Belleville, IL. (5/10/25) 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 eighth and ninth seasonal events as Shon Deskins would earn the hard-fought feature victory over the racing weekend.
Kickstarting the first weekend night of series excitement with solid entries at Adobe Mountain Speedway with the POWRi SWEM Series would witness Shon Deskins set the quick time during hot laps with a time of 13.042 as Tyler High and Rickey Kinney each notched the heat racing wins while Brody Wake would earn the high point qualifier award for the event.
Going green flag racing in the feature would find second-starting Shon Deskins wheel his way to victory by leading the final nine of the twenty laps and winning his first series victory. Third-starting and leader of ten laps Rickey Kenney would finish runner-up ahead of Chloe High, placing third from starting fifth, as Tyler High advanced a pair of positions to finish fourth with hard-charger Kyle Huttenhow moving past five competitors to round out the top-five finishers at Adobe Mountain Speedway.
POWRi SWEM | Adobe Mountain Speedway | 5/10/25:
A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 21-Shon Deskins[2]; 2. 81K-Rickey Kinney Jr[3]; 3. 3AZ-Chloe High[5]; 4. 9-Tyler High[6]; 5. 57-Kyle Huttenhow[10]; 6. 01-Nathan High[14]; 7. 8T-Ryan Therkildsen[11]; 8. 48-Gary DeWitt[12] ; 9. 22-Grant Schaadt[15]; 10. 14X-Travis DeGaton[16]; 11. 72-Tom Bonneau[13]; 12. (DNF) 39T-Troy DeGaton[8]; 13. (DNF) 88K-Tyler Ruth[4]; 14. (DNF) 88-Tyler Merrill[7]; 15. (DNF) 11-Brody Wake[1]; 16. (DNF) 82-CJ Bunch[9].
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 9-Tyler High[1]; 2. 11-Brody Wake[5]; 3. 3AZ-Chloe High[6]; 4. 39T-Troy DeGaton[4]; 5. 8T-Ryan Therkildsen[3]; 6. 57-Kyle Huttenhow[8]; 7. 72-Tom Bonneau[2]; 8. (DNF) 01-Nathan High[7].
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 81K-Rickey Kinney Jr[2]; 2. 88K-Tyler Ruth[4]; 3. 21-Shon Deskins[7]; 4. 88-Tyler Merrill[8]; 5. 82-CJ Bunch[6]; 6. 48-Gary DeWitt[5]; 7. (DNF) 22-Grant Schaadt[1]; 8. (DNF) 14X-Travis DeGaton[3].
Hot Laps 1: 1. 21-Shon Deskins, 00:13.042[14]; 2. 14X-Travis DeGaton, 00:13.348[6]; 3. 11-Brody Wake, 00:13.572[9]; 4. 82-CJ Bunch, 00:13.583[12]; 5. 48-Gary DeWitt, 00:13.608[10]; 6. 81K-Rickey Kinney Jr, 00:13.774[4]; 7. 01-Nathan High, 00:13.924[13]; 8. 88-Tyler Merrill, 00:14.090[16]; 9. 57-Kyle Huttenhow, 00:14.094[15]; 10. 39T-Troy DeGaton, 00:14.335[7]; 11. 3AZ-Chloe High, 00:14.340[11]; 12. 9-Tyler High, 00:14.566[1]; 13. 88K-Tyler Ruth, 00:14.732[8]; 14. 72-Tom Bonneau, 00:15.003[3]; 15. 22-Grant Schaadt, 00:59.854[2]; 16. 8T-Ryan Therkildsen, 00:59.854[5].
Event Details: https://www.myracepass.com/events/541251
Up next for the POWRi Avanti Windows & Doors Southwest Ecotec Midget Series will be a return in a double night of action on June 13-14 with the debut at Deuce of Clubs Thunder Raceway in Show Low, Arizona.
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