Belleville, IL. (8/31/25) Competing for the series' third 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 fourteenth and fifteenth seasonal events as Dayton Shelton and Kyle Huttenhow would earn the hard-fought feature victory over the racing weekend.
Kickstarting the weekend night of series excitement at Deuce of Clubs Thunder Raceway with the POWRi SWEM Series would witness Kyle Huttenhow, Nathan High, and Tyler High each notching the heat racing wins, while Tyler High would earn the high point qualifier award for the event.
Going green flag racing in the feature would find Dayton Shelton wheel his way to victory after starting in fourth position and winning his fourth series victory. Second-starting Kyle Huttenhow would finish a close runner-up ahead of Travis DeGaton, placing third from starting ninth as pole-sitter Tyler High placed fourth with Nathan High rounding out the top-five finishers at Deuce of Clubs Thunder Raceway on Night One.
Beginning the following night of series excitement at Deuce of Clubs Thunder Raceway with the POWRi SWEM Series would witness Grant Schaadt and Kyle Huttenhow each notched the heat racing wins, while Grant Schaadt would earn the high point qualifier award for the event.
Progressing green flag racing in the feature would find Kyle Huttenhow wheel his way to victory after starting in second position and winning his second yearly series victory. Sixth-starting Dayton Shelton would finish runner-up ahead of Travis DeGaton, placing third from starting eleventh as Brody Wake advanced twelve positions to finish fourth, with Tyler Ruth rounding out the top-five finishers on Night Two at Deuce of Clubs Thunder Raceway.
POWRi SWEM | Deuce of Clubs Thunder Raceway | 8/29/25:
A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 2-Dayton Shelton[4]; 2. 57-Kyle Huttenhow[2]; 3. 14X-Travis DeGaton[9]; 4. 9-Tyler High[1]; 5. 01-Nathan High[3]; 6. 33-Dylan Schaadt[5]; 7. 3AZ-Chloe High[8]; 8. 22-Grant Schaadt[11]; 9. 48-Gary DeWitt[6]; 10. 81K-Rickey Kinney Jr[7]; 11. 11-Brody Wake[15]; 12. 8T-Ryan Therkildsen[13]; 13. 88-Tyler Merrill[10]; 14. 20-Shon Deskins[12]; 15. 48X-Aiden Bauer[16]; 16. 10-Adam Teves[14]; 17. 88K-Tyler Ruth[17]; 18. 82-CJ Bunch[18].
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 57-Kyle Huttenhow[1]; 2. 2-Dayton Shelton[3]; 3. 48-Gary DeWitt[5]; 4. 20-Shon Deskins[2]; 5. 8T-Ryan Therkildsen[4]; 6. 48X-Aiden Bauer[6].
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 9-Tyler High[2]; 2. 81K-Rickey Kinney Jr[1]; 3. 14X-Travis DeGaton[3]; 4. 22-Grant Schaadt[5]; 5. 10-Adam Teves[4]; 6. 88K-Tyler Ruth[6].
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 01-Nathan High[1]; 2. 33-Dylan Schaadt[3]; 3. 88-Tyler Merrill[2]; 4. 3AZ-Chloe High[6]; 5. 11-Brody Wake[4]; 6. 82-CJ Bunch[5].
Event Details: https://www.myracepass.com/events/564114
POWRi SWEM | Deuce of Clubs Thunder Raceway | 8/30/25:
A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 57-Kyle Huttenhow[2]; 2. 2-Dayton Shelton[6]; 3. 14X-Travis DeGaton[11]; 4. 11-Brody Wake[16]; 5. 88K-Tyler Ruth[12]; 6. 22-Grant Schaadt[1]; 7. 8T-Ryan Therkildsen[5]; 8. 81K-Rickey Kinney Jr[14]; 9. 20-Shon Deskins[13]; 10. 10-Adam Teves[4]; 11. 9-Tyler High[7]; 12. 48X-Aiden Bauer[9]; 13. 48-Gary DeWitt[3]; 14. 33-Dylan Schaadt[8]; 15. 3AZ-Chloe High[10]; 16. 88-Tyler Merrill[15].
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 22-Grant Schaadt[2]; 2. 48-Gary DeWitt[4]; 3. 2-Dayton Shelton[5]; 4. 3AZ-Chloe High[1]; 5. 33-Dylan Schaadt[6]; 6. 88K-Tyler Ruth[7]; 7. 20-Shon Deskins[3]; 8. 88-Tyler Merrill[8].
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 57-Kyle Huttenhow[2]; 2. 10-Adam Teves[4]; 3. 8T-Ryan Therkildsen[6]; 4. 9-Tyler High[7]; 5. 14X-Travis DeGaton[5]; 6. 48X-Aiden Bauer[8]; 7. 81K-Rickey Kinney Jr[3]; 8. (DQ) 11-Brody Wake[1].
Event Details: https://www.myracepass.com/events/564117
Up next for the POWRi Avanti Windows & Doors Southwest Ecotec Midget Series will be a single night of action on October 4 at Mohave Valley Raceway in Mohave Valley, Arizona.
Continue to monitor www.powri.com and social media postings for future event information, series developments, and overall updates about the POWRi Avanti Windows & Doors Southwest Ecotec Midget Series. Tracks and fans interested in more information can visit https://www.facebook.com/southwest.ecotech.midget.racing.
- Cassy Staley on Sep 02, 2025
- Article Date: 9/2/2025