Friesen Hopes to Bring “The Magic Mile” Truck Series Victory Back to Canada this Fall
The NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series returns to New Hampshire Motor Speedway Saturday, Sept. 20 with a playoff race.
LOUDON, N.H. – When New Hampshire Motor Speedway (NHMS) was added back to the NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series (NCTS) schedule for the first time since 2017, it immediately brought thoughts of a happy homecoming to Stewart Friesen.
The driver and co-owner of the No. 52 Toyota Tundra TRD Pro for Halmar Friesen Racing, Friesen is a native of Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario – about an eight-hour drive west of the track – and now lives only three hours away. He is well aware of the spirit New England and Canadian fans bring to tracks around the U.S. and southern Canada throughout the racing season.
“We have a lot of great race fans from Quebec, Ontario, New Brunswick,” said Friesen, who enters this weekend’s Kansas race 11th in the NCTS point standings with one top-five and three top-10s on the season. “We got to race up there last year and meet some of those people, so it’s a great melting pot for the Canadian fans to come down and get their NASCAR fix.”
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