It’s been just over a week since Stewart Friesen was released from the hospital and began his journey toward recovery, after an accident that came dangerously close to claiming his life. The wreck occurred on July 28 at Autodrome Drummond in Quebec, when Friesen’s Big Block Dirt Modified car rocketed over the cushion exiting the backstretch, flipped multiple times, burst into flames, and was brutally struck by another car as it came to rest. Against all odds, Friesen was found alert and responsive at the scene, later moved to a trauma center in New York, and underwent lengthy surgery on July 31. And just days after coming back home, Friesen has already made a bold decision for himself.
With a win at Michigan earlier in the season already provisioning his spot in the Truck Series Playoffs,