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Inside Line Promotions – BRANDON, S.D. (May 25, 2026) – Michael “Buddy” Kofoid and Trevor Tesch scored victories on Monday night at Huset’s Speedway during the Stars & Stripes Salute presented by Folkens Brothers Trucking.

Kofoid, who started seventh, took the lead on Lap 13 and pulled away to win by 3.766 seconds during the $20,000-to-win World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series event. He capped the dominating performance by walking onto the frontstretch and delivering a bow to the crowd in honor of the well-known celebration by Kyle Busch – the NASCAR star who unexpectedly passed away last Thursday.

“I feel like our car just continues to get better and better as the race goes on,” Kofoid said. “I kind of gravitated toward the bottom those first few laps. I could see the top come in way quicker than I actually anticipated. I knew I needed to get up right away. Once I got settled into third just knew I needed to make laps, just consistent laps. My car is notoriously good in dirty air and relatively unaffected. I didn’t want yellows; I just wanted traffic. I knew I could race really well in it. The opportunity arose.”

The performance marked Kofoid’s third straight triumph at the track and his sixth career World of Outlaws win at Huset’s Speedway. Those half-dozen victories are in the last 17 World of Outlaws races dating back to June 23, 2022. Kofoid has captured four of the last five and five of the last seven World of Outlaws races at the high-banked oval.

“I get excited to race no matter what,” he said. “Coming to a place like this I feel like just elevates my love for sprint car racing. It’s hard to not be excited when you have a car that drives that nice and that can come I feel from most anywhere and have a chance. As a driver, you can’t ask for anything else.”

The main event was slowed for a caution on Lap 3 followed by a red flag during the restart. The final 33 laps of the race were non-stop with Kofoid pulling away from a great battle behind him between Sheldon Haudenschild and Aaron Reutzel for the runner-up position.

“Buddy did a great job in traffic and me and Reutzel struggled once we got to the back of the field there,” Haudenschild said after a second-place outing. “We had a great car all night. Fast all night. Not much more you could ask for. I needed to get through traffic a little better.”

Reutzel, who led the first 12 laps, rounded out the podium.

“I was just way too good early,” he said. “I knew we were in trouble the first five laps. I knew once the fuel load came off and the track widened out we were going to be in trouble. That’s exactly what happened. Sheldon and Buddy, they were so good hitting the bottom and that’s what I couldn’t do. All in all, a good night. When you’re complaining about running third I guess you’re doing pretty good.”

World of Outlaws points leader David Gravel used a late-race charge to climb to fourth and Donny Schatz finished fifth.

Haudenschild set quick time during qualifying before he, Bill Balog, Schatz and Gravel won the heat races. Schatz topped the dash and Emerson Axsom picked up the Last Chance Showdown win.

Tesch led all 18 laps of the Nordstrom’s Automotive Late Model Street Stocks main event to garner his second career victory at Huset’s Speedway.

“I just had to hit the marks,” he said. “It was hard, but we did it.”

A trio of cautions, including one red flag, bunched the field together for multiple restarts, but Tesch was efficient throughout the race. Ryan DeBoer was the runner up with J.J. Zebell placing third, Garet Deboer fourth and Craig Hanisch fifth.

Tesch and Ron Howe were the heat race winners.

The next event at Huset’s Speedway is Sunday for Kibble Equipment Night featuring the Cressman Sanitation 410 Outlaw Sprint Cars, the Heser Auto & Detailing RaceSaver Sprint Car Series and the Nordstrom’s Automotive Late Model Street Stocks.

STARS & STRIPES SALUTE PRESENTED BY FOLKENS BROTHERS TRUCKING RESULTS AT HUSET’S SPEEDWAY (May 25, 2026) –

World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series

NOS Energy Drink Feature (35 Laps): 1. 83-Michael Kofoid (7); 2. 18-Sheldon Haudenschild (3); 3. 87-Aaron Reutzel (2); 4. 2-David Gravel (8); 5. 15-Donny Schatz (1); 6. 17B-Bill Balog (4); 7. 17-Spencer Bayston (10); 8. 88-Austin McCarl (6); 9. 23-Garet Williamson (11); 10. 1S-Logan Schuchart (15); 11. 41-Carson Macedo (23); 12. 7S-Chris Windom (9); 13. 27-Emerson Axsom (21); 14. 2C-Cole Macedo (13); 15. 11-Justin Henderson (5); 16. 51-Ashton Torgerson (20); 17. 83JR-Sam Henderson (19); 18. 8-Jacob Hughes (17); 19. 14H-Matt Juhl (22); 20. (DNF) 13-Mark Dobmeier (12); 21. (DNF) 24T-Christopher Thram (14); 22. (DNF) 55-Kerry Madsen (18); 23. (DNF) 28M-Conner Morrell (24); 24. (DNF) 10-Ryan Timms (16).

MicroLite Last Chance Showdown (12 Laps): 1. 27-Emerson Axsom (3); 2. 14H-Matt Juhl (1); 3. 41-Carson Macedo (6); 4. 28M-Conner Morrell (2); 5. G5-Gage Pulkrabek (4); 6. 27W-Weston Olson (7); 7. 22K-Kaleb Johnson (9); 8. 80P-Jacob Peterson (11); 9. 64-Andy Pake (8); 10. 16C-Skylar Gee (13); 11. 16-Riley Goodno (10); 12. 31-Koby Werkmeister (14); 13. 17G-Lee Goos Jr (12); 14. 81-Cole Vanderheiden (15); 15. 6-Kasey Jedrzejek (5).

Toyota Dash (8 Laps): 1. 15-Donny Schatz (1); 2. 87-Aaron Reutzel (2); 3. 18-Sheldon Haudenschild (4); 4. 17B-Bill Balog (3); 5. 11-Justin Henderson (5); 6. 88-Austin McCarl (6); 7. 83-Michael Kofoid (8); 8. 2-David Gravel (7).

NOS Energy Drink Heat 1 (10 Laps): 1. 18-Sheldon Haudenschild (1); 2. 11-Justin Henderson (2); 3. 7S-Chris Windom (5); 4. 2C-Cole Macedo (8); 5. 8-Jacob Hughes (4); 6. 27-Emerson Axsom (7); 7. 27W-Weston Olson (6); 8. 16-Riley Goodno (9); 9. 14H-Matt Juhl (3).

The Greatest Store on Dirt Heat 2 (10 Laps): 1. 17B-Bill Balog (1); 2. 88-Austin McCarl (2); 3. 17-Spencer Bayston (3); 4. 24T-Christopher Thram (4); 5. 55-Kerry Madsen (6); 6. G5-Gage Pulkrabek (8); 7. 64-Andy Pake (7); 8. 80P-Jacob Peterson (5); 9. 31-Koby Werkmeister (9).

WIX Filters Heat 3 (10 Laps): 1. 15-Donny Schatz (1); 2. 83-Michael Kofoid (6); 3. 23-Garet Williamson (2); 4. 1S-Logan Schuchart (5); 5. 83JR-Sam Henderson (3); 6. 6-Kasey Jedrzejek (7); 7. 28M-Conner Morrell (4); 8. 17G-Lee Goos Jr (9); 9. 81-Cole Vanderheiden (8).

Golf Cart Services Heat 4 (10 Laps): 1. 2-David Gravel (1); 2. 87-Aaron Reutzel (2); 3. 13-Mark Dobmeier (6); 4. 10-Ryan Timms (3); 5. 51-Ashton Torgerson (5); 6. 41-Carson Macedo (4); 7. 22K-Kaleb Johnson (7); 8. 16C-Skylar Gee (8).

Honest Abe Roofing Qualifying (2 Laps): 1. 18-Sheldon Haudenschild, 10.745 (27); 2. 17B-Bill Balog, 10.768 (9); 3. 15-Donny Schatz, 10.822 (11); 4. 2-David Gravel, 10.824 (28); 5. 11-Justin Henderson, 10.829 (5); 6. 88-Austin McCarl, 10.867 (1); 7. 23-Garet Williamson, 10.878 (14); 8. 87-Aaron Reutzel, 10.910 (10); 9. 14H-Matt Juhl, 10.917 (3); 10. 17-Spencer Bayston, 10.925 (12); 11. 83JR-Sam Henderson, 10.936 (4); 12. 10-Ryan Timms, 10.943 (22); 13. 8-Jacob Hughes, 10.962 (6); 14. 24T-Christopher Thram, 10.965 (15); 15. 28M-Conner Morrell, 10.976 (21); 16. 41-Carson Macedo, 10.985 (31); 17. 7S-Chris Windom, 10.989 (23); 18. 80P-Jacob Peterson, 10.994 (2); 19. 1S-Logan Schuchart, 10.995 (13); 20. 51-Ashton Torgerson, 10.997 (19); 21. 27W-Weston Olson, 10.998 (18); 22. 55-Kerry Madsen, 11.002 (26); 23. 83-Michael Kofoid, 11.008 (34); 24. 13-Mark Dobmeier, 11.018 (7); 25. 27-Emerson Axsom, 11.030 (20); 26. 64-Andy Pake, 11.041 (30); 27. 6-Kasey Jedrzejek, 11.058 (33); 28. 22K-Kaleb Johnson, 11.078 (24); 29. 2C-Cole Macedo, 11.096 (32); 30. G5-Gage Pulkrabek, 11.099 (29); 31. 81-Cole Vanderheiden, 11.101 (16); 32. 16C-Skylar Gee, 11.106 (35); 33. 16-Riley Goodno, 11.171 (8); 34. 31-Koby Werkmeister, 11.184 (17); 35. 17G-Lee Goos Jr, 11.190 (25).

Nordstrom’s Automotive Late Model Street Stocks

A Feature (18 Laps): 1. 21T-Trevor Tesch (2); 2. 99-Ryan DeBoer (1); 3. 29Z-JJ Zebell (10); 4. 33-Garet Deboer (6); 5. 45-Craig Hanisch (8); 6. 54-Dustin Gulbrandson (14); 7. 3-Matt Steuerwald (13); 8. 12-Mike Chaney (9); 9. 1X-Aaron Foote (11); 10. 40-Tim Dann (12); 11. 86-Tracy Halouska (5); 12. 81-Lance Nordstrom (4); 13. (DNF) 21-Ron Howe (3); 14. (DNF) 14J-Jayke Glanzer (17); 15. (DNF) 71-Shaun Taylor (15); 16. (DNF) 9-Kyle DeBoer (7); 17. (DNS) 64-Cory Yeigh; 18. (DNS) 2-Chris Ellingson.

Heat 1: Fastenal (8 Laps): 1. 21T-Trevor Tesch (2); 2. 81-Lance Nordstrom (3); 3. 33-Garet Deboer (5); 4. 29Z-JJ Zebell (7); 5. 45-Craig Hanisch (6); 6. 1X-Aaron Foote (4); 7. 3-Matt Steuerwald (9); 8. 71-Shaun Taylor (8); 9. (DNF) 64-Cory Yeigh (1).

Heat 2: Performance One (8 Laps): 1. 21-Ron Howe (2); 2. 86-Tracy Halouska (4); 3. 99-Ryan DeBoer (1); 4. 12-Mike Chaney (6); 5. 9-Kyle DeBoer (5); 6. 40-Tim Dann (7); 7. 54-Dustin Gulbrandson (8); 8. (DNF) 14J-Jayke Glanzer (9); 9. (DNS) 2-Chris Ellingson.

2026 HUSET’S SPEEDWAY WEEKLY DIVISION FEATURE WINNERS –

Cressman Sanitation 410 Outlaw Sprint Cars

Christopher Thram – 1 (May 10)

Heser Auto & Detailing RaceSaver Sprint Car Series

Aydin Lloyd – 1 (May 10)

Nordstrom’s Automotive Late Model Street Stocks

Matt Steuerwald – 1 (May 10) and Trevor Tesch – 1 (May 25)

UP NEXT –

Sunday for Kibble Equipment Night featuring the Cressman Sanitation 410 Outlaw Sprint Cars, the Heser Auto & Detailing RaceSaver Sprint Car Series and the Nordstrom’s Automotive Late Model Street Stocks

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HUSET’S SPEEDWAY –

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