1. Stewart J Friesen was born on July 25,1983 and is a Canadian-American professional dirt track and stock car racing driver.
16 Facts About Stewart Friesen
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Stewart Friesen was the 2012,2013,2014, and 2015 Modified track champion at Fonda Speedway.
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Stewart Friesen was one of the top competitors in the SuperDIRT Series in the mid-2010s, and he has triumphed in the World of Outlaws sprint car series, winning over 230 career races as of the end of the 2017 season.
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Stewart Friesen has won the Syracuse 200 Modified race four times.
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Stewart Friesen maintains an active presence on New York dirt tracks such as Fonda Speedway and Utica-Rome Speedway.
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On January 9,2017, Stewart Friesen announced that he would run the full 2017 season in the Halmar Stewart Friesen Racing No 52 truck with Tommy Baldwin Jr.
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Stewart Friesen led more than half the laps and claimed the victory in the second stage but lost the lead to Matt Crafton in the closing laps, finishing a then-career-best second.
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Stewart Friesen remained at HFR in an alliance with GMS for the third straight year in 2019.
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Stewart Friesen was contacted by JR Motorsports to run a partial schedule in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, but nothing came of it.
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Stewart Friesen returned with his No 52 team to the Truck Series full-time in 2021, and despite having a worse season and missing the playoffs in 2020, HFR remained with Toyota.
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Later in the year, Stewart Friesen would make his debut in the NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No 77 for Spire Motorsports in the series' new dirt race at Bristol.
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On May 20,2022, Stewart Friesen broke a 54-race winless streak in the Truck Series by scoring his third career victory at Texas after passing Christian Eckes for the lead in Overtime.
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Stewart Friesen scored five top 5s and seven top 10s, but went winless and missed the playoffs.
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The 2024 season would follow a similar trend, with Stewart Friesen scoring seven top 10 finishes and one top 5, as well as a pole at Nashville.
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Stewart Friesen grew up in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, and played hockey as a child.
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Stewart Friesen attended the University of Windsor, attaining a degree in science.