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BRANDON, S.D. (May 11, 2025) – Kaleb Johnson, John Lambertz and Matt Steuerwald were victorious on a warm Sunday evening at Huset’s Speedway, which kicked off its season with the Mother’s Day Opener presented by Northland Buildings, Inc.
Johnson, who started ninth, found a favorable groove on the lower part of the track to pass Austin McCarl for the lead on Lap 21 en route to his first career Cressman Sanitation 410 Outlaw Sprint Cars triumph.
“It lit a spark under my butt to get the job done in the feature,” he said in reference to narrowly missing the feature redraw. “It was a great birthday present. I couldn’t be more thankful to be put in a position like this where I get to race for a living. It’s a great group of people I’m surrounded by and hopefully this is the start of more to come.”
McCarl held the top spot for the first 20 laps of the 25-lap main event, which showcased five cautions during the first half of the race. The second half was non-stop with traffic playing a role in the waning laps. Johnson, who climbed into the top five on Lap 3 and into the runner-up position on Lap 11, pulled next to McCarl down the backstretch on Lap 21. While both drivers were mired in traffic, Johnson’s lane was preferred as he drove into the lead. It was the race-winning move as Johnson stuck to the low lane for the final five laps.
Ryan Timms, who started 16th, followed Johnson and stayed a close second. He nearly pulled next to the leader multiple times in the final laps before settling for second place by 0.386 seconds.
“It was a little tricky and technical,” he said. “If you missed the bottom you were losing three or four car lengths. I’m just super happy with the speed we have in this car right now.”
Scott Winters charged from 12 th to third place.
“I found the rubber there in the middle,” he said. “The car was fast from when we unloaded. It felt good to be extra fast. Man, this is fun.”
McCarl salvaged a fourth-place finish with Jack Dover placing fifth.
Andy Pake was the overall quick qualifier as he, McCarl, Sam Henderson and Gage Pulkrabek set quick time during their qualifying groups. The heat races were won by Brendan Mullen, Dover, Kerry Madsen and Blaine Stegenga. Riley Goodno was the B Main winner.
Lambertz paced the field for the distance of the 20-lap Heser Auto & Detailing RaceSaver Sprint Car Series feature to garner his eighth career victory at the high-banked oval.
“I’ve been doing it for 31 years now,” he said. “It was rubber from top to bottom. You just had to pace yourself. To win the third night out, that’s pretty awesome. When you get to be my age you don’t know if you’re going to get another one. Every one after 50, it’s pretty special.”
Lambertz reached traffic near the midpoint of the race and Brandon Halverson closed within a couple of car lengths before a red flag on Lap 17 gave Lambertz an open track for the final four circuits. He took advantage to win by 0.438 seconds.
Halverson finished second with Jesse Lindberg ending third, Dusty Ballenger fourth and Trefer Waller fifth.
Trevor Smith, Nick Barger, Brandon Bosma and Brady Donnohue posted heat race victories. The B Main was won by Bill Johnson.
Steuerwald led the final two laps to capture the Nordstrom’s Automotive Late Model Street Stocks main event. It was his 21 st career triumph at the track.
Tim Dann was out front for the first three laps before Cory Yeigh hustled from third into the lead on Lap 4. A pair of mid-race cautions bunched the field together with Yeigh holding off sixth-starting Steuerwald throughout the second half of the race until smoke began billowing from the rear of his car on Lap 16. Steuerwald closed to Yeigh’s rear bumper. In turn two on the ensuing lap, Yeigh went to the outside to put a competitor down a lap. Steuerwald dove low and won the three-wide drag race down the backstretch to power into the lead. He pulled away in the final lap and a half to win by 1.101 seconds.
“It’s always fun to race Cory,” he said. “To get one like this, it’s always great to remind yourself you can do it.”
Yeigh was the runner up with Chris Ellingson placing third. Dann garnered a fourth-place result and Aaron Foote rounded out the top five.
Ellingson, J.J. Zebell and Ron Howe were the heat race winners.
The next event at Huset’s Speedway is next Sunday when the Midwest Sprint Touring Series 410 Sprint Cars joins the Cressman Sanitation 410 Outlaw Sprint Cars division. The Nordstrom’s Automotive Late Model Street Stocks and the Heser Auto & Detailing RaceSaver Sprint Car Series will also be in action.
MOTHER’S DAY OPENER PRESENTED BY NORTHLAND BUILDING, INC. RESULTS AT HUSET’S SPEEDWAY (May 11, 2025) –
Cressman Sanitation 410 Outlaw Sprint Cars
A Feature (25 Laps): 1. 6K-Kaleb Johnson (9); 2. 10-Ryan Timms (16); 3. 23W-Scott Winters (12); 4. 88-Austin McCarl (1); 5. 53-Jack Dover (2); 6. 55-Kerry Madsen (6); 7. 24T-Christopher Thram (5); 8. 64-Andy Pake (10); 9. 13-Mark Dobmeier (24); 10. 11M-Brendan Mullen (7); 11. 09-Matt Juhl (11); 12. 83JR-Sam Henderson (13); 13. 16-Riley Goodno (21); 14. 31-Koby Werkmeister (8); 15. 10J-Justin Jacobsma (19); 16. 44-Chris Martin (20); 17. 27-Weston Olson (23); 18. 2-Alex Pettas (17); 19. 4-Cruz Dickerson (14); 20. 95-Tyler Drueke (15); 21. 81-Brant O’Banion (22); 22. (DNF) 96-Blaine Stegenga (4); 23. (DNF) G5-Gage Pulkrabek (3); 24. (DNF) 74N-Luke Nellis (18).
B Feature (12 Laps): 1. 16-Riley Goodno (2); 2. 81-Brant O’Banion (6); 3. 27-Weston Olson (1); 4. 13-Mark Dobmeier (3); 5. 80P-Jacob Peterson (4); 6. 10X-Trevor Serbus (7); 7. 8-Micah Slendy (5); 8. 9-Dominic Dobesh (8); 9. (DNS) 17-Lee Goos Jr; 10. (DNS) 8H-Jacob Hughes; 11. (DNS) 63-JJ Hickle; 12. (DNS) 17B-Ryan Bickett.
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 11M-Brendan Mullen (1); 2. 31-Koby Werkmeister (2); 3. 95-Tyler Drueke (6); 4. 64-Andy Pake (4); 5. 74N-Luke Nellis (5); 6. 80P-Jacob Peterson (7); 7. 10X-Trevor Serbus (8); 8. (DNF) 8H-Jacob Hughes (3).
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 53-Jack Dover (1); 2. 88-Austin McCarl (4); 3. 09-Matt Juhl (2); 4. 23W-Scott Winters (3); 5. 16-Riley Goodno (8); 6. 44-Chris Martin (6); 7. 27-Weston Olson (5); 8. (DNS) 63-JJ Hickle.
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 55-Kerry Madsen (1); 2. 24T-Christopher Thram (2); 3. 6K-Kaleb Johnson (3); 4. 10-Ryan Timms (5); 5. 83JR-Sam Henderson (4); 6. 13-Mark Dobmeier (7); 7. 81-Brant O’Banion (6); 8. 9-Dominic Dobesh (8).
Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 96-Blaine Stegenga (2); 2. G5-Gage Pulkrabek (4); 3. 4-Cruz Dickerson (1); 4. 2-Alex Pettas (6); 5. 10J-Justin Jacobsma (5); 6. 8-Micah Slendy (7); 7. (DNF) 17-Lee Goos Jr (3); 8. (DNS) 17B-Ryan Bickett.
Qualifying 1 (2 Laps): 1. 64-Andy Pake, 00:11.191 (1); 2. 8H-Jacob Hughes, 00:11.356 (3); 3. 31-Koby Werkmeister, 00:11.378 (2); 4. 11M-Brendan Mullen, 00:11.411 (8); 5. 74N-Luke Nellis, 00:11.484 (4); 6. 95-Tyler Drueke, 00:11.615 (6); 7. 80P-Jacob Peterson, 00:11.763 (7); 8. 10X-Trevor Serbus, 00:11.854 (5).
Qualifying 2 (2 Laps): 1. 88-Austin McCarl, 00:11.289 (3); 2. 23W-Scott Winters, 00:11.459 (6); 3. 09-Matt Juhl, 00:11.543 (7); 4. 53-Jack Dover, 00:11.547 (5); 5. 27-Weston Olson, 00:11.566 (2); 6. 44-Chris Martin, 00:11.566 (8); 7. 63-JJ Hickle, 00:11.568 (4); 8. 16-Riley Goodno, 00:11.694 (1).
Qualifying 3 (2 Laps): 1. 83JR-Sam Henderson, 00:11.259 (4); 2. 6K-Kaleb Johnson, 00:11.452 (7); 3. 24T-Christopher Thram, 00:11.466 (6); 4. 55-Kerry Madsen, 00:11.481 (3); 5. 10-Ryan Timms, 00:11.532 (1); 6. 81-Brant O’Banion, 00:11.542 (5); 7. 13-Mark Dobmeier, 00:11.667 (2); 8. 9-Dominic Dobesh, 00:12.090 (8).
Qualifying 4 (2 Laps): 1. G5-Gage Pulkrabek, 00:11.804 (5); 2. 17-Lee Goos Jr, 00:11.812 (6); 3. 96-Blaine Stegenga, 00:11.876 (1); 4. 4-Cruz Dickerson, 00:12.049 (2); 5. 10J-Justin Jacobsma, 00:12.238 (3); 6. 2-Alex Pettas, 00:12.489 (7); 7. 8-Micah Slendy, 00:12.531 (8); 8. 17B-Ryan Bickett, 00:12.641 (4).
Heser Auto & Detailing RaceSaver Sprint Car Series
A Feature (20 Laps): 1. 12L-John Lambertz (1); 2. 13MJ-Brandon Halverson (2); 3. 7L-Jesse Lindberg (3); 4. 2D-Dusty Ballenger (5); 5. 32-Trefer Waller (4); 6. 33-Trevor Smith (6); 7. 34DD-Brady Donnohue (8); 8. 63-Jack Thomas (13); 9. X-Dylan Waxdahl (10); 10. 3D-Dan Griep (7); 11. 14-Nick Barger (9); 12. 18-Corbin Erickson (11); 13. 30-Matt Johnson (20); 14. 3-Jeremiah Jordahl (16); 15. 56-Bill Johnson (17); 16. 23L-Aydin Lloyd (18); 17. 48-Cole Olson (14); 18. 91-Andrew Sullivan (19); 19. 23-Brandon Bosma (12); 20. 81-Jared Jansen (15).
B Feature (10 Laps): 1. 56-Bill Johnson (2); 2. 23L-Aydin Lloyd (1); 3. 91-Andrew Sullivan (3); 4. 30-Matt Johnson (4); 5. 6B-Bayley Ballenger (6); 6. 9A-Hunter Hanson (7); 7. 23V-Michalob Voeltz (5); 8. 3J-Jeridan Jordahl (8); 9. (DNF) 62J-Jay Masur (9); 10. (DNS) 97-Jackson Weber; 11. (DNS) 72-Ty Wilke.
Gunderson Racing Heat 1 – Gunderson Racing (8 Laps): 1. 33-Trevor Smith (1); 2. 2D-Dusty Ballenger (5); 3. 12L-John Lambertz (2); 4. 63-Jack Thomas (7); 5. 23L-Aydin Lloyd (3); 6. 23V-Michalob Voeltz (6); 7. (DNF) 97-Jackson Weber (4).
Saldana Racing Products Heat 2 – Saldana Racing (8 Laps): 1. 14-Nick Barger (1); 2. 13MJ-Brandon Halverson (5); 3. X-Dylan Waxdahl (7); 4. 48-Cole Olson (2); 5. 56-Bill Johnson (4); 6. 6B-Bayley Ballenger (6); 7. 62J-Jay Masur (3).
Vahlco Wheels Heat 3 – Vahlco Wheels (8 Laps): 1. 23-Brandon Bosma (2); 2. 32-Trefer Waller (4); 3. 7L-Jesse Lindberg (7); 4. 81-Jared Jansen (3); 5. 91-Andrew Sullivan (5); 6. 9A-Hunter Hanson (6); 7. (DNF) 72-Ty Wilke (1).
Vahlco Wheels Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 34DD-Brady Donnohue (2); 2. 18-Corbin Erickson (5); 3. 3D-Dan Griep (1); 4. 3-Jeremiah Jordahl (4); 5. 30-Matt Johnson (3); 6. 3J-Jeridan Jordahl (6).
Nordstrom’s Automotive Late Model Street Stocks
A Feature (18 Laps): 1. 3-Matt Steuerwald (6); 2. 64-Cory Yeigh (4); 3. 2-Chris Ellingson (2); 4. 40-Tim Dann (1); 5. 1X-Aaron Foote (7); 6. 29Z-JJ Zebell (11); 7. 54-Dustin Gulbrandson (3); 8. 45-Craig Hanisch (17); 9. 15-Brandon Ferguson (9); 10. 21T-Trevor Tesch (16); 11. 33-Garet Deboer (12); 12. 83-Nick Janssen (15); 13. 71X-Shaun Taylor (10); 14. 86-Tracy Halouska (14); 15. 99-Ryan DeBoer (18); 16. 9-Kyle DeBoer (13); 17. 81-Lance Nordstrom (19); 18. (DNF) 12-Michael Chaney (5); 19. (DNF) 21-Ron Howe (8).
Fastenal Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 2-Chris Ellingson (1); 2. 64-Cory Yeigh (4); 3. 15-Brandon Ferguson (5); 4. 1X-Aaron Foote (3); 5. 9-Kyle DeBoer (2); 6. 21T-Trevor Tesch (6); 7. (DNF) 81-Lance Nordstrom (7).
Midwest Oil / VP Fuels Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 29Z-JJ Zebell (2); 2. 40-Tim Dann (1); 3. 33-Garet Deboer (3); 4. 12-Michael Chaney (5); 5. 86-Tracy Halouska (6); 6. (DNF) 45-Craig Hanisch (4).
Midwest Oil / VP Fuels Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 21-Ron Howe (1); 2. 71X-Shaun Taylor (3); 3. 3-Matt Steuerwald (6); 4. 54-Dustin Gulbrandson (2); 5. 83-Nick Janssen (4); 6. 99-Ryan DeBoer (5).
2025 HUSET’S SPEEDWAY WEEKLY DIVISION FEATURE WINNERS –
Cressman Sanitation 410 Outlaw Sprint Cars
Kaleb Johnson- 1(May 11)
Heser Auto & Detailing RaceSaver Sprint Car Series
John Lambertz- 1(May 11)
Nordstrom’s Automotive Late Model Street Stocks
Matt Steuerwald- 1(May 11)
UP NEXT –
Sunday featuring the Midwest Sprint Touring Series 410 Sprint Cars and 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 –
Huset’s Speedway is home to the BillionAuto.com Huset’s High Bank Nationals, which runs June 18-21 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 .