Matt Sheppard won the 30 lap Regular Event at the Utica-Rome Speedway on Friday. This was Matt's fourteenth win of the season, fifth at Utica-Rome Speedway this year, and eighth Weekly win of the season. For the 39 year old Sheppard it was their fifty-third win putting him second on the Utica-Rome Speedway win list since 2000. Finishing 4.2400 seconds behind in second was Billy Decker. This was Billy's sixth Top 5 of the season, third at Utica-Rome Speedway this year, and third Weekly Top 5 of the season. Finishing third was Rocky Warner, their ninth top 5 of the year. Finishing fourth was Alan Johnson, their third top 5 of the year. Finishing fifth was Andy Bachetti, their fifteenth top 5 of the year. Alex Yankowski, Pat Ward, Bobby Hackel IV, Shaun Walker, and JaMike Sowle rounded out the top 10.
Significant Milestones and StreaksUtica-Rome Speedway starts since 2000: Randy Shantel - 50 Utica-Rome Speedway top 5's since 2000: Andy Bachetti - 25 Weekly starts since 2000: Alex Yankowski - 100 Weekly top 10's since 2000: Alan Johnson - 700 Consecutive top 5's at Utica-Rome Speedway: Matt Sheppard - 7 Consecutive Weekly top 10's: Pat Ward - 25