Hudson O'Neal pockets $75,000 Silver Dollar Nationals prize at Huset's
Photo by Tylan Porath
BRANDON, S.D.—Hudson O’Neal and Zach Olivier pocketed special wins at Huset’s Speedway on Saturday during Kwik Star Night, which wrapped up the 15th annual Silver Dollar Nationals presented by MyRacePass.
O’Neal’s triumph came after a dominating performance during the $75,000-to-win Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series main event, which was called on Lap 68 because of rain. He became the 11th different event champion and joined his father, Don O’Neal – the inaugural event champion in 2011 – on the prestigious winner’s list.
“Unbelievable,” Hudson O’Neal beamed on a wet frontstretch. “To be a race car driver, something you always dream of is being in position to win big races. It’s so cool to be standing up here at Huset’s Speedway, to be able to call myself a Silver Dollar Nationals winner. It’s not the necessary way we wanted to win it, but we’ll take the rain.”
O’Neal started on the pole of the main event scheduled for 80 laps and he led the distance before Mother Nature intervened. It was his fourth Series win this season, ranking fourth best.
Six cautions slowed the race with the final stoppage occurring after wet weather invaded the dirt oval. The race was stopped with the drivers being sent to the infield for several minutes before officials deemed the race officially complete.
“I don’t know if we went back green if anything would have changed there,” said Brandon Sheppard, who finished second for the second night in a row. “Hudson was real good. You can momentum so good here it makes it hard to pass the leader for sure. Congrats to him and congrats to Bobby (Pierce). It was a solid weekend for us. We definitely wanted to win, but all in all it was a good weekend.”
Bobby Pierce ran third, marking his sixth podium performance in his last seven races at the track.
“Hudson ran a really good race,” he said. “Congrats to him. Congrats to Brandon. I don’t know if 13 laps would have done anything.”
Jonathan Davenport placed fourth and Ricky Thornton Jr. rounded out the top five.
O’Neal and Garrett Alberson were quickest during their qualifying sessions before the heat races were won by O’Neal, Sheppard, Alberson and Davenport. Ethan Dotson and Spencer Hughes were the B Main winners.
Olivier became the seventh different driver in eight Nordstrom’s Automotive Late Model Street Stocks main events this season to reach Sea Foam Victory Lane.
“This is one of our favorite events of the whole year and the track prep is great,” he said. “I figured if the track prep was on point tonight we’d have a chance and we made the most of it.”
Tracy Halouska led for the first nine laps before Olivier used the top groove in turns three and four to make the race-winning pass on Lap 10. A couple of late cautions bunched the field together, but Olivier was strong to win by 0.785 seconds.
Garet DeBoer capitalized on a late-race pass to score the runner-up result with Halouska placing third. J.J. Zebell finished fourth and Nick Janssen was fifth.
The heat races were won by Olivier, DeBoer and Craig Hanisch.
The next event at Huset’s Speedway is on July 27 during Nordstrom’s Automotive 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.
SILVER DOLLAR NATIONALS PRESENTED BY MYRACEPASS FINALE RACE RESULTS AT HUSET’S SPEEDWAY (July 19, 2025) –
Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series
Race Summary
15th Annual Silver Dollar Nationals Presented by MyRacePass | Night 3
Huset’s Speedway – Brandon, SD
Saturday, July 19, 2025
Allstar Performance Time Trials
Fast Time Group A: Hudson O’Neal | 13.571 seconds (Overall)
Fast Time Group B: Garrett Alberson | 13.908 seconds
Penske Shocks Heat Race #1 Finish (8 Laps, Top 4 Transfer): 1. 71-Hudson O'Neal[1]; 2. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr[3]; 3. 79-Donald McIntosh[2]; 4. 22*-Drake Troutman[4]; 5. 76-Brandon Overton[6]; 6. 17SS-Brenden Smith[5]; 7. 20-Trevor Anderson[7]; 8. 04-Tad Pospisil[8]; 9. 15C-Curt Schroeder[9]; 10. 26JR-Corey Zeitner[10]; 11. 93L-Cory Lawler[11]
Summit Racing Products Heat Race #2 Finish (8 Laps, Top 4 Transfer): 1. 1-Brandon Sheppard[1]; 2. 1T-Tyler Erb[3]; 3. 22-Daniel Hilsabeck[4]; 4. 01J-Jacob Hobscheidt[5]; 5. 74X-Ethan Dotson[7]; 6. 6-Clay Harris[2]; 7. 01-CJ Horn[6]; 8. 51W-JT Wasmund[9]; 9. 24L-Bill Leighton[10]; 10. 22C-Charlie McKenna[11]; 11. 5S-Dylan Schmer[8]
Cool-It Thermo-Tec Heat Race #3 Finish (8 Laps, Top 4 Transfer): 1. 58-Garrett Alberson[1]; 2. 32-Bobby Pierce[2]; 3. 3S-Brian Shirley[4]; 4. 93-Carson Ferguson[3]; 5. 19M-Spencer Hughes[5]; 6. 35D-Dylan Sillman[8]; 7. 85-Josh Leonard[6]; 8. 85JR-Braxten Leonard[10]; 9. 8-Lane Brenden[9]; 10. 15M-Shane DeMey[7]; 11. 10-Junior Coover[11]
Simpson Race Products Heat Race #4 Finish (8 Laps, Top 4 Transfer): 1. 49-Jonathan Davenport[1]; 2. 28-Dennis Erb Jr[3]; 3. 99-Devin Moran[2]; 4. 18D-Daulton Wilson[8]; 5. 76N-Blair Nothdurft[4]; 6. 60-Dan Ebert[6]; 7. 18-Jesse Sobbing[5]; 8. 17SR-Brody Smith[7]; 9. 4TW-Tim Ward[9]; 10. 99D-Darrel DeFrance[11]; 11. 87-Curt Kranz[10]
Fast Shafts B-Main Race #1 Finish (10 Laps, Top 3 Transfer): 1. 74X-Ethan Dotson[2]; 2. 76-Brandon Overton[1]; 3. 6-Clay Harris[4]; 4. 17SS-Brenden Smith[3]; 5. 01-CJ Horn[6]; 6. 20-Trevor Anderson[5]; 7. 51W-JT Wasmund[8]; 8. 24L-Bill Leighton[10]; 9. 04-Tad Pospisil[7]; 10. 22C-Charlie McKenna[12]; 11. 26JR-Corey Zeitner[11]; 12. 15C-Curt Schroeder[9]; 13. 5S-Dylan Schmer[14]; 14. 93L-Cory Lawler[13]
UNOH B-Main Race #1 Finish (10 Laps, Top 3 Transfer): 1. 19M-Spencer Hughes[1]; 2. 60-Dan Ebert[4]; 3. 76N-Blair Nothdurft[2]; 4. 18-Jesse Sobbing[6]; 5. 35D-Dylan Sillman[3]; 6. 85-Josh Leonard[5]; 7. 4TW-Tim Ward[10]; 8. 17SR-Brody Smith[8]; 9. 8-Lane Brenden[9]; 10. 15M-Shane DeMey[11]; 11. 85JR-Braxten Leonard[7]; 12. 87-Curt Kranz[14]; 13. 10-Junior Coover[13]; 14. 99D-Darrel DeFrance[12]
15th Annual Silver Dollar Nationals Presented by MyRacePass | Night 3 Feature Finish (67 Laps):
Pos - Start - Car # - Competitor - Hometown - Pay
1 - 1 - 71 - Hudson O'Neal - Martinsville, IN - $75,900
2 - 3 - 1 - Brandon Sheppard - New Berlin, IL - $25,700
3 - 6 - 32 - Bobby Pierce - Oakwood, IL - $10,000
4 - 4 - 49 - Jonathan Davenport - Blairsville, GA - $10,200
5 - 5 - 20RT - Ricky Thornton Jr - Chandler, AZ - $9,100
6 - 2 - 58 - Garrett Alberson - Las Cruces, NM - $7,700
7 - 20 - 60 - Dan Ebert - Lake Shore, MN - $6,800
8 - 19 - 76 - Brandon Overton - Evans, GA - $5,700
9 - 8 - 28 - Dennis Erb Jr - Carpentersville, IL - $4,500
10 - 12 - 99 - Devin Moran - Dresden, OH - $5,000
11 - 18 - 19M - Spencer Hughes - Meridian, MS - $4,500
12 - 7 - 1T - Tyler Erb - New Waverly, TX - $3,700
13 - 9 - 79 - Donald McIntosh - Dawsonville, GA - $4,300
14 - 21 - 6 - Clay Harris - Jupiter, FL - $4,200
15 - 16 - 18D - Daulton Wilson - Fayetteville, NC - $4,100
16 - 11 - 22 - Daniel Hilsabeck - Earlham, IA - $4,000
17 - 22 - 76N - Blair Nothdurft - Renner, SD - $3,200
18 - 10 - 3S - Brian Shirley - Chatham, IL - $3,100
19 - 23 - 93L - Cory Lawler - Hanover, PA - $3,700
20 - 24 - 17SS - Brenden Smith - Dade City, FL - $2,900
21 - 17 - 74X - Ethan Dotson - Bakersfield, CA - $2,800
22 - 14 - 93 - Carson Ferguson - Lincolnton, NC - $3,400
23 - 13 - 22* - Drake Troutman - Hyndman, PA - $2,600
24 - 15 - 01J - Jacob Hobscheidt - Plattsmouth, NE - $2,500
Race Statistics
Entrants: 44
Victory Fuel Pole Sitter: Hudson O’Neal
MD3 Lap Leaders: Hudson O’Neal (Laps 1-67)
Hellraizer Jacks Halfway Leader: Hudson O’Neal
Wieland Feature Winner: Hudson O’Neal
Margin of Victory: 0.821 seconds
Coltman Farms Racing Cautions: Daniel Hilsabeck, Drake Troutman, Jacob Hobscheidt, Ethan Dotson, Clay Harris (Lap 2); Debris (Lap 13); Carson Ferguson (Lap 29); Cory Lawler, Tyler Erb, Brian Shirley, Dalton Wilson (Lap 57); Daniel Hilsabeck (Lap 59)
Series Provisionals: Cory Lawler
Fast Time Provisional: Brenden Smith
Emergency Provisional: n/a
Track Provisional: n/a
Big River Steel Podium Top 3: Hudson O’Neal, Brandon Sheppard, Bobby Pierce
Penske Shocks Top 5: Hudson O’Neal, Brandon Sheppard, Bobby Pierce, Jonathan Davenport, Ricky Thornton Jr.
PEM 4th Place Feature: Jonathan Davenport
DMI Rearends 5th Place Feature: Ricky Thornton Jr.
Wilwood Brakes Lucky 7th Place Feature: Dan Ebert
Wehrs Machine 11th Place Feature: Spencer Hughes
Deatherage Opticians Lucky 13th Place Feature: Donal McIntosh
MD3 24th Place Feature: Jacob Hobscheidt
Hoker Trucking Hard Charger of the Race: Dan Ebert (Advanced 13 Positions)
MD3 Most Laps Led: Hudson O’Neal (67 Laps)
Sunoco Race for Gas Highest Finisher: Hudson O’Neal
Midwest Sheet Metal Spoiler Challenge Point Leader: Jonathan Davenport
O’Reilly Auto Parts Rookie of the Race: Dan Ebert
Pro Fabrication Headers Fastest Lap of the Race: Hudson O’Neal | Lap 12 | 12.683 seconds
Slicker Graphics Slickest Move of the Race: Hudson O’Neal
Fresh Roof Hard Luck Award: Devin Moran
Outerwears Crew Chief of the Race: Jason Durham
ARP Engine Builder of the Race: Cornett Racing Engines
Miller Welders Chassis Builder of the Race: Longhorn Chassis
Dirt Draft Fastest in Hot Laps: Bobby Pierce | 13.212 seconds
Time of Race: 45 minutes 51 seconds
Big River Steel Chase for the Championship Presented by ARP Point Standings:
Pos - Car # - Competitor - Hometown - Points - Pay
1 - 49 - Jonathan Davenport - Blairsville, GA - 6355 - $294,300
2 - 20RT - Ricky Thornton Jr - Chandler, AZ - 6340 - $314,950
3 - 71 - Hudson O'Neal - Martinsville, IN - 6065 - $243,975
4 - 99 - Devin Moran - Dresden, OH - 5960 - $215,049
5 - 58 - Garrett Alberson - Las Cruces, NM - 5810 - $135,450
6 - 1 - Brandon Sheppard - New Berlin, IL - 5785 - $193,300
7 - 76 - Brandon Overton - Evans, GA - 5505 - $115,300
8 - 18D - Daulton Wilson - Fayetteville, NC - 5150 - $94,425
9 - 93 - Carson Ferguson - Lincolnton, NC - 4840 - $79,175
10 - 79 - Donald McIntosh - Dawsonville, GA - 4765 - $67,600
11 - 22 - Daniel Hilsabeck - Earlham, IA - 4595 - $61,450
12 - 19M - Spencer Hughes - Meridian, MS - 4335 - $59,700
13 - 60 - Dan Ebert - Lake Shore, MN - 4300 - $53,725
14 - 6 - Clay Harris - Jupiter, FL - 4205 - $53,400
15 - 93L - Cory Lawler - Hanover, PA - 3730 - $39,050
Nordstrom’s Automotive Late Model Street Stocks
A Feature (18 Laps): 1. 71X-Zach Olivier (4); 2. 33-Garet Deboer (3); 3. 86-Tracy Halouska (1); 4. 29Z-JJ Zebell (8); 5. 83-Nick Janssen (6); 6. 2-Chris Ellingson (9); 7. 40-Tim Dann (14); 8. 54-Dustin Gulbrandson (11); 9. 71-Shaun Taylor (5); 10. 64-Cory Yeigh (10); 11. 1X-Aaron Foote (15); 12. 12-Mike Chaney (18); 13. 21T-Trevor Tesch (23); 14. 3-Matt Steuerwald (12); 15. 99-Ryan DeBoer (16); 16. 81-Lance Nordstrom (21); 17. 66-Jeff Wittrock (19); 18. 21-Ron Howe (20); 19. 67-Weston Ramsrud (22); 20. 14J-Jayke Glanzer (13); 21. (DNF) 45-Craig Hanisch (7); 22. (DNF) 9-Kyle DeBoer (2); 23. (DNS) 15-Brandon Ferguson.
Fastenal Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 71X-Zach Olivier (3); 2. 29Z-JJ Zebell (5); 3. 3-Matt Steuerwald (8); 4. 64-Cory Yeigh (7); 5. 14J-Jayke Glanzer (2); 6. 99-Ryan DeBoer (6); 7. 66-Jeff Wittrock (1); 8. (DNF) 21T-Trevor Tesch (4).
Midwest Oil / VP Fuels Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 33-Garet Deboer (2); 2. 71-Shaun Taylor (3); 3. 86-Tracy Halouska (1); 4. 54-Dustin Gulbrandson (7); 5. 40-Tim Dann (6); 6. 15-Brandon Ferguson (5); 7. 21-Ron Howe (4); 8. 67-Weston Ramsrud (8).
Midwest Oil / VP Fuels Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 45-Craig Hanisch (4); 2. 2-Chris Ellingson (6); 3. 9-Kyle DeBoer (1); 4. 83-Nick Janssen (3); 5. 1X-Aaron Foote (5); 6. 12-Mike Chaney (7); 7. 81-Lance Nordstrom (2).
UP NEXT – July 27 for Nordstrom’s Automotive 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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