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Larson Edges Bayston by 0.085 Seconds to Top Huset’s Hustle Preliminary Night at Huset’s Speedway

(Photo by Tylan Porath Photography)

Inside Line Promotions – BRANDON, S.D. (June 18, 2025) – Kyle Larson emerged victorious by less than one tenth of a second on Wednesday at Huset’s Speedway during the Huset’s Hustle preliminary night, which was the opening round of the four-day BillionAuto.com Huset’s High Bank Nationals presented by Menards.

The Huset’s Hustle finale is Thursday with the feature winner earning $100,000. The gates open at 4 p.m. with hot laps at 7 p.m. The remainder of the BillionAuto.com Huset’s High Bank Nationals presented by Menards on Friday and Saturday concludes with a whopping $250,000 top prize on Saturday.

Spencer Bayston, who is the high-points driver out of the 60 competitors who entered the marquee World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series event, led the first 15 laps of the 35-lap main event on Wednesday.

Larson started fourth and advanced to third place on Lap 2. Five laps later, he maneuvered into the runner-up position. A red flag on Lap 16 for a violent crash by Jy Corbet bunched the field together for the restart and Larson took advantage, sliding in front of Bayston in turns one and two and then dropping to the bottom entering turn three to protect from a return slide job by Bayston.

Larson led the final 20 laps, but Bayston stayed close and rapidly reeled Larson in during the final two laps when the leader dropped back to the bottom lane in traffic. Bayston stayed committed to the cushion and cut the deficit to just over a quarter of a second as the white flag was waved. He continued to inch closer and the momentum propelled Bayston to the rear of Larson’s car as the duo crossed the finish line with the winning margin at only 0.085 seconds.

“I was watching the big screen and I could see a white car on the bottom with me and a darker car up top,” Larson said. “I figured it was Spencer. The margin for error was just too much up there.

“Fun race there. Really, really technical cushion. Good to get back on track here and hopefully we can carry it on to some more wins.”

The victory was Larson’s third career World of Outlaws win at Huset’s Speedway and it marked his fourth triumph of the season with ‘The Greatest Show on Dirt.’ Also of note, Larson is the eighth different winner in a row during World of Outlaws races at Huset’s Speedway since 2023.

Bayston’s second-place finish was his best result of the season.

“I felt we were the car to beat there,” he said after recalling the mid-race restart when the lead changed. “It’s been a tough year for us. We haven’t had the performance that we’ve always really wanted, but this is a good start to a big week. It’ll set us up good for tomorrow.”

Michael ‘Buddy’ Kofoid advanced from eighth to fourth place in the first half of the race before passing World of Outlaws points leader David Gravel for the final spot on the podium on Lap 24.

“I felt better on the bottom,” Kofoid said. “They got to racing and I think that let me get back to them. As they were racing I was kinda able to take advantage of that. A good car on the bottom for sure. I felt maybe we could have been a tick better on the top. I wish we didn’t draw that eight (during the feature redraw). I felt we had a car that could contend to win. Good night, good points.”

Gravel placed fourth and Garet Williamson rounded out the top five.

Rico Abreu was the quickest qualifier overall with Kofoid joining him as quick time in their group sessions. The heat races were won by Giovanni Scelzi, Corbet, Conner Morrell, Tim Kaeding, Hunter Schuerenberg and Christopher Bell. Mark Dobmeier topped the C Main and Brad Sweet won the Last Chance Showdown.

Bayston leads Larson and Kofoid by four points following the Huset’s Hustle preliminary night. Gravel is 10 points behind Bayston with Williamson 16 points back. Bill Balog and Anthony Macri are both 23 points out of the top spot with Scelzi and Tanner Thorson both 31 points behind Bayston. Kaeding ranks 10th in the points standings – 34 markers back.

Follow the World of Outlaws social media accounts for the official Huset’s Hustle preliminary night points standings and the lineups for Thursday’s $100,000-to-win program.

Tickets for races throughout this weekend are on sale online at https://mpv.tickets.com/schedule/?agency=JKMV_PL_MPV&orgid=55369#/?view=list&includePackages=true.

HUSET’S HUSTLE PRELIMINARY NIGHT RACE RESULTS AT HUSET’S SPEEDWAY (June 18, 2025) –

World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series

NOS Energy Drink Feature (35 Laps): 1. 57-Kyle Larson (4); 2. 14-Spencer Bayston (2); 3. 83-Michael Kofoid (8); 4. 2-David Gravel (6); 5. 23-Garet Williamson (7); 6. 39M-Anthony Macri (11); 7. 17B-Bill Balog (3); 8. 88T-Tanner Thorson (19); 9. 18-Giovanni Scelzi (9); 10. 3-Tim Kaeding (10); 11. 49-Brad Sweet (21); 12. 55-Hunter Schuerenberg (12); 13. 1A-Ashton Torgerson (1); 14. 7BC-Tyler Courtney (13); 15. 21-Brian Brown (20); 16. 41-Carson Macedo (24); 17. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild (22); 18. 15-Donny Schatz (15); 19. 69K-Christopher Bell (18); 20. 83H-Justin Henderson (16); 21. 6K-Kaleb Johnson (23); 22. 28M-Conner Morrell (17); 23. 25-Jy Corbet (5); 24. 64-Andy Pake (14).

MicroLite Last Chance Showdown (12 Laps): 1. 49-Brad Sweet (1); 2. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild (3); 3. 6K-Kaleb Johnson (7); 4. 41-Carson Macedo (8); 5. 87-Aaron Reutzel (9); 6. 10-Ryan Timms (17); 7. 9-Kasey Kahne (12); 8. 23W-Scott Winters (5); 9. 16-Riley Goodno (14); 10. 1S-Logan Schuchart; 11. 24-Rico Abreu (15); 12. 24T-Christopher Thram (10); 13. 13-Mark Dobmeier; 14. 2C-Cole Macedo (11); 15. 31-Koby Werkmeister (6); 16. 55V-Kerry Madsen (2); 17. O9-Matt Juhl (20); 18. 9R-Chase Randall (4); 19. 83JR-Sam Henderson (13); 20. 2KS-Ian Madsen (16); 21. 88-Austin McCarl (18); 22. 33-Scott Broty (19).

C Feature (10 Laps): 1. 13-Mark Dobmeier (2); 2. 1S-Logan Schuchart (4); 3. 21H-Brady Bacon (3); 4. 4-Cameron Martin (1); 5. 6-Zach Hampton (7); 6. 7S-Chris Windom (5); 7. 44-Chris Martin (9); 8. 8-Jacob Hughes (8); 9. 99-Skylar Gee (12); 10. G5-Gage Pulkrabek (11); 11. 45X-Landon Crawley (16); 12. 95-Tyler Drueke (14); 13. 53-Jack Dover (15); 14. 96-Blaine Stegenga (10); 15. 8X-Micah Slendy (19); 16. 2X-Alex Pettas (17); 17. 9D-Dominic Dobesh (18); 18. 8H-Jade Hastings (13); 19. 80P-Jacob Peterson (6); 20. 11M-Brendan Mullen (20).

Heat 1 (10 Laps): 1. 18-Giovanni Scelzi (1); 2. 2-David Gravel (4); 3. 88T-Tanner Thorson (2); 4. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild (3); 5. 49-Brad Sweet (5); 6. 10-Ryan Timms (8); 7. 24-Rico Abreu (6); 8. 4-Cameron Martin (7); 9. G5-Gage Pulkrabek (9); 10. 53-Jack Dover (10).

Real American Beer Heat 2 (10 Laps): 1. 25-Jy Corbet (2); 2. 1A-Ashton Torgerson (3); 3. 23W-Scott Winters (1); 4. 57-Kyle Larson (6); 5. 87-Aaron Reutzel (4); 6. 83JR-Sam Henderson (5); 7. 7S-Chris Windom (9); 8. 21H-Brady Bacon (7); 9. 44-Chris Martin (8); 10. 2X-Alex Pettas (10).

WIX Filter Heat 3 (10 Laps): 1. 28M-Conner Morrell (1); 2. 15-Donny Schatz (2); 3. 7BC-Tyler Courtney (3); 4. 39M-Anthony Macri (5); 5. 2C-Cole Macedo (4); 6. 6K-Kaleb Johnson (6); 7. 33-Scott Broty (7); 8. 6-Zach Hampton (8); 9. 8H-Jade Hastings (9); 10. 8X-Micah Slendy (10).

The Greatest Store on Dirt Heat 4 (10 Laps): 1. 3-Tim Kaeding (1); 2. 23-Garet Williamson (3); 3. 83-Michael Kofoid (6); 4. 31-Koby Werkmeister (2); 5. 55V-Kerry Madsen (4); 6. 13-Mark Dobmeier (8); 7. 41-Carson Macedo (5); 8. 80P-Jacob Peterson (7); 9. 99-Skylar Gee (9); 10. 45X-Landon Crawley (10).

Heat 5 (10 Laps): 1. 64-Andy Pake (1); 2. 55-Hunter Schuerenberg (2); 3. 17B-Bill Balog (4); 4. 21-Brian Brown (3); 5. 83H-Justin Henderson (6); 6. 1S-Logan Schuchart (8); 7. 9-Kasey Kahne (5); 8. 8-Jacob Hughes (7); 9. 95-Tyler Drueke (9); 10. 11M-Brendan Mullen (10).

Heat 6 (10 Laps): 1. 69K-Christopher Bell (1); 2. 14-Spencer Bayston (6); 3. 24T-Christopher Thram (8); 4. 9R-Chase Randall (3); 5. 16-Riley Goodno (2); 6. O9-Matt Juhl (7); 7. 96-Blaine Stegenga (9); 8. 2KS-Ian Madsen (4); 9. 88-Austin McCarl (5); 10. 9D-Dominic Dobesh (10).

Honest Abe Roofing Qualifying Group A (2 Laps): 1. 24-Rico Abreu, 00:11.062 (30); 2. 57-Kyle Larson, 00:11.137 (27); 3. 6K-Kaleb Johnson, 00:11.161 (22); 4. 49-Brad Sweet, 00:11.181 (25); 5. 83JR-Sam Henderson, 00:11.183 (2); 6. 39M-Anthony Macri, 00:11.202 (9); 7. 2-David Gravel, 00:11.206 (19); 8. 87-Aaron Reutzel, 00:11.241 (12); 9. 2C-Cole Macedo, 00:11.274 (7); 10. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild, 00:11.310 (13); 11. 1A-Ashton Torgerson, 00:11.310 (10); 12. 7BC-Tyler Courtney, 00:11.325 (28); 13. 88T-Tanner Thorson, 00:11.328 (4); 14. 25-Jy Corbet, 00:11.329 (11); 15. 15-Donny Schatz, 00:11.344 (1); 16. 18-Giovanni Scelzi, 00:11.361 (15); 17. 23W-Scott Winters, 00:11.375 (20); 18. 28M-Conner Morrell, 00:11.412 (21); 19. 4-Cameron Martin, 00:11.452 (5); 20. 21H-Brady Bacon, 00:11.454 (18); 21. 33-Scott Broty, 00:11.475 (17); 22. 10-Ryan Timms, 00:11.481 (24); 23. 44-Chris Martin, 00:11.493 (8); 24. 6-Zach Hampton, 00:11.519 (29); 25. G5-Gage Pulkrabek, 00:11.566 (6); 26. 7S-Chris Windom, 00:11.619 (3); 27. 8H-Jade Hastings, 00:11.649 (14); 28. 53-Jack Dover, 00:11.744 (23); 29. 2X-Alex Pettas, 00:11.822 (16); 30. 8X-Micah Slendy, 00:12.012 (26).

Honest Abe Roofing Qualifying Group B (2 Laps): 1. 83-Michael Kofoid, 00:11.230 (11); 2. 83H-Justin Henderson, 00:11.403 (4); 3. 14-Spencer Bayston, 00:11.410 (6); 4. 41-Carson Macedo, 00:11.439 (10); 5. 9-Kasey Kahne, 00:11.468 (7); 6. 88-Austin McCarl, 00:11.481 (24); 7. 55V-Kerry Madsen, 00:11.483 (20); 8. 17B-Bill Balog, 00:11.492 (16); 9. 2KS-Ian Madsen, 00:11.510 (9); 10. 23-Garet Williamson, 00:11.526 (13); 11. 21-Brian Brown, 00:11.564 (2); 12. 9R-Chase Randall, 00:11.576 (28); 13. 31-Koby Werkmeister, 00:11.619 (8); 14. 55-Hunter Schuerenberg, 00:11.625 (27); 15. 16-Riley Goodno, 00:11.642 (14); 16. 3-Tim Kaeding, 00:11.647 (23); 17. 64-Andy Pake, 00:11.675 (3); 18. 69K-Christopher Bell, 00:11.678 (25); 19. 80P-Jacob Peterson, 00:11.699 (1); 20. 8-Jacob Hughes, 00:11.716 (19); 21. O9-Matt Juhl, 00:11.725 (30); 22. 13-Mark Dobmeier, 00:11.746 (5); 23. 1S-Logan Schuchart, 00:11.747 (26); 24. 24T-Christopher Thram, 00:11.763 (12); 25. 99-Skylar Gee, 00:11.770 (21); 26. 95-Tyler Drueke, 00:11.856 (29); 27. 96-Blaine Stegenga, 00:11.894 (17); 28. 45X-Landon Crawley, 00:11.928 (15); 29. 11M-Brendan Mullen, 00:12.052 (18); 30. 9D-Dominic Dobesh, 00:12.343 (22).

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Thursday through Saturday for the $100,000-to-win Huset’s Hustle and the $250,000-to-win BillionAuto.com Huset’s High Bank Nationals presented by Menards with the World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series

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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.

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