Belleville, IL. (5/10/26) Competing in the series' sixth time in 2026, the outstanding hosting venue of Adobe Mountain Speedway would host the rapidly growing POWRi Avanti Windows & Doors Southwest Ecotec Midget Series as Travis DeGaton would earn the hard-fought feature victory over the racing weekend.
Kickstarting the weekend night of series excitement with nineteen entries at Adobe Mountain Speedway with the POWRi SWEM Series would witness Chris Rahe set the quick time during hot laps with a time of 12.946 seconds as Tyler Ruth, Chris Rahe, and Adam Teves each notched the heat racing wins, while Tyler Ruth would earn the high point qualifier award for the event.
Going green flag racing in the feature would find Travis DeGaton wheel his way to victory after starting in the third position and winning his first seasonal series victory. Tenth-starting Dayton Shelton would finish runner-up ahead of Tyler Ruth, placing third from starting in the pole spot as Grant Schaadt advanced five positions to finish fourth, with Kyle Huttenhow rounding out the top-five finishers at Adobe Mountain Speedway.
POWRi SWEM | Adobe Mountain Speedway | 5/9/26:
A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 14X-Travis DeGaton[3]; 2. 2-Dayton Shelton[10]; 3. 88K-Tyler Ruth[1]; 4. 8-Grant Schaadt[9]; 5. 57-Kyle Huttenhow[8]; 6. 29A-Gary DeWitt[14]; 7. 33-Rick Shuman[12]; 8. 5-Chris Rahe[2]; 9. 11-Lonnie Oliver[18]; 10. 18X-Branden Bolton[16]; 11. 21-Shon Deskins[4]; 12. 13-Daniel DeWitt[19]; 13. 2X-Chris Boyles[17]; 14. (DNF) 88-Tyler Merrill[7]; 15. (DNF) 20-Brody Wake[11]; 16. (DNF) 10-Adam Teves[5]; 17. (DNF) 82-CJ Bunch[13]; 18. (DNF) 43X-Elijah Loper[15]; 19. (DNS) 76-Gary Wegener
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 88K-Tyler Ruth[7]; 2. 57-Kyle Huttenhow[1]; 3. 21-Shon Deskins[6]; 4. 20-Brody Wake[4]; 5. 29A-Gary DeWitt[3]; 6. 2X-Chris Boyles[2]; 7. 13-Daniel DeWitt[5]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 5-Chris Rahe[2]; 2. 14X-Travis DeGaton[4]; 3. 76-Gary Wegener[5]; 4. 33-Rick Shuman[3]; 5. 82-CJ Bunch[6]; 6. 11-Lonnie Oliver[1]
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 10-Adam Teves[1]; 2. 88-Tyler Merrill[2]; 3. 8-Grant Schaadt[4]; 4. 2-Dayton Shelton[5]; 5. 43X-Elijah Loper[3]; 6. 18X-Branden Bolton[6]
Hot Laps 1: 1. 5-Chris Rahe, 12.946[5]; 2. 88-Tyler Merrill, 12.977[6]; 3. 8-Grant Schaadt, 13.018[12]; 4. 14X-Travis DeGaton, 13.074[11]; 5. 20-Brody Wake, 13.110[10]; 6. 76-Gary Wegener, 13.138[14]; 7. 88K-Tyler Ruth, 13.223[19]; 8. 10-Adam Teves, 13.223[3]; 9. 29A-Gary DeWitt, 13.495[7]; 10. 33-Rick Shuman, 13.515[8]; 11. 57-Kyle Huttenhow, 13.571[1]; 12. 2-Dayton Shelton, 13.585[15]; 13. 82-CJ Bunch, 13.789[17]; 14. 21-Shon Deskins, 13.915[16]; 15. 11-Lonnie Oliver, 13.951[2]; 16. 18X-Branden Bolton, 14.224[18]; 17. 43X-Elijah Loper, 14.279[9]; 18. 2X-Chris Boyles, 14.673[4]; 19. 13-Daniel DeWitt, 14.905[13]
Event Details: https://www.myracepass.com/events/608154.
Up next for the POWRi Avanti Windows & Doors Southwest Ecotec Midget Series will be the two-day Salute to Indy event at Adobe Mountain Speedway on May 22-23.
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