Belleville, IL. (4/25/26) Competing at the welcoming 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 in the fifth seasonal event as Brody Wake would earn the hard-fought feature victory over the racing weekend.
Kickstarting the weekend night of series excitement with eighteen entries at Adobe Mountain Speedway with the POWRi SWEM Series would witness Chris Rahe set the quick time during hot laps with a time of 12.926 as Kyle Huttenhow, Tyler Merrill, and Brody Wake each notched the heat racing wins, while Tyler Merrill 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 after starting in third position and winning his third season series victory. Fifth-starting Shon Deskins would finish runner-up ahead of Tyler Merrill, placing third from starting pole as Travis DeGaton advanced a trio of positions to finish fourth, with Kyle Huttenhow rounding out the top-five finishers at Adobe Mountain Speedway.
POWRi SWEM | Adobe Mountain Speedway | 4/25/26:
A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 20-Brody Wake[3]; 2. 21-Shon Deskins[5]; 3. 88-Tyler Merrill[1]; 4. 14X-Travis DeGaton[7]; 5. 57-Kyle Huttenhow[4]; 6. 10-Adam Teves[6]; 7. 2-Johnny Shelton Jr[8]; 8. 29A-Gary DeWitt[17]; 9. 88K-Tyler Ruth[15]; 10. 33-Rick Shuman[9]; 11. 76-Gary Wegener[13]; 12. 11-Lonnie Oliver[18]; 13. 2X-Chris Boyles[14]; 14. 13-Daniel DeWitt[12]; 15. 18X-Branden Bolton[11]; 16. (DNF) 24P-James Pontin[10]; 17. (DNF) 43X-Elijah Loper[16]; 18. (DNF) 5-Chris Rahe[2]
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 57-Kyle Huttenhow[1]; 2. 10-Adam Teves[2]; 3. 33-Rick Shuman[3]; 4. 18X-Branden Bolton[4]; 5. 76-Gary Wegener[6]; 6. (DNF) 29A-Gary DeWitt[5]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 88-Tyler Merrill[6]; 2. 14X-Travis DeGaton[2]; 3. 2-Johnny Shelton Jr[4]; 4. 24P-James Pontin[5]; 5. 88K-Tyler Ruth[3]; 6. 43X-Elijah Loper[1]
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 20-Brody Wake[2]; 2. 5-Chris Rahe[6]; 3. 21-Shon Deskins[5]; 4. 13-Daniel DeWitt[3]; 5. 2X-Chris Boyles[4]; 6. (DNF) 11-Lonnie Oliver[1]
Hot Laps 1: 1. 5-Chris Rahe, 12.926[18]; 2. 29A-Gary DeWitt, 13.048[13]; 3. 14X-Travis DeGaton, 13.206[5]; 4. 57-Kyle Huttenhow, 13.300[1]; 5. 10-Adam Teves, 13.386[4]; 6. 88K-Tyler Ruth, 13.569[8]; 7. 33-Rick Shuman, 13.768[7]; 8. 2-Johnny Shelton Jr, 14.036[11]; 9. 11-Lonnie Oliver, 14.119[3]; 10. 13-Daniel DeWitt, 14.451[9]; 11. 2X-Chris Boyles, 14.458[12]; 12. 76-Gary Wegener, 14.510[16]; 13. 18X-Branden Bolton, 14.635[10]; 14. 24P-James Pontin, 14.952[14]; 15. (DNS) 43X-Elijah Loper; 16. (DNS) 20-Brody Wake; 17. (DNS) 21-Shon Deskins; 18. (DNS) 88-Tyler Merrill
Event Details: https://www.myracepass.com/events/608151.
Up next for the POWRi Avanti Windows & Doors Southwest Ecotec Midget Series will be an Adobe Mountain Speedway on Saturday, May 9.
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