Newsmaker of the Week // Stewart and Jessica Zemken Friesen

Wed on Thursday, win on Saturday.
That was the story for short track racing’s ‘power couple’ Stewart and Jessica Zemken Friesen at Utica Rome (NY) Speedway after the ‘just married’ husband and wife finished first and second in the rich Cole Cup for 360 Sprint Cars.
Stewart led all the way but Jessica was the showstopper, passing Steve Poirier off the final turn on the last lap to complete the improbable one-two finish.
It is entirely possible that a husband and wife had never before finished first and second in a race of significance.
But that was before Stewie and Jess tied the knot.
Newlyweds in Victory Lane. That’s a Newsmaker!