Matt Sheppard reaches Utica-Rome Speedway victory lane
Matt Sheppard won the 20 lap Twin 20 #2 at the Utica-Rome Speedway on Friday. This was Matt's seventeenth win of the season, sixth at Utica-Rome Speedway this year, and tenth Weekly win of the season. For the 39 year old Sheppard it was their fifty-fouth win putting him second on the Utica-Rome Speedway win list since 2000. Finishing 1.4860 seconds behind in second was Erick Rudolph. This was Erick's twenty-seventh Top 5 of the season, second at Utica-Rome Speedway this year, and fifteenth Weekly Top 5 of the season. Finishing third was Ronnie Johnson, their eleventh top 5 of the year. Finishing fourth was Rocky Warner, their fourteenth top 5 of the year. Finishing fifth was Darren Smith, their thirteenth top 5 of the year. Brett Haas, JaMike Sowle, Shaun Walker, Pat Ward, and Alex Yankowski rounded out the top 10.
Significant Milestones and Streaks
Utica-Rome Speedway starts since 2000: Tim Mayne - 100 Consecutive top 5's all events: Erick Rudolph - 10 Consecutive top 10's all events: Erick Rudolph - 15 Consecutive top 10's at Utica-Rome Speedway: Pat Ward - 12 Consecutive Weekly top 5's: Ronnie Johnson - 5