Buttonwillow Opens Cali ProKart
- PWR Racing
- Apr 28
- 1 min read
The 2024 California ProKart Challenge hosted the first event of the season on March 23-24 at Buttonwillow Raceway Park in central California. Weather was a key factor on the weekend in Buttonwillow with rain threatening the opening round action of the 2024 championship program. The staff, teams and competitors worked together to push through the event schedule to avoid heavy rain toward the end of the main events, nearly getting every race in before the precipitation began falling heavily.

Payton Westcott, who started ninth, was inching her way forward lap by lap. By lap 16, Westcott took over the lead and with fast laps of the race, drove away to a 1.4-second advantage to claim her first CPKC victory. Dean Pedersen drove to second, dropping Kim down to third. Alex Rantala improved 11 spots to fourth with Cagle ending up fifth.
Read the full article from kartsportnews.com: https://www.kartsportnews.com/2024/03/29/buttonwillow-opens-cali-prokart/