Huset’s Speedway
Fast Facts: 14th annual Silver Dollar Nationals
By Aaron Clay
DirtonDirt.com weekend editor
Dates: July 17-20
Track: Huset’s Speedway in Brandon, S.D. (high-banked 3/8-mile dirt oval).
Purse: $53,000-to-win Late Model feature
Sanction: Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series
Last year’s winner: Brandon Sheppard of New Berlin, Ill., who won his second Silver Dollar Nationals.
Tickets: $22 adult (13-and-up) general admission on Wednesday; $37 on Thursday and Friday; $42 on Saturday (more details below).
Live streaming: FloRacing
Website: husetsspeedway.com
Track phone: (605) 231-9720
Notes: It’s the second straight year the Silver Dollar Nationals is being held at Huset’s Speedway after being held at the Kosiski family-owned I-80 Speedway in Greenwood, Neb., for the first 12 years prior to the track’s closure. … The 14th annual edition is again a four-day event that officially begins with Wednesday’s $6,000-to-win Ben Nothdurft Memorial for the Repairable Vehicles.com Tri-State Series. Lucas Oil Series-sanction begins with 40-lap, $10,000-to-win preliminary features on Thursday and Friday, with the top-16 point earners during preliminaries locked in to Saturday’s feature. Points also set the lineup for Saturday’s consolation, which precedes the 80-lap, $53,000-to-win finale. … Huset's is rebounding from intense June flooding that inundated the facility and region. ... Lucas Oil has sanctioned every year of the Silver Dollar Nationals, except for 2011’s inaugural event which carried sanction from its sister Lucas Oil Midwest LateModel Racing Association. … Brandon Sheppard of New Berlin, Ill., led all 80 laps to win last year’s Silver Dollar Nationals, his second career event triumph (2020). … Jonathan Davenport of Blairsville, Ga., is a three-time event winner. … Tim McCreadie of Watertown, N.Y., 2022’s $10,000 inaugural series visit to Huset’s.
Silver Dollar Nationals winners
Year: Winner, hometown
2023: Brandon Sheppard, New Berlin, Ill.
2022: Jonathan Davenport, Blairsville, Ga.
2021: Kyle Bronson, Brandon, Fla.
2020: Brandon Sheppard, New Berlin, Ill.
2019: Bobby Pierce, Oakwood, Ill.
2018: Jonathan Davenport, Blairsville, Ga.
2017: Tim McCreadie, Watertown, N.Y.
2016: Jonathan Davenport, Blairsville, Ga.
2015: Scott Bloomquist, Mooresburg, Tenn.
2014: Scott Bloomquist, Mooresburg, Tenn.
2013: Jimmy Owens, Newport, Tenn.
2012: Brian Birkhofter, Muscatine, Iowa
2011: Don O’Neal, Martinsville, Ind.
Weekend purses
Thursday and Friday’s prelims
1. $10,000
2. $5,500
3. $3,500
4. $2,700
5. $2,500
6. $2,300
7. $2,200
8. $2,100
9. $2,050
10. $2,000
11. $1,600
12. $1,400
13. $1,200
14. $1,100
15. $950
16. $925
17. $900
18. $875
19. $850
20. $825
21-24. $800
Saturday's main event
1. $53,000
2. $20,000
3. $10,000
4. $8,000
5. $7,000
6. $6,000
7. $4,500
8. $4,000
9. $3,800
10. $3,600
11. $3,400
12. $3,200
13. $3,000
14. $2,500
15. $2,400
16. $2,300
17. $2,200
18. $2,100
19-24. $2,000
Event schedule
(All times local; subject to change)
Wednesday
3 p.m. - Pits open
4:30 p.m. - Grandstands open
6:30 p.m. - Hot laps
7:30 p.m. - Opening ceremonies
Competition
- Tri-State Late Model Series
- Stock cars
Thursday
2 p.m. - Pits open
4:30 p.m. - Grandstands open
6 p.m. - Drivers’ meeting
6:30 p.m. - On-track activity
- Limited Late Model hot laps
- Super Late Model hot laps
- Super Late Model qualifying (2 laps)
Opening ceremonies
- Limited Late Model heats (8 laps)
- Super Late Model heats (8 laps)
- Limited Late Model consolations (if needed)
- Super Late Model consolations (10 laps)
Feature events
- Limited Late Models (25 laps)
- Super Late Models (50 laps)
Friday
2 p.m. - Pits open
4:30 p.m. - Grandstands open
6 p.m. - Drivers’ meeting
6:30 p.m. - On-track activity
- Limited Late Model hot laps
- Super Late Model hot laps
- Super Late Model qualifying (2 laps)
Opening ceremonies
- Limited Late Model heats (8 laps)
- Super Late Model heats (8 laps)
- Limited Late Model consolations (if needed)
- Super Late Model consolations (10 laps)
Feature events
- Limited Late Models (25 laps)
- Super Late Models (50 laps)
Saturday
4:30 p.m. - Gates open
5 p.m. - Driver autographs near souvenir trailers
6:30 p.m. - Drivers’ meeting
7 p.m. - On-track activity
- Limited Late Model hot laps
- Super Late Model hot laps (consolation entrants)
Opening ceremonies
- Limited Late Model heats (8 laps)
- Super Late Model consolations (12 laps)
- Super Late Model hot laps (locked-in feature entrants)
- Limited Late Model consolation (10 laps)
- Super Late Model non-qualifiers’ race (16 laps)
- Limited Late Model feature (30 laps)
- 14th annual Silver Dollar Nationals feature (80 laps)
Tickets
Wednesday
One-day general admission (13-and-up): $22
One-day reserved seating: Additional $3
Four-day general admission (13-and-up): $125
Four-day reserved seating: Additional $15
Thursday
One-day general admission (13-and-up): $37
One-day child general admission (12-and-under): $15
Reserved seating: Additional $3 for adults, additional $5 for children
Three-day general admission: $116
Three-day child general admission (12-and-under): $50
Three-day reserved seating: Additional $9 for adults, $25 for children
One-day all access pit pass (13-and-up): $50
One-day all access pit pass (12-and-under): $30
Three-day all access pit pass (13-and-up): $140
Three-day all access pit pass (12-and-under): $80
Friday
One-day general admission (13-and-up): $37
One-day child general admission (12-and-under): $15
Reserved seating: Additional $3 for adults, additional $5 for children
Two-day general admission (13-and-up): $79
Two-day child general admission (12-and-under): $35
Two-day reserved seating: Additional $6 for adults, $15 for children
One-day all access pit pass (13-and-up): $50
One-day all access pit pass (12-and-under): $30
Saturday
General admission (13-and-up): $42
Child general admission (12-and-under): $20
Reserved seating: Additional $3 for adults, additional $5 for children
One-day all access pit pass (13-and-up): $50
One-day all access pit pass (12-and-under): $30
Camping
Electric and dry camping: $250 for the week
Water and Electric camping: $300 for the week
Online reservations: mpv.tickets.com
More information: husetsspeedway.com/camping or (605) 231-9720
