{"id":5379,"date":"2024-06-27T17:53:20","date_gmt":"2024-06-27T21:53:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xtremeoutlawseries.com\/?p=5379"},"modified":"2024-06-27T18:01:30","modified_gmt":"2024-06-27T22:01:30","slug":"how-kale-drake-evolved-from-micro-sprint-champion-to-xtreme-midget-winner-with-keith-kunz-motorsports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xtremeoutlawseries.com\/news\/how-kale-drake-evolved-from-micro-sprint-champion-to-xtreme-midget-winner-with-keith-kunz-motorsports\/","title":{"rendered":"How Kale Drake Evolved from Micro Sprint Champion to Xtreme Midget Winner with Keith Kunz Motorsports"},"content":{"rendered":"

Joining the driver roster of one of Midget racing\u2019s most successful teams by way of hours in the shop is rare. But that\u2019s the story of Kale Drake\u2019s arrival at Keith Kunz\/Curb-Agajanian Motorsports (KKM).<\/p>\n

The 18-year-old national Micro Sprint champion from Collinsville, OK, joined the Indiana-based organization as a full-time employee in the spring and has since become the team\u2019s only current driver\/crew member, competing full-time with the Xtreme Outlaw Midget Series presented by Toyota.<\/p>\n

With 17 national Midget series championships since KKM\u2019s formation in the 1990s, a plentiful roster of crew members, countless Feature wins and a partnership with Toyota Racing, Drake\u2019s decision to pursue a spot on the team was easy.<\/p>\n

\u201cSince day one, I\u2019ve wanted to be a part of a team like that,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

A regular of the Micro Sprint world for 12 years, Drake won his first national championship with the POWRi 600cc Outlaw Micro League in 2023. That October, he was runner-up to Gavin Miller in the annual KKM Giveback Classic<\/em> event for Micro Sprints at Oklahoma\u2019s Port City Raceway \u2013\u00a0an event that traditionally awards the winner with their choice of either a large sum of cash or a Midget with their name on it at the next running of the Chili Bowl Nationals<\/em> in January.<\/p>\n

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Drake (foreground) and Kunz (background) working in the pits at Farmer City Raceway. (Joe Grabianowski photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Since Miller was already a full-time KKM Midget racer, team co-owner Keith Kunz made the offer to Drake. He elected to take Kunz\u2019s offer for a car at the 2024 Chili Bowl and made the most of his debut in the famed event, qualifying for Saturday\u2019s A-Main in his first attempt and garnering the Rookie of the Year honor following his 14th-place finish.<\/p>\n

But Drake wasn\u2019t done with Midget racing or being in the KKM environment. So, a few weeks later, he picked up the phone.<\/p>\n

\u201cI called Keith and told him that I wanted to take that next step in my career,\u201d Drake said. \u201cHe told me that the best option for me was just to get out to Indiana and start making new connections, so that\u2019s what I did.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI told him that if that\u2019s what you want to do, I\u2019ll actually hire you, you come back here and work for me,\u201d Kunz said. \u201cI really want to try to run [him] a couple races here and there in the Midget. And he decided to make that leap.\u201d<\/p>\n

Soon, Drake packed his things and made the one-way trip out to Columbus, IN, to join the team in the shop. Kunz immediately put him to work with KKM\u2019s Micro Sprint division as a mechanic, working on and maintaining the fleet of cars for upcoming events.<\/p>\n

Right away, Kunz noticed his natural ability and determination.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor [not a lot] of Midget experience, the kid works really hard,\u201d Kunz said. \u201cHe works on the stuff; he absorbs all the knowledge and what\u2019s going on. He\u2019s not just your typical show-up-and-drive, he gets it. He has that understanding of race cars. He works late; whatever it takes.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think everybody has taken such a liking to him because of his work ethic, but then he\u2019s talented on top of it.\u201d<\/p>\n

As promised, Drake got a few chances for more time in the seat of a Midget, starting with a POWRi-sanctioned three-race weekend in Oklahoma in March, posting a best finish of seventh at Port City. It was a solid first showing in his home state, but one that paled in comparison to what came next.<\/p>\n

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Drake currently sits ninth in the Xtreme Outlaw Series points, despite missing the first two races of the season. (Emily Schwanke Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

When Miller was injured in a Micro Sprint crash in late March, Drake got the nod again, replacing Miller in the KKM No. 97 for the next Xtreme Outlaw Series weekend on the schedule in Missouri. After a seventh-place in Friday\u2019s main event at US36 Raceway, Drake pulled-off the unthinkable on Saturday, reeling in teammate Taylor Reimer in the final laps and executing a last-lap, last-corner pass for the win at Sweet Springs Motorsports Complex<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cEven midway through that main, I didn\u2019t think we were gonna be able to pull it off,\u201d Drake said. \u201cRight toward the end of it, I was able to find another gear and just click-off really solid laps, and even that last lap, it was so perfect. It was crazy how well everything came together toward the end of that race in my favor.\u201d<\/p>\n

With a first career national Midget series win now in-hand, Kunz had once again taken notice of his skills behind the wheel.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt really showed Keith that I was capable of winning races, and that\u2019s what KKM is all about,\u201d Drake said. \u201cAfter that, it kind of rolled into, \u2018You\u2019ve proven you can win, so now you have a seat on the team.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cHe has earned his ride, that\u2019s the thing,\u201d Kunz said. \u201cOnce he won that first race, we were like, \u2018Well, we\u2019ve gotta keep going now.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

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Lucas Halbert Photo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Now at the halfway point of his rookie season in the national Midget ranks, Drake continues both his crew member and driving duties in the Midget and Micro Sprint. When he\u2019s not in the car at the track, he\u2019s taking up duties such as adjusting stagger, changing torsion bars and preparing tires, among many other tasks on both he and his teammates\u2019 cars.<\/p>\n

He said that knowledge he gains from working on the same cars he races is invaluable.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think coming in and being a part of the team like that has also shown other drivers that it can be done, and it\u2019s also shown others not to take things for granted,\u201d Drake said. \u201cI feel like there\u2019s a lot of guys on the team now that are more hands-on than they were before, and it teaches them more than just what they know from driving the car.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou can only learn so much behind the wheel. But once you get hands-on, it really opens a lot of doors and you see things from a different perspective, and it just makes everything come together a lot better.\u201d<\/p>\n

It\u2019s not every year Kunz comes across a driver who understands as much about the inner workings of the cars as he does driving them, which he said makes Drake unique.<\/p>\n

\u201cHis feedback\u2019s really, really good in knowing when we make decisions of what to do, he\u2019s in on that,\u201d Kunz said. \u201cHe gets the things we\u2019ve already done, and he remembers all that, so he can kinda lead us. That\u2019s good for a driver that has some input and understands the changes you\u2019re gonna make on it and what it\u2019s gonna do.\u201d<\/p>\n

Drake and KKM return to Xtreme Outlaw Series competition Friday-Saturday, July 19-20, in a two-day event at Spoon River Speedway in Lewistown, IL. Tickets are on sale now at the link below and will also be available at the gate on race day.<\/p>\n

SPOON RIVER TICKETS<\/a><\/p>\n

If you can\u2019t be there to watch in person, stream every lap live on DIRTVision<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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