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Stewart Friesen
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📰 | 𝗦𝘁𝗲𝘄𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗙𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗻 𝘀𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗲𝘀 $𝟭𝟭,𝟱𝟬𝟬 𝗽𝗮𝘆𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗸𝘀 𝗵𝗶𝗺𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝗶𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗪𝗵𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗿 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝟮𝟬𝟬 𝗮𝘁 𝗦𝘂𝗽𝗲𝗿 𝗗𝗜𝗥𝗧 𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸 𝟱𝟭. Along with claiming the Malta Massive Weekend victory, worth $11,500, he also scored the final Super DIRT Week guaranteed starting spot, locking himself into the 2023 Billy Whittaker Cars 200 (Sunday, Oct. 8). His journey to that triumph starting with lining up to the outside of SRI Performance/Stock Car Steel pole sitter Adam Pierson for the 115-lap Feature battle. When the green flag dropped, Friesen rocketed past Pierson and ran away with the lead. Pierson trailed in second and James Meehan settled into third. The positions stayed the same for the next 20 laps, before Meehan passed Pierson to move into second. Rookie of the Year front runner Felix Roy also wanted in on the action, making his way into third by Lap 22. In a matchup that saw six cautions, Friesen showcased the stamina of his #44 machine on every restart, maintaining his lead. He kept Meehan at bay behind him, until Roy was able to make a play. It took over 50 laps of persistence, but Roy eventually passed Meehan on the Lap 79 restart to move into second. The 18-year-old had yet to score a podium finish entering the matchup butcould sense this was the night it was within his reach. The race continued with Friesen extending his sizeable lead in clean air. He navigated his way through the spider web of lapped traffic, welcoming the reprieve of the cautions to cool down his tires. With the threat of a charge from the current points leader diffused, and a sizeable lead over second-place Roy, the Niagara-on-the-Lake, ON driver kept his stride in check for the remaining laps and cruised his way to his first Series victory of the season – and fourth Series win at Albany-Saratoga.