Larry Wight earns checkers on Thunder on the Thruway at Utica-Rome Speedway
Larry Wight won the 30 lap Thunder on the Thruway Thunder on the Thruway at the Utica-Rome Speedway on Saturday. This was Larry's eleventh win of the season, first at Utica-Rome Speedway this year, and first Thunder on the Thruway win of the season. For the 29 year old Wight it was their thirteenth win putting him seventh on the Utica-Rome Speedway win list since 2000. Finishing 1.6780 seconds behind in second was Billy Decker. This was Billy's fifteenth Top 5 of the season, eighth at Utica-Rome Speedway this year, and second Thunder on the Thruway Top 5 of the season. Finishing third was Matt Sheppard, their fifty-second top 5 of the year. Finishing fourth was Alex Yankowski, their eighteenth top 5 of the year. Finishing fifth was Jimmy Phelps, their eighteenth top 5 of the year. Stewart Friesen, Tim Fuller, Bobby Hackel IV, Demetrios Drellos, and Chris Curtis rounded out the top 10.
Significant Milestones and Streaks
All event wins since 2000: Larry Wight - 100 Thunder on the Thruway wins since 2000: Larry Wight - 1 Consecutive top 5's all events: Matt Sheppard - 10 Consecutive top 10's all events: Stewart Friesen - 18 Consecutive top 5's at Utica-Rome Speedway: Matt Sheppard - 8 Consecutive top 10's at Utica-Rome Speedway: Stewart Friesen - 13 Consecutive Thunder on the Thruway top 10's: Stewart Friesen - 21