TQs at Shelbyville Aug 21st (free floats too)
 

After a weekend off the Midwest TQ Racing League™ presented by Vincennes University returns to action on Saturday evening August 21st at the Shelby County Fairgrounds in Shelbyville, Ind.

A full racing program of qualifications, trophy dash, two rounds of heat races and a 25 lap feature are on tap. There have been eleven races contested so far this season and eight drivers have visited victory lane. Defending champion Tate Martz, Jason Willis and rookie CJ Leary have each won twice and individual wins have been scored by Tim Lynch, Nick Speidel, Jason Knoke, Chris Guinn and Ronnie Combs.

Additional prizes up for grabs will be the Jackson Oil & Solvents Duel for Fuel, Tony Stewart Racing Rookie of the Race, Ward’s Apparel Hard Charger, Duane & Sonja Alexander Hard Luck Driver, INOX Slick Move of the Race, and the Green Tech Tail Gunner Challenge. If the polesitter accepts the Tail Gunner Challenge and can win the feature after starting from the rear his victory will be worth an additional $800.

Fans and competitors alike will want to get to Shelbyville early for the FREE Root Beer Float and Race Car Display at the Grover Museum located at 52 West Broadway from noon until 2:00 pm. The Shelby County Historical Society will be serving root beer floats in the 1904 Emporium on the Streets of Old Shelbyville and several MTQRL owners will have their cars on display on the sidewalk in front of the museum.

The Shelby County Historical Society and Chamber of Commerce will also have advance tickets for sale for the nights racing activities. Tickets are $8 for adults (12 and over), $5 for children and 6 and under are free. $3 from each ticket sold before 2:00 pm Saturday will go to the Chamber.

Activities at the fairgrounds will begin at 5:00 pm with practice, followed by qualifications at 6:00 pm and racing is set to begin at 7:00 pm.

For more information please visit www.mtqrl.com.

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Link to article in the Shelby News about the event:
GROVER MUSEUM, MIDWEST TQ RACING REACHING OUT TO COMMUNITY

Re: TQs at Shelbyville Aug 21st (free floats
 

Is Shelbyville still under construction? How about In 9, and 44, they still got detours? We're gonna try to make it early, for the Root Beer Floats, that's enough to get a lot of folks there. See ya all Sat, one way or another! Bob

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Bob, I'm not sure of the construction. Maybe someone from the Shelbyville area can post an update.

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Sandy, from what I can gather, Ind 9 is OK, they do have some construction, but it's South, and has a stop light, I'm still not sure about Ind 44 from I65 across, I think it may have a little detour on it, but it can be done. Sure looking forward to a nice cool RootBeer Float, and a tour of the Museum. Maybe all this talk about rain will wait til Sunday. Bob

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[I]Hope there is a large crowd this weekend for the races. IF you are coming in from the west (65 to 44) change your plans !!!!! 44 is closed from Franklin to Shelbyville. If you take State road 9 in,you will be fine from north or south.[All of those that need to come from the west you can take 252 east to State road 9 north or go to Indy and take 465 to 74 east./I]

Shelbyville Track Record

17.144 seconds ~ Tate Martz #22, 7/1/09

Shelbyville 2010 Top Five Finishers

May 8, 2010
1- Tate Martz, #1
2- Kenny Byrge, #94
3- Tim Lynch, #23
4- Chris Mann, #24
5- Nick Speidel, #21

July 3, 2010
1- Jason Willis
2- Tim Lynch, #23
3- Tate Martz, #1
4- Bobby Walton, #26
5- CJ Leary, #30

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Racing Historian Donald Davidson and Wilbur Shaw Jr will be on hand to greet fans and participate in racing trivia. Trivia prizes include two rounds of golf with cart compliments of the Bear Chase Golf Club on St. Rd. 9 just north of Shelbyville. Experience the fastest rental karts in the state with free ride tickets compliments of Whiteland Raceway Park. The MTQRL will offer up other prizes as well, so sharpen up on your racing trivia and join us at the Shelby County Fairgrounds this Saturday.

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FREE ROOTBEER FLOATS!!! I love them!! wish i could make it there, can they mail me a rootbeer float?

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Dave, I'll take care of one for you, may be next Spring tho! Bob

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unless you are pulling a very large trailer, the detour is not bad at all. Anyone with a standered car trailer or smaller will have no problems going thru the detour. Its not a long screwed up one either!

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Sometimes you never know what they mean with "local trafic only", maybe that's to keep semi's off, and some of the sightseer's out of their hair, but then what if, someone would post a "Free Rootbeer Float's" on the Interstate? Don't even think about it. I know I'm gonna enjoy one, for me, and one other for Dave R. Stay away wet stuff! Bob

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Any news on the action planned today at Shelbyville, race car display downtown, Root Beer Floats, and of course, any racing? We're loaded up and waiting! Bob

Racing is still on as of now. MTQRL's Gary Lee is on his way to the Grover Museum and the rootbeer floats and car display is getting ready to begin. The mtqrl.com website is experiencing technical difficulties and the IT guys are currently working on it. Updates will be posted here and on Facebook.
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Racing is still on. Track and radar look good. Mtqrl.com is back up.
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Thank you to the Leary #30, Willis #25, Ramsey/Martz #1, Guinn #5g, Faulkner #83, James #11 racing teams and Russ Hankins (vintage TQ) for bringing their cars early to display along with the MTQRL show truck at the Grover Museum. It was the biggest Saturday crowd ever for the museum. Many other drivers, owners, and MTQRL officials were there to enjoy the root beer floats served up in the Emporium on the Streets of Old Shelbyville. Thank you Shelbyville Police Department for the escort through town to the track.

What an exciting race last night. The top two drivers in points, Tate Martz and rookie CJ Leary, had everyone on their feet as they battled for the win. Martz got the win and completed a rare sweep of the night. In addition to winning the feature, he qualified the fastest and won each event he competed. That has been done only one other time in MTQRL history by Jason Willis in 2009 at the Jefferson County track in Madison.

Complete results and photos will be posted later on mtqrl.com.