Strand Scores Runner-up Finish at Stock Car Stampede

East Grand Forks, Minn. (Sept. 24, 2024) - Dustin Strand's 50th race of the 2024 season produced another solid result last Saturday night as the former Jamestown Speedway Stock Car Stampede Champion finished as the runner-up in the 53rd running of one of the longest running 'Crown Jewels' in the Upper Midwest.

​Strand's quest for another Stampede Championship began Friday night in his heat race. A tough draw gave him the seventh starting spot in his heat race. Strand, however, passed five cars in that race to finish second and earn a spot in the dash where he also finished second.

Starting third in the 30-lap feature on Saturday night, Strand took second at the drop of the green from Brody Troftgruben but entered into a battle to keep the runner-up spot from Mike Greseth shortly thereafter.

The men that have won the last four NLRA series titles, swapped second and third for the first time on the eighth lap but it was Strand that took second back for good five laps later.

Following the final caution for a pileup at the bottom of turn four with ten laps remaining, Strand kept pace with race-long leader Ryan Mikkelson in the first couple laps once the race resumed.
Strand held the second spot in the closing laps to come home as the Stampede runner-up, his 30th top five in 38 Late Model starts in 2024.

As the season as a whole winds down in our area, Strand's incredible 2024 has now hit the 50-race mark. In those 50 races between both the Late Model and the Modified, Strand has 21 wins, 39 top fives, and 41 top tens which includes his first six races that started his season at Central Arizona Raceway in January.

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2024 Stats (Late Model):
Races: 38
Wins: 18
Top 5’s: 30
Top 10’s: 32

2023 Stats (Modified):
Races: 10
Wins: 3
Top 5’s: 8
Top 10’s: 8