This Week In AARN // December 9th, 2014

CELEBRATING AFTER SUCCESSFUL SEASONS were NASCAR Sprint Cup champion Keven Harvick (top left, Photo by Jared C. Tilton/NASCAR via Getty Images), who enjoyed the legendary Las Vegas Strip before Friday’s banquet; North East Midget Association title holders (left, Photo by Norm Marx) Randy Cabral (left, Midgets) and Ryan Krachun (right, NEMA Lites); and Stewart Friesen, named as recipient of the Eastern Motorsport Press Association (EMPA) Richie Evans Memorial Northeast Driver of the Year award. Along with being in victory lane at Super DIRT Week 2014 (above, Photo by Chris Budihas) for the third time, Friesen won over 25 features between the dirt Modified and Sprint Car divisions. That included major wins in Modified events such as Grandview (Pa.) Speedway’s Freedom 76 and the Friends of Mike race at N.J.’s Bridgeport; plus the Cole Cup 360 Sprint Car feature at N.Y.’s Utica-Rome.

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