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Using his trademark high line, Sheldon Haudenschild swooped in with a dramatic last-lap pass to steal the $100,000 High Bank Nationals finale at Huset’s Saturday night (June 25).
How it Happened
2022 Huset’s High Bank Nationals (World of Outlaws)
Where: Huset’s Speedway – Brandon, S.D. (streamed on DirtVision)
Winner’s Purse: $100,000 (Saturday)
Sheldon Haudenschild executed one of the most dramatic passes sprint car racing has seen in recent memory Saturday night, pouncing on a battle for the lead between polesitter Carson Macedo and Buddy Kofoid. He then powered past Kofoid on the cushion exiting turn 2 on the white-flag lap to score a $100,000 win in the High Bank Nationals.
It’s the biggest victory of Haudenschild’s career as well as the largest paid out in sprint car racing so far in 2022.
. @DIRTVision REPLAY: @Haudenschild_17 pulls off an absolutely incredible last four laps to win the @HusetsSpeedway High Bank Nationals and $100,000! #OutlawTough pic.twitter.com/7FPIffGbXH
— World of Outlaws (@WorldofOutlaws) June 26, 2022
The late-race fireworks saved what had been to that point a pedestrian feature. Extensive track work prior to the A-main left the Huset’s Speedway feature “juiced up,” with so much moisture put into the bottom that the opening 20 laps of the 40-lap event were all but a glorified hot lap session, with Macedo leading the entire way.
The race, and specifically the track, turned shortly after halfway when an extended red flag flew after Carson McCarl slapped the track access gate on the frontstretch wall, breaking the gate open from the wall.
With the track surface widening, Kofoid was able to run down Macedo inside of 10 laps to go, setting both up to be overtaken by Haudenschild for the race win.
Success Stories
It took until the last night of the High Bank Nationals for Sheldon Haudenschild to break into the win column, but even before scoring a six-figure payday the numbers pointed to Haudenschild as the sleeper of the event. One of only three drivers to score top 10s across the four nights of racing at Huset’s, Haudenschild further passed more cars than anyone in the field, going a whopping plus-34 in winning hard charger honors Thursday and Friday. And that pass on Saturday will go down in lore.
Carson Macedo was the second such driver to score four top-10 finishes this weekend, including an emotional win on Friday night that happened to coincide with the four-year…
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