Article: 'Jet' gets fired up; 50-year-old Hearn blows past Stewart Friesen at Ransomville Speedway.(Sports)

Byline: John Hill Contributing writer

It has been 17 years since Brett Hearn last scored a Super DIRTcar Series Big-Block Modified victory at the Niagara Frontier's Ransomville Speedway.

Despite drawing the pole position for Friday's race, the 50-year-old 'Corporate Jet,' as the seven-time Mr. DIRT national modified champion is known, still needed a dramatic

three-wide late-race maneuver in traffic to score his first tour triumph of the young season.

It was Canadian Stewart Friesen who out dragged Hearn, his front row partner during the start, before the New Jersey veteran made a daring dash down the front

straightaway to ...

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