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Grant Schaadt Wins POWRi SWEM at Adobe Mountain Speedway
Belleville, IL. (9/20/26) Competing in the series' fifteenth event in 2026, the rapidly growing POWRi Avanti Windows & Doors Southwest Ecotec Midget Series would contend in a single night of weekend battles at Adobe Mountain Speedway, as Grant Schaadt 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, the POWRi SWEM Series would witness Tyler Ruth, Kyle Huttenhow, and Mason Keefer each notch the heat racing wins, while Kyle Huttenhow would earn the high point qualifier award for the event.
Going green-flag racing in the feature would find Grant Schaadt wheeling his way to victory by leading eight of the twenty laps after starting fifth position and winning his fourth series victory. Pole-starting Kyle Huttenhow would lead eleven laps early to finish runner-up ahead of Gary DeWitt, placing third from starting seventh as Shon Deskins advanced five positions to finish fourth, with leader of one lap Nixx Eggleston rounding out the top-five finishers at Adobe Mountain Speedway.
POWRi SWEM | Adobe Mountain Speedway | Saturday, September 19:
Event Details: https://www.myracepass.com/events/608163.
A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 8-Grant Schaadt[5]; 2. 57-Kyle Huttenhow[1]; 3. 29A-Gary DeWitt[7]; 4. 20-Shon Deskins[9]; 5. 21X-Nixx Eggleston[2]; 6. 7-Mason Keefer[3]; 7. 11-Lonnie Oliver[17]; 8. 18X-Branden Bolton[6]; 9. 18-Matthew Triefenbach[10]; 10. 43X-Elijah Loper[13]; 11. 88K-Tyler Ruth[4]; 12. 2X-Chris Boyles[15]; 13. 5-Chris Rahe[18]; 14. 8T-Chloe High[8]; 15. 14X-Travis DeGaton[11]; 16. 1R-Dylan Beal[14]; 17. 33-Rick Shuman[16]; 18. (DNS) 13-Daniel DeWitt
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 88K-Tyler Ruth[1]; 2. 8-Grant Schaadt[3]; 3. 18-Matthew Triefenbach[2]; 4. 14X-Travis DeGaton[4]; 5. 1R-Dylan Beal[5]; 6. (DNS) 5-Chris Rahe
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 57-Kyle Huttenhow[4]; 2. 18X-Branden Bolton[1]; 3. 20-Shon Deskins[2]; 4. 13-Daniel DeWitt[3]; 5. 43X-Elijah Loper[5]; 6. 33-Rick Shuman[6]
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 7-Mason Keefer[2]; 2. 21X-Nixx Eggleston[5]; 3. 8T-Chloe High[3]; 4. 29A-Gary DeWitt[6]; 5. 2X-Chris Boyles[1]; 6. 11-Lonnie Oliver[4]
Up next for the POWRi Avanti Windows & Doors Southwest Ecotec Midget Series will be a single-night return to Adobe Mountain Speedway, in Glendale, Arizona, on Saturday, October 3.
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.
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