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Matt Sheppard bags win at Utica-Rome Speedway





Matt Sheppard won the 30 lap Regular Event at the Utica-Rome Speedway on Friday. This was Matt's twelfth win of the season, second at Utica-Rome Speedway this year, and eighth Weekly win of the season. For the 38 year old Sheppard it was their forty-fouth win putting him second on the Utica-Rome Speedway win list since 2002.
Finishing 0.5030 seconds behind in second was Stewart Friesen. This was Stewart's twenty-eighth Top 5 of the season, third at Utica-Rome Speedway this year, and tenth Weekly Top 5 of the season.
Finishing third was Alan Johnson, their fifth top 5 of the year.
Finishing fourth was Andy Bachetti, their fifteenth top 5 of the year.
Finishing fifth was Rocky Warner, their tenth top 5 of the year.
Jessica Friesen, Willy Decker, Marshall Hurd, Sean Beardsley, and Claude Hutchings Jr rounded out the top 10.

Significant Milestones and Streaks
Consecutive wins all events: Matt Sheppard - 2
Consecutive top 5's all events: Stewart Friesen - 6
Consecutive wins at Utica-Rome Speedway: Matt Sheppard - 2
Consecutive top 5's at Utica-Rome Speedway: Andy Bachetti - 5
Consecutive Weekly wins: Matt Sheppard - 4
Consecutive Weekly top 5's: Rocky Warner - 7
Consecutive Weekly top 10's: Andy Bachetti - 15