Belleville, IL. (10/4/25) Competing in the series' second time 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 in the sixteenth seasonal event as Travis DeGaton would earn the hard-fought feature victory over the racing weekend.
Kickstarting the weekend night of series excitement with eager entries at Mohave Valley Raceway with the POWRi SWEM Series would witness Dayton Shelton, Grant Schaadt, and Tyler Merrill each notching the heat racing wins, as Tyler Merrill would earn the high point qualifier award for the event.
Going green flag racing in the feature would find fifteenth-starting Travis DeGaton wheel his way to victory by passing fourteen other drivers and leading the final four of the twenty laps to win his third series victory. Pole-starting Tyler Merrill would lead early to finish runner-up ahead of AJ Hernandez, placing third from starting fourth as Adam Teves advanced a position to finish fourth, with seventh-starting Troy DeGaton rounding out the top-five finishers at Mohave Valley Raceway.
POWRi SWEM | Mohave Valley Raceway | 10/4/25:
A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 14X-Travis DeGaton[15]; 2. 88-Tyler Merrill[1]; 3. 21X-AJ Hernandez[4]; 4. 10-Adam Teves[5]; 5. 39T-Troy DeGaton[7]; 6. 21-Shon Deskins[10]; 7. 22-Grant Schaadt[3]; 8. 57-Kyle Huttenhow[8]; 9. 48-Gary DeWitt[6]; 10. 11-Brody Wake[9]; 11. 81K-Rickey Kinney Jr[11]; 12. 33-Axton Romero[16]; 13. 7-Mason Keefer[13]; 14. 0-Micah Morris[17]; 15. 5-Chris Rahe[12]; 16. 20-Dillon Osborne[14]; 17. 2-Dayton Shelton[2]
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 2-Dayton Shelton[1]; 2. 10-Adam Teves[2]; 3. 57-Kyle Huttenhow[3]; 4. 81K-Rickey Kinney Jr[4]; 5. 7-Mason Keefer[5]; 6. 33-Axton Romero[6]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 88-Tyler Merrill[2]; 2. 39T-Troy DeGaton[1]; 3. 11-Brody Wake[3]; 4. 21-Shon Deskins[5]; 5. 0-Micah Morris[6]; 6. 14X-Travis DeGaton[4]
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 22-Grant Schaadt[1]; 2. 48-Gary DeWitt[2]; 3. 21X-AJ Hernandez[5]; 4. 5-Chris Rahe[4]; 5. 20-Dillon Osborne[3]
Event Details: https://www.myracepass.com/events/547359
Up next for the POWRi Avanti Windows & Doors Southwest Ecotec Midget Series will be a return to double nights of action on October 10-11 at Adobe Mountain Speedway in Glendale, 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 Oct 05, 2025
- Article Date: 10/5/2025