Tate Martz secured his third All Star Circuit of Champions TQ Midget series feature race win Saturday night at the Shelby County Fairgrounds.
Shelbyville native Logan Prickett (photo, left) entertained the hometown crowd with a third-place finish while current series leader Matt Lux finished fifth.
Martz (photo, right), who came into Saturday’s event third on the series points leaderboard, held off Joey Paxson, the top qualifier for the night, and Prickett to close the gap on series leader Lux.
Paxson also closed the gap on Lux with a runner-up finish. He came into Saturday’s race No. 2 in the standings.
Rylan Gray finished fourth with Lux (photo) getting a top-five finish.
Paxson was the top qualifier with a time of 17.303 seconds on the dirt track at the fairgrounds. Prickett was second fastest at 17.307 seconds.
Heat race winners were Matthew Hedrick, Robbie Roland and Dylan Powell.
The series continues Saturday for the 4th annual Brad Gray Memorial at the Rush County Fairgrounds. Cars take the track at 6 p.m.
Steve Bush photos
