4/28/2025
POWRi
Dayton Shelton Repeats Win with POWRi SWEM Returns to Adobe Mountain
Belleville, IL. (4/26/25) Racing into the outstanding hosting venue of Adobe Mountain Speedway, the rapidly growing POWRi Avanti Windows & Doors Southwest Ecotec Midget Series would contend in a single night of on-track battles in the seventh seasonal event as Dayton Shelton would earn the hard-fought feature victory over the racing weekend.
Kickstarting the night of series excitement at Adobe Mountain Speedway with the POWRi SWEM Series would witness Shon Deskins set the quick time during hot laps with a time of 12.965 as Grant Schaadt, Shon Deskins, and Dayton Shelton each notched the heat racing wins.
Going green flag racing in the feature would find Dayton Shelton wheeling his way to victory by leading twelve of the twenty laps after starting fourth position and winning his second series victory. Pole-starting Grant Schaadt would finish runner-up ahead of Shon Deskins placing third from starting third as Nathan High advanced a single position to finish fourth with Tyler Merrill rounding out the top-five finishers at Adobe Mountain Speedway.
POWRi SWEM | Adobe Mountain Speedway | 4/26/25:
A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 2-Dayton Shelton[4]; 2. 22-Grant Schaadt[1]; 3. 21-Shon Deskins[3]; 4. 01-Nathan High[5]; 5. 88-Tyler Merrill[8]; 6. 14C-Dustin Cormany[11]; 7. 81K-Rickey Kinney Jr[9]; 8. 8T-Ryan Therkildsen; 9. 48-Gary DeWitt[14]; 10. 3V-Jim Vanzant[7]; 11. 18-Bryan Klein[16]; 12. 72-Tom Bonneau[10]; 13. (DNF) 39T-Troy DeGaton[12]; 14. (DNF) 14X-Travis DeGaton[2]; 15. (DNF) 57-Kyle Huttenhow[6]; 16. (DNF) 7-Mason Keefer[13]; 17. (DNF) 9-Tyler High[15].
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 22-Grant Schaadt[2]; 2. 3V-Jim Vanzant[1]; 3. 81K-Rickey Kinney Jr[3]; 4. 72-Tom Bonneau[5]; 5. 39T-Troy DeGaton[4]; 6. (DNS) 18-Bryan Klein.
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 21-Shon Deskins[1]; 2. 14X-Travis DeGaton[4]; 3. 01-Nathan High[5]; 4. 88-Tyler Merrill[6]; 5. 48-Gary DeWitt[2]; 6. 9-Tyler High[3].
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 2-Dayton Shelton[1]; 2. 57-Kyle Huttenhow[2]; 3. 8T-Ryan Therkildsen[4]; 4. 14C-Dustin Cormany[5]; 5. 7-Mason Keefer[3].
Hot Laps 1: 1. 21-Shon Deskins, 00:12.965[2]; 2. 2-Dayton Shelton, 00:13.042[3]; 3. 48-Gary DeWitt, 00:13.223[5]; 4. 14X-Travis DeGaton, 00:13.263[11]; 5. 01-Nathan High, 00:13.309[14]; 6. 22-Grant Schaadt, 00:13.420[4]; 7. 7-Mason Keefer, 00:13.434[9]; 8. 39T-Troy DeGaton, 00:13.671[10]; 9. 81K-Rickey Kinney Jr, 00:13.676[7]; 10. 3V-Jim Vanzant, 00:13.781[1]; 11. 8T-Ryan Therkildsen, 00:13.818[12]; 12. 57-Kyle Huttenhow, 00:13.920[6]; 13. 14C-Dustin Cormany, 00:14.008[15]; 14. 88-Tyler Merrill, 00:14.044[17]; 15. 72-Tom Bonneau, 00:15.201[13]; 16. (DNS) 9-Tyler High; 17. (DNS) 18-Bryan Klein.
Event Details: https://www.myracepass.com/events/541248
Up next for the POWRi Avanti Windows & Doors Southwest Ecotec Midget Series will be a return night of action again at Adobe Mountain Speedway in Glendale, Arizona, on Saturday, May 10.
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.
Photo Credit: Maxwell Patrick Imagery
Submitted By: Cassy Staley
