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When Super DIRT Week 52 concluded at Oswego Speedway, Pete Stefanski added to his impressive DIRTcar Pro Stock Series resume.<\/p>\n

The North Tonawanda, NY driver secured his first Series title in 15 years and fifth overall, cementing him as the most successful driver in the Series\u2019 30-year history.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt means a lot,\u201d Stefanski said. \u201cTo have that type of success in such a hard class, it means a lot to me.\u201d<\/p>\n

The 2024 DIRTcar Pro Stock Series championship battle came down to the DIRTcar Pro Stock 50<\/em> at Super DIRT Week. Stefanski entered with a 16-point lead over Beau Ballard. But despite Ballard winning three of the final four Series features, Stefanski\u2019s consistency was enough to win by eight points.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a battle that Stefanski said he knew would be close based on the number of races on the schedule.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s tough when you have a short series because you can\u2019t get away from anyone in points,\u201d Stefanski said. \u201cWhen we had the 18 races in a Series, when someone has a bad race, and you have a good one, you could get away in the points a little bit. But having such a short Series it\u2019s tough to do that, so it\u2019s a little bit tougher.\u201d<\/p>\n

Stefanski\u2019s points lead entering Super DIRT Week forced him to take a different approach to the DIRTcar Pro Stock 50<\/em>. While he still aimed for Victory Lane, he said it wasn\u2019t his primary focus.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe were better at Oswego than we showed,\u201d Stefanski said. \u201cBut we just kind of watched what Beau did and knew we couldn\u2019t get too far away. It was hard for me to not go for the win, but you have to think big picture sometimes.<\/p>\n

\u201cCould we have won it? I don\u2019t know. But were we better than what I showed? Absolutely. Sometimes you have to think of what you\u2019re there for compared to the big end result.\u201d<\/p>\n

Despite a fifth championship on his resume, Super DIRT Week won\u2019t be the final race for Stefanski in 2024. He\u2019ll return to The Dirt Track at Charlotte for the World Short Track Championship<\/em><\/a> Oct. 31-Nov. 2 \u2013 a track he\u2019s won at in each of the last two seasons.<\/p>\n

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Pete Stefanski celebrates World Short Track Championship Victory in 2023\/Chris Dolack<\/p><\/div>\n

It\u2019s an event he said he finds challenging, with more than 500 cars expected throughout 10 divisions.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a little deceiving of what the track\u2019s going to do,\u201d Stefanski said. \u201cThere\u2019s a lot of race cars there that weekend. So, when you race one point to the next, it\u2019s quite different. It\u2019s hard to know what you\u2019re going to race on for the cars they have down there for that weekend. But we\u2019ve been very fortunate to have success down there.\u201d<\/p>\n

He said he\u2019s also excited about the World Short Track Championship\u2019s<\/em> growth for the Pro Stocks. Stefanski outdueled 30 other drivers to win on the event\u2019s championship Saturday, as part of a unique three-day format.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was great to see all of the guys come last year and to have an incredible car count,\u201d Stefanski said. \u201cI\u2019m hoping for it again this year. You got to take the good with the bad and I think we\u2019re heading in the right direction. And with the format they have for all of us, I think it\u2019s definitely a bonus.\u201d<\/p>\n

Stefanski returns to action as the reigning DIRTcar Pro Stock Series champion at The Dirt Track at Charlotte in Concord, NC, Oct. 31-Nov. 2. For tickets, CLICK HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n

If you can\u2019t make it to the track, you can watch all of the action on\u00a0DIRTVision, either online or with the DIRTVision app.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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