Williamson triumphs at Huset's Speedway
Photo by Tylan Porath
BRANDON, S.D. — Garet Williamson, Gaige Weldon and Cory Yeigh drove to victory on Sunday at Huset's Speedway during The Border Battle presented by Nordstrom's Automotive.
Williamson used a late-race pass in traffic to capture the $7,500-to-win Cressman Sanitation 410 Outlaw Sprint Cars main event. He became the first repeat winner in the division at the track this season.
"That was probably the most fun I've had at this place or really anywhere," he said. "I peeked up and there was 10 to go and we were third or fourth. I drove the crap out of it. Oh man, that was a lot of fun."
Brendan Mullen led the first eight laps before Chase Randall took the lead in traffic on Lap 9. Randall's advantage was more than a second and a half when Williamson passed Mullen for second place on Lap 20. He rapidly closed on Randall a couple of laps later before pulling off a slide job in turns one and two on Lap 24 en route to the race win.
Randall finished second for the fourth time at Huset's Speedway this season.
"That one kind of stings a little bit," he said. "I'm proud of our progress tonight. It's really good to get another good finish, but it stings a little bit. I felt I let that one get away. I was getting too patient behind lapped cars."
Kerry Madsen rounded out the podium.
"I thought we had a great race car," he said. "It's great to get a podium."
Mullen placed fourth and Tim Kaeding ended fifth.
Gage Pulkrabek set quick time during qualifying before Matt Juhl, Justin Henderson, Kaeding and John Carney II won the heat races. Tyler Drueke was the B Main winner.
Weldon dominated the non-stop Wyffels Hybrids RaceSaver Sprint Car Series A Main, leading all 20 circuits for his first career triumph at the track. He is the ninth different division winner in nine races this season.
"It feels great," he said. "It means a lot. We've been trying for a couple of weeks now and haven't had very much luck."
Nicholas Winter posted a second-place showing with Ryan Serrao finishing third, Amelia Eisenschenk fourth and 12th-starting Brady Donnohue fifth.
Serrao, Cole Olson, Winter and Weldon were the heat race winners. Corbin Erickson scored the B Main victory.
Yeigh became the first driver to record three victories at Huset's Speedway this season as he topped the 20-lap Nordstrom's Automotive Late Model Street Stocks feature.
Brandon Ferguson led the first four laps before he caught the infield berm in turns three and four, turning him sideways. Points leader and fifth-running J.J. Zebell had nowhere to go and plowed into Ferguson.
Chris Ellingson inherited the lead and was out front for one lap before ninth-starting Yeigh drove around him on Lap 6. He paced the field on the bottom groove for the remainder of the race to win by 0.929 seconds.
Ellingson held off 12th-starting Matt Steuerwald for the runner-up result. Zach Olivier placed fourth and Billy Prouty was fifth.
Craig Hanisch and Kyle DeBoer recorded heat race wins.
Huset's Speedway will be dormant for the next three weekends until resuming competition on Aug. 25 for Royal River Casino Night showcasing The Bull Haulers Brawl Championship Night for Sprint Cars featuring the Cressman Sanitation 410 Outlaw Sprint Cars, the Nordstrom's Automotive Late Model Street Stocks and the Wyffels Hybrids RaceSaver Sprint Car Series.
THE BORDER BATTLE PRESENTED BY NORDSTROM'S AUTOMOTIVE RESULTS AT HUSET'S SPEEDWAY (July 28, 2024) -
Cressman Sanitation 410 Outlaw Sprint Cars
A Feature (25 Laps): 1. 23-Garet Williamson (5); 2. 2KS-Chase Randall (3); 3. 55-Kerry Madsen (7); 4. 11M-Brendan Mullen (1); 5. 3-Tim Kaeding (8); 6. 24T-Christopher Thram (4); 7. 22-Riley Goodno (10); 8. 16-Brooke Tatnell (6); 9. G5-Gage Pulkrabek (2); 10. 14T-Tim Estenson (11); 11. 8-Jacob Hughes (9); 12. 22K-Kaleb Johnson (13); 13. 83JR-Sam Henderson (16); 14. 09-Matt Juhl (12); 15. 83-Justin Henderson (14); 16. 13-Mark Dobmeier (17); 17. 95-Tyler Drueke (21); 18. 3J-Dusty Zomer (18); 19. 14H-Scott Winters (24); 20. 64-Andy Pake (19); 21. J2-John Carney II (15); 22. 17B-Ryan Bickett (22); 23. 23S-Stuart Snyder (23); 24. (DNF) 45X-Jace Park (20).
B Feature (12 Laps): 1. 95-Tyler Drueke (3); 2. 17B-Ryan Bickett (1); 3. 23S-Stuart Snyder (5); 4. 14H-Scott Winters (4); 5. 8X-Micah Slendy (7); 6. 78-Bill Wagner (6); 7. 22W-Aaron Werner (9); 8. (DNF) 2K-Kevin Ingle (10); 9. (DNF) 9-Dominic Dobesh (8); 10. (DNS) 10X-Trevor Serbus.
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 09-Matt Juhl (1); 2. 2KS-Chase Randall (2); 3. 13-Mark Dobmeier (5); 4. 24T-Christopher Thram (3); 5. G5-Gage Pulkrabek (4); 6. 17B-Ryan Bickett (6); 7. 78-Bill Wagner (7); 8. (DNS) 2K-Kevin Ingle.
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 83-Justin Henderson (1); 2. 22-Riley Goodno (2); 3. 11M-Brendan Mullen (3); 4. 95-Tyler Drueke (7); 5. 55-Kerry Madsen (4); 6. 45X-Jace Park (5); 7. 8X-Micah Slendy (8); 8. (DNF) 10X-Trevor Serbus (6).
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 3-Tim Kaeding (2); 2. 83JR-Sam Henderson (1); 3. 16-Brooke Tatnell (4); 4. 8-Jacob Hughes (3); 5. 3J-Dusty Zomer (5); 6. 14H-Scott Winters (6); 7. 9-Dominic Dobesh (7).
Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. J2-John Carney II (1); 2. 22K-Kaleb Johnson (2); 3. 23-Garet Williamson (4); 4. 14T-Tim Estenson (3); 5. 64-Andy Pake (5); 6. 23S-Stuart Snyder (6); 7. 22W-Aaron Werner (7).
Qualifying (2 Laps): 1. G5-Gage Pulkrabek, 00:11.335 (29); 2. 55-Kerry Madsen, 00:11.379 (9); 3. 16-Brooke Tatnell, 00:11.427 (8); 4. 23-Garet Williamson, 00:11.456 (15); 5. 24T-Christopher Thram, 00:11.460 (2); 6. 11M-Brendan Mullen, 00:11.483 (1); 7. 8-Jacob Hughes, 00:11.485 (27); 8. 14T-Tim Estenson, 00:11.499 (25); 9. 2KS-Chase Randall, 00:11.518 (6); 10. 22-Riley Goodno, 00:11.573 (12); 11. 3-Tim Kaeding, 00:11.591 (5); 12. 22K-Kaleb Johnson, 00:11.595 (28); 13. 09-Matt Juhl, 00:11.636 (13); 14. 83-Justin Henderson, 00:11.660 (20); 15. 83JR-Sam Henderson, 00:11.668 (21); 16. J2-John Carney II, 00:11.678 (7); 17. 13-Mark Dobmeier, 00:11.686 (30); 18. 45X-Jace Park, 00:11.783 (26); 19. 3J-Dusty Zomer, 00:11.792 (22); 20. 64-Andy Pake, 00:11.802 (19); 21. 17B-Ryan Bickett, 00:11.950 (23); 22. 10X-Trevor Serbus, 00:12.041 (4); 23. 14H-Scott Winters, 00:12.061 (17); 24. 23S-Stuart Snyder, 00:12.066 (11); 25. 78-Bill Wagner, 00:12.074 (3); 26. 95-Tyler Drueke, 00:12.335 (16); 27. 9-Dominic Dobesh, 00:12.355 (24); 28. 22W-Aaron Werner, 00:12.381 (18); 29. 2K-Kevin Ingle, 00:12.447 (14); 30. 8X-Micah Slendy, 00:12.576 (10).
Nordstrom's Automotive Late Model Street Stocks
A Feature (20 Laps): 1. 64-Cory Yeigh (9); 2. 2E-Chris Ellingson (6); 3. 3-Matt Steuerwald (12); 4. 71-Zach Olivier (10); 5. 51-Billy Prouty (4); 6. 12-Mike Chaney (8); 7. 99-Ryan DeBoer (7); 8. 40-Tim Dann (14); 9. 45-Craig Hanisch (3); 10. 98-Dan Jensen (15); 11. 9-Kyle DeBoer (2); 12. 21-Ron Howe (13); 13. 29Z-JJ Zebell (11); 14. (DNF) 83-Nick Janssen (16); 15. (DNF) 15-Brandon Ferguson (1); 16. (DNF) 2-Shaun Taylor (5); 17. (DNS) 55-John Hoing.
Fastenal Heat 1 - Fastenal (8 Laps): 1. 45-Craig Hanisch (2); 2. 51-Billy Prouty (3); 3. 15-Brandon Ferguson (1); 4. 71-Zach Olivier (7); 5. 99-Ryan DeBoer (5); 6. 29Z-JJ Zebell (9); 7. 21-Ron Howe (4); 8. 98-Dan Jensen (8); 9. (DNF) 55-John Hoing (6).
Midwest Oil / VP Fuels Heat 2 - Midwest Oil (8 Laps): 1. 9-Kyle DeBoer (1); 2. 2-Shaun Taylor (3); 3. 2E-Chris Ellingson (4); 4. 64-Cory Yeigh (6); 5. 12-Mike Chaney (5); 6. 3-Matt Steuerwald (8); 7. 40-Tim Dann (7); 8. 83-Nick Janssen (2).
Wyffels Hybrids RaceSaver Sprint Car Series
A Feature (20 Laps): 1. 13G-Gaige Weldon (2); 2. 28-Nicholas Winter (4); 3. 55R-Ryan Serrao (1); 4. 1-Amelia Eisenschenk (6); 5. 34DD-Brady Donnohue (12); 6. 2D-Dusty Ballenger (9); 7. 17-Lee Goos Jr (16); 8. 17V-Casey Abbas (11); 9. 23-Brandon Bosma (13); 10. 48-Cole Olson (3); 11. 6B-Bayley Ballenger (5); 12. 14-Nick Barger (10); 13. 03-Shayle Bade (14); 14. O7-Owen Carlson (15); 15. 80P-Jacob Peterson (19); 16. X-Dylan Waxdahl (7); 17. 18-Corbin Erickson (17); 18. 18T-Tyler Rabenberg (20); 19. 23V-Michalob Voeltz (18); 20. (DNF) 3K-Jeremy Kerzman (8).
B Feature (8 Laps): 1. 18-Corbin Erickson (2); 2. 23V-Michalob Voeltz (3); 3. 80P-Jacob Peterson (4); 4. 18T-Tyler Rabenberg (5); 5. 32-Trefer Waller (7); 6. 12L-John Lambertz (9); 7. 88-Nate Thelen (6); 8. (DNS) 9X-Ramsie Shoenrock; 9. (DNS) 31-Koby Werkmeister; 10. (DNS) 85-Matthew Jasper; 11. (DNS) 81-Jared Jansen; 12. (DNS) 9A-Hunter Hanson.
Gunderson Racing Heat 1 - Gunderson Racing (8 Laps): 1. 55R-Ryan Serrao (1); 2. 1-Amelia Eisenschenk (3); 3. 14-Nick Barger (4); 4. 23-Brandon Bosma (5); 5. 9X-Ramsie Shoenrock (2); 6. 18T-Tyler Rabenberg (6); 7. 32-Trefer Waller (7).
Saldana Racing Products Heat 2 - Saldana Racing (8 Laps): 1. 48-Cole Olson (2); 2. X-Dylan Waxdahl (3); 3. 34DD-Brady Donnohue (5); 4. 03-Shayle Bade (6); 5. 18-Corbin Erickson (4); 6. (DNF) 31-Koby Werkmeister (7); 7. (DNS) 85-Matthew Jasper.
Vahlco Wheels Heat 3 - Vahlco Wheels (8 Laps): 1. 28-Nicholas Winter (2); 2. 17V-Casey Abbas (4); 3. 3K-Jeremy Kerzman (3); 4. O7-Owen Carlson (7); 5. 23V-Michalob Voeltz (6); 6. 88-Nate Thelen (1); 7. (DNS) 81-Jared Jansen.
Vahlco Wheels Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 13G-Gaige Weldon (1); 2. 6B-Bayley Ballenger (2); 3. 2D-Dusty Ballenger (3); 4. 17-Lee Goos Jr (7); 5. 80P-Jacob Peterson (6); 6. (DNF) 12L-John Lambertz (5); 7. (DNS) 9A-Hunter Hanson.
2024 HUSET'S SPEEDWAY WEEKLY DIVISION FEATURE WINNERS -
Cressman Sanitation 410 Outlaw Sprint Cars :
Garet Williamson - 2(July 7 and July 28); Scott Bogucki - 1 (July 14);Tyler Drueke- 1(May 19); Tim Kaeding - 1 (May 27); Anthony Macri - 1 (June 2); Austin McCarl - 1 (June 9); Daison Pursley - 1 (May 26); Ryan Timms - 1 (June 16)
Nordstrom's Automotive Late Model Street Stocks:
Cory Yeigh - 3(May 26, June 2 and July 28); Zach Olivier - 2 (May 27 and June 9); Tim Dann - 1 (June 16); Brylee Gough- 1(May 19); Craig Hanisch - 1 (July 14); and J.J. Zebell - 1 (July 7)
Wyffels Hybrids RaceSaver Sprint Car Series:
Dusty Ballenger- 1(May 19); Nate Barger - 1 (June 16); Brandon Bosma - 1 (July 14); Brady Donnohue - 1 (July 7); Monty Ferriera - 1 (May 27); Zach Patterson - 1 (June 9); Andrew Sullivan - 1 (June 2); Cole Vanderheiden - 1 (May 26); and Gaige Weldon - 1 (July 28)
UP NEXT - Aug. 25 for Royal River Casino Night showcasing The Bull Haulers Brawl Championship Night for Sprint Cars featuring the Cressman Sanitation 410 Outlaw Sprint Cars, Nordstrom's Automotive Late Model Street Stocks and the Wyffels Hybrids RaceSaver Sprint Car Series
Website: http://www.HusetsSpeedway.com