Stewart Friesen had one thing say Monday night after winning a race in Quebec for the first time with the Super DIRTcar Series: “O Canada, it’s about time!”

The NASCAR Camping World Truck Series and Canadian survived an attrition-filled 100 laps to score his 29th SDS career victory and fourth of the 2018 season, this time coming at Autodrome Granby in Granby, Quebec, as the series kicked off a two-event swing in the province.

After starting in a field of 36 Big-Block Modifieds, Friesen was locked in a two-car battle with “Super” Matt Sheppard through 96 laps. Sheppard, the overall points leader, entered the night with three SDS wins at Granby in the past five seasons and looked poised for victory No. 4 until Friesen passed the pole-sitter on lap 68 and led the remainder of the race.

The victory was Friesen’s second straight with the Super DIRTcar Series after also winning last Thursday at Orange County Fair Speedway in Middletown, NY.

“What a tough race,” Friesen said. “We were awful at the beginning and made a bunch of adjustments inside the car to keep up with it. … Finally, to win one here in front of all the Canadian fans, it feels so good.”

Sheppard was running second on lap 96 when a flat right rear tire forced him back into the middle of the pack and brought out a caution—a common theme for the night. Altogether, the race drew 14 caution flags over 100 laps, with 13 being caused by flat right rear tires.

Sheppard was able to work his No. 9s car back through the field for an eighth-place finish. Meanwhile, Jimmy Phelps and Erick Rudolph surged ahead to secure their places on the podium in second and third place, respectively.

So excited to get this Super DIRTcar Series win at Grandby in Canada ?? !! I have to really thank all my fans for their tremendous support and Halmar International for giving me the opportunity to compete in all of these races! @halmarracing @NASCAR_Trucks @NASCARONFOX pic.twitter.com/zwRFB3rbnT

— Stewart Friesen (@StewartFriesen) July 24, 2018

“It took us a long time to get to be a third-place car,” Phelps said. “The track needed to slow a little bit and the guys who were up front needed to slow a little bit. … Fortunately, we caught a couple restarts there late. We got some track position back. It would have been nice to be a little better on the last run there—maybe we could’ve given Stew a shot. But we’ll take second.”

After walking away from a scary airborne crash last Thursday, Danny Johnson watched as his hood scoop was blown off of his No. 5s ride on lap 51 on Monday. However, he rallied to finish fourth overall. Brett Hearn rounded out the top five after starting 11th in the field.

Coming off a second straight podium finish, Rudolph will look to stay in contention Tuesday night as the series heads one hour north to Autodrome Drummond. Altogether, the 26-year-old native of Ransomville, NY, has two SDS wins under his belt in his career, with both coming in Canada.

“For three-quarters of the race, I felt like I didn’t have a very racy car but it came alive a little bit at the end and it looked like tonight survival was important too,” Rudolph said. “We were able to hang in there and keep her in one piece and gain a couple spots at the end and put her on the podium.”

From Super DIRTcar Series Timing & Scoring pic.twitter.com/oDUDu2ybzq

— Super DIRTcar Series (@SuperDIRTcar) July 24, 2018