Matt Sheppard is all smiles at Utica-Rome Speedway
Matt Sheppard won the 30 lap Regular Event at the Utica-Rome Speedway on Friday. This was Matt's fourteenth win of the season, sixth at Utica-Rome Speedway this year, and sixth Weekly win of the season. For the 41 year old Sheppard it was their seventy-seventh win putting him first on the Utica-Rome Speedway win list since 1996. Finishing 4.8150 seconds behind in second was Rocky Warner. This was Rocky's tenth Top 5 of the season, sixth at Utica-Rome Speedway this year, and eighth Weekly Top 5 of the season. Finishing third was Michael Maresca, their fifteenth top 5 of the year. Finishing fourth was Alex Payne, their twelfth top 5 of the year. Finishing fifth was Pat Ward, their fifth top 5 of the year. Bobby Hackel IV, Alex Yankowski, Brandon Walters, Mike Trautschold, and Justin Wright rounded out the top 10.
Significant Milestones and Streaks
All event top 5's since 1996: Matt Sheppard - 1200 Consecutive top 10's all events: Alex Yankowski - 13 Consecutive top 10's at Utica-Rome Speedway: Matt Sheppard - 17 Consecutive Weekly top 10's: Matt Sheppard - 25