Belleville, IL. (2/22/26) Competing in the series' second time in 2026 at the outstanding hosting venue of Adobe Mountain Speedway, the rapidly growing POWRi Avanti Windows & Doors Southwest Ecotec Midget Series would contend in a single night of weekend battles as Grant Schaadt would earn the hard-fought feature victory over the racing weekend.
Kickstarting the weekend night of series excitement at Adobe Mountain Speedway with the POWRi SWEM Series, Tyler Merrill set the quick time during hot laps with a time of 15.111 seconds, as Brody Wake and Tyler Ruth 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 Grant Schaadt wheel his way to victory by leading all of the twenty laps after starting in the second position and winning his second series victory. Fourth-starting Brody Wake would finish runner-up ahead of Shon Deskins, placing third from starting seventh, as Travis DeGaton advanced a pair of positions to finish fourth, with hard-charger Tyler Merrill moving up eight spots to round out the top-five finishers at Adobe Mountain Speedway.
POWRi SWEM | Adobe Mountain Speedway | 2/21/26:
A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 8-Grant Schaadt[2]; 2. 20-Brody Wake[4]; 3. 21-Shon Deskins[7]; 4. 14X-Travis DeGaton[6]; 5. 88-Tyler Merrill[13]; 6. 88K-Tyler Ruth[1]; 7. 33-Lonnie Oliver[10]; 8. 48-Gary DeWitt[8]; 9. 2X-Chris Boyles[17]; 10. 5-Dylan Beal[12]; 11. 43X-Elijah Loper[11]; 12. (DNF) 13-Mason Keefer[5]; 13. (DNF) 8T-Chloe High[9]; 14. (DNF) 82-CJ Bunch[16]; 15. (DNF) 10-Adam Teves[3]; 16. (DNS) 57-Kyle Huttenhow; 17. (DNS) 76-Gary Wegener
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 20-Brody Wake[2]; 2. 8-Grant Schaadt[5]; 3. 21-Shon Deskins[1]; 4. 13-Mason Keefer[9]; 5. 33-Lonnie Oliver[4]; 6. (DNF) 43X-Elijah Loper[6]; 7. (DNF) 5-Dylan Beal[7]; 8. (DNF) 76-Gary Wegener[3]; 9. (DNF) 82-CJ Bunch[8]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 88K-Tyler Ruth[3]; 2. 14X-Travis DeGaton[1]; 3. 10-Adam Teves[7]; 4. 48-Gary DeWitt[2]; 5. 8T-Chloe High[5]; 6. 2X-Chris Boyles[8]; 7. (DNF) 88-Tyler Merrill[6]; 8. (DNF) 57-Kyle Huttenhow[4]
Hot Laps 1: 1. 88-Tyler Merrill, 15.111[11]; 2. 48-Gary DeWitt, 15.148[4]; 3. 20-Brody Wake, 15.468[3]; 4. 13-Mason Keefer, 15.848[17]; 5. 88K-Tyler Ruth, 15.981[16]; 6. 10-Adam Teves, 16.069[13]; 7. 33-Lonnie Oliver, 16.099[6]; 8. 76-Gary Wegener, 16.186[5]; 9. 2X-Chris Boyles, 16.261[15]; 10. 57-Kyle Huttenhow, 16.479[7]; 11. 5-Dylan Beal, 16.527[12]; 12. 8T-Chloe High, 16.774[9]; 13. 14X-Travis DeGaton, 16.873[2]; 14. 82-CJ Bunch, 17.776[14]; 15. (DNS) 21-Shon Deskins; 16. (DNS) 8-Grant Schaadt; 17. (DNS) 43X-Elijah Loper
Event Details: https://www.myracepass.com/events/608142.
Up next for the POWRi Avanti Windows & Doors Southwest Ecotec Midget Series will be the first yearly visit to Mohave Valley Speedway on Saturday, February 28.
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