After a devastating storm ripped through Huset’s Speedway on Sunday (May 29), World of Outlaws announcer Johnny Gibson delivered the news that the upcoming Outlaws show on Sunday (June 5) will take place as scheduled.
Great news just delivered by @Gibvoice next Sunday’s @WorldofOutlaws event @HusetsSpeedway will go on as scheduled as damage cleanup from severe overnight storms at the track continues at this hour #OutlawTough
— DIRTVision (@dirtvision) May 30, 2022
When David Gravel heard that his team owner’s race track would have racing next week, he was surprised.
“That would be amazing if they could do that, that’d be pretty admirable of them,” Gravel said. “They can easily lay down and not have the race. Hopefully we’ll talk to those guys here tomorrow or the next day and get an update from them and hopefully we’ll race Sunday. We’ve lost so many races with rainouts so we don’t really want to lose any more but this is an extreme circumstance and we’ll see what happens.”
Workers at the Brandon, S.D. track were hard at work cleaning up debris from the track surface and the rest of the grounds. The majority of the roof over the frontstretch grandstand suites was ripped off the structure by high winds which also severely damaged the track-facing walls of the suites.
A Severe Storm Wreaked Havoc on our facility early this morning. We are Extremely Thankful nobody was injured, although we received heavy damage.
Tonight’s races have been cancelled. Please check our website and social media outlets for further updates. pic.twitter.com/11F38V3ZMp
— Huset’s Speedway (@HusetsSpeedway) May 30, 2022
As cleanup and damage assessment continued, Gravel raced at Lawrenceburg Speedway in southeastern Indiana, trying to bring some positivity to Big Game Motorsports’s team owner Tod Quiring.
Besides owning Big Game Motorsports, Quiring also owns both Huset’s Speedway and Jackson Motorplex, which the Outlaws will visit in August….
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