Matt Sheppard won the 50 lap Short Track SuperNationals at the Utica-Rome Speedway on Saturday. This was Matt's thirtieth win of the season, thirteenth at Utica-Rome Speedway this year, and third Non-series win of the season. For the 42 year old Sheppard it was their eighty-fouth win putting him first on the Utica-Rome Speedway win list since 1996. Finishing 0.6790 seconds behind in second was Stewart Friesen. This was Stewart's thirty-seventh Top 5 of the season, sixth at Utica-Rome Speedway this year, and fouth Non-series Top 5 of the season. Finishing third was Tim Fuller, their thirty-fifth top 5 of the year. Finishing fourth was Marc Johnson, their thirty-first top 5 of the year. Finishing fifth was Mike Mahaney, their twenty-fifth top 5 of the year. Jack Lehner, Michael Maresca, Willy Decker, Tanner VanDoren, and Danny Varin rounded out the top 10.
Significant Milestones and StreaksNon-series starts since 1996: Stewart Friesen - 200 Consecutive wins at Utica-Rome Speedway: Matt Sheppard - 5 Consecutive top 5's at Utica-Rome Speedway: Matt Sheppard - 11 Consecutive top 10's at Utica-Rome Speedway: Michael Maresca - 11 Consecutive Non-series wins: Matt Sheppard - 2