Daytona to Dirt: Stewart Friesen Bags Fonda 200 Crown Jewel, David Stremme Takes Clinton County
Race season has begun to slow down across the country, but plenty of NASCAR’s alumni found time to hit the dirt this past weekend.
Race season has begun to slow down across the country, but plenty of NASCAR’s alumni found time to hit the dirt this past weekend.
The Southern 500 may no longer mark NASCAR’s throwback weekend, but that didn’t stop many of its veterans from tackling red clay over the last week.
Daytona to Dirt saw NASCAR’s dirt ringers out and about in the open-wheel ranks as the Cup Series ran on a bastardized version of open wheel’s holy land.
Drivers being released midseason isn’t as common as it once was. But it’s still happened in the past decade-and-a-half.
NASCAR saw its dirt representation spread from sea to shining sea, with current and former pavement competitors making noise in a good and bad way.
NASCAR’s trip to the West Coast over the weekend reduced its representation on the dirt tracks, but it didn’t stop former regulars from grabbing more hardware.
Stewart Friesen had to pass wife Jessica and others to score a modified win at Fonda Speedway over the weekend.
NASCAR’s busiest dirt racer this weekend was unsurprisingly Cup Series regular Kyle Larson, and he made noise in more ways that one.
NASCAR’s presence on the dirt proliferated this weekend with drivers taking advantage of Talladega Short Track being across the street.
Cup Series regular Justin Haley grabbed three feature wins this week at Volusia, leading a pack of NASCAR drivers that took part in Speedweeks action.
Justin Haley started from the pole and lost the lead early, but retook it by lap 6 of his feature and was never again challenged.
The A-Main: Devin Moran pounced when polesitter Ricky Weiss‘s handling started to fade with nine laps to go in Sunday’s rain-delayed Bristol Bash finale, prevailing on a lap 33 restart to win the $25,000 World of Outlaws late model feature. Moran joined Kyle Strickler as only the second repeat winner on the tour so far …
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