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Matt Sheppard (center) shares the podium with Jack Lehner and Marc Johnson. (STSS photo)

Sheppard Tops $53,000 Fonda 200

FONDA, N.Y. — Matt Sheppard pocketed the $53,000 top prize for winning Saturday night’s Fonda 200 big-block modified event at Fonda Speedway.

Run under the Short Track Super Series banner, the 200-lap event saw Sheppard start third and beat Jack Lehner to the checkered flag.

 

Marc Johnson, Anthony Perrego and Danny Varin completed the top five.

A.J. Greco won the 602 sportsman main event.

The finish:

Feature (200 Laps): 1. 9S-Matt Sheppard[3]; 2. 02-Jack Lehner[4]; 3. 9J-Marc Johnson[32]; 4. 4P-Anthony Perrego[12]; 5. 93-Danny Varin[7]; 6. 35M-Mike Mahaney[10]; 7. 21C-Brian Calabrese[6]; 8. 1-Rocky Warner[5]; 9. 1D-Tyler Dippel[1]; 10. 84Y-Alex Yankowski[8]; 11. 76-Jamike Sowle[26]; 12. 35C-Chris Curtis[13]; 13. 24P-Brian Pessolano[22]; 14. 71-Eric Mack[21]; 15. 76M-Ricky Quick[16]; 16. 28T-Michael Trautschold[14]; 17. 35B-Francois Bellemare[25]; 18. 24-Adam McAuliffe[18]; 19. 20C-Craig Hanson[2]; 20. 44-Stewart Friesen[15]; 21. 85-Max McLaughlin[9]; 22. 21P-Luciano (Pep) Corradi[19]; 23. 16-Aaron Jacobs[24]; 24. 27-Jason Reome[30]; 25. 42-Tucker O’Connor[23]; 26. 97-Bobby Hackel IV[11]; 27. 50-Bill August[28]; 28. 98-Tanner Warner[20]; 29. 3-Jeff Trombley[17]; 30. 1Z-Jessica Friesen[27]; 31. 7J-Dan Santabarbara[29]; 32. (DNS) 22-Kurtis Hohensheldt