Matt Sheppard Begins Big-Money Season With Elite Victory At Utica-Rome
Matt Sheppard Begins Big-Money Season With Elite Victory At Utica-Rome
Matt Sheppard kicked off big-money season for Big-Block Modifieds with a win in Sunday's Short Track Super Series Elite race at Utica-Rome Speedway.
With the biggest stars in Modified racing invading Utica-Rome Speedway, Matt Sheppard shined brightest of them all, claiming his 11th Utica-Rome Speedway victory of the season.
The $12,000 ‘New Yorker’ victory came with the Bob Hilbert Sportswear Short Track Super Series (STSS) Fueled By Sunoco in town for Round No. 2 of the Ollie’s ‘Elite’ Series and Round No. 9 of the River Valley Builders North Region.
The win extended Sheppard’s advantage in the North Region to a 121-point advantage over Mat Williamson and now makes him two-for-two in ‘Elite’ Series races after his triumph at Middletown, N.Y.’s Orange County Fair Speedway back in April.
Despite a late-race restart, Sheppard was unchallenged in the end, continuing his dominant form in the Northeast.
Billy Decker would settle for the runner-up spot. Rocky Warner rounded out the podium finishers in the Jason Simmons Racing No. 98.
Sheffield, Mass., driver Andy Bachetti rebounded from near disaster after contact with Alex Payne around the midway point to claim fourth and Jimmy Phelps raced his way back into the top five.
Short Track Super Series Elite Highlights From Utica-Rome Speedway
Winning Quote From Matt Sheppard
“We really had a phenomenal year at Utica-Rome. We really wanted to cap it off in style tonight.”
Short Track Super Series at Utica-Rome Speedway Results
1) Matt Sheppard
2) Billy Decker
3) Rocky Warner
4) Andy Bachetti
5) Jimmy Phelps
6) Marc Johnson
7) Michael Trautschold
8) Alex Yankowski
9) Alex Payne
10) Mat Williamson
11) Alan Johnson
12) Bobby Hackel
13) Danny Johnson
14) Dave Marcuccilli
15) Willy Decker
16) Larry Wight
17) Michael Maresca
18) Ronnie Johnson
19) Erick Rudolph
20) Mike Mahaney
21) Max McLaughlin
22) Danny Bouc
23) Danny Varin
24) Dillon Steuer
25) JaMike Sowle
26) J.R. Hurlburt
27) Chris Curtis
28) Francois Bernier
29) Dave Constantino
30) Steve Bernier
31) Pat Ward
Short Track Super Series Elite Point Standings
Matt Sheppard increased his lead atop the Short Track Super Series Elite point standings with his win at Utica-Rome. Billy Decker sits 43 points back in the runner-up spot.
Last Race: April 8 - Short Track Super Series at Orange County Fair Speedway
Next Race: September 16 - Short Track Super Series Fonda 200 at Fonda Speedway
2023 Short Track Super Series Elite Schedule
Date | Track | Purse |
September 16 | Fonda Speedway | $53,000 to win |
October 14 | Port Royal Speedway | $50,000 to win |