Matt Sheppard reaches Super DIRTcar Series victory lane at Autodrome Drummond
Matt Sheppard won the 75 lap Super DIRTcar Series King of the North Night 1 at the Autodrome Drummond on Monday. This was Matt's sixteenth win of the season, first at Autodrome Drummond this year, and second Super DIRTcar Series win of the season. For the 43 year old Sheppard it was their eighth win putting him seventeenth on the Autodrome Drummond win list since 1991. Finishing 0.6920 seconds behind in second was Alex Payne. This was Alex's twenty-seventh Top 5 of the season, first at Autodrome Drummond this year, and sixth Super DIRTcar Series Top 5 of the season. Finishing third was David Hebert, their fifteenth top 5 of the year. Finishing fourth was Steve Bernard, their first top 5 of the year. Finishing fifth was Tim Sears Jr., their fourteenth top 5 of the year. Mat Williamson, Jimmy Phelps, Erick Rudolph, Mathieu Desjardins, and Alex Yankowski rounded out the top 10.
Significant Milestones and Streaks
Career Starts: David Hebert - 1000 Autodrome Drummond top 5s: Steve Bernard - 100 Autodrome Drummond top 10s: Matt Sheppard - 25 Consecutive top 5s all events: Matt Sheppard - 6 Consecutive wins at Autodrome Drummond: Matt Sheppard - 2 Consecutive Super DIRTcar Series top 10s: Alex Yankowski - 18