VERNON, NY – Erick Rudolph powered his way to victory Saturday night in the 50-lap Victoria 50 at Utica-Rome Speedway, emerging from the eighth starting position to take the win against a stacked field of Modified talent.
Mike Maresca thrilled fans with a spectacular charge from 21st to finish second, while early contender Darren Smith held on for third after starting on the front row. Alex Yankowski and Matt Sheppard also made major gains through the field to round out the top five.
Victoria 50 (50 Laps): 1. 25-Erick Rudolph[8]; 2. 7MM-Mike Maresca[21]; 3. 12S-Darren Smith[2]; 4. 84-Alex Yankowski[22]; 5. 26-Matt Sheppard[20]; 6. 19-Tim Fuller[13]; 7. 4-Anthony Perrego[3]; 8. 14T-Payton Talbot[28]; 9. 98H-Jimmy Phelps[7]; 10. 30-Nicholas Root[14]; 11. 18$-Sean Beardsley[26]; 12. 10C-Willy Decker[12]; 13. 57H-Remington Hamm[16]; 14. 3-Chris Mackey[1]; 15. 11Z-Ajay Potrzebowski II[5]; 16. 77Z-Zach Payne[4]; 17. 38-Kevin Stevens[25]; 18. 44-David Rogers[18]; 19. B2-Bob Henry Jr[17]; 20. 22X-Mike Richmond[27]; 21. 23-David Dickey[29]; 22. 14AJ-AJ Miller[23]; 23. 33X-Matt Janczuk[10]; 24. 31B-Ryan Dolbear[19]; 25. 15-Todd Root[9]; 26. 11-Matthew Capara[24]; 27. M1-Dave Marcuccilli[11]; 28. 87-Neil Stratton[6]; 29. (DNS) 01R-Robert Gage