Matt Sheppard won the 30 lap Championship Night at the Utica-Rome Speedway on Friday. This was Matt's twenty-sixth win of the season, tenth at Utica-Rome Speedway this year, and thirteenth Weekly win of the season. For the 41 year old Sheppard it was their seventieth win putting him first on the Utica-Rome Speedway win list since 1996. Finishing 8.8500 seconds behind in second was Alex Payne. This was Alex's sixteenth Top 5 of the season, sixth at Utica-Rome Speedway this year, and twelfth Weekly Top 5 of the season. Finishing third was Willy Decker, their fifth top 5 of the year. Finishing fourth was JaMike Sowle, their fouth top 5 of the year. Finishing fifth was Mike Trautschold, their first top 5 of the year. Billy Decker, Alex Yankowski, Bobby Hackel IV, Alan Barker, and Rocky Warner rounded out the top 10.
Significant Milestones and StreaksWeekly starts since 1996: Aaron Jacobs - 200 Weekly top 10's since 1996: Alex Yankowski - 100 Consecutive top 5's all events: Matt Sheppard - 9 Consecutive top 10's all events: Matt Sheppard - 27 Consecutive wins at Utica-Rome Speedway: Matt Sheppard - 7 Consecutive top 5's at Utica-Rome Speedway: Matt Sheppard - 7 Consecutive Weekly wins: Matt Sheppard - 4 Consecutive Weekly top 10's: Mike Trautschold - 10