Sheppard Shares Land Of Legends Victory Lane With 1st Time Winner Guzzardi

Information By: LAND OF LEGENDS RACEWAY – CANANDAIGUA, NY – Matt Sheppard claimed victory and a $2,000 payday in an impressive performance at the Land of Legends Raceway on Saturday night in the Pepsi Big Block Modified division.

Sheppard was able to hold off Mat Williamson who finished second, and Erick Rudolph who rounded out the podium in third. Justin Haers and Alex Payne completed the Top 5 finishers on the evening.

In the Stirling Lubricants Sportsman class, Tyler Guzzardi took home the victory for his first career Sportsman win at LOLR.

Race Results:

Pepsi Big-Block Modified
*Feature (30 laps): 1. 9s-Matt Sheppard ($2,000), 2. 6-Mat Williamson, 3. 25-Erick Rudolph, 4. 3-Justin Haers, 5. 70a-Alex Payne, 6. 21a-Peter Britten, 7. 19-Tim Fuller, 8. 11j-James Sweeting, 9. 12-Darren Smith, 10. 7z-Zach Payne, 11. 3rs-Dalton Slack, 12. 30-Nick Root, 13. 32c-Kasey Coffey, 14. 21-Derrick Podsiadlo, 15. 19w-Justin Wright, 16. 63-Adam Roberts, 17. 27z-Dylan Zacharias.
Heats (8 laps)
#1: A.Payne, Podsiadlo, Britten, Williamson, Zacharias, Z.Payne, Root, Wright, Smith.
#2: Haers, Coffey, Sheppard, Rudolph, Sweeting, Fuller, Slack, Roberts.

Stirling Lubricants Sportsman Modified
*Feature (25 laps): 1. 7g-Tyler Guzzardi ($750), 2. 113jr.-Frank Guererri Jr, 3. 711-Nick Ventura, 4. 33-Richard Murtaugh III, 5. 12g-Matt Guererri, 6. 64-Tyler Corcoran, 7. 10-Karl Comfort, 8. 25n-Evan Nugent, 9. 21j-Justin Liechti, 10. 63-Dylan Woodworth, 11. 111-Brett Senek, 12. 35-Nick Cooper, 13. 41s-Chase Spoor, 14. 1f-AJ Lloyd, 15. 51-Tim Lafler, 16. 31k-Kennedy Payne, 17. 41L-Loren Lincoln, 18. 9-Tim Baker, 19. 39s-Josh Fellows, 20. 20-Nick Galusha, 21. 23b-Timmy Borden Jr, 22. 28-Mark Potter, 23. 5r-Steve Roberts, 24. 20x-Kevin Ridley.
Heats (8 laps)
#1: Payne, Murtaugh, Lloyd, Woodworth, Nugent, Cooper, Senek, Lafler.
#2: Spoor, Comfort, Ridley, Ventura, Galusha, Baker, Roberts, Fellows.
#3: M.Guererri, Corcoran, Guzzardi, F.Guererri, Borden, Liechti, Lincoln, Potter.

MighTea Boba 305 Sprint
*Feature (20 laps): 1. 80-Bobby Parrow ($500), 2. 121x-Spencer Burley, 3. 17e-Ethan Gray, 4. 23-John Smith, 5. 48jr-Darryl Ruggles, 6. 77-Matt Rotz, 7. 2-Randy Years, 8. 14x-Lance Dusett, 9. 18c-Dan Craun, 10. 21b-Blake Warner, 11. 61-John Scarborough, 12. 81k-Dalton Martin, 13. 121-Steve Glover, 14. 25-Cameron Moss, 15. X-Dan Bennett.
Heats (8 laps)
#1: Years, Moss, Gray, Dusett, Ruggles, Scarborough, Bennett, Martin.
#2: Burley, Smith, Parrow, Glover, Rotz, Craun, Warner.

Auto Value Parts Stores Street Stock
*Feature (20 laps): 1. 36-Jimmy Grant, 2. 5c-Rick Crego, 3. 25b-Marc Minutolo, 4. cj1-CJ Guererri, 5. 00-Mike Welch, 6. 3-Patrick Hobbs, 7. 122-Chris Beyea, 8. 1rx-Hannah Guererri-Searle, 9. 25j-Justin Eldredge.
Heat (6 laps)
#1: Hobbs, Welch, Crego, CJ Guererri, Minutolo, Grant, Beyea, H.Guererri, Eldredge.

Lloyd’s Contracting Hobby Stock
*Feature (15 laps): 1. 55b-Blane Smith, 2. 61-Daniel Kerrick, 3. 93-Jared Hill, 4. 57b-Frank ‘Bubba’ Burnell Jr, 5. 25b-Marc Minutolo, 6. 57jr.-Tyler Burnell, 7. 22c-Craig Dingy, 8. 56-Eddie Stevens, 9. 98t-Jack Terrell, 10. 67-James Werner, 11. 412-Preston Hennigan, 12. 24k-Kevin Lloyd, 13. 29i-Isaiah Murphy, 14. 25j-Justin Eldredge, 15. 21b-William Bradley, 16. 90-Nathan Peckham.
Heats (6 laps)
#1: F.Burnell, Eldredge, T.Burnell, Terrell, Murphy, Werner, Lloyd, Bradley.
#2: Kerrick, Minutolo, Smith, Hill, Peckham, Dingy, Stevens, Hennigan.

Hutchinson Property Preservation New Legends Sportsman
*Feature (12 laps): 1. 714-Chris Darling, 2. 33b-Brianna Murtaugh, 3. 26-MItchell Hyde, 4. 29g-Evan Gray(DSQ)., 5. 5mj-Matt Jordan, 6. 94-Mark Sundt, 7. 57x-Greg Hixson, 8. 28-AJ Mitchell, 9. 20k-Kyle Ridley, 10. 57-Shaun Toland, z8-Kendal O’Brien(DNS).
Heats (6 laps)
#1: Darling, Toland, Hyde, Jordan, Ridley, O’Brien(DNS).
#2: Mitchell, Murtaugh, Hixson, Sundt, Gray(DNS).

UPCOMING EVENTS:
Saturday Spectacular, July 19 @ 6:30pm; Superior Blue Propane & Disbatch Brewing Company present DIRTcar Northeast Sportsman Series Central/West Region(30L) plus Big-Block Modified/305 Sprint/Street Stock/Hobby Stock plus New Legends Sportsman with Safe Harbors of the Finger Lakes Benefit and Legends Inductee Night #2: Greg Hixson.
Wednesday Full-Fender Fairfest, July 23 @ 7pm; Smith Bros. Drywall presents 182nd Ontario County Fair Championships: 13th Les Whyte Top Gun Shootout: Empire Street Stock Series $1,500-to-win (30L) and TGSO Hobby Stock “Hoedown” $750-to-win (20L) plus Vintage Cars.
*No Racing Sat., July 26.