Stewart J. Friesen (born July 25, 1983) is a Canadian-American professional dirt track and stock car racing driver.
52 Toyota Tundra for his own team, Halmar Friesen Racing, and part-time at local dirt tracks across New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and elsewhere in the United States, driving the No.
Friesen started racing early in life, his family owning Ransomville Speedway in Western New York.
[9] Eventually, he met Chris Larsen, who gave Friesen his first NASCAR ride at Eldora Speedway, which was supposed to be a one-time deal.
[15][16] In June, following the first seven races of the season, HFR announced it would undergo a two-week hiatus before returning at Kentucky Speedway in July.
[17] At Eldora, Friesen qualified on the pole position and remained in the place for the start of the feature after winning his heat race.
[19] About a month after Eldora run, the team took another two-race break while severing its relationship with Baldwin and making a new technical alliance with GMS Racing.
[20] After returning to competition, Friesen scored four finishes of seventh or better in the season's last six races, climbing to fourteenth in the season-ending points tally.
[23] On August 1, 2019, Friesen won his first career NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series race at Eldora.
[24] On November 8, Friesen achieved his second career victory and his first on a paved track by winning at Phoenix after passing Brandon Jones with four laps remaining.
On May 20, 2022, Friesen broke a 54-race winless streak in the Truck Series by scoring his third career victory at Texas after passing Christian Eckes for the lead in Overtime.
[4] Friesen and his wife also run a t-shirt printing business (One-Zee Tees), which was originally a fallback plan in case racing did not work out.