Stewart Friesen Goes Back-To-Back In Short Track Super Series Sunshine Swing At All-Tech

Story By: SHORT TRACK SUPER SERIES – LAKE CITY, FL – Back-to-back.  Stewart Friesen remained on a roll with the Bob Hilbert Sportswear Short Track Super Series (STSS) Fueled By Sunoco, winning the second night of the ‘Sunshine Swing’ at All-Tech Raceway in dominant fashion.

The Sprakers, N.Y., driver led from start to finish in the 35-lap main STSS Modified event for a $5,000 top prize.

Thursday’s event was Race No. 200 for the series, which got its start on April 6, 2014, at N.Y.’s Orange County Fair Speedway.

Friesen’s triumph brought his win total on the STSS to 50.

“This series has been really good to us since the beginning,” Friesen said. “It’s really cool to be here in Victory Lane for number 200.”

Friesen launched off the pole after the Beyea Custom Headers Redraw and blistered the Sunshine State half-mile oval and 26-car starting field.

“It (the car) was good,” Friesen said. “It’s just such a challenging track to find a balance. We got some clean air there and I put together the best laps I could.”

Schnecksville, Pa.’s Tanner Van Doren overcame a battle with Matt Sheppard to place in the runner-up position, continuing his ‘Sunshine Swing’ success at All-Tech.

“I’ll take it,” Van Doren said. “Running with these guys isn’t easy. A lot of them are full-time guys, they do it for a living. I still have to go to school every day. That’s the hard part.”

Sheppard, of Savannah, N.Y., drove from seventh to finish third.

Danny Bouc of Pipersville, Pa., and Alex Payne of Canandaigua, N.Y., completed the front five.

Finishing sixth through 10th, respectively, were 10th-starter Larry Wight of Phoenix, N.Y.; Chris Curtis of East Canaan, N.Y., after starting 18th; Danny Creeden of Wurtsboro, N.Y.; 15th-starter Alex Yankowski of Covington Township, Pa; and Tyler Siri of Horseheads, N.Y.

Erick Rudolph was the ATL Fuel Cells Hot Lap Hero with a lap of 19.279 seconds.

Matt Stangle, Wight, Bouc and Payne topped the heat races. Consolations went to Jack Lehner and Anthony Perrego.

Racing resumes tonight (Friday) with the STSS Modifieds battling 40 laps for $6,000 to win and STSS Sportsman racing 30 laps with $2,000 on the line. Crown Vics join the program for the first of two nights.

A Feature 1 (35 Laps): 1. 44-Stewart Friesen[1]; 2. 27T-Tanner Van Doren[2]; 3. 9S-Matt Sheppard[7]; 4. 6B-Danny Bouc[3]; 5. 70A-Alex Payne[4]; 6. 99L-Larry Wight[10]; 7. 35C-Chris Curtis[18]; 8. 16X-Danny Creeden[6]; 9. 84Y-Alex Yankowski[15]; 10. 5*-Tyler Siri[9]; 11. 25R-Erick Rudolph[8]; 12. 02-Jack Lehner[21]; 13. 11-Matt Caprara[26]; 14. 12S-Darren Smith[14]; 15. 34-Rusty Smith[17]; 16. 21A-Peter Britten[23]; 17. 11T-Jeff Taylor[13]; 18. 4P-Anthony Perrego[22]; 19. 38-Kevin Stevens[25]; 20. 7M-Paul Mancini[5]; 21. 90-William Deckelman[19]; 22. 7P-Patrik Daniel[24]; 23. 19-Tim Fuller[20]; 24. 20-Rick Laubach[16]; 25. 6S-Matt Stangle[12]; 26. 97-Bobby Hackel IV[11]

B Feature 1 (8 Laps): 1. 02-Jack Lehner[2]; 2. 21A-Peter Britten[1]; 3. 3RS-Dalton Slack[5]; 4. 7Z-Zach Payne[6]; 5. 27-Jason Reome[4]; 6. 11H-Danny Hieber[9]; 7. 47-Simon Perreault[3]; 8. 38-Kevin Stevens[8]; 9. 22E-Mike Engwer[7]

B Feature 2 (8 Laps): 1. 4P-Anthony Perrego[2]; 2. 7P-Patrik Daniel[3]; 3. 15M-Daniel Morgiewicz Jr[1]; 4. 11-Matt Caprara[4]; 5. 28-Matt Smith[7]; 6. 35B-Francois Bellemare[8]; 7. 87-Jason Ingalls[5]; 8. 55J-Mario Clair[6]; 9. R21-Tommy Rascoe[9]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 6S-Matt Stangle[2]; 2. 16X-Danny Creeden[1]; 3. 27T-Tanner Van Doren[3]; 4. 11T-Jeff Taylor[4]; 5. 34-Rusty Smith[8]; 6. 21A-Peter Britten[6]; 7. 47-Simon Perreault[5]; 8. 3RS-Dalton Slack[9]; 9. 22E-Mike Engwer[10]; 10. 11H-Danny Hieber[7]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 99L-Larry Wight; 2. 44-Stewart Friesen; 3. 97-Bobby Hackel IV; 4. 12S-Darren Smith; 5. 35C-Chris Curtis; 6. 02-Jack Lehner; 7. 27-Jason Reome; 8. 7Z-Zach Payne; 9. 38-Kevin Stevens; 10. R21-Tommy Rascoe

Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 6B-Danny Bouc; 2. 25R-Erick Rudolph; 3. 9S-Matt Sheppard; 4. 84Y-Alex Yankowski; 5. 90-William Deckelman; 6. 15M-Daniel Morgiewicz Jr; 7. 7P-Patrik Daniel; 8. 87-Jason Ingalls; 9. 28-Matt Smith

Qualifying 1 (2 Laps): 1. 27T-Tanner Van Doren, 00:19.746[5]; 2. 6S-Matt Stangle, 00:19.748[2]; 3. 16X-Danny Creeden, 00:19.817[4]; 4. 11T-Jeff Taylor, 00:19.862[10]; 5. 47-Simon Perreault, 00:19.946[6]; 6. 21A-Peter Britten, 00:20.042[3]; 7. 34-Rusty Smith, 00:20.148[8]; 8. 3RS-Dalton Slack, 00:20.372[1]; 9. 22E-Mike Engwer, 00:20.803[7]; 10. (DNS) 11H-Danny Hieber

Qualifying 2 (2 Laps): 1. 99L-Larry Wight, 00:19.600[2]; 2. 44-Stewart Friesen, 00:19.665[4]; 3. 12S-Darren Smith, 00:19.749[8]; 4. 97-Bobby Hackel IV, 00:19.955[5]; 5. 7Z-Zach Payne, 00:20.005[3]; 6. 02-Jack Lehner, 00:20.078[7]; 7. 27-Jason Reome, 00:20.097[10]; 8. 35C-Chris Curtis, 00:20.118[6]; 9. R21-Tommy Rascoe, 00:20.151[1]; 10. 38-Kevin Stevens, 00:20.167[9]

Qualifying 3 (2 Laps): 1. 25R-Erick Rudolph, 00:19.279[3]; 2. 84Y-Alex Yankowski, 00:19.683[4]; 3. 6B-Danny Bouc, 00:19.839[9]; 4. 9S-Matt Sheppard, 00:19.966[2]; 5. 90-William Deckelman, 00:20.141[1]; 6. 87-Jason Ingalls, 00:20.234[5]; 7. 28-Matt Smith, 00:20.265[6]; 8. 15M-Daniel Morgiewicz Jr, 00:20.359[7]; 9. 7P-Patrik Daniel, 00:20.475[8]

Qualifying 4 (2 Laps): 1. 5*-Tyler Siri, 00:19.403[3]; 2. 70A-Alex Payne, 00:19.829[8]; 3. 7M-Paul Mancini, 00:19.848[5]; 4. 20-Rick Laubach, 00:19.851[7]; 5. 19-Tim Fuller, 00:20.117[9]; 6. 55J-Mario Clair, 00:20.224[4]; 7. 11-Matt Caprara, 00:20.342[1]; 8. 4P-Anthony Perrego, 00:20.421[2]; 9. 35B-Francois Bellemare, 00:20.468[6]