Stewart Friesen won the 50 lap Short Track Super Series North Hard Clay Finale at the Orange County Fair Speedway on Thursday. This was Stewart's Twentieth win of the season, first at Orange County Fair Speedway this year, and third Short Track Super Series North win of the season. For the 41 year old Friesen it was their Twentieth win putting him ninth on the Orange County Fair Speedway win list since 1996. Finishing 5.3940 seconds behind in second was Matt Sheppard. This was Matt's sixty-first Top 5 of the season, first at Orange County Fair Speedway this year, and tenth Short Track Super Series North Top 5 of the season. Finishing third was Anthony Perrego, their thirty-third top 5 of the year. Finishing fourth was Billy Pauch Jr., their twenty-fouth top 5 of the year. Finishing fifth was Alex Yankowski, their thirty-ninth top 5 of the year. Jack Lehner, Danny Bouc, Dillon Steuer, Brian Calabrese, and Marc Johnson rounded out the top 10.
Significant Milestones and StreaksAll event starts since 1996: Dan Creeden - 900 Orange County Fair Speedway top 10's since 1996: Matt Sheppard - 75 Consecutive wins at Orange County Fair Speedway: Stewart Friesen - 2 Consecutive top 5's at Orange County Fair Speedway: Anthony Perrego - 5 Consecutive Short Track Super Series North top 5's: Matt Sheppard - 7