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The first Husets Gold Cup was in 1993..........I had a sweatshirt that my son bought in 2002 when we were at the 10th Annual Husets Gold Cup. I have since given that sweatshirt to my granddaughter.

Bad deal for such .i said way back all he was doing  was screwing racing around and he'd be lucky to last and he did got my ass chewed on here for saying it well now there's no Sunday racing or sat racing he just split the car count . After he blew his money he ran away Knoxville who I think he said well that's the place that raced last night . And each night since! The bed thing is the fans from husets lost, it's been a great place on Sunday night to go for years . Sad. All that history gone to the cows!

Fortunately I believe I have all of the Dirt Track Fury’s. you mentioning them may make me dig them out and flip through them again. Mr Savages wealth of midwest sprint car knowledge is priceless. 

Dug up an old Dirt Track Fury, the 1993 Husets Gold Cup finished: Lasoski, Mark Kinser, Randy Smith, Keith Kauffman, Steve Ballenger, Marlon Jones, Don Kreitz Jr, Terry McCarl from 18th, Brent Antil, Kenny Hansen from 22nd.

Heats were won by Dave Ekern, Chad Radel, Doug Wolfgang & Max Dumesney. Johnny Herrara won the B, there's a picture of his car white #29 sponsored by G & W Trucking.

The worst president of my lifetime:
Ronald Reagan

Per an old WoO program there was a WoO show run at Husets that weekend from 1989 to 1992. Those were won by Doug Wolfgang  in '89, Sammy Swindell from '90 to '92. Was the Knoxville Nationals run a week later in the 1990's and possibly before that? Wondering what the reason was for the change in dates if there was one announced in the last 20 years and I have forgotten it.I seem to remember a year or 2 in that time frame when the 2 day late August WoO show at Husets was run the same weekend as the Jackson Nationals.

The worst president of my lifetime:
Ronald Reagan

This is going off of memory so there may be errors.

The Jackson Nationals in the 80's and 90's was always the weekend following the Knoxville Nationals.   For a while prior to 1989 the Jackson Nationals was a WoO show.    In 1989 I think it was a "USA" show.   "USA" was the organization formed of the disgruntled drivers/teams that split off of Ted Johnsons WoO.   Steve Kinser was with the "USA" as well as Sammy I believe.     Doug Wolfgang raced (and usually won) where ever he wanted to chasing $'s.   Leaving that Ford car with Bobby Davis Jr to win the WoO points that Minthess loves to hang his hat on.

Anyway, starting in 1989 Huset's got the WoO date that Jackson gave up and had a two day WoO show from 89-92.   Whether they willing gave up that WoO date or just plain lost it and replaced it with the "Gold Cup" I don't know but I'm positive that the "Gold Cup" was never WoO sanctioned.    Funny that Chucky's RnR Gold Cup was to be WoO sanctioned but he managed to fubar that along with everything else he did.

As for the Knoxville Nationals date.   Years ago the Knoxville Nationals was always the Thurs-Sat of the second FULL week of August.   Meaning that if the 1st of August was on a Sunday the Nationals would be run the 11th-14th.    If the 1st of August was on a Monday the Nationals would be run the 17th-20th.

Now I believe it is the second weekend.

Why was it changed?    Probably related to school start dates.   Years ago school didn't start until after Labor Day.  Now days public schools often start in the middle of August for some stupid reason.

In case you can't tell I'm slowly turning into a grumpy old fart.

For those that wish they could watch races tonight at Huset's Speedway here is a link to some videos.

If you scroll down toward the bottom of the page there is a weekly show Outlaw A main from June 18, 1995

https://iphone.facebook.com/HusetsSpeedwayTimeline/videos/?ref=page_internal&mt_nav=1

A young man from North Dakota driving a family owned black #15 won that night back before anyone knew just how good he was going to be.

Oh for the good old days of going to Huset's on a Sunday night and never knowing who was going to be there.  In the 90's it wasn't uncommon for there to be a couple of traveling teams stop in for a weekly show.   Add in that the Forbrook car was usually there (lots of different top shelf talent turned that steering wheel over the years) along with whatever car TMAC was drving and when Lasoski was driving the #47 he was often there as well.   

Like I said, the good old days....

Yes that is my thought exactly (not sure if buying votes is the correct term or not), however, I don't know the guy and I could be wrong.  It was also my understanding that it was a state election.  But the Sioux Falls area is the highest populated area in the state.  Would it have made more sense to do this in Mobridge SD?  This also wasn't the only thing he was doing either, he had the pawn shop and some rock and roll thing for the kids (which I heard at the time, wasn't going anywhere no matter what the results were of the election.  Which is not around either anymore).  

Your last two sentences contradict eachother.  First you say he was going to build it into something bigger and sell it at a profit later.  Then you say he didn't get his way so he went home.  I don't buy that he would have bought it to make this into a bigger operation for a couple reasons.  First off, he has an established business that's made him a millionaire many times over.  I don't see his business going under.  So why would he need to branch out into a new business?  If someone is buying an entertainment venue to make a profit, I didn't stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night either lol, but holding no events there doesn't seem very profitable to me.

This was an amazing race.  My first ever races at Husets.  We showed up to watch sprint cars for the first time and pooped our pants at the admission price.  Then we realized what was going on.   The track crew who usually take their shovels to scrape mud off the walls so the drivers can see them, instead of doing their normal up and down scrapes actually spelled out “gold cup” in the mud on the walls.   Lasoski beat Mark Kinser in a true photo finish.  Was VERY close!   Not sure we had race monitor back then LOL

You pretty much hit the nail on the head with your posts.  No one is going to invest even half, quarter, or even less of his asking price, esp. to race on a Sunday, without on track camping and established multi day events and with only one type of racing.   And even making a 3 day swing with Jackson (Friday), Knoxville (Saturday) and Husets (Sunday) still won't help because of all the criss crossing for the drivers and then they will not show up (see Husets drivers list before Chuck) .  The only way to make something like that work is for Knoxville to race either on Fridays or Sundays and I would bet my last dollar that that will never happen.

The WoO GUMOUT Series raced 3 times at Huset's Speedway (2000-2002)

Race Results
August 19, 2000

By Rob Ristesund

Craig Dollansky showed why he sits at the top of the Gumout Racing Series point sheet as he took a convincing win at the eighth annual Gold Cup at Huset’s Speedway Saturday night. Dollansky’s win was his fourth in six days as the tour swings through the upper midwest, giving him eight wins on the season.   “He’s on fire right now,” said Paul McMahan, who finished third. “I don’t know what he has, but he’s been fast.”   Dollansky snatched the lead from McMahan on lap three of the 30-lap event and went uncontested the rest of the way as the race ran non-stop. Jeff Shepherd, currently second in points in the series, got by McMahan with three laps to go to take second. McMahan was followed by Brad Furr, Peter Murphy, Ronald Laney and Jason Meyers.   The heavy lapped traffic from the 24-car field didn’t seem to have much effect on Dollansky as he masterfully weaved his way in and out of the lapped cars throughout the event, eventually lapping all but eight cars. “There’s no better feeling than winning,” said Dollansky. “You have to work hard at it. I’m just part of the team puzzle.” Chad Radel’s eighth place finish was the highest for Huset’s regulars. Terry McCarl worked his way up to 14th after qualifying through the B feature and starting last in the main event. Gregg Bakker was 15th and Gary DeWall 17th. Kraig Kinser, 15 year-old son of Steve Kinser, won his first dash of the year which earned him the outside pole for the feature. Kinser fell back after suffering suspension damage following a brush with the wall and finished ninth. The race was very nearly cancelled due to rain which fell throughout the morning and afternoon, eventually subsiding around 5 p.m.   Hard work by track officials got the racing under way about a half hour late, but the program progressed well and was completed shortly before 11 p.m. The extra moisture made for an extremely fast racing surface, although a narrow racing groove limited passing during the heat races. After some blade work prior to the dashes, the track opened up and remained fast and relatively smooth the rest of the evening.

The late model street stocks were also on the evening’s racing card and it was Todd Sterzinger taking the feature win. Sterzinger passed Jim Baartman on lap four and then held off a late charge by Lee Schlumbohm to notch his second feature win of the year. Ray Feltman was third followed by Baartman and Doug Olivier.

2000 Gumout Racing Series

Huggins Qualifications: 1. Craig Dollansky, Karavan Mtspts. 7, 10.776; 2. Brad Furr, Furr Racing 2F, 10.915; 3. Jason Meyers, Carter Racing 14M, 10.982; 4. Jeff Shepard, Double L Mtspts. 4J, 10.989; 5. Paul McMahan, Warren Johnson U2, 11.043; 6. Shane Stewart, Holbrook Mtspts. 9H, 11.062; 7. Dennis Moore, Jr., Moore 71, 11.085; 8. Kraig Kinser, Kinser Racing 11K, 11.103; 9. Chad Radel, Radel 25, 11.123; 10. Peter Murphy, Williams 0, 11.125; 11. Ronald Laney, Laney Racing 52, 11.144; 12. Gary Dewall, Dewall 16, 11.193; 13. Randy Kinser, Kinser Racing 14, 11.260; 14. Gregg Bakker, Bakker 11X, 11.288; 15. Jason Statler, Statler Racing 00, 11.313; 16. Jimmy Carter, Rudeen Racing 14C, 11.470; 17. Dean Brown, Citywide Insulation R19, 11.472; 18. Bob Bennett, Acme Trailers 3B, 11.498; 19. Brian Carlson, SC Mtspts. 18, 11.506; 20. Chad Meyer, Wilmer 1W, 11.526; 21. Kenny Hansen, Hansen 4, 11.543; 22. Terry Reilly, Wilson/Ekern 3, 11.590; 23. Bobby Weuve, Weuve 19, 11.591; 24. Christie Passmore, GAP Roofing 1A, 11.594; 25. Terry McCarl, Rasmassen 55, 11.608; 26. Matt Wasmund, Wasmund 4W, 11.830; 27. Wade Nygaard, Slocum 9N, 11.914; 28. Randy Rosenboom, Rosy's Raceland 14R, 11.944; 29. Rich Bubak, Bubak 9, 11.947; 30. Mark Dobmeier, Dobmeier 13, 12.068; 31. Chuck McGillivray, McGillivray 101, 12.675; 32. John Lambertz, Lambertz 12L, no time.

First Manufacturer’s Heat Race (eight laps): 1. Paul McMahan, 2. Craig Dollansky, 3. Chad Radel, 4. Randy Kinser, 5. Dean Brown, 6. Kenny Hansen, 7. Terry McCarl, 8. Rich Bubak. (Top five qualified for “A” Feature)

Second Manufacturer’s Heat Race (eight laps): 1. Brad Furr, 2. Shane Stewart, 3. Peter Murphy, 4. Gregg Bakker, 5. Bob Bennett, 6. Terry Reilly, 7. Mark Dobmeier, 8. Matt Wasmund. (Top five qualified for “A” Feature)

Third Manufacturer’s Heat Race (eight laps): 1. Ronald Laney, 2. Jason Meyers, 3. Jason Statler, 4. Dennis Moore, Jr., 5. Bob Weuve, 6. Brian Carlson, 7. Chuck McGillivray, 8. Wade Nygaard. (Top five qualified for “A” Feature)

Fourth Manufacturer’s Heat Race (eight laps): 1. Kraig Kinser, 2. Jeff Shepard, 3. Gary Dewall, 4. Jimmy Carter, 5. Christie Passmore, 6. Chad Meyer, 7. John Lambertz, 8. Randy Rosenboom. (Top five qualified for “A’ Feature)

Weld Racing Dash (five laps): 1. Paul McMahan, 2. Craig Dollansky, 3. Ronald Laney, 4. Jason Meyers, 5. Chad Radel, 6. Dennis Moore, Jr. (Finish determined inside starting rows 1-6 in “A” Feature)

Weld Race Components Dash (five laps): 1. Kraig Kinser, 2. Jeff Shepard, 3. Brad Furr, 4. Peter Murphy, 5. Shane Stewart, 6. Gary Dewall. (Finish determined outside starting rows 1-6 in “A” Feature)

Hank’s Performance Products “B” Feature (eight laps): 1. Chad Meyer, 2. Terry McCarl, 3. Kenny Hansen, 4. Terry Reilly, 5. Brian Carlson ($200); 6. Wade Nygaard ($150); 7. Randy Rosenboom ($120); 8. Mark Dobmeier ($100); 9. Rich Bubak ($100); 10. John Lambertz ($100); 11. Chuck McGillivray ($80); 12. Matt Wasmund ($60). (Top four qualified for “A” Feature)

Gumout Racing Series “A” Feature (30 laps): 1.Craig Dollansky ($5,000); 2. Jeff Shepard ($3,000); 3. Paul McMahan ($2,000); 4. Brad Furr ($1,800); 5. Peter Murphy ($1,600); 6. Ronald Laney ($1,400); 7. Jason Meyers ($1,300); 8. Chad Radel ($1,200); 9. Randy Kinser ($1,100); 10. Kraig Kinser ($1,050); 11. Shane Stewart ($1,000); 12. Jimmy Carter ($800); 13. Jason Statler ($700); 14. Terry McCarl ($620); 15. Gregg Bakker ($600); 16. Dennis Moore, Jr. ($500); 17. Gary Dewall ($500); 18. Bob Bennett ($500); 19. Chad Meyer ($520); 20. Terry Reilly ($520); 21. Kenny Hansen ($520); 22. Bob Weuve ($500); 23. Dean Brown ($500); 24. Christie Passmore ($500).

Lap Leaders: Paul McMahan 1-3; Craig Dollansky 4-30
Huggins Fast Qualifier: Craig Dollansky
KSE Hard Charger: Randy Kinser

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Race Results
August 18, 2001

HUSET'S GUMOUT GOLD CUP GOES TO STEWART

By Lenny Ferguson

The hottest sprint car driver in the nation continued his streak Saturday night at Huset's Speedway in Branden, South Dakota. Shane Stewart, driving the Holbrook Motorsports 8H, picked up his fourth consecutive World of Outlaws Gumout Series win and also captured the annual Gold Cup held at Huset's. It was Stewart's fifth Gumout Series win of the season. The Bixby, Oklahoma hotshoe accomplished his amazing streak the week after the Knoxville Nationals almost the same dominating way that Craig Dollansky did last year on his way to the Gumout Series championship. Stewart led an unbelievable 117 out of a possible 135 A Main laps, and picked up $20,000 in winnings for the week. Stewart also captured two heat race wins and four Weld Racing Dashes along the way.

The 30 lap action packed feature started off with Mike Goodman getting upside down on the first lap. Goodman would make repairs to his car and rejoin the field at the tail, and race back to a fourteenth place finish. Once the race got back to green flag racing it was led by early race leader Chad Meyer outracing the field for the first eighteen laps. Meyer would brush the wall in turn two allowing Stewart to make his move past Meyer and lead the remaining seventeen laps. Finishing second was Jason Sides, third went to Gary DeWall, with fourth going to Meyer and fifth place going to Ronald Laney. Rounding out the top ten was Daryn Pittman, Don Droud Jr., Skip Jackson, Jac Haudenschild, and Gregg Bakker.

410 Outlaw Sprints

Huggins Cams Qualifications: 1. Terry McCarl McCarl 24 10.731; 2. Don Droud Burch 1M 10.798; 3. Mike Goodman, C&W Motorsports 3G 10.817; 4. Kraig Kinser Kinser 11K 10.870; 5. Jac haudenschild, Wise 97 11.015; 6. Skip Jackson Vermeer 55 11.022; 7. Daryn Pittman Pittman 3 11.125; 8. Chad Meyer Wilmer Motorsports 1W 11.135; 9. Shane Stewart Holbrook 8H 11.202; 10. Dennis Moore Moore 71 11.208; 11. Gary Dewall Dewall 16 11.217; 12. Peter Murphy Williams 0 11.245; 13. Ron Laney Laney 52 11.265; 14. Todd Gracey Cooper 25 11.302; 15. Jason Sides Hunting Catalog 7S 11.303; 16. Bob Bennett Acme 3B 11.341; 17. Lynton Jeffrey Vortex 7o 11.376; 18. Gregg Bakker Bakker 11X 11.398; 19. Raymond Shank Shank 7X 11.427; 20. Chad Radel Radel 25R 11.450; 21. Micah Schliemann Schielmann 9 11.496; 22. Tommy Tarlton Tarlton 21T 11.539; 23. Kevin Frey Frey 2K 11.602; 24. John Lambertz Lambertz 12L 11.636; 25. Brian Carlson SC Motorsports 18 11.687; 26. Chuck Swenson Swenson 11H 11.742; 27. Ken Hanson Hansen 4 11.743; 28. Jeremy Campbell Campbell 10C 11.862; 29. Lou Kennedy Kennedy 21K 12.036; 30. Randy Rosenboom Rosenboom 14R 12.050; 31. Chuck McGillvray McGillvray 101 12.234; 32. Bill Smith Smith 33 12.575; 33. Justin Henderson City Wide Insulation R19 NT

Manufacturers Heat 1: 1. Todd Gracey; 2. Dennis Moore; 3. Daryn Pittman; 4. Jac Haudenschild; 5. Terry McCarl; 6. Micah Schliemann; 7. Brian Carlson; 8. Lou Kennedy

Manufacturers Heat 2: 1. Gary Dewall; 2. Jason Sides; 3. Don Droud; 4. Skip Jackson; 5. Gregg Bakker; 6. Tommy Tarlton; 7. Chuck Swenson; 8. Randy Rosenboom

Manufacturers Heat 3: 1. Chad Meyer; 2. Mike Goodman; 3. Bob Bennett; 4. Peter Murphy; 5. Raymond Shank; 6. Kenny Hansen; 7. Chuck McGilvray; 8. Kevin Frey

Manufacturers Heat 4: 1. Shane Stewart; 2. Kraig Kinser; 3. Ron Laney; 4. Lynton Jeffrey; 5. Justin Henderson; 6. John Lambertz; 7. Bill Smith; 8. Chad Radel

Weld Dash 1: 1. Chad Meyer; 2. Mike Goodman; 3. Dennis Moore; 4. Terry McCarl; 5. Todd Gracey; 6. Peter Murphy

Weld Dash 2: 1. Shane Stewart; 2. Jason Sides; 3. Gary Dewall; 4. Ron Laney; 5. Don Droud; 6. Kraig Kinser

Hank's Performance B Main: 1. Tommy Tarlton; 2. John Lambertz; 3. Chad Radel; 4. Micah Schielmann; 5. Kevin Frey; 6. Chuck Swenson; 7. Chuck McGillivray; 8. Randy Rosenboom; 9. Brian Carlson; 10. Lou Kennedy; 11. Ken Hansen; 12. Bill Smith; 13. Jeremy Campbell

A Main Feature: 1. Shane Stewart; 2. Jason Sides; 3. Gary Dewall; 4. Chad Meyer; 5. Ron Laney; 6. Daryn Pittman; 7. Don Droud; 8. Skip Jackson; 9. Jac Haudenschild; 10. Gregg Bakker; 11. Kraig Kinser; 12. Justin Henderson; 13. Tommy Tarlton; 14. Mike Goodman; 15. Bob Bennett; 16. Raymond Shank; 17. Lynton Jeffrey; 18. Micah Schliemann; 19. Chad Radel; 20. Peter Murphy; 21. John Lambertz; 22. Terry McCarl; 23. Dennis Moore; 24. Todd Gracey

Lap Leaders: Chad Meyer 1-13, Shane Stewart 14-30
Huggins Cams Quick Time: Terry McCarl
KSE Hard Charger: Daryn Pittman
Weld Dash winners: Chad Meyer, Shane Stewart
Hank's Performance B main: Tommy Tarlton
Gaerte A main award: Daryn Pittman
J&B A main award: Tommy Tarlton

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Race Results
August 17, 2002

Stewart Takes Gumout Series Win at Huset's

By Lenny Ferguson

Shane Stewart picked up his third World of Outlaws Gumout Series victory of the 2002 season Saturday night at Huset's Speedway in Brandon, South Dakota. It broke a streak of bad luck for the Bixby, Oklahoma hot shoe. Stewart last won on July 28th at Fonda, New York. The win also gave Stewart his tenth career Gumout Series win and moved him ahead of 2000 Gumout Series Champion Craig Dollansky for the all time series lead in A Main wins.

The front show consisted of Gaerte Engines Dash winner Dennis Moore and B & B Oval Tracks Products Dash winner Jeremy Campbell. Moore would move to the point from the opening green flag of Doug Clark and lead for the first six laps. Stewart was chasing Moore as they entered into lapped traffic. Stewart would take the lead for one lap on lap seven, but Moore wouldn't be denied as he would retake the lead on lap eight. Unfortunately for Moore he would be involved in a crash as they exited turn two. The red would also involve Jason Sides with a flat tire, Tyler Walker with a ruptured fuel tank,  Jeremy Campbell, and new track record holder and Ronald Laney Huggins Cams fast qualifier Terry McCarl. It was McCarl's third Gumout  Series fast time of the season. McCarl and Moore would not be able to restart  Sides would restart and come all the way back to finish fifth, while Waker would charge back to fifth before suffering more problems later on in the race. Walker would finish seventh.

The final yellow would appear for Don Droud on lap thirteen. Stewart would then go on to win followed by Huset's regular Chad Meyer, Peter Murphy, Ohio's Phil Gressman, and Sides. Long time Gumout regular Bob Bennett would come home with a strong sixth place finish, followed by Lynton Jeffrey, Ricky Logan, Justin Henderson, and KSE Hard Charger award winner Craig Keel frome his twentieth starting position. Tonight's Gumout feature event was represented by drivers from twelve different state plus two drivers from Australia.

World of Outlaws Gumout Series Sprints

Ronald Laney Huggins Cams Qualifications: 1. Terry McCarl, McCarl 24, 10.426 (NTR); 2. Tyler Walker, C&W Motorsports 35, 10.493; 3. Chad Meyer, Julius 1w, 10.667; 4. Linton Jeffreys, Jeffrey 4k, 10.672; 5. Leonard Lee, Lee 16L, 10.684; 6. Jason Sides, Wayne Rhodes 7S, 10.719; 7. Shane Stewart, Holbrook Motorsports 8H, 10.761; 8. Ricky Logan, Hubert 3s, 10.77; 9. Dennis Moore, Moore 71, 10.8; 10. Chad Radel, Radel 25, 10.805; 11. Justin Henderson, Carnahan R19, 10.863; 12. Phil Gressman, Miller 2, 10.875; 13. Peter Murphy, Williams 0, 10.89; 14. Jeremy Campbell, Campbell Motorsports 10C, 10.992; 15. Wayne Johnson, F&J Threatt Motorsports 29, 10.994; 16. Bob Bennett, Acme Trailer 3, 10.997; 17. Brian Carlson, SC Motorsports 18, 11.03; 18. Micah Schliemann, Hansen 4H, 11.043; 19. Randy Rosenboom, Rosenboom 14, 11.1; 20. Craig Keel, Pottorff 9k, 11.115; 21. Don Droud, Ver Meer 55, 11.14; 22. Rich Bubak, Bubak 9x, 11.203; 23. John Lambertz, Lambertz 12L, 11.248; 24. Kenny Hansen, Hansen 4, 11.322; 25. Butch Hanssen, Fey 8, 11.347; 26. Miles Grein, Grein 38, 11.42; 27. Chuck McGillivray, McGillivray 101, 11.799; 28. Gary Dewall, DeWall 16, nt

Manufacturers Heat 1: 1. Dennis Moore; 2. Peter Murphy; 3. Terry McCarl; 4. Leonard Lee; 5. Don Droud; 6. Butch Hanssen; 7. Brian Carlson

Manufacturers Heat 2: 1. Jeremy Campbell; 2. Jason Sides; 3. Tyler Walker; 4. Chad Radel; 5. Rich Bubak; 6. Micah Schliemann; 7. Miles Grein

Manufacturers Heat 3: 1. Wayne Johnson; 2. Shane Stewart; 3. Chad Meyer; 4. Justin Henderson; 5. Randy Rosenboom; 6. John Lambertz; 7. Chuck McGillivray

Manufacturers Heat 4: 1. Phil Gressman; 2. Bob Bennett; 3. Ricky Logan; 4. Linton Jeffrey; 5. Craig Keel; 6. Kenny Hansen; 7. Gary Dewall

Gaerte Engines Dash 1: 1. Dennis Moore; 2. Shane Stewart; 3. Wayne Johnson; 4. Peter Murphy; 5. Terry McCarl; 6. Chad Meyer

B&B Oval Track Products Dash 2: 1. Jeremy Campbell; 2. Phil Gressman; 3. Jason Sides; 4. Tyler Walker; 5. Linton Jeffreys; 6. Bob Bennett

Hank's Performance B Main: 1. Brian Carlson; 2. Micah Schliemann; 3. John Lambertz; 4. Kenny Hansen; 5. Butch Hanssen; 6. Chuck McGillivray; 7. Gary Dewall; 8. Miles Grein

Kistler Engines A Main: 1. Shane Stewart ($5,000); 2. Chad Meyer ($3,000); 3. Peter Murphy ($2,000); 4. Phil Gressman ($1,800); 5. Jason Sides ($1,600); 6. Bob Bennett ($1,400); 7. Linton Jeffreys ($1,300); 8. Ricky Logan ($1,200); 9. Justin Henderson ($1,100); 10. Craig Keel ($1,050); 11. Rich Bubak ($1,000); 12. Chad Radel ($800); 13. Jeremy Campbell ($700); 14. Brian Carlson ($600); 15. Kenny Hansen ($600); 16. John Lambertz ($500); 17. Tyler Walker ($500); 18. Micah Schliemann ($500); 19. Leonard Lee ($500); 20. Don Droud ($500); 21. Dennis Moore ($500); 22. Terry McCarl ($500); 23. Randy Rosenboom ($500); 24. Wayne Johnson ($500)

Lap Leaders: Dennis Moore 1-6,8 Shane Stewart 7,9-35

Kse Hard Charger Award: Craig Keel

Kistler Engine A Main Award: Jeremy Campbell

You could buy 90% of the farm land, or pasture what little pasture there is in ND, for far far far far far  less than $3000 an acre.  Guarrrrantteeed!  Take it to the bank.  So, you could own damned near the entire state if pocketbook thick enuf. And what was that, without batting an eye write that check.  The only land you could not buy for less than $3000 an acre is land that has oil wells on it or is leased out to oil companies with a high probability of striking oil in the future if oil priced went up another 50% and of course the Red RiverValley of eastern ND is around $5,000 an acre I'd guess.  .   

Lawlessness + liberalism = HELL -  NYC, Detroit, Chicago, 
Seattle, LA  Who the H runs those cities. 

I framed my post by stating that those are the things I would look for if I had big money and was looking to buy a race track.  Looking around at the most successful tracks they all offer on site camping and aren't locked into one type of race car and Sunday nights.  Assuming that I intended to recoup my investment those things would give me the best chance.  

Stan Meissner

We were at the race in your timeline Sept 17th, 1988......hell of a race between Wolfgang and Jerry Richert Jr. Wolfgang was driving Lenard McCarl's #7x. If memory serves me right, Wolfie had just left the Keplar #18 down in Memphis a day or two before, getting ready to run the big Fram race at Memphis, and before the California swing.  Wolfgang was replaced by Mark Kinser, again if my memory serves me right. I know we were surprised to see Wolfgang at that Husets race. I've told many people I know about that A Main with Doug and Jerry Jr. It'a available on YouTube.

Almost  sorry to bump this thread but I've had this question for a few weeks.

I am wondering what you think would or could happen if Badlands was suddenly in the possession of the management of Knoxville or Jacksonville.(or someone else you think is competant). Lets suppose it was gifted to either tomorrow morning. Could one or either take it from dormant into a world class facility with decent attendance in a reasonable amount of time. Considering their conections to the sprint car world, their assumed deep pockets and trust of the teams, but also the goegraphical challenge and locals finding somewhere else to be entertained?

My question comes from this, if these guys can't do it could anyone? What current operator would have the best chance of making this happen?

PS, this isn't about what Chuck did or did not do, its a question about what others could do.

Thx, Rod

Even though I may not know you, I 
care what most of you think!

     Yes, in the right hands, with some time and a lot of hard work, it could rise from the ashes. Obviously there are some bumps in the road (and a few bobm craters) that will need to be worked through.

      The track at Rock Rapids, 40 miles away went dark a couple of years ago. Some local folks brought it back to life. It's not that Husets is too big to fail, it's that it's too nice to fail. If you look at the facility you'd agree that it is a great little  race track. Once the dust settles, dirt will start to fly again.

No ifs, ands or buts about it. There is still one very strong contingent of race fans, sprint car fans, in the Sioux Falls area. And plenty of fans willing to drive a fair distance to go to races there. There are also a good number of businesses to support it. The key for Husets has always been Sunday night when there is very little entertainment to compete with. The camping people are back home, the fishing people, and there's nothing do. The difficult part wouldn't be getting the fans back once they are convinced that race people had control of the track. The difficult part at first may be getting a strong field of race teams that have comimtments elsewhere. There are drivers around the country that are willing to re locate if there is a racing atmosphere that appeals to them. One look at the All Stars and the WoO proves that. Both are doing well, and probably because in so many areas drivers don't have a real opportunity to race. A "Tri-State " series.....Knoxville-Jackson-Husets (IA-MN-SD) is a can't miss....imo. That potential is unreal. Think about this.....a visit to each track by the All Stars and the WoO, plus the Knoxville Nationals, the Jackson Nationals, and a reborn Husets Gold Cup......right there alone is six huge racing events that could attract race teams to relocate, coupled with three nights of weekly racing for the season. And the distance between the three is perfect for fan support at each track. Makes my mouth water

Why doesn’t Jackson race sundays??     Agreed on the Tri state series.   Husets on Friday, Knoxville Saturday, and Jackson on Sunday!!    Or no?

Get over it! Husets has by far the largest fan base within 30-40 minutes of the track, that's why! It doesn't take a genius to figure that out! There must have been a reason it survived 60 years on Sunday nights. There was no reason to change a good thing. Jackson switched from Saturday nights to Friday nights for all the right reasons. Badlands changed for all the wrong reasons.

If Chuck had tried as hard ($'s in the purse and tow money) to make Sunday's work as he tried to take cars away from Knoxville on Saturday night he could have had 30+ 410's on the infield every Sunday night and 10-15 of them would have been high quality always a threat to win type of cars/drivers.    

Racing on Sunday night with never the problem at Huset's.    The biggest problem was that under the previous management the purse hadn't increased in what 10 yrs? 15 yrs? and they had a way of ticking off teams to the point that they wouldn't ever come back.

Everyone always comes up the argument that the Knoxville guys didn't come to Huset's anyway.    Besides not being true at all, (over the years there has been numerous Knoxville regulars race at Huset's on a pretty consistent basis) the reason that more of them hadn't been coming recently was that the purse wasn't worth the travel and effort.

Pay the same weekly purse/season points fund as Knoxville and there is no reason that Huset's can't get 30 cars every Sunday night.     

If a real "promoter" was running that place there would be 25+ quality cars on the infield every Sunday night, start at 7:00 pm, get the show done by 10:00pm and people will fill the stands once again just like they did 15-20 yrs ago.    Heck theres twice as many people living within 30 miles of Huset's as there was 20 yrs ago, there is no good reason that place shouldn't be able to draw a good crowd when the weather is conducive to outdoor activities.

Step one of "real promoter" would be getting the local media (tv and radio) out to the track.    On the 5pm Sunday night news they should always have a reporter out at the track talking to a driver and giving a brief update on that nights races.   Even if the track had to pay for the spot as a commercial.     People have short attention spans, get in front of their face an hour or two before the races start.    Same with the radio, trackside updates should be done every week like they were in the 90's.

Putting video highlights on the web and sending them out via email wouldn't hurt either.   There is ALWAYS enough action at Huset's to make a 5 min long highlight video of every week.

Actually "step one of a real promoter" would be WORK WITH THE OTHER TRACKS so that everyone can grow and prosper together.   That was quite likely Chucks biggest downfall concerning WasteLands.   He went into it with a "I'm rich, screw you" attitude towards the other tracks and racing organizations.