Just a few weeks ago at Rockingham, Stewart Friesen stood stunned and battered, both mentally and physically. He’d just climbed out of his damaged truck after a late-race crash. His voice cracked, not just from exhaustion but from heartbreak, as Rajah Caruth spun in front of him, marking yet another DNF for him. “ I’ll tell you, the last two weeks, we’ve had really fast trucks but it really makes me question if all these headaches are even freaking worth it anymore ,” he told the broadcaster.

His season had been a mess of missed chances and mechanical misery. Atlanta brought him to the brink of victory, only to see Kyle Busch edge him out in a photo finish. In race after race, luck failed him. In qualifying at Rockingham, he hit the wall. The team patched the truck, only for a late-race

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