Matt Sheppard gets ninth win of the season
Matt Sheppard won the 30 lap Regular Event at the Utica-Rome Speedway on Friday. This was Matt's ninth win of the season, second at Utica-Rome Speedway this year, and second Weekly win of the season. For the 41 year old Sheppard it was their seventy-third win putting him first on the Utica-Rome Speedway win list since 1996. Finishing 0.6790 seconds behind in second was Billy Decker. This was Billy's second Top 5 of the season, first at Utica-Rome Speedway this year, and first Weekly Top 5 of the season. Finishing third was Alex Yankowski, their fifth top 5 of the year. Finishing fourth was Michael Maresca, their fouth top 5 of the year. Finishing fifth was Rocky Warner, their second top 5 of the year. Stewart Friesen, Bobby Hackel IV, Justin Wright, Alan Barker, and Jessica Friesen rounded out the top 10.
Significant Milestones and Streaks
All event top 10's since 1996: Bobby Hackel IV - 100 Weekly top 5's since 1996: Michael Maresca - 75 Consecutive wins all events: Matt Sheppard - 3 Consecutive top 5's all events: Matt Sheppard - 5 Consecutive top 10's all events: Matt Sheppard - 13 Consecutive wins at Utica-Rome Speedway: Matt Sheppard - 10 Consecutive top 5's at Utica-Rome Speedway: Matt Sheppard - 10 Consecutive top 10's at Utica-Rome Speedway: Matt Sheppard - 10 Consecutive Weekly wins: Matt Sheppard - 6 Consecutive Weekly top 5's: Matt Sheppard - 6 Consecutive Weekly top 10's: Matt Sheppard - 14