MTQRL at Lawrenceburg Saturday May 15th

Sandy Lowe · 5/12/10, 10:24 PM

On Saturday night May 15th the Midwest TQ Racing League™ presented by Vincennes University will continue their 2010 season with “Little League/Youth Baseball Night” at the Lawrenceburg Speedway in Lawrenceburg, Ind. The MTQRL three-quarter midgets will be sharing the billing with the Lawrenceburg Chevrolet sprints, Budweiser UMP modifieds and the OVS pure stocks. Practice is scheduled for 6:00 pm with racing set to begin at 7:00 pm. General admission is $15 for adults, ages 7-12 are $7, and children 6 and under are free. Also, any youth ball players who enter in uniform will receive free general admission.

In 2009 the MTQRL both opened and closed its season on the 3/8 mile Dearborn County oval. Hometown driver Jason Willis cruised in the opener leading all 20 laps to take the win over Tate Martz, Tim Lynch, Tad Cheek and Kyle Lux.

In the season finale, however, it was a different story as three and at times four wide racing was the norm. 2009 champion Martz took the early lead before relinquishing the point to Nick Speidel on lap 4. Martz continued to hound Speidel regaining the lead for laps 8 thru 14. Speidel again moved back to the front on lap 15 leading the final five laps to score the win over Lynch, Cheek, Zach Cougill and Martz.

Martz is the current point leader after his opening night win this past Saturday at the Shelby County Fairgrounds. Rounding out the top five in the season standings are Kenny Byrge, Speidel, Chris Mann and Chris Guinn.

For more information please visit www.mtqrl.com or www.lawrenceburgspeedway.com.

Dave Rudisell · 5/13/10, 6:53 AM

That MTQRL race last fall was unbelievable!! they was 4 wide racing, and was'nt Tony Stewarts dad racing in that race last year?
I am looking forward to seeing the tq's again, what a great bunch of racers!!

STP · 5/14/10, 10:05 AM

Nelson only raced with us at the Rushville Salute to Larry Rice in July. The race last October at the Burg was very exciting with several lead changes. I enjoy watching races where the TQs have room to race on the stretches and not just the corners, it really shows the versatility of the cars.

For those who haven't been to Lawrenceburg Speedway, it is also a very fan friendly place. The kids enjoy the downtime entertainment as much as the racing.

And the weather looks perfect tomorrow.