Matt Sheppard earns checkers at Utica-Rome Speedway
Matt Sheppard won the 30 lap Regular Event at the Utica-Rome Speedway on Friday. This was Matt's nineteenth win of the season, eighth at Utica-Rome Speedway this year, and ninth Weekly win of the season. For the 41 year old Sheppard it was their sixty-eighth win putting him first on the Utica-Rome Speedway win list since 1996. Finishing in second was Billy Decker. This was Billy's eleventh Top 5 of the season, eighth at Utica-Rome Speedway this year, and seventh Weekly Top 5 of the season. Finishing third was Bobby Hackel IV, their seventh top 5 of the year. Finishing fourth was Alex Yankowski, their twelfth top 5 of the year. Finishing fifth was Alex Payne, their thirteenth top 5 of the year. Alan Barker, Carson Wright, Addison Bowman, Andy Bachetti, and Mike Trautschold rounded out the top 10.
Significant Milestones and Streaks
All event top 5's since 1996: Billy Decker - 1000 Utica-Rome Speedway top 10's since 1996: Andy Bachetti - 50 Consecutive top 10's all events: Matt Sheppard - 13 Consecutive wins at Utica-Rome Speedway: Matt Sheppard - 5 Consecutive top 5's at Utica-Rome Speedway: Matt Sheppard - 5 Consecutive Weekly top 5's: Billy Decker - 5