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Matt Sheppard won the 73 lap Eastern States 100 at the Orange County Fair Speedway on Saturday. This was Matt's thirtieth win of the season, fifth at Orange County Fair Speedway this year, and sixth Non-series win of the season. For the 41 year old Sheppard it was their twenty-ninth win putting him eighth on the Orange County Fair Speedway win list since 1996. Finishing 1.2340 seconds behind in second was Peter Britten. This was Peter's Twentieth Top 5 of the season, second at Orange County Fair Speedway this year, and first Non-series Top 5 of the season. Finishing third was Anthony Perrego, their Twentieth top 5 of the year. Finishing fourth was Mike Mahaney, their nineteenth top 5 of the year. Finishing fifth was Dillon Steuer, their thirteenth top 5 of the year. LJ Lombardo, Billy VanInwegen, David Schilling, Tanner VanDoren, and Bobby Hentschel rounded out the top 10.
Significant Milestones and StreaksAll event starts since 1996: Mat Williamson - 900 Non-series starts since 1996: Matt Sheppard - 200 Non-series top 10's since 1996: Dillon Steuer - 25 Consecutive top 10's at Orange County Fair Speedway: Matt Sheppard - 37 Consecutive Non-series wins: Matt Sheppard - 4 Consecutive Non-series top 5's: Matt Sheppard - 8 Consecutive Non-series top 10's: Matt Sheppard - 15