Matt Sheppard Does It Again, Winning Another Modified Main At Outlaw Speedway

Story By: PAUL SZMAL / OUTLAW SPEEDWAY – DUNDEE, NY – A perfect night greeted a full house of fans for the first of two appearances of the Arctic Cat All Star Circut of Champions presented by Mobil 1 at Outlaw Speedway. The All Stars event also featured Tony Stewart in competition.

The Friendly Dodge Chrysler Jeep Ram Outlaw Modified feature began with Ron Cartwright Jr taking the early lead for several laps until Kyle Coffey used the outside lane to take the lead. Tyler Siri and Matt Sheppard were next to challenge Cartwright. That duo passed him, then Sheppard got by Siri for second and moved past Coffey for the lead just past halfway. Siri, Coffey, Eldon Payne, and Alan Johnson all battled for position as Sheppard pulled away to take another win in the caution-free event. Siri was a distant second, followed by Alan Johnson, Payne, and Coffey.

Friendly Dodge Chrysler Jeep Ram Outlaw Modified heats were won by Tyler Siri, Matt Sheppard, and Brady Fultz.

After Cale Conley flipped in turn four on the start, the All Stars ‘A’ Main got underway with Paul McMahan rocketting out to a big lead. The yellow flew when Parker Price-Miller’s motor expired, which put Chad Kemenah in second behind McMahan. A red flag on lap 10 for a three car crash involving Brock Zearfoss saw the field stop to refuel. Danny Dietrich grabbed second on the restart but had to contend with Dave Blaney as the leaders hit traffic. Blaney hit an infield tire and destroyed the front end of his car as McMahan held on for his first All Stars win since 2002. Dietrich, Chad Kemenah, Aaron Reutzel, and Trey Starks rounded out the top five.

The Lincoln Electric Time Trials for the All Stars were topped by Brock Zearfoss at an 11.703. Heats for the All Stars were won by Paul McMahan, Dave Blaney, and Chad Kemenah. The Dash was won by Parker Price-Miller.

In the Crate Sportsman feature, Brandon Butler and Stacy Jackson battled for the lead early on, with Todd Heyward coming up to make it a three-way battle as Jimmy Zacharias and Nick Guererri raced for the fourth spot. Zacharias got by Butler just after the halfway point and passed leader Jackson with five laps to go and held him off in a two lap dash to the finish to record his first Outlaw Speedway win by a car length. Guererri, Dustin Jordan, and Butler followed them across the line.

Crate Sportsman heats were won by Stacy Jackson, Brandon Butler, Loren Lincoln, and Chris Fisher.

The Street Stock feature event saw Quinn Sutherland take the lead on an early restart and hold the top spot through a few restarts while Chuck Winslow and Glenn Whritenour came from outside the top ten to the second and third spots. The trio pulled away in the second half of the feature and crossed the line in that order. Jared Hill came back from an early race incident to take fourth with Dave Matwiejow rounding out the top five.

Street Stock heats were won by Glenn Whritenour, Quinn Sutherland, and Jared Hill.

In the Marion Decker Agency IMCA Modified feature, Rich Karlnoski led from the drop of the green till Will Ward slid under him at lap 10 and cruised to his second feature win in a row. Brandon Smith and Rodney Morgan fought side by side over the finals laps for second, with Morgan getting the position at the checkers, followed by Smith, Phil Yaw, and Karlnoski.

Marion Decker Agency IMCA Modified heats were won by Shawn Bruce and Will Ward.

The 4 Cylinder feature saw a multi car crash take out several cars just a couple of laps into the event. Joshua Oles held the lead and held back challenges from Chris Woodard and Ray Hyer to take his first win in the division. Woodard, Hyer, Adam Austin, and Desi Force.

4 Cylinder heats were won by Joshua Oles, Adam Austin, and Jeremy Bunn.

Next Friday night will feature the Jeff Searles Memorial and the Mid Season Championships with a full 7 Star Show with the program starting at 7pm. It will also be Active Duty and Veterans Night. For more information, visit www.outlawspeedwayllc.com.

RACE RESULTS-TIOGA DOWNS NIGHT-OUTLAW SPEEDWAY-MAY 11, 2018

ARCTIC CAT ALL STAR CIRCUT OF CHAMPIONS-PAUL MCMAHAN, Danny Dietrich, Chad Kemenah, Arron Reutzel, Trey Starks, Tony Stewart, Ryan Smith, Carson Macedo, Jac Haudenschild, Jared Zimbardi, Justin Barger, Carl Bowser, Gerard McIntyre, John Garvin, Joe Trenca, Michell Wormall, Joe Kata, Brandon Spithaler, Tyler Esh, Dave Blaney, Brock Zearfoss, Parker Price-Miller, Cale Conley.

FRIENDLY CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP RAM OUTLAW MODIFIEDS-MATT SHEPPARD, Tyler Siri, Alan Johnson, Eldon Payne, Kyle Coffey, Steve Paine, Jim LaRock, Ron Cartwright Jr, Justin Wright, Brady Fultz, Eric Fisher, Danny Johnson, Brent Ayers, Derrick Podsiadlo, Joe Dgien, Colton Wilson, Markus Dinkens, Greg Birosh, Cory Costa (DNS).

CRATE SPORTSMAN-JIMMY ZACHARIAS, Stacy Jackson, Nick Guererri, Dustin Jordan, Brandon Butler, Todd Heyward, Loren Lincoln, Chris Silvers, Brian Fish, Chris Fisher, Karl Comfort, Kenny Hammond, Doug Smith, Bobby Peoples, Mike Buchanan, Billy Bowers, Nichole Hoag, Bob Buono, Cole Youse, Chris Hall, Dean Laughlin, Jack Ayers, Frank Guererri, Tom Collins Jr, Dale Welty, Kenny Peoples, Kirk Reynolds.

STREET STOCKS-QUINN SUTHERLAND, Chuck Winslow, Glenn Whritenour, Jared Hill, Dave Matwiejow, Gene Balmer, James Kreidler III, Allison Teed, CJ Guererri, Mick Seeley, Laverne Knickerbocker, Willy Grant, Jimmy Grant, Axsel Jensen, Jeremy Trank, Zach Teed, Glenn VanCise, John Burritt, Carl Cleveland, Jayson Smart, Jake Karlnoski.

MARION DECKER AGENCY IMCA MODIFIEDS-WILL WARD, Rodney Morgan, Brandon Smith, Phil Yaw, Rich Karlnoski, Billy Ward, Shawn Bruce, Todd Stone, Logan Terry, Sparky Hills, Tony Harris, Brad Smith, Kevin Martin.

4 CYLINDERS-JOSHUA OLES, Chris Woodard, Ray Hyer, Adam Austin, Desi Force, Mike Stone, Erica Bell, Harold Fenton Jr, Chris Percy, Steven Perkins Sr, Jeremy Bunn, Shawn Gleason, Justin McClean, Jack Ormsby, Bob Roesel, Mike Ferris, Scott Lehman, Michael Merrill, Timmy Van Etten (DNS).