{"id":2457,"date":"2021-11-09T10:39:57","date_gmt":"2021-11-09T15:39:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dekeyrelracing.com\/news\/?p=2457"},"modified":"2021-11-09T10:39:57","modified_gmt":"2021-11-09T15:39:57","slug":"levi-de-keyrel-is-the-2021-outlaw-racing-series-1000-am-stk-and-1000-am-ltd-champion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/dekeyrelracing.com\/news\/?p=2457","title":{"rendered":"Levi De Keyrel is the: 2021 Outlaw Racing Series 1000 AM STK and 1000 AM LTD Champion."},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Round 10\/11                                        11\/ 5-8\/ 2021<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Friday morning we left the house at 5:00 am to be able to get to Texplex <\/p>\n\n\n\n

for Morning practice. My dad drove and I got in and went straight back to <\/p>\n\n\n\n

bed. I woke up when we pulled in to get some Chick-fil a for breakfast right <\/p>\n\n\n\n

before we pulled into the track. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

When we pulled in we were not prepared for what we saw. No one could <\/p>\n\n\n\n

get into the paddock because of all the mud. The Lindamood Demolition <\/p>\n\n\n\n

crew was hard at work with a big payloader and a vibrating roller. They <\/p>\n\n\n\n

worked non stop all day to make sure everyone could get to their pit spots. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We got in about 11:00 and set up the pit and got ready for practice. We <\/p>\n\n\n\n

waited till the 5:00 practice and decided it was still to wet and decide to wait <\/p>\n\n\n\n

till morning. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We rolled into the track at 6:30 am on Saturday to make sure I was able to <\/p>\n\n\n\n

get the full \u00bd hour session in starting at 7:45. We had made some changes <\/p>\n\n\n\n

to my Honda Talon 1000R and they were feeling really good. After practice <\/p>\n\n\n\n

we had the drivers meeting at 8:30 and then straight into racing. I was race <\/p>\n\n\n\n

2 and 6 for the day. First up was the 1000 AM LTD Class. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I lined up about in the center on the start to give me the option of outside <\/p>\n\n\n\n

or inside in the first turn split lane. The outside was a little faster but I <\/p>\n\n\n\n

wanted the option incase of a poor jump on my part. I went into the first turn <\/p>\n\n\n\n

in 5th and the first 4 went outside. So I dove into the inside line to try to <\/p>\n\n\n\n

make it happen. I came out in third and started to push. Jaden was in first <\/p>\n\n\n\n

and starting to pull away. Kaden Isabella and I were pushing hard to real <\/p>\n\n\n\n

him back in. When we started to get closer he spun a little and we got right <\/p>\n\n\n\n

up on him. We were all running together and Kaden rear hub broke and his <\/p>\n\n\n\n

wheel went flying off. I avoided hitting him and was up into 2nd. Jaden <\/p>\n\n\n\n

made a mistake and hooked a wheel and rolled his car putting me into the <\/p>\n\n\n\n

lead.  I continued to push to see how fast of lap time I could run. I am <\/p>\n\n\n\n

always comparing to see how I stack up against the Experts. It was great to <\/p>\n\n\n\n

get the win in my first race of the day and it was also the first time my <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Brother Kaleb and My Mom have seen me race. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Next up for me was race 6 the 1000 AM STK class. I already had the <\/p>\n\n\n\n

championship locked up in this class. So I decided to give the other <\/p>\n\n\n\n

competitors a chance at the win. I sat at the line until the Expert Womens <\/p>\n\n\n\n

class was almost coming around. ( They were the first drop and we were <\/p>\n\n\n\n

the third ) I worked on my start and then pushed to see how fast of lap I <\/p>\n\n\n\n

could run. I ran hard for two laps and then back off to make sure I did not <\/p>\n\n\n\n

get in the mix of anything. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

There was a short intermission and I was back up for the 1000 AM LTD <\/p>\n\n\n\n

class. I was going to need to be driving great as there are a lot of fast guys <\/p>\n\n\n\n

in this class. I decided to not do launch control on the start and just foot it. I <\/p>\n\n\n\n

got a great jump and was into 2nd. Jaden was leading and Kaden was right <\/p>\n\n\n\n

behind me. We ran hard all race and that is just how we finished. 2nd was <\/p>\n\n\n\n

enough to give me the overall and stretch my small one point lead in the <\/p>\n\n\n\n

championship to 6. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In the 1000 AM STK class I again just focused on lap times and stayed out <\/p>\n\n\n\n

of the race. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We cleaned everything up and my brother headed home and we went to <\/p>\n\n\n\n

the hotel. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sunday morning the hotel clock was off by an hour as it did not change for <\/p>\n\n\n\n

the time change.  For about a minute we thought we were running late then <\/p>\n\n\n\n

my dad looked at his phone. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

There was a sight lap to see the track changes and races started at 7:30. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sunday I was race 3 and 6. First up for me was the 1000 AM LTD class. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jaden got the holeshot, Kaden was in second, Briar was in third and I was <\/p>\n\n\n\n

in 4th. We were all running neck and neck. I was trying to put the pass on <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Briar and Jaden\u2019s wheel went flying off. It was not a good weekend for the <\/p>\n\n\n\n

RS1 drivers in my class. We all had to check up and Briar got a good jump <\/p>\n\n\n\n

on me. I realed him back in and was not able to make the pass and finished  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

third. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the 1000 AM STK I again worked on lap times and did not get in the mix <\/p>\n\n\n\n

of things. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I needed one more good race to wrap up the championship in the 1000 AM <\/p>\n\n\n\n

LTD class. It was go time. I remembered Erik Fontenot<\/a> from PPEI saying <\/p>\n\n\n\n

that launch control works awesome on the black top. When I got up to the <\/p>\n\n\n\n

starting line I picked a spot that was total blue groove. I got a great jump <\/p>\n\n\n\n

and was in second placing going into the first turn.  Kaden and Briar went <\/p>\n\n\n\n

outside and I got shuffled back to 3rd. Kaden was gone and Briar and I <\/p>\n\n\n\n

had nothing for him. Briar and I battled all race It came down to the final <\/p>\n\n\n\n

corner and he just beat me out. I finished third in the race but it was enough <\/p>\n\n\n\n

to get the championship. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I still had race 6 the 1000 AM STK class to go. This time my dad had me <\/p>\n\n\n\n

wait till they were coming over the hill before he let me go and I had to drive <\/p>\n\n\n\n

in Manual mode all race and try to stay ahead of them. I had drove a little in <\/p>\n\n\n\n

full manual mode but not a lot. It was so much fun. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We loaded everything up and it was time to head to the banquet. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Brian Adkison<\/a> the owner of Outlaw Racing Series had a great Nacho bar <\/p>\n\n\n\n

for everyone and it was time for the awards. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

1000 AM STK <\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1000 AM LTD <\/p>\n\n\n\n

None of this would have been possible first of without Brian Adkison<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

taking over the series and keeping it going. He really has done an amazing <\/p>\n\n\n\n

job this year giving us a great series to race. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

My personal sponsors who got behind a kid that had never driven a SXS <\/p>\n\n\n\n

before. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

GOD<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Progressive Power Sports<\/strong>: Bobby, Mike, David, David and Quin<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jsport SXS<\/strong>: Adam and Jeff<\/p>\n\n\n\n

PPEI<\/strong>: Kory, Erik, Jacob and the rest of the guys<\/p>\n\n\n\n

SSI Decals<\/strong>: Ian<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Double E Racing<\/strong>: George <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Maxxis Tires<\/strong>: Dean, Rick, Dave, Mike<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Method Race Wheels<\/strong>: Steven<\/p>\n\n\n\n

HONDA POWERSPORTS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bell Racing<\/strong>: Tim<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Axcel Sports<\/strong>: John<\/p>\n\n\n\n

HMF<\/strong>: Brian<\/p>\n\n\n\n

PCI Radios<\/strong>: Brandon<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sparco<\/strong>: Chris<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Motive Engineering<\/strong>: Zane<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ABF<\/strong>: Aaron<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Thank You. Looking Forward to the 2022 season<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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