Matt Sheppard reaches Utica-Rome Speedway victory lane
Matt Sheppard won the 30 lap Regular Event at the Utica-Rome Speedway on Friday. This was Matt's seventeenth win of the season, fouth at Utica-Rome Speedway this year, and eleventh Weekly win of the season. For the 39 year old Sheppard it was their forty-sixth win putting him second on the Utica-Rome Speedway win list since 2002. Finishing 1.7030 seconds behind in second was Billy Decker. This was Billy's Twentieth Top 5 of the season, first at Utica-Rome Speedway this year, and tenth Weekly Top 5 of the season. Finishing third was Rocky Warner, their fourteenth top 5 of the year. Finishing fourth was Alan Johnson, their ninth top 5 of the year. Finishing fifth was Brian Gleason, their first top 5 of the year. David Schilling, Rusty Smith, Jessica Friesen, Darren Smith, and Willy Decker rounded out the top 10.
Significant Milestones and Streaks
All event starts since 2002: Rocky Warner - 200 Consecutive wins all events: Matt Sheppard - 2 Consecutive top 5's all events: Matt Sheppard - 10 Consecutive top 10's all events: Matt Sheppard - 10 Consecutive wins at Utica-Rome Speedway: Matt Sheppard - 4 Consecutive top 5's at Utica-Rome Speedway: Rocky Warner - 5 Consecutive top 10's at Utica-Rome Speedway: Matt Sheppard - 11 Consecutive Weekly wins: Matt Sheppard - 3 Consecutive Weekly top 5's: Matt Sheppard - 16 Consecutive Weekly top 10's: Matt Sheppard - 16