Matt Sheppard Scores 2025 Lid-Lifter For Modifieds At Utica-Rome Speedway Friday

Information By: UTICA-ROME SPEEDWAY – VERNON, NY – Matt Sheppard started fourth on Friday night at Utica-Rome Speedway and by lap nine he was in the lead.

The defending Modified champion was never challenged the rest of the way and went on to win the 2025 season opener.

Willy Decker came home second with Anthony Perrego, Alex Payne and Alex Yankowski rounding out the top five.

3 Bastards Brewing Modifieds

Feature (30 Laps): 1. 9S-Matt Sheppard[4]; 2. 10C-Willy Decker[6]; 3. 4-Anthony Perrego[10]; 4. 70A-Alex Payne[9]; 5. 84Y-Alex Yankowski[7]; 6. 33X-Matt Janczuk[5]; 7. JS98-Rocky Warner[16]; 8. 19W-Justin Wright[21]; 9. 22W-Brandon Walters[2]; 10. 23-Brandon Loucks[3]; 11. 28T-Michael Trautschold[1]; 12. 9J-Jim Becker[13]; 13. 82S-Will Shields[12]; 14. 23JR-John Phelps[18]; 15. 55J-Alan Johnson[11]; 16. 33-Eddie Strada[19]; 17. 8M-Tim Mayne[8]; 18. 28H-Johnny Holmes[22]; 19. 27-Jason Reome[15]; 20. 77-Alan Barker[14]; 21. 44C-Ed Downing[17]; 22. (DNS) 16-Aaron Jacobs

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 28T-Michael Trautschold[4]; 2. 9S-Matt Sheppard[5]; 3. 84Y-Alex Yankowski[9]; 4. 33X-Matt Janczuk[6]; 5. 22W-Brandon Walters[8]; 6. 55J-Alan Johnson[2]; 7. 9J-Jim Becker[7]; 8. 27-Jason Reome[1]; 9. 44C-Ed Downing[10]; 10. 33-Eddie Strada[3]; 11. (DNS) 19W-Justin Wright

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 8M-Tim Mayne[2]; 2. 4-Anthony Perrego[4]; 3. 70A-Alex Payne[5]; 4. 23-Brandon Loucks[1]; 5. 10C-Willy Decker[8]; 6. 82S-Will Shields[3]; 7. 77-Alan Barker[6]; 8. JS98-Rocky Warner[7]; 9. 23JR-John Phelps[9]; 10. (DNS) 16-Aaron Jacobs

Hot Laps: 1. 4-Anthony Perrego, 00:18.643[11]; 2. 84Y-Alex Yankowski, 00:18.685[21]; 3. 77-Alan Barker, 00:18.804[1]; 4. 33X-Matt Janczuk, 00:18.869[6]; 5. 9S-Matt Sheppard, 00:18.938[14]; 6. 28T-Michael Trautschold, 00:19.031[17]; 7. 33-Eddie Strada, 00:19.060[16]; 8. 82S-Will Shields, 00:19.446[15]; 9. 55J-Alan Johnson, 00:19.616[7]; 10. 10C-Willy Decker, 00:19.637[3]; 11. 22W-Brandon Walters, 00:19.769[18]; 12. 23-Brandon Loucks, 00:19.878[8]; 13. 70A-Alex Payne, 00:19.888[10]; 14. 19W-Justin Wright, 00:20.143[20]; 15. 23JR-John Phelps, 00:20.337[12]; 16. 9J-Jim Becker, 00:20.819[2]; 17. 8M-Tim Mayne, 00:21.529[9]; 18. 27-Jason Reome, 00:22.516[13]; 19. 44C-Ed Downing, 00:22.557[4]; 20. (DNS) 16-Aaron Jacobs; 21. (DNS) JS98-Rocky Warner

Taylor’s Trailers Crate 602 Sportsman

Feature (25 Laps): 1. 9G-Tyler Peet[6]; 2. 14T-Payton Talbot[8]; 3. 7-Dave Constantino[12]; 4. 78W-Tanner Warner[10]; 5. 00X-Josh Coonradt[2]; 6. 11Z-Nick Zielinski[3]; 7. 1B-Brett Mortensen[14]; 8. 74-Matt Perry[13]; 9. 77L-Ed Lukas[11]; 10. 9K-Blaine Klinger[15]; 11. 67W-Zack Welch[9]; 12. 44C-Stephen Denton[19]; 13. 69-Blake Sarpriacone[25]; 14. 4-Carson Rothwell[17]; 15. 31J-John Dumond[16]; 16. 37X-Buddy Leathley[21]; 17. 52M-Matthew Backus[23]; 18. 2K-Josh Amodio[28]; 19. 621-Seth Martin[5]; 20. 10A-AJ Digsby[20]; 21. 79-Eric Winsor[26]; 22. 262-Matthew Richardson[1]; 23. 78-Stephen Winsor[22]; 24. 57-Eric Jensen[24]; 25. 12P-Connor Prokop[4]; 26. 82H-David Hackett[7]; 27. 22X-Mike Richmond[18]; 28. 16S-Jeremy Slosek[30]; 29. 1C-Paul Carey[29]; 30. (DNS) 314-Clayton Dumond

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 67W-Zack Welch[3]; 2. 12P-Connor Prokop[1]; 3. 16S-Jeremy Slosek[7]; 4. 262-Matthew Richardson[2]; 5. 7-Dave Constantino[8]; 6. 9K-Blaine Klinger[9]; 7. 22X-Mike Richmond[10]; 8. 37X-Buddy Leathley[4]; 9. 57-Eric Jensen[6]; 10. (DNS) 314-Clayton Dumond

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 9G-Tyler Peet[4]; 2. 11Z-Nick Zielinski[2]; 3. 82H-David Hackett[1]; 4. 14T-Payton Talbot[6]; 5. 74-Matt Perry[3]; 6. 31J-John Dumond[7]; 7. 44C-Stephen Denton[9]; 8. 78-Stephen Winsor[8]; 9. 69-Blake Sarpriacone[5]; 10. 2K-Josh Amodio[10]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 621-Seth Martin[1]; 2. 77L-Ed Lukas[3]; 3. 00X-Josh Coonradt[2]; 4. 78W-Tanner Warner[4]; 5. 1B-Brett Mortensen[5]; 6. 4-Carson Rothwell[8]; 7. 10A-AJ Digsby[10]; 8. 52M-Matthew Backus[6]; 9. 79-Eric Winsor[7]; 10. 1C-Paul Carey[9]

Hot Laps: 1. 77L-Ed Lukas, 00:19.658[14]; 2. 69-Blake Sarpriacone, 00:19.675[23]; 3. 31J-John Dumond, 00:19.750[9]; 4. 9G-Tyler Peet, 00:19.828[17]; 5. 82H-David Hackett, 00:19.850[10]; 6. 14T-Payton Talbot, 00:19.878[25]; 7. 9K-Blaine Klinger, 00:19.919[12]; 8. 16S-Jeremy Slosek, 00:19.943[24]; 9. 44C-Stephen Denton, 00:19.944[6]; 10. 7-Dave Constantino, 00:19.972[4]; 11. 262-Matthew Richardson, 00:19.991[20]; 12. 12P-Connor Prokop, 00:20.015[19]; 13. 621-Seth Martin, 00:20.048[15]; 14. 00X-Josh Coonradt, 00:20.058[5]; 15. 22X-Mike Richmond, 00:20.064[21]; 16. 67W-Zack Welch, 00:20.084[27]; 17. 78-Stephen Winsor, 00:20.129[29]; 18. 37X-Buddy Leathley, 00:20.166[13]; 19. 11Z-Nick Zielinski, 00:20.168[30]; 20. 4-Carson Rothwell, 00:20.227[22]; 21. 74-Matt Perry, 00:20.259[18]; 22. 10A-AJ Digsby, 00:20.280[7]; 23. 79-Eric Winsor, 00:20.313[28]; 24. 57-Eric Jensen, 00:20.464[11]; 25. 1C-Paul Carey, 00:20.512[3]; 26. 2K-Josh Amodio, 00:20.519[1]; 27. 52M-Matthew Backus, 00:21.070[2]; 28. 314-Clayton Dumond, 00:21.282[8]; 29. 78W-Tanner Warner, 00:20.129[26]; 30. (DNS) 1B-Brett Mortensen

Next Generation Graphix Pro Stocks

Feature (20 Laps): 1. 2H-Luke Horning[2]; 2. 22W-AJ Walters[3]; 3. 13-George Cushman[4]; 4. 6-Shane Playford[1]; 5. 110-Devon Camenga[10]; 6. 74N-Jim Normoyle[6]; 7. 81-Bret Belden[8]; 8. 14H-Hunter Keith[9]; 9. 14K-Mike Keith[12]; 10. 15K-Mike Kazluaskas[15]; 11. 4C-Toby Cooper[11]; 12. 94-Ryan Denton[5]; 13. 7S-Eric Stumpf[14]; 14. 44-Ray Richer[16]; 15. 25Y-Ken Griffin[7]; 16. 101-Ed Kotary[13]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 6-Shane Playford[7]; 2. 74N-Jim Normoyle[5]; 3. 94-Ryan Denton[1]; 4. 25Y-Ken Griffin[2]; 5. 14H-Hunter Keith[3]; 6. 4C-Toby Cooper[4]; 7. (DNS) 101-Ed Kotary; 8. (DNS) 15K-Mike Kazluaskas

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 2H-Luke Horning[1]; 2. 13-George Cushman[3]; 3. 22W-AJ Walters[6]; 4. 81-Bret Belden[4]; 5. 110-Devon Camenga[7]; 6. 14K-Mike Keith[5]; 7. 7S-Eric Stumpf[8]; 8. 44-Ray Richer[2]

Hot Laps: 1. 22W-AJ Walters, 00:25.175[16]; 2. 4C-Toby Cooper, 00:25.957[3]; 3. 44-Ray Richer, 00:28.513[14]; 4. 94-Ryan Denton, 00:29.624[5]; 5. 25Y-Ken Griffin, 00:30.154[6]; 6. 110-Devon Camenga, 00:25.592[2]; 7. (DNS) 81-Bret Belden; 8. (DNS) 13-George Cushman; 9. (DNS) 2H-Luke Horning; 10. (DNS) 14H-Hunter Keith; 11. (DNS) 14K-Mike Keith; 12. (DNS) 101-Ed Kotary; 13. (DNS) 74N-Jim Normoyle

Fastline Performance Limited Sportsman

Feature (20 Laps): 1. 349-Garrett Chillot[1]; 2. 43J-Jayden Wust[3]; 3. 14W-Timmy Wilmot[5]; 4. 1B-Jeff Bobilin[8]; 5. 55-Andrew Eaton[7]; 6. 12-Hayden Coons[12]; 7. 54-Sullivan Dickey[2]; 8. 36-Matt Bukovan[4]; 9. 7-Rocco Constantino[13]; 10. 17S-Ernie Staelens[16]; 11. 56-Ayden Goodier[9]; 12. 44D-Kadyn Depasquale[6]; 13. 0-Kyle Coley[10]; 14. 7J-Nicholas Jenkins[11]; 15. 12E-Mike Evans[14]; 16. (DNS) 60-Brad Poppleton

Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 14W-Timmy Wilmot[2]; 2. 55-Andrew Eaton[4]; 3. 43J-Jayden Wust[6]; 4. 349-Garrett Chillot[7]; 5. 56-Ayden Goodier[3]; 6. 7J-Nicholas Jenkins[5]; 7. 7-Rocco Constantino[8]; 8. 60-Brad Poppleton[1]

Heat 2 (6 Laps): 1. 1B-Jeff Bobilin[1]; 2. 54-Sullivan Dickey[3]; 3. 36-Matt Bukovan[2]; 4. 44D-Kadyn Depasquale[5]; 5. 0-Kyle Coley[4]; 6. 12-Hayden Coons[6]; 7. 12E-Mike Evans[8]; 8. 17S-Ernie Staelens[7]

Hot Laps: 1. 43J-Jayden Wust, 00:20.309[16]; 2. 1B-Jeff Bobilin, 00:20.522[1]; 3. 12-Hayden Coons, 00:21.346[6]; 4. 7-Rocco Constantino, 00:21.399[5]; 5. 349-Garrett Chillot, 00:21.767[3]; 6. 54-Sullivan Dickey, 00:21.876[8]; 7. 0-Kyle Coley, 00:21.927[4]; 8. 55-Andrew Eaton, 00:22.064[9]; 9. 56-Ayden Goodier, 00:22.194[11]; 10. 36-Matt Bukovan, 00:22.225[2]; 11. 44D-Kadyn Depasquale, 00:22.255[7]; 12. 14W-Timmy Wilmot, 00:22.576[15]; 13. 12E-Mike Evans, 00:22.745[10]; 14. 60-Brad Poppleton, 00:22.959[13]; 15. 7J-Nicholas Jenkins, 00:23.327[12]; 16. (DNS) 17S-Ernie Staelens

JB’s Sewer And Septic Four Cylinders

Feature (15 Laps): 1. 78D-Jacob Kimball[8]; 2. 8S-Steven Burka[4]; 3. 54S-Wayne Russell Jr[3]; 4. 35S-Hank Wedgren[7]; 5. 212S-TJ Marlitt[1]; 6. 736S-David DeNova[2]; 7. H35S-Hank Wedgren Jr[6]; 8. 31D-Jeff Connolly[5]

Hot Laps: 1. 78D-Jacob Kimball, 00:25.901[4]; 2. 54S-Wayne Russell Jr, 00:26.262[6]; 3. 8S-Steven Burka, 00:26.390[1]; 4. (DNS) 31D-Jeff Connolly; 5. (DNS) 736S-David DeNova; 6. (DNS) 212S-TJ Marlitt; 7. (DNS) 35S-Hank Wedgren; 8. (DNS) H35S-Hank Wedgren Jr

M2 Metal Crate Late Models

Feature (25 Laps): 1. 1S-Brady Wonderling[2]; 2. 14AJ-AJ Miller[6]; 3. 91-Chad Homan[1]; 4. 2-Zack Carley[4]; 5. 14-Brandt Graham[7]; 6. 98-Craig Graham[5]; 7. 57-Charlie Sandercock[3]; 8. 16-Aaron Jacobs[8]; 9. 03-TJ Downs[9]

Hot Laps: 1. 14AJ-AJ Miller, 00:18.723[6]; 2. 91-Chad Homan, 00:19.049[4]; 3. 2-Zack Carley, 00:19.175[1]; 4. 14-Brandt Graham, 00:19.291[2]; 5. 98-Craig Graham, 00:19.423[3]; 6. 57-Charlie Sandercock, 00:19.677[7]; 7. (DNS) 16-Aaron Jacobs; 8. (DNS) 1S-Brady Wonderling