Belleville, IL. (7/13/25) Competing for the series second time at the outstanding hosting venue of Deuce of Clubs Thunder Raceway, the rapidly growing POWRi Avanti Windows & Doors Southwest Ecotec Midget Series would contend in a double dose of battles in the twelfth and thirteenth seasonal events as Travis DeGaton and Nathan High would earn the hard-fought feature victory over in the Patrick Kop Memorial racing weekend.
Kickstarting the second weekend night of series excitement at Deuce of Clubs Thunder Raceway with twenty-four POWRi SWEM Series entries, Travis DeGaton, Kyle Huttenhow, and Dayton Shelton each notched the heat racing wins while Travis DeGaton would earn the high point qualifier award for the event.
Going green flag racing in the feature would find speedster Travis DeGaton wheel his way to victory by leading all of the twenty laps after starting in pole position and winning his second series victory. Second-starting Dylan Schaadt would finish runner-up ahead of Tyler High, placing third from starting sixth as Nathan High advanced four positions to finish fourth with Dayton Shelton rounding out the top-five finishers at Deuce of Clubs Thunder Raceway on Night One of the Patrick Kop Memorial.
Beginning the second weekend night of series excitement with twenty-two entries at Deuce of Clubs Thunder Raceway with the POWRi SWEM Series would witness Shon Deskins, Travis DeGaton, and Grant Schaadt each notched the heat racing wins, while Shon Deskins would earn the high point qualifier award for the event.
Progressing green flag racing in the feature would find Nathan High wheel his way to victory by leading all twenty of the feature laps after starting in third position and winning his first series victory. Eighth-starting Tyler Ruth would finish runner-up ahead of night-one winner Travis DeGaton, placing third from starting second as Dayton Shelton finished fourth with thirteenth-starting Rickey Kinney Jr rounding out the top-five finishers on Night Two of the Patrick Kop Memorial at Deuce of Clubs Thunder Raceway.
POWRi SWEM | Deuce of Clubs Thunder Raceway | 7/11/25:
A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 14X-Travis DeGaton[1]; 2. 33-Dylan Schaadt[2]; 3. 9-Tyler High[6]; 4. 01-Nathan High[8]; 5. 2-Dayton Shelton[4]; 6. 22-Grant Schaadt[19]; 7. 57-Kyle Huttenhow[3]; 8. 8K-Kala Keliinoi[14]; 9. 88K-Tyler Ruth[24]; 10. 3AZ-Chloe High[15]; 11. 8T-Ryan Therkildsen[13]; 12. 21X-Peter Belford III[11]; 13. 21-Shon Deskins[7]; 14. 1S-Sheldon Moniz[10]; 15. 48X-Aiden Bauer[12]; 16. 4-Royce Carrick[22]; 17. 99-Bobby Carrick[21]; 18. 50K-Chase Silva[20]; 19. 11-Brody Wake[9]; 20. 50E-Kyle Eligio[18]; 21. 24P-Larry Peterson[17]; 22. 81K-Rickey Kinney Jr[16]; 23. 10-Adam Teves[5]; 24. 88-Tyler Merrill[23].
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 14X-Travis DeGaton[4]; 2. 01-Nathan High[1]; 3. 10-Adam Teves[5]; 4. 8T-Ryan Therkildsen[3]; 5. 48X-Aiden Bauer[7]; 6. 50E-Kyle Eligio[2]; 7. 22-Grant Schaadt[6]; 8. (DNS) 88-Tyler Merrill.
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 57-Kyle Huttenhow[2]; 2. 11-Brody Wake[1]; 3. 9-Tyler High[5]; 4. 8K-Kala Keliinoi[3]; 5. 21X-Peter Belford III[7]; 6. 24P-Larry Peterson[4]; 7. 50K-Chase Silva[6]; 8. (DNS) 88K-Tyler Ruth.
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 2-Dayton Shelton[2]; 2. 33-Dylan Schaadt[5]; 3. 1S-Sheldon Moniz[1]; 4. 21-Shon Deskins[7]; 5. 3AZ-Chloe High[3]; 6. 81K-Rickey Kinney Jr[6]; 7. 99-Bobby Carrick[4]; 8. 4-Royce Carrick[8].
Event Details: https://www.myracepass.com/events/550014
POWRi SWEM | Deuce of Clubs Thunder Raceway | 7/12/25:
A Feature 1 (25 Laps): 1. 01-Nathan High[3]; 2. 88K-Tyler Ruth[8]; 3. 14X-Travis DeGaton[2]; 4. 2-Dayton Shelton[4]; 5. 81K-Rickey Kinney Jr[13]; 6. 21-Shon Deskins[1]; 7. 88-Tyler Merrill[6]; 8. 11-Brody Wake[21]; 9. 22-Grant Schaadt[5]; 10. 8K-Kala Keliinoi[17]; 11. 1S-Sheldon Moniz[14]; 12. 8T-Ryan Therkildsen[10]; 13. 21X-Peter Belford III[11]; 14. 57-Kyle Huttenhow[7]; 15. 3AZ-Chloe High[12]; 16. 50E-Kyle Eligio[18]; 17. 50K-Chase Silva[22]; 18. 24P-Larry Peterson[16]; 19. 4-Royce Carrick[19]; 20. 99-Bobby Carrick[15]; 21. 9-Tyler High[9]; 22. 33-Dylan Schaadt[20].
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 21-Shon Deskins[6]; 2. 01-Nathan High[7]; 3. 9-Tyler High[3]; 4. 1S-Sheldon Moniz[2]; 5. 99-Bobby Carrick[4]; 6. 8K-Kala Keliinoi[5]; 7. 4-Royce Carrick[8]; 8. 50K-Chase Silva[1].
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 14X-Travis DeGaton[5]; 2. 88-Tyler Merrill[1]; 3. 57-Kyle Huttenhow[4]; 4. 81K-Rickey Kinney Jr[3]; 5. 21X-Peter Belford III[7]; 6. 24P-Larry Peterson[6]; 7. 11-Brody Wake[2].
Heat 3 (6 Laps): 1. 22-Grant Schaadt[1]; 2. 2-Dayton Shelton[5]; 3. 8T-Ryan Therkildsen[3]; 4. 88K-Tyler Ruth[6]; 5. 3AZ-Chloe High[7]; 6. 50E-Kyle Eligio[2]; 7. 33-Dylan Schaadt[4].
Event Details: https://www.myracepass.com/events/550017
Up next for the POWRi Avanti Windows & Doors Southwest Ecotec Midget Series will be a return in a double night of action on August 29-30 at Deuce of Clubs Thunder Raceway in Show Low, Arizona.
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