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Inside Line Promotions – BRANDON, S.D. (June 17, 2026) – Michael “Buddy” Kofoid captured the Hefty Seed Huset’s Hustle preliminary night on Wednesday, earning his fourth consecutive World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series victory at Huset’s Speedway.

Kofoid took the lead on Lap 15 and pulled away in the final laps to win by 1.955 seconds, making him the high-points driver entering Thursday’s $150,000-to-win Hefty Seed Huset’s Hustle finale – the first of two six-figure paydays at the high-banked track this week during the 5th annual BillionAuto.com Huset’s High Bank Nationals.

The impressive performance for Kofoid tied him with Steve Kinser for career wins at Huset’s Speedway with seven triumphs, which ranks third best. The strong showing on Wednesday also matched Mark Kinser for the most World of Outlaws wins in a row at the track.

“I guess if you do that you’re doing something right,” Kofoid said. “Steve was my first hero and is still my hero to this day. I got to start next to him one time in a heat race and he smoked me and that was about it.”

Christopher Thram led the first 14 laps of the 35-lap, $20,000-to-win main event. A pair of cautions and a red flag within the first three laps were the only stoppages as the final 33 laps ran non-stop. Kofoid moved to second on Lap 14 and drove around Thram in turns three and four on the ensuing circuit while the drivers duked it out in traffic.

Sheldon Haudenschild used a power move to advance from fourth to second place on Lap 19 and he closed to within two tenths of a second of Kofoid with eight laps to go.

“I wanted to stay patient, but at the same time I didn’t really want to move off the top,” Kofoid said. “I felt a little too free just to run the bottom. I just kinda just started running it harder and trying to be more aggressive to it. I saw him on the screen and could hear him. Traffic was tough. The bottom was just good enough you couldn’t clear them. It got kind of hairy one time.”

Kofoid promptly put together a trio of strong laps to rebuild the lead to nearly one and a half seconds before slowly increasing his lead throughout the final five circuits.

“I’m happy with the night,” Haudenschild said after the runner-up result. “Buddy is really good here. I feel like honestly, it’s me and Buddy and every once in a while we’ll get one of these other guys running with us. I’m happy with our car and the whole night.”

Garet Williamson rounded out the podium.

“That’s the best I’ve ever felt here,” he said. “We were really good. All in all, I think we had a really maneuverable race car.”

Austin McCarl finished fourth and Cole Macedo recorded a fifth-place result.

Justin Henderson and Daison Pursley were quickest in their qualifying groups before Jacob Hughes, Kerry Madsen, Giovanni Scelzi, Kofoid, Sam Henderson and Dayne Kingshott won the heat races. Gage Pulkrabek topped the C Main and Scelzi claimed the Last Chance Showdown.

Kofoid, Haudenschild, Williamson, McCarl, Macedo and Kaleb Johnson rank first through sixth, respectively, in event points. That garners the pole position of a heat race for each of them on Thursday to kick off the $150,000-to-win Hefty Seed Huset’s Hustle finale.

Follow the Huset’s Speedway and World of Outlaws social media channels for the complete preliminary night points rundown as well as the heat race lineups. The main gates open at 4 p.m. with hot laps slated for 7:30 p.m.

The ensuing two days feature the $300,000-to-win BillionAuto.com Huset’s High Bank Nationals on Friday and Saturday.

Single-day and multiple-day tickets can be purchased online at https://mpv.tickets.com/schedule/?agency=JKMV_PL_MPV&orgid=55369#/?view=list&includePackages=true.

HEFTY SEED HUSET’S HUSTLE NIGHT 1 RESULTS AT HUSET’S SPEEDWAY (June 17, 2026) –

World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series

NOS Energy Drink Feature (35 Laps): 1. 83-Michael Kofoid (4); 2. 18-Sheldon Haudenschild (6); 3. 23-Garet Williamson (7); 4. 88-Austin McCarl (5); 5. 2C-Cole Macedo (10); 6. 22K-Kaleb Johnson (1); 7. 9R-Chase Randall (14); 8. 27-Emerson Axsom (3); 9. 15-Donny Schatz (9); 10. 24T-Christopher Thram (2); 11. 9-Daison Pursley (8); 12. 11-Justin Henderson (11); 13. 2-David Gravel (12); 14. 17-Spencer Bayston (22); 15. 16C-Skylar Gee (16); 16. 77-Giovanni Scelzi (21); 17. 45X-Rees Moran (19); 18. 10-Ryan Timms (20); 19. 7S-Chris Windom (23); 20. 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr (18); 21. 25-Jy Corbet (24); 22. 80P-Jacob Peterson (13); 23. 17B-Bill Balog (17); 24. 41-Carson Macedo (15).

MicroLite Last Chance Showdown (12 Laps): 1. 77-Giovanni Scelzi (1); 2. 17-Spencer Bayston (3); 3. 7S-Chris Windom (6); 4. 25-Jy Corbet (2); 5. 7BC-Tyler Courtney (5); 6. 17A-Jack Anderson (8); 7. 3-Dayne Kingshott (4); 8. 55-Kerry Madsen (9); 9. 21-Brian Brown (13); 10. 51-Ashton Torgerson (18); 11. 14T-Tim Estenson (12); 12. 8-Jacob Hughes (7); 13. 31-Koby Werkmeister (22); 14. 16-Riley Goodno (15); 15. 44-Chris Martin (20); 16. 28M-Conner Morrell (16); 17. 64-Andy Pake (17); 18. (DNF) 83JR-Sam Henderson (10); 19. (DNF) 9D-Dominic Dobesh (14); 20. (DNF) 1S-Logan Schuchart (19); 21. (DNF) G5-Gage Pulkrabek (21); 22. (DNS) 13-Mark Dobmeier.

C Feature (10 Laps): 1. G5-Gage Pulkrabek (2); 2. 31-Koby Werkmeister (5); 3. 6-Kasey Jedrzejek (10); 4. 92-Zach Daum (6); 5. 96-Blaine Stegenga (4); 6. 14H-Matt Juhl (7); 7. (DNF) 11M-Terry McCarl (1); 8. (DNF) 27W-Weston Olson (3); 9. (DNF) 33-Scotty Broty (9); 10. (DNS) 27C-Carson McCarl.

NOS Energy Drink Heat 1 (10 Laps): 1. 8-Jacob Hughes (1); 2. 45X-Rees Moran (2); 3. 41-Carson Macedo (3); 4. 27-Emerson Axsom (5); 5. 64-Andy Pake (7); 6. 17B-Bill Balog (4); 7. 27W-Weston Olson (8); 8. 11-Justin Henderson (6); 9. 33-Scotty Broty (9).

The Greatest Store on Dirt Heat 2 (10 Laps): 1. 55-Kerry Madsen (1); 2. 7BC-Tyler Courtney (2); 3. 18-Sheldon Haudenschild (5); 4. 17-Spencer Bayston (3); 5. 88-Austin McCarl (6); 6. 1S-Logan Schuchart (7); 7. 31-Koby Werkmeister (8); 8. (DNF) 13-Mark Dobmeier (4).

WIX Filters Heat 3 (10 Laps): 1. 77-Giovanni Scelzi (2); 2. 16-Riley Goodno (1); 3. 80P-Jacob Peterson (4); 4. 15-Donny Schatz (5); 5. 23-Garet Williamson (6); 6. 21-Brian Brown (3); 7. 11M-Terry McCarl (7); 8. 14H-Matt Juhl (8).

Golf Cart Services Heat 4 (10 Laps): 1. 83-Michael Kofoid (5); 2. 10-Ryan Timms (2); 3. 9R-Chase Randall (4); 4. 9-Daison Pursley (6); 5. 7S-Chris Windom (3); 6. 28M-Conner Morrell (1); 7. 44-Chris Martin (7); 8. 6-Kasey Jedrzejek (9); 9. 27C-Carson McCarl (8).

Tub O Towels Heat 5 (10 Laps): 1. 83JR-Sam Henderson (1); 2. 2-David Gravel (4); 3. 17A-Jack Anderson (2); 4. 2C-Cole Macedo (5); 5. 51-Ashton Torgerson (7); 6. 24T-Christopher Thram (6); 7. 14T-Tim Estenson (3); 8. 92-Zach Daum (8).

Milton Hershey School Heat 6 (10 Laps): 1. 3-Dayne Kingshott (2); 2. 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr (3); 3. 22K-Kaleb Johnson (5); 4. 9D-Dominic Dobesh (1); 5. 25-Jy Corbet (4); 6. 16C-Skylar Gee (6); 7. 96-Blaine Stegenga (8); 8. G5-Gage Pulkrabek (7).

Honest Abe Roofing Qualifying Flight A (2 Laps): 1. 11-Justin Henderson, 10.698 (6); 2. 88-Austin McCarl, 10.726 (17); 3. 23-Garet Williamson, 10.737 (16); 4. 27-Emerson Axsom, 10.745 (13); 5. 18-Sheldon Haudenschild, 10.770 (20); 6. 15-Donny Schatz, 10.782 (5); 7. 17B-Bill Balog, 10.794 (1); 8. 13-Mark Dobmeier, 10.818 (2); 9. 80P-Jacob Peterson, 10.843 (12); 10. 41-Carson Macedo, 10.862 (23); 11. 17-Spencer Bayston, 10.873 (18); 12. 21-Brian Brown, 10.876 (22); 13. 45X-Rees Moran, 10.886 (15); 14. 7BC-Tyler Courtney, 10.890 (7); 15. 77-Giovanni Scelzi, 10.904 (10); 16. 8-Jacob Hughes, 10.915 (14); 17. 55-Kerry Madsen, 10.918 (21); 18. 16-Riley Goodno, 10.948 (3); 19. 64-Andy Pake, 10.993 (25); 20. 1S-Logan Schuchart, 11.000 (11); 21. 11M-Terry McCarl, 11.013 (24); 22. 27W-Weston Olson, 11.052 (9); 23. 31-Koby Werkmeister, 11.114 (4); 24. 14H-Matt Juhl, 11.126 (19); 25. 33-Scotty Broty, 11.128 (8).

Honest Abe Roofing Qualifying Flight B (2 Laps): 1. 9-Daison Pursley, 10.942 (1); 2. 24T-Christopher Thram, 10.975 (5); 3. 16C-Skylar Gee, 10.978 (16); 4. 83-Michael Kofoid, 10.995 (8); 5. 2C-Cole Macedo, 11.035 (10); 6. 22K-Kaleb Johnson, 11.037 (18); 7. 9R-Chase Randall, 11.112 (17); 8. 2-David Gravel, 11.114 (21); 9. 25-Jy Corbet, 11.124 (3); 10. 7S-Chris Windom, 11.128 (23); 11. 14T-Tim Estenson, 11.148 (12); 12. 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr, 11.175 (13); 13. 10-Ryan Timms, 11.192 (11); 14. 17A-Jack Anderson, 11.236 (6); 15. 3-Dayne Kingshott, 11.237 (25); 16. 28M-Conner Morrell, 11.238 (15); 17. 83JR-Sam Henderson, 11.250 (22); 18. 9D-Dominic Dobesh, 11.298 (20); 19. 44-Chris Martin, 11.326 (7); 20. 51-Ashton Torgerson, 11.329 (2); 21. G5-Gage Pulkrabek, 11.351 (14); 22. 27C-Carson McCarl, 11.391 (19); 23. 92-Zach Daum, 11.529 (4); 24. 96-Blaine Stegenga, 11.864 (24); 25. 6-Kasey Jedrzejek, 01:00.000 (9).

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Thursday for the $150,000-to-win Hefty Seed Huset’s Hustle and Friday and Saturday for the $300,000-to-win BillionAuto.com Huset’s High Bank Nationals

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HUSET’S SPEEDWAY –

Huset’s Speedway is home to the BillionAuto.com Huset’s High Bank Nationals, which runs June 17-20 and features two six-figure payouts that week. The dirt oval located in Brandon, S.D., hosts a variety of events from Mother’s Day Weekend through Labor Day Weekend. The track opened in 1954 and has undergone a large renovation within the last few years, making it a premier destination for both marquee national events and a strong Sunday Night weekly program. Check out the complete schedule and get more information about Huset’s Speedway at http://www.HusetsSpeedway.com.

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