Utica Rome Speedway beats the rain Friday night 4/25!

4/26/2025

Utica-Rome Speedway

Utica Rome Speedway beats the rain Friday night 4/25!

UTICA-ROME SPEEDWAY - April 25, 2025

MATT SHEPPARD CLAIMS MODIFIED OPENER AT UTICA-ROME SPEEDWAY
VERNON, NY.....Cloudy skies and rain in the area did not deter Utica-Rome Speedway as International Wire presented the racing action, with the regular racing divisons joined by the M2 Metal Crate Late Models for the program.
The 30-lap 3 Bastards Brewing Modified feature began with Mike Trautschold and Brandon Walters battling for the lead, but Walters spun off the track on lap 2 to bring out a caution. On the restart, Alex Yankowski moved into second and Matt Sheppard grabbed third. Yankowski slid off the track in turn 3 on lap 7 which put Sheppard into second. Alex Payne worked his way into the top five as Sheppard found traction to get by Trautschold on lap 9. Sheppard began to pull away from Trautschold with Willy Decker in third and Anthony Perrego closing in from the fourth spot. Trautschold slid high on lap 25, which allowed Decker to mvoe to second. Brandon Loucks, who had run in the top five early in the event, spun off turn 4 on lap 28 and set up a green-white-checkered finish. Sheppard held off Decker to take the win, with Perrego third. Trautschold faltered on the final lap and lost fourth to Alex Payne. Yankowski charged from the back of the field to take fifth at the checkers.
3 Bastards Brewing Modified heats were won by Mike Trautschold and Tim Mayne.
In the M2 Metal Crate Late Models 20-lap feature, Chad Homan outdragged Brady Wonderling for the lead as AJ Miller moved past Zach Carley for third. Aaron Jacobs stopped in turn 3 on lap 9 to set up a restart, and Wonderling took the lead on the restart. Miller grabbed seconbd and ran down the leader in the final few laps as they battled for the win with Wonderling pulling away to take the hard fought win over Miller, with Chad Homan besting Carley for third. Brandt Graham rounded out the top five.
The 25-lap Taylor's Trailers Crate 602 Sportsman feature saw Matthew Richardson grab the lead at the start over Josh Coonradt. David Hackett slotted into second as Tyler Peet battled his way to third. Hackett's race came to an end when the front end of his car was damaged on lap 7, which moved Nick Zielinski and Tanner Warner into the top five. Peet shot around Richardson on the restart to take the lead as Payton Talbot moved into fifth. Talbot used some restarts to move to third and started to challenge Richardson for the second spot as Peet pulled away. Talbot got second on lap 15 but he couldn't catch the speedy Peet machine at the finish. Dave Constantino made a late race charge to grab third as Richardson's car faltered and headed to the infield on the final lap. Tanner Warner and Coonradt completed the top five.
Taylor's Trailers Crate Sportsman heats were won by Zach Welch, Tyler Peet, and Seth Martin.
In the 20-lap Next Generation Graphix Pro Stock feature, last week's winner Shane Playford battled with Luke Horning for the lead. Jim Normoyle and AJ Walters fought for third as Horning built up a lead. After two cautions on lap 9, Walters slid past Playford into second and then George Cushman moved by Playford on lap 14 for the third spot. A lap 17 caution once again brought the field together for a 3 lap shootout, but Horning was not to be denied. Walters held off Cushman for third, followed by Playford and Devon Camengea.
Next Generation Graphix Pro Stock heats were won by Shane Playford and Luke Horning.
The Fastline Performance Limited Sportsman feature event began with last week's winner, Garret Chillot, taking the lead with Jayden Wust grabbing second from Sullivan Dickey. Timmy Wilmont took third on a lap 8 restart and put pressure on Wust for second. Chillot extended his lead in the second half of the race and cruised to a second straight win over Wust, with Wilmont third. Jeff Bobilin fourth, and Andrew Eaton fifth.
Fastline Performance Limited Sportsman heats were won by Timmy Wilmont and Jeff Bobilin.
In the JB's Sewer and Septic 4 Cylinder feature, Jacob Kimball made an early charge from deep in the field to take the lead on lap 2 and pulled away by a full straight and took the overall win for the DOHC class. Steven Burka and Wayne Russell Jr battled for the SOHC class win with Burka coming across the line as the winner for that class.
Racing continues at Utica-Rome Speedway on Friday, May 2nd when Next Generation Graphix and Finish Line Designs present Dollar Hot Dog Night, with a full program of regular racing divisions on tap. Racing begins at 7:00 p.m. For more information, visit www.uticaromespeedway.com or visit Utica-Rome Speedway on Facebook.

RACE SUMMARY-INTERNATIONAL WIRE/M2 METAL NIGHT-UTICA-ROME SPEEDWAY-APRIL 25, 2025

3 BASTARDS BREWING MODIFIEDS-MATT SHEPPARD, Willy Decker, Anthony Perrego, Alex Payne, Ales Yankowski, Matt Janczuk, Rocky Warner, Justin Wright, Brandon Walters, Brandon Loucks, Mike Trautschold, Jim Beckeer, Will Shields, John Phelps, Alan Johnson, Eddie Strada, Tim Mayne, Johnny Holmes, Jason Reome, Alan Baker, Ed Downing, Aaron Jacobs.

M2 METAL CRATE LATE MODELS-BRADY WONDERLING, AJ Miller, Chad Homan, Zack Carley, Brandt Graham, Charlie Sandercock, Aaron Jacobs, TJ Downs.

TAYLOR'S TRAILERS CRATE 602 SPORTSMAN-TYLER PEET, Payton Talbot, Dave Constantino, Tanner Warner, Josh Coonradt, Nick Zielinski, Brett Mortensen, Matt Perry, Ed Lukas, Blaine Klinger, Zack Welch, Stephen Denton, Blake Sarpriacone, Carson Rothwell, John Dumond, Buddy Leathley, Matthew Backus, Josh Amodio, Seth Martin, AJ Digsby, Eric Winsor, Matthew Richardson, Stephen Winsor, Eric Jensen, Connor Prokop, David Hackett, Mike Richmond, Jeremy Slosek, Paul Carey, Clayton Dumond.

NEXT GENERATION GRAPHIX PRO STOCKS-LUKE HORNING, AJ Walters, George Cushman, Shane Playford, Devon Camengea, Jim Normoyle, Bret Belden, Hunter Keith, Mike Kazlauskas, Toby Cooper, Ryan Denton, Eric Stumpf, Ray Richer, Ken Griffin, Ed Kotary.

FASTLINE PERFORMANCE LIMITED SPORTSMAN-GARRETT CHILLOT, Jayden Wust, Timmy Wilmont, Jeff Bobilin, Andrew Eaton, Hayden Coons, Sullivan Dickey, Matt Bukovan, Rocco Constantino, Ernie Staelens, Ayden Goodier, Kadyn Depasquale, Kyle Coley, Nicholas Jenkins, Mike Evans, Brad Poppleton.

JB'S SEWER AND SEPTIC FOUR CYLINDERS-JACOB KIMBALL, Steven Burka, Wayne Russell Jr, Hank Wedgren, TJ Marlitt, David DaNova, Hand Wedgren Jr, Jeff Connolly.