Matt Sheppard won the 50 lap Short Track Super Series North Hard Clay Finale at the Orange County Fair Speedway on Thursday. This was Matt's twenty-seventh win of the season, second at Orange County Fair Speedway this year, and sixth Short Track Super Series North win of the season. For the 43 year old Sheppard it was their thirty-first win putting him ninth on the Orange County Fair Speedway win list since 1991. Finishing 8.4370 seconds behind in second was Mat Williamson. This was Mat's sixty-fifth Top 5 of the season, first at Orange County Fair Speedway this year, and fouth Short Track Super Series North Top 5 of the season. Finishing third was Anthony Perrego, their Twentieth top 5 of the year. Finishing fourth was Chris Raabe, their twenty-eighth top 5 of the year. Finishing fifth was Alex Yankowski, their forty-ninth top 5 of the year. Tanner VanDoren, Felix Roy, Dillon Steuer, Danny Bouc, and Dan Creeden rounded out the top 10.
Significant Milestones and StreaksConsecutive wins all events: Matt Sheppard - 2 Consecutive top 5s all events: Mat Williamson - 7 Consecutive wins at Orange County Fair Speedway: Matt Sheppard - 2 Consecutive top 5s at Orange County Fair Speedway: Matt Sheppard - 5 Consecutive Short Track Super Series North wins: Matt Sheppard - 3 Consecutive Short Track Super Series North top 5s: Chris Raabe - 6 Consecutive Short Track Super Series North top 10s: Matt Sheppard - 19