08/17/2026
THANK YOU FOR EVERYONE WHO CAME TO THE KPM CLASSIC! WHAT A WEEKEND!
We didn’t get quite as many cars as I think we would’ve liked but right around 50 for the first year was nothing to hang our heads about. Hopefully we do it again and it continues to grow.
When people say there’s more to life than racing we get the point but, for us, we’re really not so sure about all that. It gets frustrating but weekends like this keep ya in it. We work so hard on everything to have results and make a difference in this sport and weekends like this show a glimpse of making an impact. The support is priceless.
Tyler Puterbaugh was lights out fast Friday, we showed what we’re capable of. It just didn’t quite go our way. Restarts can be like that with a couple to go and a broken LR shock. And we may be biased but we’ve seen the progression from this kid from 6 or 7 years ago when we started this. I’m tellin ya he’s the only one I’d pick to showcase what we built. We’ll continue to get better as will he.
We’ve also tried our hand at the big money 600 shows our fair share the last 4-5 years and it seems like we just get our ass kicked up and down every time we do. It reminds us how much better we are with 270s and sometimes it just doesn’t make sense and gets frustrating to be doing the same things you know work and just not breaking thru. To see Kole Kirkman wheel the 66 from 10-4 the other night with that field of cars was something we have worked so so hard at. It wasn’t a win but damn it felt good. We sent 82 cars or something like that home behind us. Some of the best. Our Hyper Racing car with the Guhl Motors injection bolted to our DSR Power was phenomenal. Thank you to Kole and his family for such an extensive effort on the weekend, it paid off. Kole is a true RACER, not a driver, the kinda guy that deserves such recognition.
The only KP1 to make the feature Saturday was Jeff Furlong, out of the 6 that were there he was the only one. The effort is very appreciated. Saturday just didn’t go our way for our guys but we showed speed on the weekend and got lots of compliments on our piece. A couple from some of the best 2 stroke guys in the business.
Bobby Johnson, buddy, we can’t thank you enough. 600s have got so completely blown out of the water, and that’s not a bad thing!!, but sometimes People forget “270s” got this whole deal started years and years ago. So to be included means the world, especially on a stage like a KKM race on FloRacing. Make 2 strokes great again! And the racing…phenomenal. Almost 0 bu****it and honestly way less cautions than we expected compared to some other big $ 270 events. The racing and drivers were incredible. And thank you to Jerry and Greenwood Valley Action Tracks for the perfect stage all weekend!!
Also of course our boss man Ryan Kissinger, he doesn’t like to be called the boss but trust me, he is😂..& this weekend wouldn’t have happened without him. Make sure you thank this guy. He knows he’s appreciated but it doesn’t get said enough. Noah also worked his tail off on a special piece for the weekend that meant a whole lot to a lot of us to see run. Without the Kissinger boys there wouldn’t be a KPM.
We gotta thank the guys and girls who did so much this weekend too, thank you guys for EVERYTHING! Brandon Pavel and his wife Sarah, Kole’s wife Kristin, our ladies Samantha, Caitlinn, Cassie..our push guys and pit helpers Lucas Acornley & Sawyer, and our professional t-shirt/merch man Michael, probably someone we’re forgetting but believe us in the moment we saw the help and noticed, thank you!
THANK YOU to Steve Earnest from Steve’s repair, Jason Starr from Starr Portables, Wing Dynamics, Bloomsburg Truck & Trailer Service & D Bowie Hauling LLC, Slade Shock Technology, Whitebread Racing Enterprises, Gordys Concessions and finally the Zook family for sponsoring $ and contingencies for the weekend, the help was needed to give back everything we did!!!
This week/weekend was an absolute grind, none of it would’ve been possible without the people above. We think there was 8? Cars that rolled out of Ryan’s shop Saturday after Staying up til 7am making frame repairs and washing cars. It’s alot but man oh man is it cool. The hype was real. Putting more cars in features and taking home some more hardware would’ve been nice but the weekend was incredible.
Thank you to all our supporters and customers, we hit 1000 followers on this page over the weekend, sold a bunch of parts and shirts, and couldn’t find 1 person with a bad thing to say about our race or equipment.
We hope to do the Classic again, probably as its own weekend with winged 600s as a support class, but we need more than 50 cars and need some more sponsor help, so if you want to see it go again, don’t be afraid to reach out today. Help where you can if you can!
Finally…congratulations to Jason (jake) Dupler!!! This guy brought 2 entries up and put them BOTH on the podium. Jake and his drivers are guys we consider buddies. They have bought stuff from us when they can, shared information as needed, always been friendly, & etc. There success also makes us happy! Congrats Toby & Brent!
❤️2STROKES
