Matt Sheppard tops Utica-Rome Speedway field
Matt Sheppard won the 30 lap Regular Event at the Utica-Rome Speedway on Friday. This was Matt's thirteenth win of the season, fifth at Utica-Rome Speedway this year, and fifth Weekly win of the season. For the 41 year old Sheppard it was their seventy-sixth win putting him first on the Utica-Rome Speedway win list since 1996. Finishing 3.7470 seconds behind in second was Stewart Friesen. This was Stewart's thirteenth Top 5 of the season, first at Utica-Rome Speedway this year, and third Weekly Top 5 of the season. Finishing third was Willy Decker, their first top 5 of the year. Finishing fourth was Pat Ward, their fouth top 5 of the year. Finishing fifth was Addison Bowman, their second top 5 of the year. Mike Trautschold, Rocky Warner, Brandon Walters, Alex Yankowski, and Justin Wright rounded out the top 10.
Significant Milestones and Streaks
All event starts since 1996: Willy Decker - 700 Consecutive top 5's all events: Matt Sheppard - 6 Consecutive top 10's all events: Stewart Friesen - 11 Consecutive top 10's at Utica-Rome Speedway: Matt Sheppard - 15 Consecutive Weekly wins: Matt Sheppard - 2 Consecutive Weekly top 10's: Matt Sheppard - 23