Matt Sheppard Notches 20th Career Big Block Win at Weedsport!
WEEDSPORT, NY (June 10, 2018) – A beautiful evening and near capacity crowd welcomed the All-Star Circuit of Champions 410 Sprint Cars and the DIRTcar Big Block Modifieds to Weedsport Speedway on Sunday evening with Carson Macedo and Matt Sheppard reaching Victory Hill.
Macedo dominated the first ever All-Star event to be held at Weedsport, worth $5,000, leaving a terrific battle for second between Paul McMahan and Danny Dietrich.
McMahan would emerge as the runner-up over Dietrich, Aaron Reutzel and Parker Price-Miller in the front five positions.
Greg Hodnett, Tony Stewart, Chad Kemenah, Mike Mahaney and Larry Wight would fill the top ten.
A total of 28 410 Sprint Cars were in the pit area on Sunday.
The DIRTcar Big Block Modified portion of the night’s program saw Sheppard start seventh with Wight taking the early race lead over Tyler Trump.
By lap-12 Sheppard moved into the runner-up position and eventually worked by Wight for the lead just beyond halfway and never looked back.
Sheppard’s win was worth $2,500 and was his 20th career Big Block triumph at Weedsport and his 15th win of the 2018 season.
Wight came home in second over Pat Ward, Trump, Ron Davis III, Brett Hearn, Jimmy Phelps, Chris Hile, Alan Johnson, and Max McLaughlin.
Trump and Davis III were impressive in top five efforts, competing against the Big Blocks with 358 powerplants.
A full recap will be posted on June 11.
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Arctic Cat All Star Circuit of Champions pres. by Big Dog Country 103.5FM
Weedsport Speedway – Weedsport, NY
Sunday, June 10
Arctic Cat All Star Circuit of Champions 410 Sprints
A-Main (35-laps): 1. 3G – CARSON MACEDO, 2. 13 – Paul McMahan, 3. 48 – Danny Dietrich, 4. 87 – Aaron Reutzel, 5. 4 – Parker Price-Miller, 6. 27 – Greg Hodnett, 7. 14 – Tony Stewart, 8. 10H – Chad Kemenah, 9. 33 – Mike Mahaney, 10. 99L – Larry Wight, 11. 5W – Lucas Wolfe, 12. 44 – Trey Starks, 13. 14C – Coleman Gulick, 14. 10 – Joe Kata, 15. 07 – Gerard McIntyre, 16. 7K – Cale Conley, 17. 3 – Jac Haudenschild, 18. 11 – Ryan Smith, 19. 98T – Joe Trenca, 20. 22 – Brandon Spithaler, 21. 47X – Dylan Westbrook, 22. 97AU – Mitchell Wormall, 23. 5 – Justin Barger, 24. 3Z – Brock Zearfoss, 25. 70 – Dave Blaney
Heat #1: 1. 5 – Justin Barger, 2. 87 – Aaron Reutzel, 3. 99L – Larry Wight, 4. 10H – Chad Kemenah, 5. 7K – Cale Conley, 6. 4 – Parker Price-Miller, 7. 3 – Jac Haudenschild, 8. 07 – Gerard McIntyre, 9. 35 – Tyler Esh, 10. 51 – John Garvin
Heat #2: 1. 3G – Carson Macedo, 2. 70 – Dave Blaney, 3. 5W – Lucas Wolfe, 4. 44 – Trey Starks, 5. 14C – Coleman Gulick, 6. 14 – Tony Stewart, 7. 98T – Joe Trenca, 8. 11 – Ryan Smith, 9. 47X – Dylan Westbrook
Heat #3: 1. 13 – Paul McMahan, 2. 3Z – Brock Zearfoss, 3. 48 – Danny Dietrich, 4. 33 – Mike Mahaney, 5. 22 – Brandon Spithaler, 6. 27 – Greg Hodnett, 7. 10 – Joe Kata, 8. 97AU – Mitchell Wormall, 9. 98 – Carl Bowser
Dash: 1. 3Z – Brock Zearfoss, 2. 87 – Aaron Reutzel, 3. 3G – Carson Macedo, 4. 13 – Paul McMahan, 5. 10H – Chad Kemenah, 6. 70 – Dave Blaney, 7. 5 – Justin Barger, 8. 7K – Cale Conley
B-Main: 1. 3 – Jac Haudenschild, 2. 47X – Dylan Westbrook, 3. 07 – Gerard McIntyre, 4. 10 – Joe Kata, 5. 98T – Joe Trenca, 6. 97AU – Mitchell Wormall, 7. 11 – Ryan Smith, 8. 51 – John Garvin, 9. 35 – Tyler Esh, 10. 98 – Carl Bowser
DIRTcar Big Block Modifieds
Feature (40-laps): 1. 9S – MATT SHEPPARD, 2. 99L – Larry Wight, 3. 42P – Pat Ward, 4. 9X – Tyler Trump, 5. 32 – Ron Davis III, 6. 20 – Brett Hearn, 7. 98H – Jimmy Phelps, 8. 5H – Chris Hile, 9. 14J – Alan Johnson, 10. 6H – Max McLaughlin, 11. 25 – Erick Rudolph, 12. 93 – Danny Varin, 13. 88 – Mike Mahaney, 14. 16 – Mike Bowman, 15. 19 – Tim Fuller, 16. 3 – Billy Dunn, 17. 19W – Justin Wright, 18. 84 – Gary Tomkins, 19. 07 – Tim Kerr, 20. 23 – Kyle Coffey, 21. 48 – Dave Rauscher, 22. M1 – Tim Murphy, 23. 02 – Roy Bresnahan
Heat #1: 1. 9S – Matt Sheppard, 2. 93 – Danny Varin, 3. 20 – Brett Hearn, 4. 88 – Mike Mahaney, 5. 25 – Erick Rudolph, 6. 07 – Tim Kerr, 7. 6H – Max McLaughlin, 8. M1 – Tim Murphy
Heat #2: 1. 99L – Larry Wight, 2. 42P – Pat Ward, 3. 16 – Mike Bowman, 4. 14J – Alan Johnson, 5. 19 – Tim Fuller, 6. 19W – Justin Wright, 7. 48 – Dave Rauscher, 8. 23 – Kyle Coffey
Heat #3: 1. 5H – Chris Hile, 2. 9X – Tyler Trump, 3. 32D – Ron Davis III, 4. 98H – Jimmy Phelps, 5. 3 – Billy Dunn, 6. 84 – Gary Tomkins, 7. 02 – Roy Bresnahan
About Weedsport Speedway: Purchased in 2013 by Al Heinke, Weedsport Speedway has returned to a real racers track, providing a complete venue for racers, their families and friends, and for the fans looking for motorsports entertainment. Officially opened for the first time on July 24, 1955 – the Weedsport Speedway 3/8 mile dirt oval has produced a legendary list of drivers and champions including Will Cagle, Danny Johnson, Bob McCreadie, Alan Johnson, Jack Johnson, and Dave Lape to name a few. Today the facility welcomes the best of the best in dirt short track racing from the Craftsman World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series to the Super DIRTcar Series Big Block Modifieds along with the DIRTcar 358-Modifieds, Sportsman, Pro Stocks, and more. While racing entertainment is the focal point, Weedsport Speedway has gone the extra mile in welcoming Weedsport Productions, which brings the facility full circle with a dedicated digital entertainment team for web, television, and on site screen usage.