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SEBRING, Fla. – Gresham Wagner extended his Idemitsu Mazda MX-5 Cup presented by BFGoodrich Tires Championship point lead with a win in round four at Sebring Int’l Raceway on Friday.

Once again, the Mazda MX-5 Cup field put on another fantastic show as Wagner got the better of Michael Carter in the final turn of the final lap to get his second win of the season.

Starting third, Wagner had a great start and was around polesitter Sam Paley by turn three.

Following the first of two full-course cautions, Wagner and Selin Rollan worked together to pull away from the rest of the field. Behind them, Paley and Aaron Jeansonne were battling for third at the front of the next six-car faction.

Approximately 10 minutes after the first restart, disaster struck Rollan: damage on his car punctured the right front tire. He fell back into the second pack of cars and got caught up in an incident between Jeansonne and Justin Piscitell that nearly sent him into the tires. Piscitell didn’t get off as lightly and a second full-course caution was issued to remove his car from turn 10.

“I had a lot of pressure at the start and was just trying to build a lead and get a little bit of padding to the guys behind,” Wagner said. “The yellows kind of just disrupt that momentum when you are in a groove and have built up a breakaway- it’s a bit disheartening when it all gets packed up again, especially that final caution.”

The second full-course yellow gave round three winner Rollan the time to get on pit lane and change the flat tire, but he still returned to the track at the back of the pack.

When the 45-minute race restarted for the second time, Carter was Wagner’s new dance partner out front. The pair had just five minutes to settle who would win.

“I didn’t know what to expect (on the restart) because Michael (Carter) wasn’t up there for most of the race and I knew with the restart he was going to be hungry to get up there and try to get the win,” Wagner said.

Carter waited until the final corner of the last lap to make his move, but Wagner had his number. Carter ran too wide and Wagner was able to hold the inside and speed away to the checkered flag.

“He worked well with me to make it a showdown between just us two at the end and you know, it was going be a good finish, I think regardless of whether it’s him or if I got the win– so I’m a little bit happier that it was me across the line first! But overall it was great race and I’m happy we worked so well together again,” Wagner said.

“I didn’t even try to brake that deep going into turn 17,” said Carter. “I knew what Gresham (Wagner) was going to do once I passed him. But the rear just got away from me and I just tried not to hit the wall.

“It was a good race but stressful when I got shuffled back,” said Carter. “I got punted in turn four, saved it, and brought it back out on track. I think on the restart I was 12th, so before that I was 15th – so 15th to second was still a pretty good result. Gresham drove a great race and I feel like these last two wins could have been mine, but we’ll go to St. Pete and get them there.”

After a disappointing result at Daytona, Bryan Ortiz was thrilled to complete the podium in third place. The 2019 champion navigated the perils within the second group of cars with poise and lead them across the finish line.

“I ran the new car for one race last year, and it’s not that it’s different, there are just so many good guys that have been developing and testing with this car,” Ortiz said. “We’re like a year behind on that, but we are trying to get better.

“This weekend we just had bad luck in the first race,” Ortiz said. “Today we just picked off one car at a time and stuck with it. After the yellow flag, I knew where I was stronger and where the guys ahead were stronger, so I tried to make passes as soon as possible. The last lap was a battle. We touched, but it was a clean lap. I’m happy that we were able to bring it to the podium. We were frustrated early in the weekend because we knew that we could be up front, so to have this finish was really great.”

Jeansonne, the current MX-5 Cup Shootout winner, took home his best finish of the season so far in fourth, despite extensive bodywork damage to his car from the action inside that second group of cars.

Todd Buras completed the top five.

MOORESVILLE, N.C. – Husband and wife duo Stewart and Jessica Friesen are no strangers to competing against one another on the race track.

However, next weekend at Bristol (Tenn.) Motor Speedway, they’ll take that spirit of competition to a whole new level.

The Friesens will race against one another in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, both taking part in the Pinty’s Truck Race on Dirt at the high-banked, half-mile race track.

Bristol’s usual concrete surface has been covered in 20,000 truck loads of clay for the 150-lap event. It will be the second venue that has hosted a NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race on dirt. Eldora Speedway hosted the Truck Series from 2013 to ’19.

It’s a perfect stage for the Friesens, who both cut their teeth in the Northeast racing big-block and small-block modifieds and met in the early 2000s, counting drivers meetings at New York’s Utica-Rome Speedway as early dates.

They’ll both drive Toyota Tundras for Halmar Friesen Racing at Bristol, with Stewart Friesen wheeling his usual No. 52 and Jessica Friesen taking the reins of the No. 62 in a second entry for the organization.

Though both Friesens are competitive by nature, they’re taking a “stronger together” approach into the Bristol dirt weekend, believing that both competing in the Truck Series will give the team as a whole a better chance at success.

“I think we’re taking it more as teammates than anything,” Stewart Friesen explained. “We’re not really competitive toward each other, before we get on the track at least. With the modified stuff over the last couple of years, we tried to work as teammates … and Jess has been awesome. Ever since she got back into modified racing and we’ve been able to race together, she’s been awesome. She’s a great teammate and I can bounce ideas off her and setup stuff. She’s very analytical about her car; she knows the springs and the shocks. She knows what goes into it. Having her on the same team helps a lot.”

“I’m just approaching it as just another race,” added Jessica Friesen. “There’s no pressure, I don’t think. I believe that Stewart actually puts more pressure on me racing (with) his modified team than he’s putting on me with this truck race, because we have a great crew at HFR and the equipment and the right people to get the job done. It’s just a very well-prepared organization. Some people thought it might be the opposite, but he’s actually putting a lot less pressure on me running the truck. I’m really excited about it.”

The Friesens finished first and second in a dirt modified race at Fonda (N.Y.) Speedway last summer, with Stewart besting Jessica in that Saturday-night affair.

It was one of the high points in a return to racing for Jessica Friesen, who stepped away from regular racing several years ago when the couple’s son, Parker, was born.

Diagnosed on the autistic spectrum at a young age, the now five-year-old Parker has settled into a more-regular routine over the last year, allowing Jessica Friesen to resume racing semi-regularly when her schedule – formed around the demands of a growing screen-printing business – allows her to do so.

Despite less laps on-track than her husband has, Jessica Friesen doesn’t believe she’ll be at much of a disadvantage when she straps in to compete with the stars of the Truck Series next weekend.

“The last six years have definitely made it where I don’t have the track time and don’t have the experience that I wish I did, compared to the people I’ll be racing against. But I feel like everything is prepped and I’m in a great situation, which is important,” she noted. “We have a great team, we have great equipment, and I have the best teammate on the track.”

“She’s obligated to say that,” Stewart Friesen cut in, chuckling.

“It’s going to be a huge learning experience, but I’m going to soak it up and take it in, and just learn from it to see where we stack up and what this could lead to,” Jessica Friesen added. “I’m going to get to run some modified races in Pennsylvania to try and knock a little bit of rust off and get back out there, and I think that will help, even though it’s a totally different discipline. There’s a lot going into this endeavor.”

In regard to young Parker, Jessica Friesen admitted that he “doesn’t quite get yet” what will take place next weekend, but both she and Stewart are glad that the Bristol weekend can be a family affair for them.

“He’s still very confused on that, I think,” she said. “He says, ‘No, Mom. Dad races the truck, you race the modified, and trucks don’t race on dirt, trucks race on the pavement.’ So he was just kind of getting his mind wrapped around all that. He was still, two years ago at Eldora (Speedway), a little bit young to really soak it all up and quite understand exactly what was going on.”

The Friesens will become the second husband and wife duo to compete in NASCAR, joining Elton Sawyer and Patty Moise, but the first to do so in the Truck Series. It’s a historic moment they plan to relish.

“This will be a story for our grandkids someday,” Jessica Friesen said. “No matter what happens at this race, we went and did this. We kind of went out there, had fun and hopefully it turns out well. Who knows what could happen.

“Stewart says no pressure, so I’m just going to keep having that mentality.”

The Pinty’s Truck Race on Dirt is scheduled for an 8 p.m. ET green flag on March 27, with live coverage on FS1, the Motor Racing Network and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio, channel 90.

KINGSPORT, Tenn. — Kingsport Speedway officials have announced the track’s opener has been postponed until April 2 due to setbacks caused by COVID-19.

“Some (competitors) are recovering from COVID-19 and some are simply not ready due to COVID,” said Kingsport Speedway General Manager and Promoter Karen Tunnell. “We want our fans, sponsors and teams to have a great kick off to the season.”

The track will continue to host open practice sessions every Saturday leading up to the season opener on April 2. The track can also be rented throughout the week for private testing.

Tickets for the opener on April 2 will be $12 for adults, with children 12 and under admitted free of charge.

SEBRING, Fla. – Jack Hawksworth got the points. Tim Zimmermann got the pole, then he didn’t.

The new GT Daytona qualifying format in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship debuted Friday at Sebring Int’l Raceway, setting the starting grid for Saturday’s Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring Presented by Advance Auto Parts and awarding points toward the season championship.

Under the format changed for 2021, a Silver- or Bronze-rated driver in each car participated in the first 15-minute session to determine the Motul Pole Award and grid position for the race, with the succeeding 15-minute period open for one of each car’s other drivers to battle for points.

Zimmermann, in the No. 19 GRT Grasser Racing Team Lamborghini Huracán GT3, was fastest in the first session following a back-and-forth duel with Jan Heylen. Zimmerman initially won out with a lap of 2 minutes, .010 seconds (112.190 mph) around the 3.74-mile, 17-turn Sebring circuit, but the No. 19 failed post-qualifying technical inspection and will start the race from the rear of the field. The car had a Wi-Fi hotspot installed, which is a violation of IMSA’s GTD telemetry regulations.

Therefore, Heylen’s 2:00.077 lap (112.127 mph) in the No. 16 Wright Motorsports Porsche 911 GT3R claimed the Motul Pole Award – the second straight at Sebring for Heylen. The No. 16 went on to win November’s season-ending Sebring Twelve Hour.

“That’s a nice surprise,” Heylen said when told he was the pole winner. “Well, you take these things when they come. Unfortunate for the Lambo but we’ll take it anytime. There’s no better way to start the race than from pole position. More than anything, it’s good for the morale, it’s good for everybody in the team. Really looking forward to getting the race started tomorrow.”

Heylen, whose co-drivers are Patrick Long and Trent Hindman, will be joined on the GTD front row by the No. 28 Alegra Motorsports Mercedes-AMG GT3 shared by Daniel Morad, Michael de Quesada and Billy Johnson. Morad will start the race in the No. 28 after driving in the for-position qualifying session.

When the pro drivers slid into the GTD cars for the second segment, Hawksworth quickly took control in the No. 14 Vasser Sullivan Lexus RC F GT3. The 30-year-old Brit jumped to the top of the chart early, setting his best lap of 1:59.247 (112.908 mph) midway through the session and parking the car with five minutes still on the clock.

Hawksworth was pleased to take home the maximum points available for qualifying (35).

“You’ll take every point you can get, so obviously we’re really happy with that,” said Hawksworth. “It’s a tenth of what we get for the race, so it is something. So yeah, happy with the points at the end of the day. We need ‘em. We’ll take it where we can.”

Hawksworth, Aaron Telitz and Kyle Kirkwood will drive the No. 14 Lexus in the race. Telitz will start the race from third on the 13-car GTD grid.

“It’s been a really good weekend for us so far,” Hawksworth said. “We rolled off pretty strong, the car’s been working really well, we had a really good session (in Thursday’s night practice). Just really working to preserve the tires for the duration of the stint.”

As with GTD, the GT Le Mans class qualifying resulted in a repeat pole winner. For the second straight year, Antonio Garcia guided the No. 3 Corvette Racing Chevrolet Corvette C8.R to a track record and pole position in GTLM.

Garcia’s fast lap on Friday was 1:54.910 (117.169 mph), more than a half-second better than the previous standard he’d set in November qualifying with a lap of 1:55.456. It also led a 1-2 Corvette effort on Friday, with Tommy Milner putting in the second-best GTLM lap in the No. 4 Corvette (1:54.944, 117.135 mph).

While pleased with the new record, Garcia wasn’t sure it would be possible since the new qualifying format puts GTLM cars in the same segment as the GTD points-qualifying entries.

“It’s always good to be back at Sebring and always special to do qualifying being on lighter (fuel) tanks and going for it,” Garcia said. “I really enjoy that, even though this year with the new rules we are sharing the track with the GTD category. That brings a little more excitement into the qualifying because of the gaps.

“You need to place yourself in the right position not to catch them (at the wrong time). It was very stressful. On my fast lap, I had to pass a (GTD) car into (Turn) 17, but it didn’t seem to disturb me too much. Really happy with that, 1-2 for Corvette Racing. Let’s see if we can keep that for tomorrow’s race.”

The No. 3 wasn’t able to convert the 2020 pole position into victory in November. But coming off a win in the 2021 opener, the Rolex 24 At Daytona, Garcia and co-drivers Jordan Taylor and Nicky Catsburg look to keep the momentum going on Saturday.

“Last year we were in position, as we proved setting the pole and then being up there together fighting with the BMWs and Porsches,” Garcia said. “I think we had the pace at the end, but unfortunately we couldn’t fight for it. Tomorrow, it’s just another race where we just need to focus on that, trying to win this thing. It’s going to be tough, as Sebring has always been.

“We just need to survive out there and when it comes to the last two hours, that’s game on. We have unfinished business from last year’s 12 (Hour) and let’s see if we can take home this one, too.”

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. – Kern County Raceway will play host to a bevy of the West Coast’s top super late model competitors during the sixth running of the Winter Showdown 150 on Saturday night.

The Winter Showdown will see 150 laps of competition for the super late model division, with a halfway break at lap 75. Half of the purse will be awarded at that juncture. Championship points will not be awarded until the completion of 150 laps. The leader at lap 75 will earn $5,000, with another $5,000 paid out to the leader at the end of the race, totaling a potential $10,000.

Of the 28 entries, Derek Thorn is the only previous winner of the Winter Showdown currently entered in the race. He claimed the victory in 2017. Other previous winners include Bubba Pollard, Kyle Busch and Ty Majeski.

The race was not held last year due to COVID-19 restrictions.

Preston Peltier will look for his second SPEARS SRL Southwest Tour Series victory in a row, after winning the Sunrise Ford All-Star Showdown 200 at Irwindale (Calif.) Speedway, worth $30,000.

Buddy Shepherd was the pole winner in the 2018 version of the Winter Showdown. He also ran a perfect season in the track’s NASCAR Late Model division in 2016, winning all nine feature events. He will be one to watch after commencing his SPEARS SRL Southwest Tour Series rookie effort with a fourth-place finish during the Sunrise Ford All-Star Showdown 200.

Cale Kanke will participate in his Sport Mod at the Bristol Dirt Nationals at Bristol Motor Speedway Friday night and then make his way west to Kern County Raceway Saturday morning to qualify for the Winter Showdown in his super late model. Kanke is making the effort in hopes of running the full SRL season.

Cole Moore, the 2019 series champion, will team up with Robbins-White Racing to participate in the Winter Showdown. Linny White and Cole Moore battled down to the last event of 2019, with Moore pulling out a slim 10-point victory in the championship. Moore will take the wheel of the Hamke (formerly Rowdy Manufacturing) Chassis that White drove to the runner-up finish in 2019. Moore will be a teammate to his father John Moore, who is racing with Robbins-White racing in 2021.

Single car qualifying will be followed by three eight-lap qualifying heat races to set the line-up for the feature. The top eight cars in qualifying will draw for position in their heat race, then race for their opportunity to sit on the pole for the prestigious event. The remaining cars will be split into odd and even heat races to set the remainder of the field.

Fans will be allowed to purchase a fan pass at this weekend’s event at the Kern County Raceway’s Box Office. Admission Gates will open at 11 a.m. (PST).

For those unable to attend, the event will be aired live at www.SpearsRacing.TV and on a delayed basis on MAVTV. The SPEARS Modified Series and Kern County Super Stocks are also on the racing card.

The NHL has paused the Boston Bruins after four more players entered the league's COVID-19 protocol.

Bruins games Saturday against the Buffalo Sabres and Tuesday against the New York Islanders were postponed and team facilities closed until at least Wednesday. They're the 36th and 37th games to be postponed this season for virus-related reasons.

Boston's Sean Kuraly was the team's only player on the COVID list Thursday. The Bruins played Thursday night against the Sabres, who had a staff member enter protocol.

PITTSBURGH -- The Penguins say center Evgeni Malkin is out indefinitely with a lower-body injury.

The team placed the Russian star on injured reserve Thursday, two days after Malkin appeared to hurt his right knee in a loss to the Boston Bruins.

Head coach Mike Sullivan described Malkin as "week-to-week."

Malkin was playing his best hockey of the season when he collided with Boston defenseman Jarred Tinordi late in the first period of what became a 2-1 loss to the Bruins.

"When you lose [Malkin], it's a tough loss from our standpoint for everything that he brings to our team," Sullivan said Friday. "We're certainly encouraged that we'll hopefully get him back in a timely fashion."

Malkin has eight goals and 16 assists and put together an eight-game point streak from March 2 to March 15 before getting hurt.

Evan Rodrigues filled in for Malkin on the second line in a loss to New Jersey on Thursday night. There's a chance Jared McCann, who has missed the last five games with an injury, could center the second line on Saturday in New Jersey. McCann skated with the second line in practice on Friday.

The Penguins entered Friday in third place in the highly competitive East Division.