Stewart Friesen Wins Short Track Super Series Sunshine Swing Finale At All-Tech & ’25 Title

Story By: SHORT TRACK SUPER SERIES – LAKE CITY, FL – Three out of four.  Stewart Friesen continued his dominance of the Bob Hilbert Sportswear Short Track Super Series (STSS) Fueled By Sunoco on Saturday at All-Tech Raceway, winning both the $7,500-to-win finale and the championship for the Modifieds.

Fifth-starter Friesen emerged victorious from the 50-lap main event after surpassing Larry Wight at lap 21.

Once in front, Friesen sliced through traffic to earn his 51st career STSS triumph.

Friesen also topped the Wegner Automotive weeklong Sunshine Swing Modified championship for $1,500. Friesen finished 41 points ahead of Tanner Van Doren.

“Challenging racetrack, one of the hardest ones we race on,” Friesen said. “Larry (Wight) got rolling there pretty good at the beginning. We got to traffic and I kind of found a good lane in the middle and kept the tires under me.

“We had a great car, could roll the middle and get good drive.”

After a trying week that included engine and transmission failures, Walden, N.Y.’s Anthony Perrego and the Vinnie Salerno team rebounded in the finale. Perrego drove from 12th in the Beyea Custom Headers Redraw to finish second.

Erick Rudolph of Ransomville, N.Y., drove to a third-place result after starting sixth, followed by Danny Bouc of Pipersville, Pa., and Jack Lehner of Saratoga Springs, N.Y.

Finishing sixth through 10th, respectively, were Larry Wight of Phoenix, N.Y., who ran as high as second; 17th-starter Tanner Van Doren of Schnecksville, Pa.; Alex Payne of Canandaigua, N.Y., who started 15th; Matt Sheppard of Savannah, N.Y., rebounding from a mid-race skirmish; and Darren Smith of Binghamton, N.Y., up from 23rd.

Friesen was the ATL Hot Lap Hero at 18.230 seconds.

Heat-race winners were Perrego, Bobby Hackel, Wight and Rudolph. Danny Creeden and Corbin Millar topped the B-Mains.

Up next for the STSS is the ‘Speed Showcase’ event at Pa.’s Port Royal Speedway on Friday-Saturday March 14-15 at Pa.’s Port Royal Speedway, the opener for the NJ Quality Drywall South Region for Modifieds and Belmont’s Garage South Region for Sportsman.

A Feature 1 (50 Laps): 1. 44-Stewart Friesen[5]; 2. 4P-Anthony Perrego[12]; 3. 25R-Erick Rudolph[6]; 4. 6B-Danny Bouc[7]; 5. 02-Jack Lehner[3]; 6. 99L-Larry Wight[2]; 7. 27V-Tanner Van Doren[17]; 8. 70A-Alex Payne[15]; 9. 9S-Matt Sheppard[10]; 10. 12S-Darren Smith[23]; 11. 97-Bobby Hackel IV[4]; 12. 3RS-Dalton Slack[13]; 13. 35B-Francois Bellemare[20]; 14. 35C-Chris Curtis[19]; 15. 21A-Peter Britten[11]; 16. 5J-Stacy Jackson[8]; 17. 16X-Danny Creeden[21]; 18. 11-Matt Caprara[26]; 19. 28-Matt Smith[18]; 20. 34-Rusty Smith[25]; 21. 7P-Patrik Daniel[24]; 22. 66M-Corbin Millar[22]; 23. 20-Rick Laubach[9]; 24. 55-Mario Clair[16]; 25. 5*-Tyler Siri[1]; 26. 19-Tim Fuller[14]

B Feature 1 (8 Laps): 1. 16X-Danny Creeden[3]; 2. 12S-Darren Smith[5]; 3. 7M-Paul Mancini[1]; 4. 7Z-Zach Payne[2]; 5. R21-Tommy Rascoe[9]; 6. 11-Matt Caprara[4]; 7. 47-Simon Perreault[7]; 8. 84Y-Alex Yankowski[6]; 9. 6S-Matt Stangle[8]

B Feature 2 (8 Laps): 1. 66M-Corbin Millar[2]; 2. 7P-Patrik Daniel[5]; 3. 15M-Daniel Morgiewicz Jr[7]; 4. 34-Rusty Smith[4]; 5. 38-Kevin Stevens[3]; 6. 90-William Deckelman[1]; 7. 87-Jason Ingalls[6]; 8. 27-Jason Reome[8]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 4P-Anthony Perrego[1]; 2. 5*-Tyler Siri[2]; 3. 9S-Matt Sheppard[3]; 4. 3RS-Dalton Slack[6]; 5. 27V-Tanner Van Doren[7]; 6. 7M-Paul Mancini[4]; 7. 16X-Danny Creeden[5]; 8. 12S-Darren Smith[9]; 9. 47-Simon Perreault[8]; 10. R21-Tommy Rascoe[10]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 97-Bobby Hackel IV[2]; 2. 6B-Danny Bouc[1]; 3. 21A-Peter Britten[5]; 4. 19-Tim Fuller[3]; 5. 28-Matt Smith[4]; 6. 90-William Deckelman[7]; 7. 38-Kevin Stevens[6]; 8. 7P-Patrik Daniel[9]; 9. 15M-Daniel Morgiewicz Jr[8]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 99L-Larry Wight[2]; 2. 44-Stewart Friesen[3]; 3. 20-Rick Laubach[1]; 4. 70A-Alex Payne[8]; 5. 35C-Chris Curtis[7]; 6. 7Z-Zach Payne[6]; 7. 11-Matt Caprara[5]; 8. 84Y-Alex Yankowski[9]; 9. 6S-Matt Stangle[4]

Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 25R-Erick Rudolph[3]; 2. 02-Jack Lehner[2]; 3. 5J-Stacy Jackson[1]; 4. 55-Mario Clair[7]; 5. 35B-Francois Bellemare[8]; 6. 66M-Corbin Millar[5]; 7. 34-Rusty Smith[4]; 8. 87-Jason Ingalls[6]; 9. 27-Jason Reome[9]

Qualifying 1 (2 Laps): 1. 9S-Matt Sheppard, 00:18.780[7]; 2. 5*-Tyler Siri, 00:18.911[6]; 3. 4P-Anthony Perrego, 00:18.956[10]; 4. 7M-Paul Mancini, 00:18.987[3]; 5. 16X-Danny Creeden, 00:19.095[5]; 6. 3RS-Dalton Slack, 00:19.148[9]; 7. 27V-Tanner Van Doren, 00:19.175[1]; 8. 47-Simon Perreault, 00:19.232[8]; 9. 12S-Darren Smith, 00:19.365[4]; 10. R21-Tommy Rascoe, 00:19.740[2]

Qualifying 2 (2 Laps): 1. 19-Tim Fuller, 00:18.665[8]; 2. 97-Bobby Hackel IV, 00:18.886[7]; 3. 6B-Danny Bouc, 00:18.889[4]; 4. 28-Matt Smith, 00:19.095[5]; 5. 21A-Peter Britten, 00:19.230[1]; 6. 38-Kevin Stevens, 00:19.278[3]; 7. 90-William Deckelman, 00:19.418[6]; 8. 15M-Daniel Morgiewicz Jr, 00:19.534[2]; 9. 7P-Patrik Daniel, 00:19.635[9]

Qualifying 3 (2 Laps): 1. 44-Stewart Friesen, 00:18.230[1]; 2. 99L-Larry Wight, 00:18.537[9]; 3. 20-Rick Laubach, 00:18.709[7]; 4. 6S-Matt Stangle, 00:18.928[8]; 5. 11-Matt Caprara, 00:18.976[5]; 6. 7Z-Zach Payne, 00:18.991[4]; 7. 35C-Chris Curtis, 00:19.021[6]; 8. 70A-Alex Payne, 00:19.051[3]; 9. 84Y-Alex Yankowski, 00:19.098[2]

Qualifying 4 (2 Laps): 1. 25R-Erick Rudolph, 00:18.703[1]; 2. 02-Jack Lehner, 00:18.876[7]; 3. 5J-Stacy Jackson, 00:18.955[5]; 4. 34-Rusty Smith, 00:19.139[3]; 5. 66M-Corbin Millar, 00:19.395[8]; 6. 87-Jason Ingalls, 00:19.538[4]; 7. 55-Mario Clair, 00:19.626[6]; 8. 35B-Francois Bellemare, 00:19.660[2]; 9. 27-Jason Reome, 00:19.890[9]