Belleville, IL. (3/1/25) Racing into the outstanding hosting venue of Adobe Mountain Speedway, the rapidly growing POWRi Avanti Windows & Doors Southwest Ecotec Midget Series would contend in a double dose of battles in the fourth and fifth seasonal events as Grant Schaadt and Kyle Huttenhow would earn the hard-fought feature victories over the racing weekend.
Kickstarting the first weekend night of series excitement with seventeen entries at Adobe Mountain Speedway the POWRi SWEM Series would witness Nathan High set the quick time during hot laps with a time of 12.254 as Tyler High, Brody Wake, and Tyler Merrill each notched the heat racing wins with Nathan High earning the high point qualifier award for the night one event.
Going green flag racing in the feature would find Grant Schaadt wheeling his way to victory by leading six of the twenty laps after starting sixth position and winning his first series victory. Third-starting and week-one winner Tyler High finished runner-up ahead of Dayton Shelton placing third from starting ninth as Gary DeWitt advanced one position to finish fourth with eighth-starting Kyle Huttenhow rounding out the top five finishers at Adobe Mountain Speedway.
Restarting on the second weekend night of series excitement with eighteen entries at Adobe Mountain Speedway the POWRi SWEM Series would witness Dustin Cormany set the quick time during hot laps with a time of 12.610 as Rickey Kinney Jr, Kyle Huttenhow, and Brody Wake each notched the heat racing wins while Huttenhow would earn the high point qualifier award for the event after a four-to-one run in his heat.
Progressing into green flag racing in the feature would find Kyle Huttenhow holding the front of the field to victory by leading all of the twenty laps after starting pole position and winning his first series victory. Second-starting Dustin Cormany would finish runner-up ahead of Brody Wake placing third on a lock-down surface as Rickey Kinney Jr finished fourth with Dayton Shelton advancing one position to round out the top-five finishers at Adobe Mountain Speedway on night two.
POWRi SWEM | Adobe Mountain Speedway | 2/28/25:
A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 22-Grant Schaadt[6]; 2. 9-Tyler High[3]; 3. 2-Dayton Shelton[9]; 4. 48-Gary DeWitt[5]; 5. 57-Kyle Huttenhow[8]; 6. 28-JR Wood[10]; 7. 81K-Rickey Kinney Jr[7]; 8. 3AZ-Chloe High[11]; 9. 3X-Tyler Merrill[2]; 10. 82-CJ Bunch[13]; 11. 8T-Ryan Therkildsen[17]; 12. 3V-Jim Vanzant[14]; 13. 72-Tom Bonneau[16]; 14. 01-Nathan High[1]; 15. 11-Lonnie Oliver[15]; 16. 21-Brody Wake[4]; 17. (DQ) 8K-Daylin Perreira[12].
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 9-Tyler High[1]; 2. 22-Grant Schaadt[2]; 3. 48-Gary DeWitt[5]; 4. 2-Dayton Shelton[6]; 5. 3V-Jim Vanzant[4]; 6. 72-Tom Bonneau[3].
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 21-Brody Wake[1]; 2. 81K-Rickey Kinney Jr[2]; 3. 57-Kyle Huttenhow[4]; 4. 28-JR Wood[6]; 5. 82-CJ Bunch[5]; 6. 8T-Ryan Therkildsen[3].
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 3X-Tyler Merrill[2]; 2. 01-Nathan High[5]; 3. 3AZ-Chloe High[3]; 4. 8K-Daylin Perreira[4]; 5. 11-Lonnie Oliver[1].
Hot Laps 1: 1. 01-Nathan High, 00:12.254[15]; 2. 81K-Rickey Kinney Jr, 00:12.363[5]; 3. 57-Kyle Huttenhow, 00:12.377[11]; 4. 48-Gary DeWitt, 00:12.383[13]; 5. 8K-Daylin Perreira, 00:12.531[12]; 6. 8T-Ryan Therkildsen, 00:12.540[8]; 7. 9-Tyler High, 00:12.544[1]; 8. 21-Brody Wake, 00:12.545[2]; 9. 28-JR Wood, 00:12.605[17]; 10. 82-CJ Bunch, 00:12.615[14]; 11. 3X-Tyler Merrill, 00:12.750[6]; 12. 3AZ-Chloe High, 00:12.929[9]; 13. 3V-Jim Vanzant, 00:12.985[10]; 14. 11-Lonnie Oliver, 00:13.034[3]; 15. 22-Grant Schaadt, 00:13.206[4]; 16. 72-Tom Bonneau, 00:13.636[7]; 17. 2-Dayton Shelton, 00:17.850[16].
Event Details: https://www.myracepass.com/events/541218
POWRi SWEM | Adobe Mountain Speedway | 3/1/25:
A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 57-Kyle Huttenhow[1]; 2. 14C-Dustin Cormany[2]; 3. 21-Brody Wake[3]; 4. 81K-Rickey Kinney Jr[4]; 5. 2-Dayton Shelton[6]; 6. 8T-Ryan Therkildsen[7]; 7. 22-Grant Schaadt[13]; 8. 3AZ-Chloe High[5]; 9. 3X-Tyler Merrill[9]; 10. 82-CJ Bunch[12]; 11. 48-Gary DeWitt[11]; 12. 11-Lonnie Oliver[8]; 13. 01-Nathan High[15]; 14. 8K-Daylin Perreira[18]; 15. 28-JR Wood[14]; 16. 3V-Jim Vanzant[10]; 17. 9-Tyler High[16]; 18. 72-Tom Bonneau[17].
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 81K-Rickey Kinney Jr[1]; 2. 14C-Dustin Cormany[5]; 3. 3X-Tyler Merrill[4]; 4. 22-Grant Schaadt[2]; 5. 82-CJ Bunch[6]; 6. 72-Tom Bonneau[3].
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 57-Kyle Huttenhow[4]; 2. 8T-Ryan Therkildsen[1]; 3. 3AZ-Chloe High[5]; 4. 3V-Jim Vanzant[6]; 5. 01-Nathan High[2]; 6. 8K-Daylin Perreira[3].
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 21-Brody Wake[2]; 2. 11-Lonnie Oliver[1]; 3. 2-Dayton Shelton[5]; 4. 48-Gary DeWitt[4]; 5. 28-JR Wood[3]; 6. 9-Tyler High[6].
Hot Laps 1: 1. 14C-Dustin Cormany, 00:12.610[13]; 2. 57-Kyle Huttenhow, 00:12.621[11]; 3. 48-Gary DeWitt, 00:12.700[12]; 4. 21-Brody Wake, 00:12.764[6]; 5. 8K-Daylin Perreira, 00:12.799[8]; 6. 22-Grant Schaadt, 00:12.901[4]; 7. 28-JR Wood, 00:12.960[9]; 8. 3X-Tyler Merrill, 00:13.067[10]; 9. 01-Nathan High, 00:13.188[5]; 10. 11-Lonnie Oliver, 00:13.236[3]; 11. 81K-Rickey Kinney Jr, 00:13.268[1]; 12. 3AZ-Chloe High, 00:13.298[14]; 13. 9-Tyler High, 00:13.317[18]; 14. 3V-Jim Vanzant, 00:13.369[17]; 15. 72-Tom Bonneau, 00:13.655[7]; 16. (DNS) 8T-Ryan Therkildsen; 17. (DNS) 2-Dayton Shelton; 18. (DNS) 82-CJ Bunch.
Event Details: https://www.myracepass.com/events/541221
Up next for the POWRi Avanti Windows & Doors Southwest Ecotec Midget Series will be a return in a double night of action again at Adobe Mountain Speedway in Glendale Arizona on Friday, April 4, and Saturday, April 5.
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