
Jared Fryar has always been the pillar of consistency and it once again has him nearing a CARS Tour championship.
The 2018 Super Late Model champion and 2019 Super Late Model runner-up returned to full-time Late Model Stock competition and has been the championship leader in this strange season since the fourth race of the season at Hickory Motor Speedway.
The 26-year-old finished 13th in the season opener on March 7 at Southern National Motorsports Park but has been a top-five machine in the races since with finishes of 3, 4, 2, 6, 1, 3 and 3 in his subsequent starts.
That’s what won him his Super Late Model championship, not that Fryar is counting championships, because he’s focused on winning races first and foremost.
With that said, does he enjoy championship racing?
“Yes and no,” Fryar told Short Track Scene on Friday night after practice. “At the end of the day, winning races is the most important thing, and if you can make your car fast enough to win races in a series, that’s how you put together a championship.
“That’s how you just put together good finishes, staying out of trouble and not forcing the issue and crashing the car, and being able to build on what you learn every time out. Sometimes, it works out and sometimes it’s checkers or wreckers.”
And again, that consistency is something the third-generation racing Fryar feels is the most important part of his game.
“That’s just the way I grew up racing,” Fryar said. “It’s the way I was taught to race and valuing the cars I drive, that’s the way I am.”
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That approach has him seven points up on fellow legacy driver Layne Riggs with two races remaining – Saturday nigh at Florence Motor Speedway and Oct. 24 at Greenville-Pickens Speedway.
Fryar has never raced Florence but compared it to a flatter version of Mobile International Speedway in Alabama.
“It’s the only other track I’ve known not to have walls all the way around it,” he said.
He’s still looking for the right feel given that he’s never raced at the track before. He finished final practice in 15th but wasn’t reading too much into the number.
“We’re pretty good, but we could be better,” he said. “Just trying to work on our drive off. It’s harder when you’ve never been to a track to know what the right feel is. Every track has its own unique characteristics and that’s what we’re trying to figure out right now.”
Based on the track record, you can expect the Sterling Building Group No. 14 to be near the front on Saturday night in the Aaron’s 250 at Florence. That event is a Late Model Stock – Super Late Model doubleheader that begins a 7:00 p.m. ET and will air on CARSTour.tv.
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Matt Weaver is the owner and founder of Short Track Scene. Weaver grew up in the sport, having raced himself before becoming a reporter in college at the University of South Alabama. He also has extensive experience covering NASCAR, IndyCar and Dirt Sprint Cars.


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