Stewart Friesen Takes Home Modified Glory Saturday Night At Utica-Rome Speedway

Story By: CHRIS MOORE / UTICA-ROME SPEEDWAY – VERNON, NY – Stewart Friesen wasn’t content with his fourth place showing with the Tezos All-Star Circuit of Champions 410 Sprint Cars Saturday night at Utica-Rome Speedway.

He also parked his Halmar International No. 44 racecar in Victory Lane with the 3 Bastards Brewing Modifieds in the F.X. Caprara Car Companies Thunder on the Thruway Series finale.

Friesen started from 13th and weaved his way to the runner-up spot and set his sights on York, N.Y.’s Justin Wright out front.

Wright paced the field until a yellow flag flew with four laps to go. Friesen threw a slide job at Wright for the lead. The slide job was executed to perfection as Wright was unable to counter the move and Friesen held the lead for good.

“It’s been a couple months since we’ve had one of these wins at Utica-Rome,” Friesen smiled. “It feels good to be here and I had a lot of fun in the 410 earlier too.”

The win was the second of the season for Friesen at Utica-Rome Speedway, this one worth $4,000.

Wright settled for second and Watertown, N.Y.’s Tim Fuller rounded out the podium finishers. Unadilla, N.Y.’s Billy Decker and Covington Township, Pa.’s Alex Yankowski were the rest of the top five.

The fifth-place run for Yankowski was good enough to secure his second consecutive F.X. Caprara Car Companies Thunder on the Thruway Series championship.

“I never thought I’d ever be good enough to compete with these guys,” the 19-year-old proclaimed. “To win a championship of any kind means a lot to me and my team.”

Durhamville, N.Y.’s Matt Janczuk led all 25-laps of the Worthington Industries Crate 602 Sportsman for a dominant victory, his sixth consecutive at Utica-Rome Speedway.

South New Berlin, N.Y.’s Payton Talbot finished second to capture the Thunder on the Thruway series title. Willy Decker Jr., Connor Prokop, and Blaine Klinger were the top five.

Tyler Bobar won the eight lap B Feature.

Gloversville, N.Y.’s Luke Horning won the Next Generation Graphix Pro Stocks feature for his second consecutive Utica-Rome Speedway win.

Horning led all 20-laps take home the win. Kenny Gates, Nick Stone, Ivan Joslin, and A.J. Walters rounded out the top five.

Stone’s third place finish netted him the Pro Stock Thunder on the Thruway series championship.

Racing continues on Friday, August 25, as weekly points racing begins to wind down at the ‘Home of Heroes.’ The event is headlined by the 3 Bastards Brewing Modifieds, along with the Worthington Industries Crate 602 Sportsman, Next Generation Graphix Pro Stocks, Fastline Performance Limited Sportsman, and Fonda Fair Four Cylinders on the half-mile oval.

The Senior Services Inc. All-Star Slingshots and Junior Slingshots round out the program on the inner-oval.

3 Bastards Brewing Modifieds

A Feature (30 Laps): 1. 44-Stewart Friesen[13]; 2. 19W-Justin Wright[1]; 3. 19-Tim Fuller[16]; 4. 91-Billy Decker[15]; 5. 84Y-Alex Yankowski[18]; 6. 2RJ-Ronnie Johnson[8]; 7. 1X-Willy Decker[11]; 8. 76-Jamike Sowle[3]; 9. 14J-Alan Johnson[24]; 10. 1Z-Jessica Friesen[10]; 11. 34-Dave Constantino[19]; 12. 12B-Addison Bowman[9]; 13. 42P-Pat Ward[14]; 14. 35C-Chris Curtis[4]; 15. 21C-Brian Calabrese[21]; 16. 97S-Randy Shantel[29]; 17. 6NN-Nick Nye[26]; 18. 4-Cody Clark[22]; 19. 82H-Ron Holmes[17]; 20. 70A-Alex Payne[6]; 21. 7Z-Zachary Payne[20]; 22. 7G-Brad Godshalk[23]; 23. 369-Jim Walsh[28]; 24. JS98-Rocky Warner[5]; 25. 28T-Michael Trautschold[12]; 26. 16S-Danny Varin[7]; 27. 97-Bobby Hackel IV[2]; 28. M2-Shawn McPhee[25]; 29. (DNS) 9S-Matt Sheppard

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 1X-Willy Decker[1]; 2. 97-Bobby Hackel IV[7]; 3. 12B-Addison Bowman[3]; 4. 2RJ-Ronnie Johnson[9]; 5. 44-Stewart Friesen[10]; 6. 19-Tim Fuller[6]; 7. 34-Dave Constantino[5]; 8. 4-Cody Clark[8]; 9. M2-Shawn McPhee[4]; 10. 369-Jim Walsh[2]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 16S-Danny Varin[2]; 2. 70A-Alex Payne[6]; 3. 76-Jamike Sowle[4]; 4. 35C-Chris Curtis[1]; 5. 42P-Pat Ward[8]; 6. 82H-Ron Holmes[5]; 7. 7Z-Zachary Payne[3]; 8. 7G-Brad Godshalk[10]; 9. 6NN-Nick Nye[7]; 10. 97S-Randy Shantel[9]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 19W-Justin Wright[2]; 2. 28T-Michael Trautschold[1]; 3. JS98-Rocky Warner[6]; 4. 1Z-Jessica Friesen[3]; 5. 91-Billy Decker[9]; 6. 84Y-Alex Yankowski[7]; 7. 21C-Brian Calabrese[8]; 8. 14J-Alan Johnson[4]; 9. 9S-Matt Sheppard[5]

Hot Laps: 1. 4-Cody Clark, 00:18.434[3]; 2. 28T-Michael Trautschold, 00:18.514[23]; 3. 44-Stewart Friesen, 00:18.530[9]; 4. 16S-Danny Varin, 00:18.544[24]; 5. 1Z-Jessica Friesen, 00:18.640[8]; 6. 2RJ-Ronnie Johnson, 00:18.698[15]; 7. 19W-Justin Wright, 00:18.781[28]; 8. 12B-Addison Bowman, 00:18.860[1]; 9. 14J-Alan Johnson, 00:18.905[14]; 10. 91-Billy Decker, 00:18.933[6]; 11. 70A-Alex Payne, 00:18.978[18]; 12. 1X-Willy Decker, 00:19.037[7]; 13. 35C-Chris Curtis, 00:19.179[5]; 14. 82H-Ron Holmes, 00:19.183[13]; 15. 9S-Matt Sheppard, 00:19.192[21]; 16. 19-Tim Fuller, 00:19.197[10]; 17. 84Y-Alex Yankowski, 00:19.244[29]; 18. 34-Dave Constantino, 00:19.277[4]; 19. 76-Jamike Sowle, 00:19.337[22]; 20. 97S-Randy Shantel, 00:19.348[20]; 21. 42P-Pat Ward, 00:19.415[26]; 22. 6NN-Nick Nye, 00:19.423[17]; 23. 97-Bobby Hackel IV, 00:19.521[12]; 24. 7Z-Zachary Payne, 00:19.954[19]; 25. 369-Jim Walsh, 00:20.058[25]; 26. 21C-Brian Calabrese, 00:20.183[2]; 27. 7G-Brad Godshalk, 00:20.447[11]; 28. M2-Shawn McPhee, 00:20.640[16]; 29. (DNS) JS98-Rocky Warner

Worthington Industries Crate 602 Sportsman

A Feature (25 Laps): 1. 33X-Matt Janczuk[1]; 2. 14T-Payton Talbot[6]; 3. 1X-Willy Decker Jr[4]; 4. 12P-Connor Prokop[12]; 5. 9K-Blaine Klinger[19]; 6. 262-Matthew Richardson[3]; 7. 2K-Josh Amodio[7]; 8. 69S-Blake Sarpriacone[10]; 9. 78-Tanner Warner[14]; 10. 42-Daryl Nutting[2]; 11. 314-Clayton Dumond[18]; 12. 77L-Ed Lukas[13]; 13. 5EJ-EJ Gallup[25]; 14. 7H-Allan Hodge[15]; 15. 12M-Seth Martin[20]; 16. 63C-Chip Constantino[23]; 17. 5-Addison Bowman[16]; 18. 22X-Mike Richmond[27]; 19. 1B-Brett Mortensen[11]; 20. 32RS-Ryan Shanahan[24]; 21. 47H-Alex Hughes[26]; 22. 4R-Carson Rothwell[21]; 23. 16S-Jeremy Slosek[22]; 24. 23D-David Dickey[29]; 25. 82-David Hackett[8]; 26. 21H-Harry Shaffer[9]; 27. 4-Jim Rothwell[5]; 28. 2J-Pat Jones[17]; 29. 08-Dalton Doyle[28]

Consolation 1 (8 Laps): 1. 4R-Carson Rothwell[1]; 2. 63C-Chip Constantino[4]; 3. 5EJ-EJ Gallup[2]; 4. 22X-Mike Richmond[3]; 5. 12B-Tyler Bobar[5]; 6. B24-Brendan Gibbons[7]; 7. 15-Shawn Frost[6]; 8. 23D-David Dickey[15]; 9. 7W-JJ Courcy[11]; 10. 14W-Timothy Wilmot[12]; 11. 31J-John Dumond[13]; 12. 618-Bobby Rhinehardt[8]; 13. 85R-Wesley Sutliff[14]; 14. (DNS) 96-Michael McCallion; 15. (DNS) 44T-Kyle DeMetro

Consolation 2 (8 Laps): 1. 16S-Jeremy Slosek[2]; 2. 32RS-Ryan Shanahan[4]; 3. 47H-Alex Hughes[3]; 4. 08-Dalton Doyle[1]; 5. 67W-Zack Welch[10]; 6. 4C-Michelle Courcy[9]; 7. 88-Chris Kugler[8]; 8. 74-Matt Perry[14]; 9. 08X-Rich Talada[6]; 10. 10M-Andrew MacFadden[5]; 11. 312-John Williams[7]; 12. 33-Richard Murtaugh[15]; 13. (DNS) 10-Jim Nagle; 14. (DNS) 26B-Maddy Broedel; 15. (DNS) 44C-Ed Downing

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 4-Jim Rothwell[2]; 2. 82-David Hackett[4]; 3. 1B-Brett Mortensen[5]; 4. 5-Addison Bowman[8]; 5. 4R-Carson Rothwell[10]; 6. 47H-Alex Hughes[9]; 7. 15-Shawn Frost[7]; 8. 88-Chris Kugler[3]; 9. 7W-JJ Courcy[1]; 10. 26B-Maddy Broedel[6]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 21H-Harry Shaffer[2]; 2. 2K-Josh Amodio[4]; 3. 12P-Connor Prokop[9]; 4. 2J-Pat Jones[10]; 5. 08-Dalton Doyle[8]; 6. 63C-Chip Constantino[5]; 7. 08X-Rich Talada[7]; 8. 96-Michael McCallion[1]; 9. 10-Jim Nagle[6]; 10. 85R-Wesley Sutliff[3]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 33X-Matt Janczuk[2]; 2. 1X-Willy Decker Jr[5]; 3. 77L-Ed Lukas[1]; 4. 314-Clayton Dumond[10]; 5. 5EJ-EJ Gallup[8]; 6. 32RS-Ryan Shanahan[7]; 7. B24-Brendan Gibbons[9]; 8. 4C-Michelle Courcy[4]; 9. 14W-Timothy Wilmot[3]; 10. 74-Matt Perry[6]

Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 42-Daryl Nutting[2]; 2. 69S-Blake Sarpriacone[1]; 3. 78-Tanner Warner[4]; 4. 9K-Blaine Klinger[10]; 5. 16S-Jeremy Slosek[7]; 6. 12B-Tyler Bobar[9]; 7. 312-John Williams[5]; 8. 44T-Kyle DeMetro[3]; 9. 44C-Ed Downing[6]; 10. 23D-David Dickey[8]

Heat 5 (8 Laps): 1. 14T-Payton Talbot[2]; 2. 262-Matthew Richardson[7]; 3. 7H-Allan Hodge[6]; 4. 12M-Seth Martin[5]; 5. 22X-Mike Richmond[3]; 6. 10M-Andrew MacFadden[8]; 7. 618-Bobby Rhinehardt[10]; 8. 67W-Zack Welch[9]; 9. 31J-John Dumond[1]; 10. 33-Richard Murtaugh[4]

*B-Main* (15 Laps): 1. 12B-Tyler Bobar[1]; 2. 67W-Zack Welch[2]; 3. 4C-Michelle Courcy[4]; 4. 31J-John Dumond[12]; 5. 7W-JJ Courcy[8]; 6. 88-Chris Kugler[6]; 7. 74-Matt Perry[7]; 8. 14W-Timothy Wilmot[10]; 9. 312-John Williams[13]; 10. 10M-Andrew MacFadden[11]; 11. (DNS) B24-Brendan Gibbons; 12. (DNS) 15-Shawn Frost; 13. (DNS) 08X-Rich Talada; 14. (DNS) 618-Bobby Rhinehardt; 15. (DNS) 33-Richard Murtaugh; 16. (DNS) 85R-Wesley Sutliff; 17. (DNS) 10-Jim Nagle; 18. (DNS) 96-Michael McCallion; 19. (DNS) 26B-Maddy Broedel; 20. (DNS) 44T-Kyle DeMetro; 21. (DNS) 44C-Ed Downing

Hot Laps: 1. 9K-Blaine Klinger, 00:20.117[23]; 2. 10-Jim Nagle, 00:20.167[31]; 3. 7H-Allan Hodge, 00:20.229[19]; 4. 82-David Hackett, 00:20.277[18]; 5. 12P-Connor Prokop, 00:20.281[34]; 6. 23D-David Dickey, 00:20.327[10]; 7. 15-Shawn Frost, 00:20.412[15]; 8. 63C-Chip Constantino, 00:20.468[5]; 9. 33X-Matt Janczuk, 00:20.506[21]; 10. 78-Tanner Warner, 00:20.536[47]; 11. 77L-Ed Lukas, 00:20.540[25]; 12. 67W-Zack Welch, 00:20.568[48]; 13. 69S-Blake Sarpriacone, 00:20.573[40]; 14. 31J-John Dumond, 00:20.585[14]; 15. 14T-Payton Talbot, 00:20.598[46]; 16. 4R-Carson Rothwell, 00:20.683[38]; 17. 2K-Josh Amodio, 00:20.692[1]; 18. 47H-Alex Hughes, 00:20.719[20]; 19. 4-Jim Rothwell, 00:20.735[39]; 20. 12B-Tyler Bobar, 00:20.811[2]; 21. 262-Matthew Richardson, 00:20.834[36]; 22. B24-Brendan Gibbons, 00:20.871[17]; 23. 1X-Willy Decker Jr, 00:20.899[8]; 24. 7W-JJ Courcy, 00:20.900[6]; 25. 16S-Jeremy Slosek, 00:20.908[43]; 26. 22X-Mike Richmond, 00:20.922[37]; 27. 1B-Brett Mortensen, 00:20.964[29]; 28. 44C-Ed Downing, 00:21.010[11]; 29. 314-Clayton Dumond, 00:21.016[13]; 30. 5-Addison Bowman, 00:21.083[3]; 31. 88-Chris Kugler, 00:21.221[24]; 32. 21H-Harry Shaffer, 00:21.246[41]; 33. 5EJ-EJ Gallup, 00:21.275[16]; 34. 42-Daryl Nutting, 00:21.321[32]; 35. 32RS-Ryan Shanahan, 00:21.407[42]; 36. 08-Dalton Doyle, 00:21.505[12]; 37. 26B-Maddy Broedel, 00:21.517[4]; 38. 96-Michael McCallion, 00:21.530[28]; 39. 14W-Timothy Wilmot, 00:21.663[50]; 40. 312-John Williams, 00:21.686[49]; 41. 12M-Seth Martin, 00:21.751[27]; 42. 85R-Wesley Sutliff, 00:21.780[44]; 43. 618-Bobby Rhinehardt, 00:21.797[35]; 44. 4C-Michelle Courcy, 00:21.972[7]; 45. (DNS) 44T-Kyle DeMetro; 46. (DNS) 2J-Pat Jones; 47. (DNS) 10M-Andrew MacFadden; 48. (DNS) 33-Richard Murtaugh; 49. (DNS) 74-Matt Perry; 50. (DNS) 08X-Rich Talada

Next Generation Graphix Pro Stocks

A Feature (20 Laps): 1. 2H-Luke Horning[5]; 2. 35-Ken Gates[8]; 3. 8N-Nick Stone[9]; 4. 49-Ivan Joslin[1]; 5. 22W-AJ Walters[11]; 6. 15-Beau Ballard[6]; 7. 00X-Josh Coonradt[10]; 8. 81-Bret Belden[4]; 9. 715-Jason Morrison[3]; 10. 96-Andy Graves[16]; 11. 49J-Dennis Joslin[15]; 12. 28H-Johnny Holmes[12]; 13. 13-George Cushman[7]; 14. 14KK-Hunter Keith[18]; 15. 101-Ed Kotary[2]; 16. 81A-Michael Achzet[14]; 17. 63-Matt Rose[19]; 18. 1D-Nick Santuccione[20]; 19. 5C-Randy Cosselman[17]; 20. 74N-Jim Normoyle[13]; 21. 51D-Dalton Szewczyk[21]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 35-Ken Gates[2]; 2. 8N-Nick Stone[4]; 3. 2H-Luke Horning[6]; 4. 00X-Josh Coonradt[7]; 5. 74N-Jim Normoyle[5]; 6. 96-Andy Graves[3]; 7. 63-Matt Rose[1]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 81-Bret Belden[3]; 2. 15-Beau Ballard[5]; 3. 22W-AJ Walters[7]; 4. 13-George Cushman[4]; 5. 81A-Michael Achzet[6]; 6. 5C-Randy Cosselman[2]; 7. (DNS) 49J-Dennis Joslin

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 28H-Johnny Holmes[2]; 2. 49-Ivan Joslin[6]; 3. 715-Jason Morrison[5]; 4. 101-Ed Kotary[1]; 5. 49J-Dennis Joslin[8]; 6. 14KK-Hunter Keith[3]; 7. 1D-Nick Santuccione[4]; 8. 51D-Dalton Szewczyk[7]

Hot Laps: 1. 35-Ken Gates, 00:21.913[7]; 2. 22W-AJ Walters, 00:22.273[21]; 3. 49-Ivan Joslin, 00:22.420[12]; 4. 00X-Josh Coonradt, 00:22.472[4]; 5. 28H-Johnny Holmes, 00:22.559[9]; 6. 96-Andy Graves, 00:22.724[8]; 7. 81A-Michael Achzet, 00:23.302[1]; 8. 5C-Randy Cosselman, 00:23.302[5]; 9. 49J-Dennis Joslin, 00:23.469[11]; 10. 1D-Nick Santuccione, 00:24.733[18]; 11. 63-Matt Rose, 00:24.869[17]; 12. 15-Beau Ballard, 00:26.199[2]; 13. 51D-Dalton Szewczyk, 00:26.229[20]; 14. (DNS) 81-Bret Belden; 15. (DNS) 13-George Cushman; 16. (DNS) 2H-Luke Horning; 17. (DNS) 14KK-Hunter Keith; 18. (DNS) 101-Ed Kotary; 19. (DNS) 715-Jason Morrison; 20. (DNS) 74N-Jim Normoyle; 21. (DNS) 8N-Nick Stone