Been Long Enough: Dustin Daggett Breaks Nearly Two Year Winless Streak; Dominates I-96 Speedway

Lake Odessa, MI - There are drivers that you just expect to win. When they’re on the race track, you know they can, and they should, get the job done. Portland, Michigan native, Dustin Daggett, is no exception. In a career that has spanned nearly a quarter of a century, Daggett has won in every season he’s raced in, except one: 2025. His stats last year were great, 27 races with the Great Lakes Super Sprints Presented by PERFIT & ARP (GLSS), and 21 top five finishes, including countless runner-up finishes.

Friday night at I-96 Speedway, fans were in attendance for a classic “Double D” performance around the high-speed 4/10ths mile in West Michigan. Rolling off on the outside of the front row with Chase Dunham, Daggett secured the lead at the exit of turn two, and made it clear he had a rocketship of a race car. 

At one point, Daggett opened up a nearly two-second advantage over Dunham, including while working through lapped traffic. A caution at the halfway point of the race put everyone on the edge of their seats. Dunham took a swipe to the inside of Daggett on the restart, but never could officially take the lead away from the 2018 GLSS Champion.

With five laps to go, Daggett’s car clearly changed as his pace fell off. Dunham and third-place-running Scott Bogucki were tracking Daggett down. It was clear Daggett was going to need to earn his win on Friday night. That was, until Bogucki threw a tight slider on Dunham at the exit of turn four. The move cost both drivers their momentum and allowed Daggett to pull away with the win.

“It’s been long enough,” Dagget said in Victory Lane. “I’ve really got to thank my Grandpa, he does everything on these cars; he does all the maintenance, he does a ton of stuff. Everybody that touches this car, they do a hell of a job. The car started to get pretty tight on me there at the end.”“Last year was the first year I didn’t win a feature,” Daggett said when asked if this was the toughest stretch of his career. “A lot of second places, but in my book that’s just the first loser. Had a lot of those last year, but a good start this year.”

Bogucki held on to second, Max Stambaugh worked his way to third, with Brad Lamberson getting around Dunham late to finish out the top five. 

A Feature 1 (25 Laps): 1. 85-Dustin Daggett[2]; 2. 51-Scott Bogucki[6]; 3. 71H-Max Stambaugh[3]; 4. 27-Brad Lamberson[5]; 5. 66-Chase Dunham[1]; 6. 23-Devon Dobie[7]; 7. 31-Jac Nickles[11]; 8. 49T-Gregg Dalman[10]; 9. 12-Corbin Gurley[13]; 10. 38-Chase Ridenour[4]; 11. 77X-Alex Hill[9]; 12. 16-Ryan Ruhl[14]; 13. 42-Boston Mead[12]; 14. 7C-Phil Gressman[18]; 15. 13-Van Gurley Jr[17]; 16. 20I-Kelsey Ivy[16]; 17. 13T-Andy Teunessen[20]; 18. 27K-Zac Broughman[19]; 19. 19-Jett Mann[15]; 20. 17-Jared Horstman[8] 

Chase Dunham was the Ti22 Performance Fast Qualifier

Scott Bogucki won Engler Machine & Tool Heat Race 1.

Dustin Daggett won Beacon & Bridge Markets Heat Race 2.

Chase Ridenour won Miami Paint Heat Race 3.

Kelsey Ivy won the Miami Paint B-Main.

Scott Bogucki was the Operating Engineers 324 Hard Charger (+4).