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Friesen, Strunk & Rauscher Win Mods in the Marsh™ Qualifiers Friday at Chatham

Written
by Cody Manmiller

CHATHAM,
LA -
Stewart Friesen, Jeff Strunk and Dave Rauscher shined on Mods in the Marsh 75™
Qualifying Night, earning heat race wins on Friday at Chatham Speedway.

Friday™s
three heat races locked nine drivers into the redraw for Saturday™s Bob Hilbert
Sportswear Short Track Super Series (STSS) Fueled by Sunoco $20,000-to-win
75-lap Mods in the Marsh™ main event at Chatham.

Eric
Williams, who broke a driveshaft at Ark-La-Tex Speedway on Thursday night and
had issues with his trailer earlier this week, came from last in his heat to
finish third and then drew the pole for the Mods in the Marsh 75™ on Saturday.

œFinally,
my luck is starting to turn around,? Williams said after the redraw. œThis week
has been rough, but maybe we can turn this around tomorrow night.?

Matt
Sheppard will join Williams on the front row on Saturday as the Savannah, N.Y.
driver looks to add $20,000 to the $9,000 that he™s already won during the
historic œCajun Swing? thanks to a two-race sweep at Ark-La-Tex Speedway in
Vivian, La., on Wednesday and Thursday.

Strunk
and Mike Gular, teammates under the Terry Fasnacht umbrella, will share the
second row on Saturday night. Gular drove from sixth to second in his heat
race.

œWe™ve
been decent, just not fast enough to win this week,? Strunk said. œWe™ll
hopefully get it going better tomorrow.?

Gular
shared the same sentiment during the redraw.

œI
got lucky on the start, but we were not too good tonight,? said Gular. œWe™re
hoping to find something in this practice (later tonight) for tomorrow.?

A
pair of consistent racers, John Willman and Derrick McGrew Jr., start fifth and
sixth, respectively, on Saturday. Both drivers advanced to the redraw from the
second heat as Willman secured second with McGrew in third.

œThis
little motor is doing pretty good on these small tracks,? Willman explained.
œWe just have to get the car a little better.?

Dave
Rauscher made the redraw for the first time this week and will start seventh on
Saturday, next to Tyler Siri, who competed for the first time this week,
maneuvering from the back to third in his heat. Rounding out the redrawing
drivers is Friesen.

A
practice session was held for the STSS Modifieds later in the program and Siri
was the fastest of all drivers with a lap of 14.044 seconds.

All
weekly Chatham Speedway divisions also participated in Friday™s program leading
up to the $20,000-to-win event on Saturday.

The Cajun
Swing™ finale takes place Saturday (Nov. 14) with the STSS 75-lap Mods in the
Marsh™ $20,000 event plus all weekly Chatham Speedway divisions. Hot laps hit
the track at 6 p.m., with racing at 7 p.m. All events will be
broadcast live on Dirt Track Digest TV (www.dirttrackdigest.tv).

Chatham Speedway is located at
14325 Highway 4 Chatham, LA 71226. The speedway website is www.chathamspeedway.com and
promoter Jerry Hobson can be reached by phone at 318.381.7972.

To
learn more about the Short Track Super Series Fueled By Sunoco, visit www.shorttracksuperseries.com,
e-mail bdmotorsportsmedia@gmail.com,  check
out Short Track Super Series™ on Facebook or @ShortTrackSS on Twitter or
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The Short Track Super Series is presented by American Racer/Lias Tire, Sunoco Race Fuel, Insinger Performance, Bob Hilbert Sportswear, Halmar International, Velocita-USA, Design for Vision/Sunglass Central, Rob Sherlock Roofing, ATL Racing Fuel Cells, Behrent™s Performance Warehouse, Beyea Custom Headers, Bicknell Racing Products, Dirt Track Digest, EIBACH Springs, Escape RV, Fast Axle, Fox Racing Shocks, Henry™s Exhaust, Hig Fab, HyperCo, Kirkey Racing Fabrication, Land Hoe Maintenance, K&N, MJK Home Maintenance, Precision Hydraulic & Oil, QA1, Racing Optics, Superior Remodeling, Teo-Pro Car, VAHLCO, Velocita, WELD Racing & Wilwood.

CAJUN SWING™ RACE SUMMARY CHATHAM SPEEDWAY NOVEMBER 13, 2020

Bob Hilbert Sportswear
Short Track Super Series Fueled By Sunoco Modified Heat Race No. 1: Stewart
Friesen, Matt Sheppard, Tyler Siri, Jeff Heotzler, Caleb Dillard, Korey Keimig,
Joe Boswell, Jimmy McCommas.

Bob Hilbert Sportswear
Short Track Super Series Fueled By Sunoco Modified Heat Race No. 2: Jeff
Strunk, John Willman, Derrick McGrew Jr., Jack Lehner, Shane Hebert, Tommy
Hall, David Forbis.

Bob Hilbert Sportswear
Short Track Super Series Fueled By Sunoco Modified Heat Race No. 3: Dave
Rauscher, Mike Gular, Eric Williams, Brother Fowlkes, James Griffin, Tommy
Rascoe, Greg Dillard.

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