Mattoon, IL. (5/31/25) Cannon McIntosh would use on-track precision and only lead six of thirty laps to become ‘King of Coles’ in Championship Night to earn his twenty-eighth career feature win with the POWRi National Midget League, running in conjunction with Xtreme Outlaw Midget Series presented by Toyota, at Coles County Speedway on Saturday night.
Early on-track excitement with thirty-four entries to the POWRi National Midgets, running in conjunction with Xtreme Outlaw Midgets, would find Gavin Miller start the action off with a quick-time in group hot-lap qualifying with a time of 10.231 seconds as Michael Faccinto, Kaiden Manders, Ethan Mitchell, and Steven Snyder Jr would each notch heat racing victories with Joe B Miller and Tyler Edwards taking the semi-feature checkers.
Situating the feature field would find the high-point qualifier, Ethan Mitchell, roll an invert of zero, setting himself and Gavin Miller on the front row as the green flag flew, with Ethan Mitchell gaining the initial advantage on the opening lap as Gavin Miller, Michael Faccinto, Cannon McIntosh, and Chase McDermand battled inside the early top five.
Overtaking for the top spot on lap ten, Gavin Miller would battle past Ethan Mitchell with Cannon McIntosh completing the mid-point podium placements as Michael Faccinto, Chase McDermand, Jacob Denney, Kameron Key, Zach Daum, Karter Sarff, and Kaiden Manders made up the competing top ten.
Swapping the lead on both ends of the track for several laps, Cannon McIntosh and Gavin Miller would contend closely up front after a lap eighteen restart as the field would halt on-track action with caution coming out on lap twenty-six, setting up late-race dramatics.
Emerging victorious over late race restarts, Cannon McIntosh would not be denied clinching the King of Coles role by gaining his second seasonal victory with leader of fourteen laps Gavin Miller placing in the runner-up spot as Karter Sarff hard-charged past ten other competitors to finalize the podium placements in a hard-fought feature.
Flying amongst the field would find Chase McDermand finish fourth with Joe B Miller rounding out the POWRi National Midget League, running in conjunction with the Xtreme Outlaw Midget Series presented by Toyota, top-five finishers at Coles County Speedway.