Matt Sheppard Opens Short Track Super Series “Lumberjack Swing” With Autodrome Granby Victory

Story By: BRETT DEYO / SHORT TRACK SUPER SERIES – GRANBY, QC – Off to a good start.

On Night No. 1 of the ‘Lumberjack Swing’ at Autodrome Granby, Matt Sheppard outdueled rival Stewart Friesen for a $10,000 payday following the 60-lap Bob Hilbert Sportswear Short Track Super Series (STSS) Fueled By Sunoco Modified event.

The win for Sheppard was the 55^th of his career with the series and third consecutive HYTORC of New York North Region triumph.

Sheppard, of Savannah, N.Y., staved off a brief challenge from Friesen and survived several restarts to pick up the victory in front of a massive crowd.

“The restarts were a little dicey,” Sheppard said. “We had a really good car all night. Once we got rolling, the thing drove flawlessly.

“This is one of my favorite tracks – so cool to win in front of a huge crowd tonight.”

Sheppard cleared Stewart Friesen to become the race’s third leader at lap 15, surrendered the top spot back at lap 16 and took a top spot he would not relinquish on the 18^th tour of the massive half-mile oval.

Friesen guided the Halmar International No. 44 to a $5,000 runner-up finish, citing his car as “too good, too early.”

Felix Roy of Napierville, Quebec drove to a third-place finish, ahead of fellow Canadian Samuel Charland, who marched forward from 12^th – the worst position in the Beyea Custom Headers Redraw – and Ontario’s Chris Raabe, up from 10^th.

Finishing sixth through 10^th, respectively, were Autodrome Granby dominant force David Hebert, who drove through the field after a pit stop; early race leader Jack Lehner of Saratoga Springs, N.Y.; Quebec’s Mathieu Desjardins; Sabastien Gougeon, up from 14^th; and Canandaigua, N.Y.’s Alex Payne, driving a car from the Francois Bellemare stables.

Heat winners for the 30 STSS Modifieds were Desjardins, Sheppard and Mario Clair.

Michael Parent was the ATL Fuel Cells Hot Lap Hero at 17.962 seconds.

Racing continues tonight – July 23 – at Le RPM Speedway in Saint-Marcel-de-Richelieu, Quebec with another 60-lap, $10,000-to-win event for the HYTORC of New York North Region.

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‘LUMBERJACK SWING’ NIGHT NO. 1 RESULTS SUMMARY – AUTODROME GRANBY JULY 22, 2025

Bob Hilbert Sportswear Short Track Super Series Fueled By Sunoco Modified HYTORC of New York North Region Round No. 5 Feature Finish (60 laps): 1. 9S-Matt Sheppard[2]; 2. 44F-Stewart Friesen[3]; 3. 91-Felix Roy[9]; 4. 41-Samuel Charland[12]; 5. 01-Chris Raabe[10]; 6. ONE-David Hebert[11]; 7. 02-Jack Lehner[1]; 8. 1M-Mathieu Desjardins[8]; 9. 44G-Sebastien Gougeon[14]; 10. 35P-Alex Payne[20]; 11. 3P-Martin Pelletier[22]; 12. 4K-Mario Clair[4]; 13. 90-Dany Gagne[27]; 14. 95-Christopher Cormier[25]; 15. 79-Maxime Plante[21]; 16. 35-Steve Bernier[17]; 17. 15M-Daniel Morgiewicz Jr[30]; 18. 54R-William Racine[16]; 19. 3-Mat Williamson[13]; 20. 25P-Michael Parent[6]; 21. 27B-Robert Bublak[24]; 22. 49-Francois Bernier[19]; 23. 17-Antoine Parent[26]; 24. 66X-Carey Terrance[5]; 25. 84Y-Alex Yankowski[7]; 26. 13-Kevin Hamel[18]; 27. 33-Alex Lajoie[15]; 28. 28T-Michael Trautschold[23]; 29. 55J-Gorden Clair[28]; 30. (DNS) 71-Pierre Hebert

American Racer/Lias Tire Bonuses (FREE Tire Certificate): Jack Lehner (seventh) & Maxime Plante (15th)
ATL Fuel Cell Hot Lap Hero ($100): Michael Parent (17.962 seconds)
Beyea Custom Headers Redraw Bonus ($50): Samuel Charland (Redrew 12th)
Henry’s Exhaust Power Position ($50 Certificate): Martin Pelletier (11^th)
MD3 Most Laps Led ($100 Certificate): Matt Sheppard
PEM Engineering Bonus (FREE Gear Set): Felix Roy (third)
Penske Racing Shocks Bonuses: Matt Sheppard ($150 certificate – first); Stewart Friesen ($100 certificate – second); Felix Roy ($75 certificate – third)
Swift Springs Hard Luck Award (FREE Spring Certificate): Michael Parent
Wilwood Brakes ‘Lucky 7’ Bonus ($100 Certificate): Jack Lehner (seventh)

Race Results:

Sportsman ‘Awesome Racewear’
Finale (30 Laps): 1. 338-Pascal Payeur[4]; 2. 00-Donovan Lussier[10]; 3. 61-Felix Murray[3]; 4. 1-Daphne Hebert[5]; 5. 38S-Sean Imbeault[7]; 6. 8KL-Karl Letendre[11]; 7. 44-Raphael Gougeon[8]; 8. 20-Elliot Gamache[18]; 9. 84-Normand Hamel[16]; 10. 11-Hugo Dubuc[2]; 11. 8*-Alexandre Salvas[15]; 12. 22G-Gorden Clair[21]; 13. 4-CD Beauchamp[14]; 14. 9-Jonathan Nadeau[6]; 15. 97-Josianne Plante[1]; 16. 29A-Aryane Imbeault[12]; 17. 72-Samuel Lajoie[13]; 18. 85-David Langlois[22]; 19. 9S-Danick Sylvestre[9]; 20. 2-Jeff Beaumier[23]; 21. 95-Jacob Nadeau[20]; 22. 96-Patrick Lague[27]; 23. 28-Eric Lauziere[24]; 24. 09-Charlotte Morin[19]; 25. 123-Sam Bedard[26]; 26. 87-Karl Loignon[17]; 27. 87C-Christopher Cordeau[25]; 28. 91P-Gabriel Foster[31]; 29. 9X-Marc Boulerice[30]; 30. 3KL-Keven Letendre[29]; 31. (DNS) 91PF-Patrice Foster

Qualification 1 (8 Laps): 1. 1-Daphne Hebert[1]; 2. 11-Hugo Dubuc[2]; 3. 38S-Sean Imbeault[7]; 4. 00-Donovan Lussier[8]; 5. 72-Samuel Lajoie[6]; 6. 84-Normand Hamel[9]; 7. 09-Charlotte Morin[3]; 8. 85-David Langlois[5]; 9. 87C-Christopher Cordeau[11]; 10. 96-Patrick Lague[4]; 11. 9X-Marc Boulerice[10]

Qualification 2 (8 Laps): 1. 338-Pascal Payeur[1]; 2. 97-Josianne Plante[4]; 3. 44-Raphael Gougeon[8]; 4. 8KL-Karl Letendre[6]; 5. 4-CD Beauchamp[7]; 6. 87-Karl Loignon[3]; 7. 95-Jacob Nadeau[9]; 8. 2-Jeff Beaumier[5]; 9. 123-Sam Bedard[10]; 10. 91PF-Patrice Foster[2]

Qualification 3 (8 Laps): 1. 61-Felix Murray[1]; 2. 9-Jonathan Nadeau[2]; 3. 9S-Danick Sylvestre[5]; 4. 29A-Aryane Imbeault[4]; 5. 8*-Alexandre Salvas[7]; 6. 20-Elliot Gamache[8]; 7. 22G-Gorden Clair[6]; 8. 28-Eric Lauziere[3]; 9. (DNS) 91P-Gabriel Foster; 10. (DNS) 3KL-Keven Letendre

Time Trial Medrick Marion (3 Laps): 1. 44-Raphael Gougeon; 2. 95-Jacob Nadeau; 3. 20-Elliot Gamache; 4. 09-Charlotte Morin; 5. 91P-Gabriel Foster

Finale Coupe Medrick Marion (14 Laps): 1. 20-Elliot Gamache[1]; 2. 95-Jacob Nadeau[2]; 3. 44-Raphael Gougeon[3]; 4. 09-Charlotte Morin[4]; 5. 91P-Gabriel Foster[5]

Pratiques (3 Laps): 1. 9S-Danick Sylvestre, 00:19.821[25]; 2. 38S-Sean Imbeault, 00:19.866[11]; 3. 97-Josianne Plante, 00:19.888[23]; 4. 2-Jeff Beaumier, 00:19.966[2]; 5. 85-David Langlois, 00:19.967[14]; 6. 72-Samuel Lajoie, 00:19.984[13]; 7. 338-Pascal Payeur, 00:19.997[22]; 8. 96-Patrick Lague, 00:20.035[12]; 9. 61-Felix Murray, 00:20.114[20]; 10. 87-Karl Loignon, 00:20.196[18]; 11. 11-Hugo Dubuc, 00:20.356[6]; 12. 123-Sam Bedard, 00:20.417[3]; 13. 87C-Christopher Cordeau, 00:20.651[26]; 14. 4-CD Beauchamp[1]; 15. 9X-Marc Boulerice[4]; 16. 22G-Gorden Clair[5]; 17. 91PF-Patrice Foster[7]; 18. 84-Normand Hamel[8]; 19. 1-Daphne Hebert[9]; 20. 29A-Aryane Imbeault[10]; 21. 28-Eric Lauziere[15]; 22. 8KL-Karl Letendre[16]; 23. 3KL-Keven Letendre[17]; 24. 00-Donovan Lussier[19]; 25. 9-Jonathan Nadeau[21]; 26. 8*-Alexandre Salvas[24]

Sport Compact ‘Castrol’
Finale (25 Laps): 1. 45-Dominik Blais[3]; 2. 10-Mathieu Deschamps[5]; 3. 83-Sebastien Raymond Beauregard[9]; 4. 22-Raph Lussier[8]; 5. 0-Mathieu Voghell[4]; 6. 67Q-Keven St Hilaire[1]; 7. 49-Kevin Audet Charbonneau[10]; 8. 6-Jonathan D’Avignon[11]; 9. 10M-Mario Chouinard[7]; 10. 7-Antoine Dumouchel[6]; 11. 38-Jonathan Caron Lacoste[2]; 12. 11S-Stephane Adam[13]; 13. (DNS) 9-Mario Lavallee; 14. (DNS) 04-Stephane Leclerc

Qualification 1 (8 Laps): 1. 10-Mathieu Deschamps[1]; 2. 45-Dominik Blais[5]; 3. 67Q-Keven St Hilaire[3]; 4. 10M-Mario Chouinard[4]; 5. 83-Sebastien Raymond Beauregard[6]; 6. 6-Jonathan D’Avignon[2]; 7. 11S-Stephane Adam[7]

Qualification 2 (8 Laps): 1. 0-Mathieu Voghell[5]; 2. 38-Jonathan Caron Lacoste[2]; 3. 7-Antoine Dumouchel[7]; 4. 22-Raph Lussier[4]; 5. 49-Kevin Audet Charbonneau[3]; 6. 9-Mario Lavallee[1]; 7. (DNS) 04-Stephane Leclerc

Pratique: 1. 10-Mathieu Deschamps, 00:24.209[7]; 2. 83-Sebastien Raymond Beauregard, 00:24.927[12]; 3. 7-Antoine Dumouchel, 00:25.417[8]; 4. 45-Dominik Blais, 00:25.456[3]; 5. 0-Mathieu Voghell, 00:26.009[14]; 6. 6-Jonathan D’Avignon, 00:26.009[6]; 7. 38-Jonathan Caron Lacoste, 00:26.244[4]; 8. 10M-Mario Chouinard, 00:26.366[5]; 9. 49-Kevin Audet Charbonneau, 00:26.996[2]; 10. 11S-Stephane Adam, 00:27.765[1]; 11. 9-Mario Lavallee, 00:27.978[9]; 12. 22-Raph Lussier, 00:28.505[11]; 13. 67Q-Keven St Hilaire, 00:52.160[13]; 14. (DNS) 04-Stephane Leclerc

Slingshot Sr
Finale: 1. 49-Samuel St Hilaire[2]; 2. 28-Sarah Ann Lauziere[3]; 3. 74-Dereck Allard[1]; 4. 97X-Jerome Bonneville[5]; 5. 20-Elisabeth Lefebvre[4]; 6. 15P-Melodie Pulfer[10]; 7. 71-Jordan Tetreault[6]; 8. 28L-Lea Jeanne Lauziere[8]; 9. 9X-Jordan Adam[7]; 10. (DNS) 25*-Phil Adam

Qualification 1 (8 Laps): 1. 74-Dereck Allard[1]; 2. 20-Elisabeth Lefebvre[3]; 3. 97X-Jerome Bonneville[4]; 4. 9X-Jordan Adam[2]; 5. 25*-Phil Adam[5]

Qualification 2 (8 Laps): 1. 49-Samuel St Hilaire[1]; 2. 28-Sarah Ann Lauziere[5]; 3. 71-Jordan Tetreault[4]; 4. 28L-Lea Jeanne Lauziere[2]; 5. 15P-Melodie Pulfer[3]

Slingshot Jr
Finale: 1. 20B-Coralie Proulx[9]; 2. 7-William Lepage[5]; 3. 61-Antony Boissonneault[1]; 4. 4-Elie Verville[4]; 5. 28A-Annaelle Lauzière[2]; 6. 9S-Shawn Boulerice[7]; 7. 21A-Amelya Foster[6]; 8. 20-Preston Trautschold[10]; 9. 17-Antoine Lepage[3]; 10. (DNS) 71-Dereck Jacob

Qualification 1 (8 Laps): 1. 61-Antony Boissonneault[1]; 2. 28A-Annaelle Lauzière[2]; 3. 7-William Lepage[5]; 4. 9S-Shawn Boulerice[4]; 5. 71-Dereck Jacob[3]

Qualification 2 (8 Laps): 1. 20-Preston Trautschold[1]; 2. 17-Antoine Lepage[2]; 3. 4-Elie Verville[5]; 4. 21A-Amelya Foster[3]; 5. 20B-Coralie Proulx[4]

Big Block Modified
A Feature 1 (60 Laps): 1. 9S-Matt Sheppard[2]; 2. 44F-Stewart Friesen[3]; 3. 91-Felix Roy[9]; 4. 41-Samuel Charland[12]; 5. 01-Chris Raabe[10]; 6. ONE-David Hebert[11]; 7. 02-Jack Lehner[1]; 8. 1M-Mathieu Desjardins[8]; 9. 44G-Sebastien Gougeon[14]; 10. 35P-Alex Payne[20]; 11. 3P-Martin Pelletier[22]; 12. 4K-Mario Clair[4]; 13. 90-Dany Gagne[27]; 14. 95-Christopher Cormier[25]; 15. 79-Maxime Plante[21]; 16. 35-Steve Bernier[17]; 17. 15M-Daniel Morgiewicz Jr[30]; 18. 54R-William Racine[16]; 19. 3-Mat Williamson[13]; 20. 25P-Michael Parent[6]; 21. 27B-Robert Bublak[24]; 22. 49-Francois Bernier[19]; 23. 17-Antoine Parent[26]; 24. 66X-Carey Terrance[5]; 25. 84Y-Alex Yankowski[7]; 26. 13-Kevin Hamel[18]; 27. 33-Alex Lajoie[15]; 28. 28T-Michael Trautschold[23]; 29. 55J-Gorden Clair[28]; 30. (DNS) 71-Pierre Hebert

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 1M-Mathieu Desjardins[1]; 2. ONE-David Hebert[5]; 3. 66X-Carey Terrance[3]; 4. 41-Samuel Charland[4]; 5. 3-Mat Williamson[10]; 6. 54R-William Racine[2]; 7. 49-Francois Bernier[6]; 8. 3P-Martin Pelletier[7]; 9. 95-Christopher Cormier[9]; 10. 55J-Gorden Clair[8]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 9S-Matt Sheppard[2]; 2. 44F-Stewart Friesen[3]; 3. 02-Jack Lehner[1]; 4. 01-Chris Raabe[4]; 5. 44G-Sebastien Gougeon[6]; 6. 35-Steve Bernier[5]; 7. 35P-Alex Payne[8]; 8. 28T-Michael Trautschold[9]; 9. 17-Antoine Parent[7]; 10. 71-Pierre Hebert[10]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 4K-Mario Clair[2]; 2. 25P-Michael Parent[4]; 3. 91-Felix Roy[3]; 4. 84Y-Alex Yankowski[7]; 5. 33-Alex Lajoie[1]; 6. 13-Kevin Hamel[9]; 7. 79-Maxime Plante[6]; 8. 27B-Robert Bublak[5]; 9. 90-Dany Gagne[10]; 10. 15M-Daniel Morgiewicz Jr[8]

GROUP 1 (2 Laps): 1. 41-Samuel Charland, 00:18.352[2]; 2. 66X-Carey Terrance, 00:18.504[7]; 3. 54R-William Racine, 00:18.609[4]; 4. 1M-Mathieu Desjardins, 00:18.651[3]; 5. ONE-David Hebert, 00:18.706[5]; 6. 49-Francois Bernier, 00:18.854[8]; 7. 3P-Martin Pelletier, 00:18.991[10]; 8. 55J-Gorden Clair, 00:19.029[1]; 9. 95-Christopher Cormier, 00:19.789[6]; 10. 3-Mat Williamson[9]

GROUP 2 (2 Laps): 1. 01-Chris Raabe, 00:18.109[1]; 2. 44F-Stewart Friesen, 00:18.292[3]; 3. 9S-Matt Sheppard, 00:18.318[2]; 4. 02-Jack Lehner, 00:18.454[6]; 5. 35-Steve Bernier, 00:18.649[8]; 6. 44G-Sebastien Gougeon, 00:18.945[7]; 7. 17-Antoine Parent, 00:18.974[9]; 8. 35P-Alex Payne, 00:19.112[10]; 9. 28T-Michael Trautschold, 00:19.116[5]; 10. 71-Pierre Hebert, 00:21.804[4]

GROUP 3 (2 Laps): 1. 25P-Michael Parent, 00:17.962[3]; 2. 91-Felix Roy, 00:18.127[10]; 3. 4K-Mario Clair, 00:18.330[7]; 4. 33-Alex Lajoie, 00:18.476[5]; 5. 27B-Robert Bublak, 00:18.508[8]; 6. 79-Maxime Plante, 00:18.572[9]; 7. 84Y-Alex Yankowski, 00:18.612[6]; 8. 15M-Daniel Morgiewicz Jr, 00:18.873[4]; 9. 13-Kevin Hamel, 00:18.911[2]; 10. 90-Dany Gagne, 00:19.370[1]