Matt Sheppard won the 30 lap Regular Event at the Utica-Rome Speedway on Friday. This was Matt's seventh win of the season, third at Utica-Rome Speedway this year, and fouth Weekly win of the season. For the 40 year old Sheppard it was their sixty-third win putting him first on the Utica-Rome Speedway win list since 1997. Finishing in second was Alan Johnson. This was Alan's third Top 5 of the season, second at Utica-Rome Speedway this year, and third Weekly Top 5 of the season. Finishing third was Pat Ward, their second top 5 of the year. Finishing fourth was Andy Bachetti, their sixth top 5 of the year. Finishing fifth was Alex Payne, their fouth top 5 of the year. Bobby Hackel IV, Erick Rudolph, Alex Yankowski, Alan Barker, and Mike Trautschold rounded out the top 10.
Significant Milestones and StreaksConsecutive top 5's all events: Matt Sheppard - 7 Consecutive top 10's all events: Erick Rudolph - 10 Consecutive wins at Utica-Rome Speedway: Matt Sheppard - 4 Consecutive top 5's at Utica-Rome Speedway: Matt Sheppard - 15 Consecutive top 10's at Utica-Rome Speedway: Matt Sheppard - 23 Consecutive Weekly wins: Matt Sheppard - 3 Consecutive Weekly top 5's: Andy Bachetti - 5 Consecutive Weekly top 10's: Andy Bachetti - 11