Dustin Strand cruises to WISSOTA Modified Victory

Dustin Strand dominated the first WISSOTA Modified feature of the season at River Cities. The Grand Forks driver started on the outside of the front row and took the lead over Mark Esala on the opening circuit. Ward Imrie, who started fourth on the 22-car grid, made his way past Esala on lap eight and set his sights on Strand for the lead. 

Strand approached lapped traffic at the halfway point, but he still managed to hold a comfortable lead over Imrie. Strand went on to pick up the win over Imrie by 1.7 seconds. Dale Kraling, who started 12th, had one of the most impressive drives all night as he rounded out the podium with his IMCA-legal Modified. ​

WISSOTA Modifieds:
A Feature (20 Laps): 1. 71-Dustin Strand, [2]; 2. 10W-Ward Imrie, [4]; 3. 7-Dale Kraling, [12]; 4. 95-Mark Esala, [1]; 5. 22M-Davey Mills, [5]; 6. 39-Shawn Teunis, [3]; 7. 5G-Scott Greer, [11]; 8. 1R-Rick Delaine, [6]; 9. 48-Jerome Guyot, [9]; 10. 2-Aaron Holtan, [8]; 11. 77R-Ryan Schroeder, [19]; 12. 27-Chris Unrau, [7]; 13. E85-Jason Strand, [17]; 14. 92-Justin Bronk, [15]; 15. 36-Ryan Cousins, [10]; 16. 81-Jordan Duray, [14]; 17. 74-Dustin Wahl, [16]; 18. 29K-Ryan Kereluk, [18]; 19. 25RIP-James Wall, [20]; 20. 22-Chad Allen, [22]; 21. (DNF) 77-Brady Dyrdahl, [13]; 22. (DNF) 88-Chad Dyrdahl, [21]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 22M-Davey Mills, [2]; 2. 39-Shawn Teunis, [4]; 3. 27-Chris Unrau, [3]; 4. 36-Ryan Cousins, [5]; 5. 77-Brady Dyrdahl, [8]; 6. 74-Dustin Wahl, [6]; 7. 77R-Ryan Schroeder, [7]; 8. 88-Chad Dyrdahl, [1]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 48-Jerome Guyot, [3]; 2. 2-Aaron Holtan, [1]; 3. 1R-Rick Delaine, [6]; 4. 5G-Scott Greer, [7]; 5. 81-Jordan Duray, [5]; 6. E85-Jason Strand, [4]; 7. 25RIP-James Wall, [2]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 71-Dustin Strand, [2]; 2. 10W-Ward Imrie, [6]; 3. 95-Mark Esala, [3]; 4. 7-Dale Kraling, [5]; 5. 92-Justin Bronk, [1]; 6. 29K-Ryan Kereluk, [7]; 7. (DNF) 22-Chad Allen, [4]

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