Stewart Friesen collects Thunder on the Thruway victory at Utica-Rome Speedway
Stewart Friesen won the 100 lap Thunder on the Thruway New Yorker 100 at the Utica-Rome Speedway on Monday. This was Stewart's twenty-ninth win of the season, fifth at Utica-Rome Speedway this year, and fifth Thunder on the Thruway win of the season. For the 38 year old Friesen it was their fifty-seventh win putting him first on the Utica-Rome Speedway win list since 2002. Finishing 4.1980 seconds behind in second was Ronnie Johnson. This was Ronnie's fourteenth Top 5 of the season, first at Utica-Rome Speedway this year, and third Thunder on the Thruway Top 5 of the season. Finishing third was Peter Britten, their twenty-sixth top 5 of the year. Finishing fourth was Erick Rudolph, their forty-fifth top 5 of the year. Finishing fifth was Billy Decker, their twenty-eighth top 5 of the year. Danny Varin, Alan Johnson, Matt DeLorenzo, Jessica Friesen, and Rocky Warner rounded out the top 10.
Significant Milestones and Streaks
Utica-Rome Speedway starts since 2002: Billy Decker - 50 Consecutive top 10's all events: Erick Rudolph - 10 Consecutive wins at Utica-Rome Speedway: Stewart Friesen - 2 Consecutive top 5's at Utica-Rome Speedway: Stewart Friesen - 7 Consecutive top 10's at Utica-Rome Speedway: Erick Rudolph - 23 Consecutive Thunder on the Thruway wins: Stewart Friesen - 5 Consecutive Thunder on the Thruway top 5's: Stewart Friesen - 10 Consecutive Thunder on the Thruway top 10's: Stewart Friesen - 17