Matt Sheppard captures win at Utica-Rome Speedway
Matt Sheppard won the 30 lap Championship Night at the Utica-Rome Speedway on Friday. This was Matt's thirty-third win of the season, eleventh at Utica-Rome Speedway this year, and eighteenth Weekly win of the season. For the 40 year old Sheppard it was their fifty-ninth win putting him second on the Utica-Rome Speedway win list since 2000. Finishing 3.4330 seconds behind in second was Alex Yankowski. This was Alex's nineteenth Top 5 of the season, eighth at Utica-Rome Speedway this year, and tenth Weekly Top 5 of the season. Finishing third was Billy Decker, their seventeenth top 5 of the year. Finishing fourth was Stewart Friesen, their thirty-fifth top 5 of the year. Finishing fifth was Alan Barker, their thirteenth top 5 of the year. Ronnie Johnson, Darren Smith, Willy Decker, Rocky Warner, and Shaun Walker rounded out the top 10.
Significant Milestones and Streaks
All event starts since 2000: Alan Barker - 400 All event top 5's since 2000: Matt Sheppard - 1100 Utica-Rome Speedway starts since 2000: Aaron Jacobs - 100 Utica-Rome Speedway top 10's since 2000: Alan Barker - 25 Consecutive wins all events: Matt Sheppard - 3 Consecutive top 5's all events: Alan Barker - 5 Consecutive top 10's all events: Stewart Friesen - 23 Consecutive top 5's at Utica-Rome Speedway: Matt Sheppard - 10 Consecutive top 10's at Utica-Rome Speedway: Stewart Friesen - 15 Consecutive Weekly wins: Matt Sheppard - 2 Consecutive Weekly top 5's: Alan Barker - 5 Consecutive Weekly top 10's: Rocky Warner - 16