Sheppard
Cops Florida DCN Finale, Captures Big-Block Points
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Matt Sheppard closed
out his visit to Volusia Speedway Park last February
with a pair of Top-3 feature finishes and some added
confidence for the 20-hour trip home.
That
was just the beginning for DIRTcar Northeast’s
hottest driver as Sheppard closed out the recent 39th
Annual Florida DIRTcar Nationals By University of
Northwestern Ohio on Saturday with a second straight
victory and the coveted Big-Block Modified points
title over the best in the business.
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Sheppard
Scores 1st Florida Win At Volusia
Matt
Sheppard picked up where he left off on the 2009 Super
DIRTcar Series, authoring a late race charge to score
his first victory of the new decade in convincing
fashion Thursday night in the 39th Annual Florida
DIRTcar Nationals By University of Northwestern Ohio
at Volusia Speedway Park.
The winningest DIRTcar Big-Block Modified driver in
the Northeast last season also captured his first
career feature win in the Sunshine State, establishing
the second-generation standout from Waterloo, N.Y.
as an early favorite to capture the overall Hoosier
Tire-VP Racing Fuels Mr. DIRTcar Championship come
autumn.
“It seems I’ve finished in just about every
position but first here, so I finally accomplished
that and now we can go for number two tomorrow,”
remarked a confident Sheppard, 27, winner of 20 Big-Block
main events in ’09, and already in prime position
to carry the momentum back up north. “I think
we’ve got the car to get the job done.”
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Sheppard Triumphs In 38th Rite Aid 200 At Syracuse
Already a Super DIRT Week champion in the 358-Modified
and Sportsman ranks, Matt Sheppard mastered the Moody
Mile once again on Sunday afternoon, taking advantage
of a soft tire by leader Jimmy Phelps with 10 laps
to go to score the biggest victory of his career in
the Rite Aid 200 Presented By Ferris & Snapper
Mowers for Big-Block Modifieds.
The
hottest driver on the DIRTcar Northeast in 2009, Sheppard’s
20th Big-Block victory was his 20th of the season
and worth $50,000 for the talented 27 year-old from
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