Stewart Friesen Tag

By David Morgan, NASCAR Editor Driving for the underdog Halmar Friesen Racing team, Stewart Friesen, a dirt racing specialist, had the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race at Eldora Speedway circled on the calendar as one race that his team could pull off the upset and score his first win. After Wednesday night’s Eldora Dirt Derby, the Truck Series field certainly knew that Friesen was there. Friesen kicked off the day by scoring the pole for the race and then going out and backing it up by winning his qualifyingRead More

By Seth Eggert, NASCAR Writer For this week’s edition of Climbing the Ladder, we sat down with Stewart Friesen. Friesen is a 33-year-old NASCAR Camping World Truck Series driver that drives the No. 52 Halmar International Chevrolet Silverado in the Truck Series and the No. 44 Halmar International Modified in the Super DIRTcar Series for Halmar-Friesen Racing. Friesen is competing for the 2017 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series as well as Rookie of the Year honors and in the Super DIRTcar Series. Seth Eggert: How did you become interested inRead More

By Seth Eggert, NASCAR Writer Chris Larsen and Stewart Friesen have announced that they will campaign the full 2017 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series season, as well as the formation of Halmar Friesen Racing. Friesen will pilot the No. 52 Chevrolet Silverado, with Halmar International as the primary sponsor. Veteran NASCAR owner and crew chief, Tommy Baldwin Jr., will handle the day-to-day operations of the new team. Baldwin said he was “proud of the partnership” on social media. In 2016, Friesen made his NCWTS debut at Eldora Speedway where heRead More

By Seth Eggert, NASCAR Writer 2016 has been a year of firsts for dirt racing standout Stewart Friesen. The Dirt Modified and Sprint Car standout made his NASCAR Camping World Truck Series debut at Eldora Speedway earlier this year. In the second heat race, Friesen started second and finished third. Friesen started the main event in 12th. After a multi-truck crash late in the race, Friesen ended up 28th. Friesen, a 33-year-old native of Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, Canada, also made his pavement-racing debut in the No. 16 Halmar International Chevrolet SilveradoRead More