Friesen Wins Battle; Ward Takes the War

The RoC Dirt Tour had their season finale pushed back one day (Mahoning Valley and Bridgeport also had their races rained out Saturday) to Sunday afternoon. Stewart Friesen took the lead around the 1/2 point in the 100 lap Southern Tier 100 feature event for the big block modifieds, and proceeded to dominate the second half of the event, to collect the $6,555 win. Danny Johnson picked up a ride in Joey Grammes' second modified, and drove it to a second place finish, Tim McCreadie, Joey Grammes, and Pat Ward rounded out the top 5. Brett Hearn faded late in the race, as he fell back to 8th in the final finishing order, it allowed Pat Ward to secure his second RoC Dirt Tour title in as many years, giving him his 3rd championship of 2009, he also picked up the Florida Dirt Tour Title back in February, and won the Utica Rome Speedway track championship.