CANANDAIGUA, NY – October 10, 2020 – Fans of Matt Sheppard were wondering where exactly where the “Super” has been during this week’s DIRTcar OktoberFAST presented by DIRTVision. Many had him pegged to win multiple Billy Whittaker Cars Super DIRTcar Series Features and certainly a few podium finishes. But that did not materialize until tonight.
Matt Sheppard, from Waterloo, NY, held off repeated challenges from King Ferry, NY’s Mike Mahaney, who, with another third-place finish, is now on a four-race streak of top threes. That’s without a doubt the best streak he and his Adirondack Auto, Tony Monaco Landscaping No. 35 has ever had on the Super DIRTcar Series trail.
Feature (60 Laps)
1. 9S-Matt Sheppard [2][$7,500]; 2. 88-Mat Williamson [7][$4,000]; 3. 35-Mike Mahaney [4][$2,500]; 4. 25-Erick Rudolph [19][$1,800]; 5. 91-Billy Decker [14][$1,600]; 6. 32C-Max Mclaughlin [5][$1,400]; 7. 99L-Larry Wight [11][$1,300]; 8. 19-Tim Fuller [12][$1,200]; 9. 98-Rocky Warner [8][$1,100]; 10. 98H-Jimmy Phelps [10][$1,000]; 11. 5H-Chris Hile [15][$800]; 12. 20-Brett Hearn [16][$700]; 13. 14J-Alan Johnson [24][$600]; 14. 3J-Marc Johnson [18][$575]; 15. 111-Demetrios Drellos [6][$550]; 16. 165-Rex King [9][$525]; 17. M1-David Marcuccilli [21][$500]; 18. 1Z-Jessica Friesen [26][$500]; 19. 2-Jack Lehner [22][$500]; 20. 3-Justin Haers [3][$500]; 21. 48TOO-Dave Rauscher [28][$]; 22. 121-Gary Tomkins [13][$500]; 23. 10S-Ryan Susice [25][$500]; 24. 42P-Pat Ward [1][$500]; 25. 44-Stewart Friesen [20][$500]; 26. 19W-Justin Wright [17][$500]; 27. 19M-Jessey Mueller [27][-]; 28. 49-Billy Dunn [23][$500]
SuperGen Products/Champion Power Equipment Charger Award: 25-Erick Rudolph[+15]
Qualifying Flight-A
1. 3-Justin Haers, 18.04; 2. 21A-Peter Britten, 18.334; 3. 165-Rex King, 18.469; 4. 19W-Justin Wright, 18.556; 5. 42P-Pat Ward, 18.617; 6. 49-Billy Dunn, 18.637; 7. 7MM-Michael Maresca, 18.641; 8. 10S-Ryan Susice, 18.822; 9. 4-Andy Bachetti, 18.994; 10. 32R-Ronnie Davis, 19.005; 11. 77-Lance Dusett, 98.999; 12. 121-Gary Tomkins, 99.999
Qualifying Flight-B
1. 111-Demetrios Drellos, 18.269; 2. 99L-Larry Wight, 18.345; 3. 91-Billy Decker, 18.356; 4. 98-Rocky Warner, 18.518; 5. 23-Kyle Coffey, 18.585; 6. 3J-Marc Johnson, 18.729; 7. 2-Jack Lehner, 18.831; 8. 12X-Dillon Grover, 19.007; 9. 2020-Tyler Trump, 19.009; 10. 14NY-Daniel Johnson, 19.365; 11. 70D-Alex Payne, 19.379; 12. 31M-Jimmy Maier, 19.604; 13. 72-Cass Bennett, 21.753
Qualifying Flight-C
1. 9S-Matt Sheppard, 18.282; 2. 32C-Max Mclaughlin, 18.289; 3. 98H-Jimmy Phelps, 18.31; 4. 19M-Jessey Mueller, 18.456; 5. 5H-Chris Hile, 18.494; 6. M1-David Marcuccilli, 18.58; 7. 25-Erick Rudolph, 18.673; 8. 11J-James Sweeting, 18.793; 9. 28-Jordan Mccreadie, 19.045; 10. 33J-Robbie Johnston, 19.079; 11. 48TOO-Dave Rauscher, 19.272; 12. 88A-Joe August, 19.633; 13. 14S-Brian Swarthout, 19.667
Qualifying Flight-D
1. 88-Mat Williamson, 18.363; 2. 35-Mike Mahaney, 18.428; 3. 44-Stewart Friesen, 18.456; 4. 20-Brett Hearn, 18.524; 5. 19-Tim Fuller, 18.563; 6. 1Z-Jessica Friesen, 18.719; 7. 14J-Alan Johnson, 18.804; 8. 21-Derrick Podsiadlo, 19.001; 9. 63-Adam Roberts, 19.085; 10. 14-CG Morey, 19.161; 11. 22T-Gil Tegg, 19.217; 12. 17-Marcus Dinkins, 19.458; 13. O2-Roy Bresnahan, 19.522
Heat #1 – Flight (A) (8 Laps) – Top 5 Transfer
1. 3-Justin Haers [1]; 2. 165-Rex King [3]; 3. 42P-Pat Ward [5]; 4. 121-Gary Tomkins [12]; 5. 19W-Justin Wright [4]; 6. 49-Billy Dunn [6]; 7. 10S-Ryan Susice [8]; 8. 32R-Ronnie Davis [10]; 9. 7MM-Michael Maresca [7]; 10. 21A-Peter Britten [2]; 11. 4-Andy Bachetti [9]; 12. 77-Lance Dusett [11]
Heat #2 – Flight (B) (8 Laps) – Top 5 Transfer
1. 99L-Larry Wight [2]; 2. 111-Demetrios Drellos [1]; 3. 98-Rocky Warner [4]; 4. 91-Billy Decker [3]; 5. 3J-Marc Johnson [6]; 6. 2-Jack Lehner [7]; 7. 12X-Dillon Grover [8]; 8. 2020-Tyler Trump [9]; 9. 23-Kyle Coffey [5]; 10. 31M-Jimmy Maier [12]; 11. 14NY-Daniel Johnson [10]; 12. 70D-Alex Payne [11]; 13. 72-Cass Bennett [13]
Heat #3 – Flight (C) (8 Laps) – Top 5 Transfer
1. 9S-Matt Sheppard [1]; 2. 32C-Max Mclaughlin [2]; 3. 98H-Jimmy Phelps [3]; 4. 5H-Chris Hile [5]; 5. 25-Erick Rudolph [7]; 6. M1-David Marcuccilli [6]; 7. 19M-Jessey Mueller [4]; 8. 11J-James Sweeting [8]; 9. 33J-Robbie Johnston [10]; 10. 28-Jordan Mccreadie [9]; 11. 88A-Joe August [12]; 12. 48TOO-Dave Rauscher [11]; 13. 14S-Brian Swarthout [13]
Heat #4 – Flight (D) (8 Laps) – Top 5 Transfer
1. 35-Mike Mahaney [2]; 2. 19-Tim Fuller [5]; 3. 88-Mat Williamson [1]; 4. 20-Brett Hearn [4]; 5. 44-Stewart Friesen [3]; 6. 14J-Alan Johnson [7]; 7. 1Z-Jessica Friesen [6]; 8. 17-Marcus Dinkins [12]; 9. 14-CG Morey [10]; 10. 21-Derrick Podsiadlo [8]; 11. 63-Adam Roberts [9]; 12. O2-Roy Bresnahan [13]; 13. 22T-Gil Tegg [11]
Last Chance Showdown 1 (10 Laps) – Top 3 Transfer
1. M1-David Marcuccilli [2][]; 2. 49-Billy Dunn [1][]; 3. 10S-Ryan Susice [3][]; 4. 7MM-Michael Maresca [7][]; 5. 33J-Robbie Johnston [8][]; 6. 19M-Jessey Mueller [4][]; 7. 11J-James Sweeting [6][]; 8. 32R-Ronnie Davis [5][]; 9. 28-Jordan Mccreadie [10][]; 10. 48TOO-Dave Rauscher [14][]; 11. 72-Cass Bennett [15][]; 12. 77-Lance Dusett [13][]; 13. 21A-Peter Britten [9][]; 14. 4-Andy Bachetti [11][]; 15. 88A-Joe August [12][]; 16. 22T-Gil Tegg [16][]
Last Chance Showdown 2 ( Laps)
1. 2-Jack Lehner [1][]; 2. 14J-Alan Johnson [2][]; 3. 1Z-Jessica Friesen [4][]; 4. 2020-Tyler Trump [5][]; 5. 23-Kyle Coffey [7][]; 6. 12X-Dillon Grover [3][]; 7. 17-Marcus Dinkins [6][]; 8. 14NY-Daniel Johnson [11][]; 9. 21-Derrick Podsiadlo [10][]; 10. 14S-Brian Swarthout [15][]; 11. 63-Adam Roberts [12][]; 12. 31M-Jimmy Maier [9][]; 13. 14-CG Morey [8][]; 14. 70D-Alex Payne [13][]; 15. O2-Roy Bresnahan [14][]