Stran Smith
What a fantastic end to 2008 NFR: Stran can celebrate his win as 2008's Tie Down Roping World Champion!
Tie-down roper and team roper (header), Stran Smith ranked in the top 5 in world standings in 2007. He has 6 competition wins under his belt so far in 2008. Highlights over the last 5 years include:
2008 - Won the Star of Texas Fair & Rodeo (Austin); Won the San Angelo (Texas) Stock Show & Rodeo Won the Red Bluff (Calif.) Roundup; Won the California Rodeo Salinas; Won the New Mexico Stampede (Rio Rancho); Won the Norco (Calif.) Mounted Posse Rodeo
2007 - Won Round 2 at the Wrangler NFR after an 8.0-second run, then claimed the title in Round 9 with a time of 7.2 seconds. Placed in six of the rodeo’s 10 rounds. Won the Livermore (Calif.) Rodeo; the Spanish Fork (Utah) Fiesta Days Rodeo and the Deadwood (S.D.) Days of '76 Rodeo. Co-champion at the Cache County Fair & (Logan, Utah) and at the Rowell Ranch Rodeo (Hayward, Calif.)
2006 - Underwent shoulder surgery in November and was sidelined until May 2007. Won the Industry (Calif.) Hills Charity Pro Rodeo; Barstow (Calif.) Rodeo Stampede; Poway (Calif.) Rodeo; Kitsap County Fair & Stampede (Bremerton, Wash.); XIT Rodeo & Reunion (Dalhart, Texas) and the Oakdale (Calif.) Rodeo. Won Wrangler ProRodeo Tour Round at La Fiesta de los Vaqueros (Tucson, Ariz.)
2005 - Won the all-around title at the La Fiesta de los Vaqueros (Tucson, Ariz.); co-champion in tie-down roping at the Spokane (Wash.) Interstate Fair and Rodeo; won tie-down roping titles at Kansas Biggest Rodeo (Phillipsburg, Kan.), the Dinosaur Roundup Rodeo (Vernal, Utah) and the World's Oldest Rodeo Prescott (Ariz.) Frontier Days; won the Wrangler ProRodeo Tour Round and average title at the Caldwell (Idaho) Night Rodeo, La Fiesta de los Vaqueros (Tucson, Ariz.) and the Guymon (Okla.) Pioneer Days Rodeo; was co-champion at the St. Paul (Ore.) Rodeo; placed 10th in the tie-down roping at the Wrangler NFR with $64,111; finished the year fourth in the world with $160,341
2004 - Finished just $1,778 behind world champion Monty Lewis with $182,918 and was second in the all-around with $192,696; won Black Hills Stock Show and Rodeo (Rapid City, S.D.), Greeley (Colo.) Rocky Mountain Stampede, Deadwood (S.D.) Days of'76 Rodeo and Red Bluff (Calif.); tied for first in the Tour round at Laughlin (Nev.) River Stampede; won (with Clint Robinson) team roping title at Clark County Fair & Rodeo (Logandale, Nev.); won the all-around title at Gladewater (Texas) Round-up; finalist at Pace Chute-out (Las Vegas); placed in six out of 10 rounds at the Wrangler NFR, winning Round 4 with a 7.4-second run, Round 7 with a 7.2 and Round 10 with a 7.2. Finished 13th in the Wrangler NFR average picking up $65,070
2003 - Won Deadwood (S.D.) Days of '76 Rodeo and was the co-champion at the Southwest Exposition & Livestock Show (Fort Worth, Texas); finished 18th in the world standings with $42,474
2008 Wrangler NFR images courtesy of PRCA/Mike Cooperman and Dan Hubbell.
Video from 2007 Wrangler NFR courtesy of PRCA/RodeoUp.
