Matt Arrington Wins at the Montpelier Motor Speedway

Columbus, Indiana’s Matt Arrington became the sixth driver in MTQRL history to score back-to-back feature wins when the Midwest TQ Racing League presented by Jenmarco.com competed at the Montpelier Motor Speedway in Montpelier, Ind.

Arrington, driving Terry Minor’s #76X Claas Lubricants, Columbus Hose & Fittings, Drain Master, Miller Trucking, X-Tream Clean Products, Precision/Honda three-quarter midget took the lead from his pole position at the start of the feature and went on to lead all twenty-five laps over Ronnie Combs, Logan Arnold, Cody Kiewitt and Tate Martz. Kevin Blue, Nick Speidel, Tristan Maggart, Paul Graybrook and Jon Steed completed the top ten. Tyler Wooten was the highest finishing rookie driver in eleventh place and was named the Tony Stewart Racing Rookie of the Race.

The Duane & Sonja Alexander Hard Luck Driver award was presented to Kyle May who experienced engine problems in practice and was unable to compete, and Terry Minor won the drawing for the Jackson Oil & Solvents gift certificate.

Nick Speidel passed eight cars in the feature and was named the Indy Race Parts Hard Charger, and Perfect North Slopes heat winners were Matt Arrington, Ronnie Combs and Tate Martz.

Cody Kiewitt continues to lead the season point standings over Matt Arrington (-18), defending MTQRL champion Nick Speidel (-61), Tate Martz (-91), and Logan Arnold (-105).

The next race on the MTQRL schedule will be Saturday August 16th at the Montpelier Motor Speedway.




MIDWEST TQ RACING LEAGUE presented by Jenmarco.com
August 9, 2014 – Montpelier, Indiana – Montpelier Motor Speedway

PERFECT NORTH SLOPES HEAT 1 – 1. 76X Matt Arrington, 2. 33 Matt Hedrick, 3. 08 Tristan Maggart, 4. 70 Leslie Souviner, 5. 7 Jon Steed, 6. 3 Steve Arnold.

PERFECT NORTH SLOPES HEAT 2 – 1. 14S Ronnie Combs, 2. 43 Logan Arnold, 3. 5 Kevin Blue, 4. 48 Aaron Percell, 5. 25X Mike Paxson, DNS 39 Kyle May.

PERFECT NORTH SLOPES HEAT 3 – 1. 22 Tate Martz, 2. 60 Cody Kiewitt, 3. 57 Paul Graybrook, 4. 8 Tyler Wooten, 5. 1 Nick Speidel, DNS 10 Justin Combs.

FEATURE – 1. 76X Matt Arrington, 2. 14S Ronnie Combs, 3. 43 Logan Arnold, 4. 60 Cody Kiewitt, 5. 22 Tate Martz, 6. 5 Kevin Blue, 7. 1 Nick Speidel, 8. 08 Tristan Maggart, 9. 57 Paul Graybrook, 10. 7 Jon Steed, 11. 8 Tyler Wooten, 12. 48 Aaron Percell, 13. 33 Matt Hedrick, 14. 70 Leslie Souviner, 15. 25X Mike Paxson, 16. 10 Justin Combs, DNS 3 Steve Arnold, DNS 39 Kyle May.

Lap Leaders – 1-25 Matt Arrington

Indy Race Parts Hard Charger – Nick Speidel (+8)

Duane & Sonja Alexander Hard Luck Driver – Kyle May

Tony Stewart Racing Rookie of the Race – Tyler Wooten

Perfect North Slopes Heat Winners – Matt Arrington, Ronnie Combs, Tate Martz

Jackson Oil & Solvents Gift Certificate – Terry Minor, #76X

POINT STANDINGS – 1. Cody Kiewitt-991; 2. Matt Arrington-973; 3. Nick Speidel-930; 4. Tate Martz-900; 5. Logan Arnold-886; 6. Ronnie Combs-880; 7. Matthew Hedrick-742; 8. Brett Hankins-707; 9. Tristan Maggart-690; 10. Kyle May-636.

Next Race – August 16 – Montpelier, Indiana – Montpelier Motor Speedway

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