vincent[4]; 4. 97L-Cash Lacombe[15]; 5. 11M-Mattix McBride[8]; 6. 11-Brice Shaid[7]; 7. 12-Deekan McRoberts[3]; 8. 83H-Cullen Hutchison[13]; 9. 21A-Memarie Ashcraft[10]; 10. 2Z-Zac Zeller[16]; 11. 92-Lathan Knott[9]; 12. 21-Ryker Toops[12]; 13. 30P-Blake Pittman[11]; 14. 12P-Collin Pruitt[1]; 15. 33T-Trey Peitz[14]; 16. 21S-Heath Walton[6]; 17. 11S-Sawyer McBride[17].

Hyper Racing Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 71-Tate Gurney[3]; 2. 12P-Collin Pruitt[6]; 3. 2V-Mason Vincent[5]; 4. 92-Lathan Knott[1]; 5. 21S-Heath Walton[8]; 6. 30P-Blake Pittman[7]; 7. 2Z-Zac Zeller[2]; 8. 33T-Trey Peitz[9]; 9. 11S-Sawyer McBride[4].

Rush Race Gear Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 12-Deekan McRoberts[3]; 2. 97-Mavrick Page[1]; 3. 11-Brice Shaid[2]; 4. 11M-Mattix McBride[5]; 5. 21A-Memarie Ashcraft[4]; 6. 21-Ryker Toops[6]; 7. 83H-Cullen Hutchison[7]; 8. 97L-Cash Lacombe[8].

Event Information: https://www.myracepass.com/events/549444

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Submitted By: Cassy Staley