Belleville, IL. (2/29/26) Competing in the series' second time in 2026 at the outstanding hosting venue of Mohave Valley Raceway the rapidly growing POWRi Avanti Windows & Doors Southwest Ecotec Midget Series would contend in a single night of weekend battles as Brody Wake would earn the hard-fought feature victory over the racing weekend.
Kickstarting the weekend night of series excitement at Mohave Valley Raceway with the POWRi SWEM Series, Grant Schaadt and Tyler Ruth would each notch 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 Brody Wake wheel his way to victory by leading all of the twenty laps after starting in pole position and winning his third career series victory. Fifth-starting Shon Deskins would finish runner-up ahead of hard-charger Travis DeGaton, placing third from starting tenth as Tyler Merrill finished fourth with Tyler Ruth rounding out the top-five finishers at Mohave Valley Raceway.
POWRi SWEM | Mohave Valley Raceway | 2/28/26:
A Feature 1 (25 Laps): 1. 20-Brody Wake[1]; 2. 21-Shon Deskins[5]; 3. 14X-Travis DeGaton[10]; 4. 88-Tyler Merrill[4]; 5. 88K-Tyler Ruth[3]; 6. 10-Adam Teves[13]; 7. 2-Dayton Shelton[8]; 8. 5-Chris Rahe[7]; 9. 48-Gary DeWitt[6]; 10. 5W-Gary Wegener[12]; 11. 82-CJ Bunch[14]; 12. 33-Lonnie Oliver[9]; 13. 43X-Elijah Loper[11]; 14. 8-Grant Schaadt[2]
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 8-Grant Schaadt[2]; 2. 20-Brody Wake[7]; 3. 48-Gary DeWitt[3]; 4. 5-Chris Rahe[5]; 5. 33-Lonnie Oliver[6]; 6. 5W-Gary Wegener[4]; 7. 82-CJ Bunch[1]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 88K-Tyler Ruth[1]; 2. 88-Tyler Merrill[3]; 3. 21-Shon Deskins[4]; 4. 2-Dayton Shelton[5]; 5. 14X-Travis DeGaton[6]; 6. 43X-Elijah Loper[7]; 7. 10-Adam Teves[2]
Event Details: https://www.myracepass.com/events/601242.
Up next for the POWRi Avanti Windows & Doors Southwest Ecotec Midget Series will be the first yearly visit to Adobe Mountain Speedway on Saturday, March 7.
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