SWEET SPRINGS, Mo. — Gavin Miller advanced five positions early and led the final 23 laps to win the preliminary night feature on the opening night of the KKM Challenge at Sweet Springs Motorsports Complex.
The event attracted 56 POWRi Outlaw Micro League entries.
Flying onto the track for the feature saw high point qualifier Steven Snyder Jr. and outside front-row contender Jaxon Bishop leading the field to green as Snyder took the lead.
Early feature racing action saw Miller overtaking for the lead on lap three with Peter Smith, Snyder, Chelby Hinton, and Jett Hayes maintaining solid showings while battling intently inside the running top five.
Restarting from a mid-race caution on lap 12 would witness Miller establishing another great run at the front of the field as Snyder, Aiden Purdue, Johnny Boland, and Hayes raced inside the top five.
Stretching into a commanding lead, Miller chedked out on the field as Snyder and Purdue swapped sliders on both ends of the speedway for the runner-up position as a caution would wave to restack the field for a late-race restart.
Launching back into green flag action with four laps remaining would witness Gavin Miller hold steady in the prized position to earn his first career POWRi Outlaw Non-Wing Micro feature win as Purdue finished second with Snyder rounding out the final podium placement.
“I have to thank Keith and the team for giving me a great car and to the track for giving us multiple lanes of racing,” said Miller. “It took me a couple of laps to get going but once I got into a good rhythm, I knew I had a good shot at the win.”
Hayes and Kale Drake, who started 18th, rounded out the top five.
The finish:
Feature (25 Laps): 1. 71-Gavin Miller[6]; 2. 37-Aiden Purdue[10]; 3. 95-Steven Snyder Jr[1]; 4. 11J-Jett Hays[5]; 5. 26K-Kale Drake[18]; 6. 28-Chelby Hinton[11]; 7. 73B-Braden Chiaramonte[7]; 8. 12K-Dylan Kadous[14]; 9. 8K-Tyler Kuykendall[12]; 10. 81-Frank Flud[22]; 11. 24S-Colby Sokol[8]; 12. 26-Corbin Rueschenberg[13]; 13. 7K-Kenton Brewer[17]; 14. 89-Gunner Setser[20]; 15. 20Q-Brecken Reese[21]; 16. 44-Cory Kelley[24]; 17. 5-Ryder McCutcheon[9]; 18. 8H-Matthew Howard[19]; 19. 25S-Justis Sokol[23]; 20. 1V-Johnny Boland[3]; 21. 82S-Austin Saunders[15]; 22. 93-Matt Carr[16]; 23. 5S-Peter Smith[4]; 24. 94-Jaxon Bishop[2].