5.29.22 Super DIRTcar Series Results
WEEDSPORT, NY – May 29, 2022 – Back-to-back runner-up finishes in the first two races of the season set Stewart Friesen atop the Super DIRTcar Series standings, but his hunger for more still remained. He showed up to Weedsport Speedway Sunday night and took a big bite out of the competition, leading all but 17 laps of the Heroes Remembered 100 for his second tour victory of the year.
After a solid lap in My Place Hotels Qualifying that set him third on the Heat Race grid, Friesen was bested only by Mike Mahaney, of King’s Ferry, NY – a foreshadowing of the night’s Feature race, with a slightly different outcome. Friesen redrew fifth for the Feature, setting him up for a dominant run to the point in the first 100-lap feature of the season, where his Halmar International #44 proved to be up to the challenge of endurance.
“The Halmar team made a lot of adjustments and they paid off,” Friesen said.
“Not a lot of times you throw the kitchen sink at it and you come away with something better. Sometimes you gotta go too far and you have to back off. Just some stuff we wanted to try, we tried tonight, and it was good. The car was really good. It was maneuverable. It was a little bit on the tight side but we’ll take it.”
After a quick caution thrown four laps in, Friesen had already moved up a spot into fourth, trailing Adam Pierson, Matt Sheppard and Erick Rudolph. He continued his steady climb in the running order, taking over the lead by Lap 18, and never relinquished the lead for the remainder of the race.
The turnout of Big Block Modified drivers was plentiful, with 51 drivers officially registering. Twenty-eight drivers started the Feature, which tested the leaders and their ability to navigate through traffic. Friesen kept a steady hand in the multiple tests he endured throughout 100 laps.
“It was fun honestly,” Friesen said. “It forced me to move around the track and find some lines and keep my momentum up.”
“I kind of got the lead on the bottom and then I’m like, I don’t know if I’ll be able to keep the bottom for all 100 laps and it pay off. But I tried to keep the tires under me the best I could. And then in the lap traffic we had a really great race car, so big thanks to the Halmar team.”
Mahaney drew a hard hand pulling the tenth position in the redraw. After some difficulty during the first 25 laps, he was able to fight his way into fifth position by Lap 51. He refused to settle as his climb continued, taking over second place with 14 laps remaining. But it was the night for #44 to shine, as Mahaney crossed the finish line second.
“It was too little too late. This car’s really fast, and I’m really happy to get to second. We worked and worked and worked, but we couldn’t get any cautions,” Mahaney said.
“There were a lot of guys racing for position who were lapping. There was racing all over the place on this track. It was a really nice, slick track. You could go anywhere.”
Third place finisher Erick Rudolph, of Ransomville, NY held the second position trying to keep up with Friesen for over 40 laps. But he couldn’t hold on anymore when Mahaney slipped by him on lap 87, pushing him into third.
“About the mid-point of the race I thought I had the best car, I was catching Stewie a little,” Rudolph said. “But the last three laps I was just hanging on. He started pulling away from me and I struggled in traffic and Mike slipped by me. It was a good effort though.”
Defending Super DIRTcar Series champion Matt Sheppard finished outside of the podium in fourth. He led nine of the first 20 laps before being passed by Mahaney on Lap 66. Like his competition, any attempts to advance was met with the need to navigate through heavy congestion, which contributed to keeping him off of the podium for the night.
UP NEXT: The Super DIRTcar Series travels east bound to Lebanon Valley Speedway for the King of the Spring 100 on Monday, May 30. Catch all the action live on DIRTVision.
Feature (100 Laps): 1. 44-Stewart Friesen[5]; 2. 35-Mike Mahaney[10]; 3. 25R-Erick Rudolph[2]; 4. 9S-Matt Sheppard[3]; 5. 99L-Larry Wight[8]; 6. 8H-Max McLaughlin[14]; 7. 37S-Gary Lindberg[7]; 8. 98H-Jimmy Phelps[4]; 9. 88-Mat Williamson[13]; 10. 2L-Jack Lehner[19]; 11. 83X-Tim Sears Jr[18]; 12. 32R-Ronnie Davis III[6]; 13. 4-Anthony Perrego[16]; 14. 21A-Peter Britten[21]; 15. 215P-Adam Pierson[1]; 16. 91-Billy Decker[11]; 17. 60-Jackson Gill[9]; 18. 84Y-Alex Yankowski[15]; 19. 3RS-Ryan Susice[23]; 20. 3H-Justin Haers[22]; 21. 3J-Marc Johnson[12]; 22. 12S-Darren Smith[27]; 23. (DNF) 9X-Tyler Trump[20]; 24. (DNF) 49-Billy Dunn[17]; 25. (DNF) 34-Kevin Root[26]; 26. (DNF) 2A-Mike Gular[25]; 27. (DNF) 17-Marcus Dinkins[28]; 28. (DNF) X-Chad Phelps[24]
HYTORC Of New York LCS 1 (10 Laps): 1. 21A-Peter Britten[1]; 2. 3RS-Ryan Susice[6]; 3. 34-Kevin Root[3]; 4. 15-Todd Root[5]; 5. 42P-Pat Ward[2]; 6. 28-Jordan McCreadie[4]; 7. 23C-Kyle Coffey[9]; 8. 2A-Mike Gular[10]; 9. 19-Tim Fuller[11]; 10. 28T-Michael Trautschold[8]; 11. 70A-Alex Payne[15]; 12. 14-CG Morey[14]; 13. 36-Ben Bushaw[12]; 14. (DNF) 18$-Sean Beardsley[16]; 15. (DNF) 27J-Danny Johnson[7]
HYTORC Of New York LCS 2 (10 Laps): 1. 3H-Justin Haers[3]; 2. X-Chad Phelps[2]; 3. 5H-Chris Hile[8]; 4. 12S-Darren Smith[1]; 5. M1-Dave Marcuccilli[7]; 6. 7Z-Zachary Payne[4]; 7. 17-Marcus Dinkins[10]; 8. 165-Rex King Jr[9]; 9. 37-Paul St Sauveur[6]; 10. 02-Roy Bresnahan[13]; 11. C3-Chas Wolbert[11]; 12. 48T-Dave Rauscher[14]; 13. 18-Ryan Macartney[15]; 14. (DNF) 91F-Bobby Flood[12]; 15. (DNF) 56-Garrison Krentz[5]
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 35-Mike Mahaney[1]; 2. 44-Stewart Friesen[3]; 3. 91-Billy Decker[2]; 4. 4-Anthony Perrego[4]; 5. 21A-Peter Britten[5]; 6. 3H-Justin Haers[7]; 7. 3RS-Ryan Susice[8]; 8. 5H-Chris Hile[9]; 9. 19-Tim Fuller[6]; 10. 02-Roy Bresnahan[10]; 11. 18$-Sean Beardsley[11]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 32R-Ronnie Davis III[2]; 2. 37S-Gary Lindberg[1]; 3. 3J-Marc Johnson[3]; 4. 49-Billy Dunn[5]; 5. 12S-Darren Smith[4]; 6. 28-Jordan McCreadie[7]; 7. 37-Paul St Sauveur[6]; 8. 23C-Kyle Coffey[10]; 9. C3-Chas Wolbert[9]; 10. 14-CG Morey[8]
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 99L-Larry Wight[1]; 2. 9S-Matt Sheppard[2]; 3. 88-Mat Williamson[3]; 4. 83X-Tim Sears Jr[4]; 5. 42P-Pat Ward[5]; 6. 7Z-Zachary Payne[6]; 7. 27J-Danny Johnson[9]; 8. 165-Rex King Jr[7]; 9. 36-Ben Bushaw[8]; 10. 48T-Dave Rauscher[10]
Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 98H-Jimmy Phelps[2]; 2. 215P-Adam Pierson[1]; 3. 8H-Max McLaughlin[5]; 4. 2L-Jack Lehner[7]; 5. X-Chad Phelps[6]; 6. 15-Todd Root[4]; 7. M1-Dave Marcuccilli[3]; 8. 2A-Mike Gular[9]; 9. 91F-Bobby Flood[10]; 10. 70A-Alex Payne[8]
Heat 5 (8 Laps): 1. 25R-Erick Rudolph[2]; 2. 60-Jackson Gill[1]; 3. 84Y-Alex Yankowski[4]; 4. 9X-Tyler Trump[3]; 5. 34-Kevin Root[7]; 6. 56-Garrison Krentz[5]; 7. 28T-Michael Trautschold[6]; 8. 17-Marcus Dinkins[8]; 9. 7S-Torrey Stoughtenger[10]; 10. 18-Ryan Macartney[9]
TT Group 1 (2 Laps): 1. 35-Mike Mahaney, 00:16.893[4]; 2. 91-Billy Decker, 00:17.163[6]; 3. 44-Stewart Friesen, 00:17.234[1]; 4. 4-Anthony Perrego, 00:17.286[3]; 5. 21A-Peter Britten, 00:17.451[7]; 6. 19-Tim Fuller, 00:17.474[11]; 7. 3H-Justin Haers, 00:17.590[10]; 8. 3RS-Ryan Susice, 00:17.650[8]; 9. 5H-Chris Hile, 00:17.681[9]; 10. 02-Roy Bresnahan, 00:17.949[2]; 11. 18$-Sean Beardsley, 00:18.382[5]
TT Group 2 (2 Laps): 1. 37S-Gary Lindberg, 00:17.233[2]; 2. 32R-Ronnie Davis III, 00:17.562[6]; 3. 3J-Marc Johnson, 00:17.595[3]; 4. 12S-Darren Smith, 00:17.813[8]; 5. 49-Billy Dunn, 00:17.855[4]; 6. 37-Paul St Sauveur, 00:17.883[1]; 7. 28-Jordan McCreadie, 00:17.930[7]; 8. 14-CG Morey, 00:18.003[10]; 9. C3-Chas Wolbert, 00:18.238[5]; 10. 23C-Kyle Coffey, 00:18.332[9]
TT Group 3 (2 Laps): 1. 99L-Larry Wight, 00:17.328[5]; 2. 9S-Matt Sheppard, 00:17.336[10]; 3. 88-Mat Williamson, 00:17.484[8]; 4. 83X-Tim Sears Jr, 00:17.544[6]; 5. 42P-Pat Ward, 00:17.605[4]; 6. 7Z-Zachary Payne, 00:17.681[3]; 7. 165-Rex King Jr, 00:17.827[9]; 8. 36-Ben Bushaw, 00:18.122[1]; 9. 27J-Danny Johnson, 00:18.341[7]; 10. 48T-Dave Rauscher, 00:18.713[2]
TT Group 4 (2 Laps): 1. 215P-Adam Pierson, 00:17.473[7]; 2. 98H-Jimmy Phelps, 00:17.512[1]; 3. M1-Dave Marcuccilli, 00:17.555[3]; 4. 15-Todd Root, 00:17.616[5]; 5. 8H-Max McLaughlin, 00:17.630[4]; 6. X-Chad Phelps, 00:17.639[10]; 7. 2L-Jack Lehner, 00:17.657[8]; 8. 70A-Alex Payne, 00:17.736[9]; 9. 2A-Mike Gular, 00:17.741[6]; 10. 91F-Bobby Flood, 00:18.094[2]
TT Group 5 (2 Laps): 1. 60-Jackson Gill, 00:17.503[9]; 2. 25R-Erick Rudolph, 00:17.680[1]; 3. 9X-Tyler Trump, 00:17.748[8]; 4. 84Y-Alex Yankowski, 00:17.837[2]; 5. 56-Garrison Krentz, 00:17.959[5]; 6. 28T-Michael Trautschold, 00:18.150[4]; 7. 34-Kevin Root, 00:18.151[3]; 8. 17-Marcus Dinkins, 00:18.279[10]; 9. 18-Ryan Macartney, 00:19.305[6]; 10. 7S-Torrey Stoughtenger, 00:19.305[7]
Re-Draw: 1. 215P-Adam Pierson[9]; 2. 25R-Erick Rudolph[5]; 3. 9S-Matt Sheppard[8]; 4. 98H-Jimmy Phelps[4]; 5. 44-Stewart Friesen[6]; 6. 32R-Ronnie Davis III[2]; 7. 37S-Gary Lindberg[7]; 8. 99L-Larry Wight[3]; 9. 60-Jackson Gill[10]; 10. 35-Mike Mahaney[1]
Hot Laps G1 A (2 Laps): 1. 19-Tim Fuller, 00:16.076[11]; 2. 91-Billy Decker, 00:16.243[6]; 3. 35-Mike Mahaney, 00:16.266[4]; 4. 3H-Justin Haers, 00:16.512[10]; 5. 4-Anthony Perrego, 00:16.525[3]; 6. 5H-Chris Hile, 00:16.535[9]; 7. 02-Roy Bresnahan, 00:16.675[2]; 8. 21A-Peter Britten, 00:16.778[7]; 9. 3RS-Ryan Susice, 00:16.806[8]; 10. 44-Stewart Friesen, 00:16.852[1]; 11. 18$-Sean Beardsley, 00:16.948[5]
Hot Laps G2 (2 Laps): 1. 37S-Gary Lindberg, 00:16.443[2]; 2. 14-CG Morey, 00:16.571[10]; 3. 32R-Ronnie Davis III, 00:16.571[6]; 4. 28-Jordan McCreadie, 00:16.622[7]; 5. 3J-Marc Johnson, 00:16.762[3]; 6. 37-Paul St Sauveur, 00:16.840[1]; 7. 23C-Kyle Coffey, 00:16.888[9]; 8. 12S-Darren Smith, 00:17.149[8]; 9. C3-Chas Wolbert, 00:17.153[5]; 10. 49-Billy Dunn, 00:17.187[4]
Hot Laps G3 (2 Laps): 1. 99L-Larry Wight, 00:16.546[5]; 2. 83X-Tim Sears Jr, 00:16.563[6]; 3. 9S-Matt Sheppard, 00:16.622[10]; 4. 27J-Danny Johnson, 00:16.625[7]; 5. 48T-Dave Rauscher, 00:16.775[2]; 6. 7Z-Zachary Payne, 00:16.791[3]; 7. 88-Mat Williamson, 00:16.861[8]; 8. 165-Rex King Jr, 00:16.988[9]; 9. 36-Ben Bushaw, 00:17.083[1]; 10. 42P-Pat Ward, 00:17.176[4]
Hot Laps G4 (2 Laps): 1. 8H-Max McLaughlin, 00:16.880[4]; 2. 70A-Alex Payne, 00:16.944[9]; 3. 98H-Jimmy Phelps, 00:16.988[1]; 4. M1-Dave Marcuccilli, 00:17.021[3]; 5. 2L-Jack Lehner, 00:17.156[8]; 6. 2A-Mike Gular, 00:17.158[6]; 7. 91F-Bobby Flood, 00:17.166[2]; 8. 15-Todd Root, 00:17.228[5]; 9. X-Chad Phelps, 00:17.286[10]; 10. 215P-Adam Pierson, 00:17.286[7]
Hot Laps G5 (2 Laps): 1. 60-Jackson Gill, 00:16.846[9]; 2. 56-Garrison Krentz, 00:17.104[5]; 3. 84Y-Alex Yankowski, 00:17.182[2]; 4. 25R-Erick Rudolph, 00:17.349[1]; 5. 9X-Tyler Trump, 00:17.381[8]; 6. 34-Kevin Root, 00:17.441[3]; 7. 17-Marcus Dinkins, 00:17.498[10]; 8. 7S-Torrey Stoughtenger, 00:17.533[7]; 9. 28T-Michael Trautschold, 00:17.559[4]; 10. 18-Ryan Macartney, 00:17.678[6]