Over the past few months, Austin Siegelman has emerged as the top driver at Freehold Raceway. After finishing fifth in the standings in 2019, Siegelman looked to build on his performance in 2020.
During Freehold’s summer/fall meet, Siegelman took off. He won 71 races from 331 drives in that stretch, the most of any driver by 23 wins. Perhaps his best stretch came between Nov. 27 and Dec. 4, when he won 13 races over three race days. He won at least four races eight times during the summer/fall portion of the season.
Eric Abbatiello finished second in the race, with 45 wins. Jim Marohn Jr. was third with 43 wins, followed by Vinny Ginsburg in fourth with 37.
Eric Abbatiello
Freehold, NJ - Good things have been coming in multiples recently for members of the Freehold Raceway harness racing driving colony. Eric Abbatiello won five races on the card Saturday (December 12), making this the sixth straight day a driver has won at least four races.
Abbatiello got his first winner of the day in race 3, guiding Black Dan to victory for trainer Dave Wiskow. He gave Albert a Scootin a great pocket-sitting trip in the sixth race, for trainer John Bavosi.
He got the hat trick on 20/1 shot Sword ofthe Spirit in race 10, for trainer Lewis Nunes, and completed the grand slam with front-running Natural Leda in race 11.
Good things have been coming in multiples recently for members of the Freehold Raceway driving colony. Eric Abbatiello won five races on the card Saturday (December 12), making this the sixth straight day a driver has won at least four races.
Abbatiello got his first winner of the day in Race 3, guiding Black Dan to victory for trainer Dave Wiskow. He gave Albert A Scootin a great pocket-sitting trip in the sixth race, for trainer John Bavosi. He got the hat trick on 20/1 shot Sword ofthe Spirit in Race 10 for trainer Lewis Nunes, and completed the grand slam with front-running Natural Leda in Race 11. Mike Russo was the winning trainer. Abbatiello capped his big day in the 12th race, as Brass Monkey went gate-to-wire for trainer Randy Taft.