Stewart Friesen reaches Thunder on the Thruway victory lane at Utica-Rome Speedway
Stewart Friesen won the 35 lap Thunder on the Thruway TotT at Utica-Rome at the Utica-Rome Speedway on Friday. This was Stewart's eleventh win of the season, first at Utica-Rome Speedway this year, and second Thunder on the Thruway win of the season. For the 37 year old Friesen it was their fifty-third win putting him first on the Utica-Rome Speedway win list since 2002. Finishing 5.6340 seconds behind in second was Matt Sheppard. This was Matt's tenth Top 5 of the season, first at Utica-Rome Speedway this year, and first Thunder on the Thruway Top 5 of the season. Finishing third was Andy Bachetti, their fouth top 5 of the year. Finishing fourth was Jessica Friesen, their third top 5 of the year. Finishing fifth was Rocky Warner, their second top 5 of the year. Josh Hohenforst, Brian Gleason, JaMike Sowle, David Schilling, and Claude Hutchings Jr rounded out the top 10.
Significant Milestones and Streaks
Consecutive wins all events: Stewart Friesen - 2 Consecutive top 5's all events: Stewart Friesen - 6 Consecutive top 5's at Utica-Rome Speedway: Matt Sheppard - 5 Consecutive Thunder on the Thruway wins: Stewart Friesen - 2 Consecutive Thunder on the Thruway top 5's: Stewart Friesen - 7 Consecutive Thunder on the Thruway top 10's: Stewart Friesen - 14