Information By: SHORT TRACK SUPER SERIES – VERNON, NY – Matt Sheppard put a cap on his 2023 season at the Utica-Rome Speedway Sunday night, winning the Short Track Super Series Elite Series `New Yorker 50.
Billy Decker was second with Rocky Warner third, Andy Bachetti fourth and Jimmy Phelps fifth.
Feature (50 Laps): 1. 9S-Matt Sheppard[4]; 2. 91-Billy Decker[3]; 3. JS98-Rocky Warner[9]; 4. 4-Andy Bachetti[8]; 5. 98H-Jimmy Phelps[1]; 6. 9J-Marc Johnson[11]; 7. 28-Michael Trautschold[2]; 8. 84Y-Alex Yankowski[17]; 9. 70A-Alex Payne[5]; 10. 3W-Mat Williamson[12]; 11. 14J-Alan Johnson[7]; 12. 97-Bobby Hackel IV[23]; 13. 27J-Danny Johnson[16]; 14. M1-David Marcuccilli[15]; 15. 1X-Willy Decker[14]; 16. 99L-Larry Wight[24]; 17. 7MM-Michael Maresca[22]; 18. 2RJ-Ronnie Johnson[19]; 19. 25R-Erick Rudolph[6]; 20. 35M-Mike Mahaney[10]; 21. 8H-Max McLaughlin[25]; 22. 6B-Danny Bouc[18]; 23. 16S-Danny Varin[20]; 24. 17Z-Dillon Steuer[26]; 25. 76-Jamike Sowle[31]; 26. 6H-JR Hurlburt[30]; 27. 35C-Chris Curtis[27]; 28. 49-Francois Bernier[29]; 29. 34-Dave Constantino[21]; 30. 25-Steve Bernier[28]; 31. 42-Pat Ward[13]
Consolation #1 (8 Laps): 1. 34-Dave Constantino[1]; 2. 97-Bobby Hackel IV[3]; 3. 8H-Max McLaughlin[14]; 4. 49-Francois Bernier[2]; 5. 82S-Will Shields[5]; 6. 72-Ajay Potrzebowski II[4]; 7. 76-Jamike Sowle[7]; 8. 6H-JR Hurlburt[6]; 9. 93-Ryan Odasz[8]; 10. 8M-Tim Mayne[10]; 11. 17J-Matt Janiak[12]; 12. 82-Ron Holmes[13]; 13. (DNS) 19-Tim Fuller; 14. (DNS) 10S-Dylan Scribner
Consolation #2 (8 Laps): 1. 7MM-Michael Maresca[2]; 2. 99L-Larry Wight[1]; 3. 17Z-Dillon Steuer[6]; 4. 12S-Darren Smith[3]; 5. 35C-Chris Curtis[4]; 6. 10C-Tanner Van Doren[5]; 7. 25-Steve Bernier[7]; 8. 1J-Tyler Jashembowski[8]; 9. 4B-Derek Bornt[10]; 10. 97S-Randy Shantel[9]; 11. M20-Nick Mady[13]; 12. M2-Shawn McPhee[12]; 13. 15M-Daniel Morgiewicz Jr[11]
Qualifier #1 (15 Laps): 1. 9S-Matt Sheppard[9]; 2. 35M-Mike Mahaney[5]; 3. 3W-Mat Williamson[6]; 4. 42-Pat Ward[4]; 5. 84Y-Alex Yankowski[1]; 6. 34-Dave Constantino[8]; 7. 97-Bobby Hackel IV[2]; 8. 82S-Will Shields[7]; 9. 76-Jamike Sowle[3]; 10. 19-Tim Fuller[10]; 11. 10S-Dylan Scribner[11]; 12. 82-Ron Holmes[12]
Qualifier #2 (15 Laps): 1. 14J-Alan Johnson[4]; 2. JS98-Rocky Warner[3]; 3. 9J-Marc Johnson[10]; 4. 1X-Willy Decker[9]; 5. 6B-Danny Bouc[1]; 6. 99L-Larry Wight[5]; 7. 12S-Darren Smith[2]; 8. 10C-Tanner Van Doren[6]; 9. 25-Steve Bernier[7]; 10. 97S-Randy Shantel[8]; 11. 15M-Daniel Morgiewicz Jr[12]; 12. M20-Nick Mady[11]
Qualifier #3 (15 Laps): 1. 91-Billy Decker[5]; 2. 98H-Jimmy Phelps[6]; 3. 70A-Alex Payne[12]; 4. M1-David Marcuccilli[1]; 5. 2RJ-Ronnie Johnson[7]; 6. 49-Francois Bernier[2]; 7. 72-Ajay Potrzebowski II[4]; 8. 6H-JR Hurlburt[8]; 9. 93-Ryan Odasz[9]; 10. 8M-Tim Mayne[11]; 11. 17J-Matt Janiak[10]; 12. 8H-Max McLaughlin[3]
Qualifier #4 (15 Laps): 1. 4-Andy Bachetti[1]; 2. 28-Michael Trautschold[8]; 3. 25R-Erick Rudolph[4]; 4. 27J-Danny Johnson[5]; 5. 16S-Danny Varin[9]; 6. 7MM-Michael Maresca[2]; 7. 35C-Chris Curtis[11]; 8. 17Z-Dillon Steuer[6]; 9. 1J-Tyler Jashembowski[10]; 10. 4B-Derek Bornt[3]; 11. M2-Shawn McPhee[7]
Penske Racing Shocks Hot Laps: 1. 35M-Mike Mahaney, 00:18.200[21]; 2. 2RJ-Ronnie Johnson, 00:18.225[19]; 3. 28-Michael Trautschold, 00:18.316[40]; 4. 8H-Max McLaughlin, 00:18.372[25]; 5. 1X-Willy Decker, 00:18.402[9]; 6. JS98-Rocky Warner, 00:18.485[44]; 7. 17Z-Dillon Steuer, 00:18.496[39]; 8. 25-Steve Bernier, 00:18.510[3]; 9. 6B-Danny Bouc, 00:18.525[5]; 10. 14J-Alan Johnson, 00:18.537[16]; 11. 12S-Darren Smith, 00:18.539[37]; 12. 9S-Matt Sheppard, 00:18.541[35]; 13. 91-Billy Decker, 00:18.543[8]; 14. 7MM-Michael Maresca, 00:18.661[23]; 15. 10C-Tanner Van Doren, 00:18.687[41]; 16. 3W-Mat Williamson, 00:18.695[46]; 17. 84Y-Alex Yankowski, 00:18.722[47]; 18. 9J-Marc Johnson, 00:18.751[18]; 19. 19-Tim Fuller, 00:18.768[10]; 20. 16S-Danny Varin, 00:18.782[42]; 21. 34-Dave Constantino, 00:18.784[6]; 22. 97-Bobby Hackel IV, 00:18.810[11]; 23. 49-Francois Bernier, 00:18.824[2]; 24. 4-Andy Bachetti, 00:18.832[1]; 25. 98H-Jimmy Phelps, 00:18.850[30]; 26. 99L-Larry Wight, 00:18.962[45]; 27. 35C-Chris Curtis, 00:18.966[7]; 28. 93-Ryan Odasz, 00:18.989[28]; 29. 72-Ajay Potrzebowski II, 00:18.996[31]; 30. 76-Jamike Sowle, 00:19.012[38]; 31. 70A-Alex Payne, 00:19.059[29]; 32. 27J-Danny Johnson, 00:19.141[17]; 33. 1J-Tyler Jashembowski, 00:19.208[15]; 34. 8M-Tim Mayne, 00:19.240[24]; 35. M1-David Marcuccilli, 00:19.327[22]; 36. 42-Pat Ward, 00:19.382[43]; 37. 15M-Daniel Morgiewicz Jr, 00:19.460[27]; 38. 82S-Will Shields, 00:19.468[36]; 39. 97S-Randy Shantel, 00:19.473[34]; 40. 6H-JR Hurlburt, 00:19.713[13]; 41. 17J-Matt Janiak, 00:19.763[14]; 42. 4B-Derek Bornt, 00:19.822[4]; 43. 25R-Erick Rudolph, 00:19.932[32]; 44. 10S-Dylan Scribner, 00:20.084[33]; 45. M20-Nick Mady, 00:20.153[20]; 46. M2-Shawn McPhee, 00:20.451[26]; 47. (DNS) 82-Ron Holmes