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<\/p>\nStewart Friesen has opened up on his hopes for a return to NASCAR after a dirt late model race crash kept him out of the Craftsman Truck Series Playoffs.<\/p>\n
Friesen was competing in a Super DIRTcar Series race at Autodrome Drummond in Canada when his No. 44 car crashed into the retaining wall, causing the car to flip and barrel-roll over the barrier before bursting into flames. He underwent surgery after suffering fractures to his pelvis and right leg.<\/p>\n
Friesen’s wife, Jessica, shared an update on social media at the time.<\/p>\n
“As most of you know by now, Stewart was involved in a multi-car accident at Autodrome Drummond in Quebec, Canada last night. CT scans have come back clear of any head, neck, or spine injuries. Unfortunately, he is still in a tremendous amount of pain.<\/p>\n
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“Stewart has suffered an unstable\/open-book pelvic fracture, meaning his pelvis is broken in two or more places, with a large hematoma on the area. Stewart also has a fractured right leg. Both of these injuries will require surgery. Stewart was transferred to a larger hospital this morning for these procedures.”<\/p>\n
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Although he has been replaced by Kaden Honeycutt for the remainder of the Craftsman Truck Series season, Friesen is aiming to race at Daytona in 2026.<\/p>\n
“That’s the goal we set right away,” Friesen told FOX Sports’ Bob Pockrass when asked about Daytona 2026. “You know, if I could get a little bit more mobility and range of motion back in this right foot, I’d like to be back, in at least a dirt car, maybe for World Finals.<\/p>\n
“But I think that’s super wishful thinking and if my wife was here, she’d be punching me. But I can say that without her being here.<\/p>\n
“So, that’s the goal. We’re going to work as hard as we can… It’s been something we couldn’t do by ourself. My wife has been awesome, Jess has been a superhero through all of this. And you know, we’re just going to work as hard as we can.”<\/p>\n
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The 42-year-old driver, who has accumulated four race wins, 91 top-10 finishes, and four pole positions in his 10-year Truck Series career so far, also admitted that retirement may be an option.<\/p>\n
“That’s…that’s, yeah. That’s something that’s crossed my mind,” Friesen admitted. “But I don’t know yet. We’ll see how I feel in a month, two months, whatever. Try not to think about that too much.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Stewart Friesen has opened up on his hopes for a return to NASCAR after a dirt late model…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":156529,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[446],"tags":[49,48,634,582,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-156528","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nascar","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-nascar","11":"tag-racing","12":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156528","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=156528"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156528\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/156529"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=156528"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=156528"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=156528"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}