Belleville, IL. (2/2/25) Debuting to heightened fanfare at the great hosting venue of Adobe Valley Speedway, the POWRi Avanti Windows & Doors Southwest Ecotec Midget Series would display thrilling driving battles in the first pair of seasonal events as Tyler and Chloe High would each earn the hard-fought feature victories over the racing weekend.
Kickstarting the first night of series excitement with sixteen entries at Adobe Mountain Speedway with the POWRi SWEM Series would witness Nathan High set the quick time during hot laps with a time of 12.256 as Kyle Huttenhow and Stevie Sussex III each notched the heat racing wins while Tyler High would earn the high point qualifier award for the event.
Going green flag racing in the feature for the first series event would find Tyler High wheel his way to victory by leading all twenty laps after starting pole position and winning his inaugural series victory. Third-starting Chloe High would finish runner-up ahead of AJ Hernandez placing third from starting fifth as Nathan High advanced a pair of positions to finish fourth with Kyle Huttenhow rounding out the top-five finishers at Legacy Speedway.
Back in action the next night at Adobe Mountain Speedway, the POWRI Southwest Ecotec Midgets would start seventeen strong as Gary DeWitt would begin the night the quickest during hot laps with a lap time of 13.005 with JR Wood and AJ Hernandez each earning the heat race wins with Nathan High taking the night’s High Point Qualifier award.
Driving from an outside front-row starting spot, Chloe High would improve one spot from the night before to earn her first career SWEM win after leading fourteen laps. Sixth-starting CJ Bunch would advance four spots to finish second with Dayton Shelton following passing four cars to place third. Rickey Kinney would move past five other competitors to earn fourth as night one winner Tyler High rounded out the top five finishers at Adobe Mountain Speedway with the POWRi Avanti Windows & Doors Southwest Ecotec Midget Series on Night Two.
POWRi SWEM | Adobe Mountain Speedway | 1/31/25:
A Feature(20 Laps): 1. 9AZ-Tyler High[1]; 2. 3AZ-Chloe High[3]; 3. 15-AJ Hernandez[5]; 4. 01-Nathan High[6]; 5. 57-Kyle Huttenhow[2]; 6. 8T-Ryan Therkildsen[12]; 7. 28-JR Wood[11]; 8. 2-Dayton Shelton[13]; 9. 48-Gary DeWitt[8]; 10. 81K-Rickey Kinney Jr[9]; 11. 11-Lonnie Oliver[10]; 12. 10-David Teves[14]; 13. 72-Tom Bonneau[15]; 14. 3V-Jim Vanzant[7]; 15. 22-Stevie Sussex III[4]; 16. 3X-Tyler Merrill[16].
Heat 1(8 Laps): 1. 57-Kyle Huttenhow[2]; 2. 3V-Jim Vanzant[1]; 3. 15-AJ Hernandez[6]; 4. 01-Nathan High[8]; 5. 28-JR Wood[3]; 6. 11-Lonnie Oliver[7]; 7. 2-Dayton Shelton[5]; 8. 3X-Tyler Merrill[4].
Heat 2(8 Laps): 1. 22-Stevie Sussex III[1]; 2. 9AZ-Tyler High[4]; 3. 81K-Rickey Kinney Jr[2]; 4. 3AZ-Chloe High[7]; 5. 48-Gary DeWitt[8]; 6. 8T-Ryan Therkildsen[6]; 7. 10-David Teves[3]; 8. 72-Tom Bonneau[5].
Hot Laps: 1. 01-Nathan High, 00:12.256[15]; 2. 9AZ-Tyler High, 00:12.569[8]; 3. 81K-Rickey Kinney Jr, 00:12.664[4]; 4. 15-AJ Hernandez, 00:12.735[11]; 5. (DNS) 3V-Jim Vanzant; 6. (DNS) 22-Stevie Sussex III; 7. (DNS) 57-Kyle Huttenhow; 8. (DNS) 28-JR Wood; 9. (DNS) 10-David Teves; 10. (DNS) 3X-Tyler Merrill; 11. (DNS) 2-Dayton Shelton; 12. (DNS) 72-Tom Bonneau; 13. (DNS) 8T-Ryan Therkildsen; 14. (DNS) 11-Lonnie Oliver; 15. (DNS) 3AZ-Chloe High; 16. (DNS) 48-Gary DeWitt.
POWRi SWEM | Adobe Mountain Speedway | 2/1/25:
A Feature(20 Laps): 1. 3AZ-Chloe High[2]; 2. 82-CJ Bunch[6]; 3. 2-Dayton Shelton[7]; 4. 81K-Rickey Kinney Jr[9]; 5. 9-Tyler High[10]; 6. 15-AJ Hernandez[5]; 7. 10-David Teves[12]; 8. 48-Gary DeWitt[8]; 9. 57-Kyle Huttenhow[11]; 10. 3V-Jim Vanzant[14]; 11. 11-Lonnie Oliver[17]; 12. 01-Nathan High[1]; 13. 14C-Dustin Cormany[4]; 14. 28-JR Wood[3]; 15. 72-Tom Bonneau[13]; 16. 8T-Ryan Therkildsen[16]; 17. (DNS) 3X-Tyler Merrill.
Heat 1(8 Laps): 1. 28-JR Wood[1]; 2. 3AZ-Chloe High[2]; 3. 2-Dayton Shelton[3]; 4. 48-Gary DeWitt[5]; 5. 9-Tyler High[4]; 6. 57-Kyle Huttenhow[7]; 7. 10-David Teves[9]; 8. 8T-Ryan Therkildsen[8]; 9. 11-Lonnie Oliver[6].
Heat 2(8 Laps): 1. 15-AJ Hernandez[1]; 2. 01-Nathan High[2]; 3. 14C-Dustin Cormany[5]; 4. 82-CJ Bunch[6]; 5. 81K-Rickey Kinney Jr[7]; 6. 72-Tom Bonneau[3]; 7. 3V-Jim Vanzant[4]; 8. 3X-Tyler Merrill[8].
Hot Laps: 1. 48-Gary DeWitt, 00:13.005[9]; 2. 8T-Ryan Therkildsen, 00:13.036[15]; 3. 82-CJ Bunch, 00:13.040[12]; 4. 10-David Teves, 00:13.044[17]; 5. 28-JR Wood, 00:13.106[1]; 6. 9-Tyler High, 00:13.109[7]; 7. 14C-Dustin Cormany, 00:13.191[14]; 8. 81K-Rickey Kinney Jr, 00:13.224[16]; 9. 01-Nathan High, 00:13.272[4]; 10. 57-Kyle Huttenhow, 00:13.287[13]; 11. 3AZ-Chloe High, 00:13.316[3]; 12. 15-AJ Hernandez, 00:13.316[2]; 13. 11-Lonnie Oliver, 00:13.424[11]; 14. 3V-Jim Vanzant, 00:13.457[8]; 15. 2-Dayton Shelton, 00:13.504[5]; 16. 72-Tom Bonneau, 00:13.635[10]; 17. (DNS) 3X-Tyler Merrill.
Up next for the POWRi Avanti Windows & Doors Southwest Ecotec Midget Series will be a single night of action at Mohave Valley Speedway in Mohave Valley Arizona on Saturday, February 22.
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