Haudenschild wins Huset’s prelim, takes points lead
NXTbets Pro | Published On: June 22, 2026
Haudenschild wins prelim
Sheldon Haudenschild drove from fifth to first on Friday and won the BillionAuto.com Huset’s High Bank Nationals preliminary feature at Huset’s Speedway in Brandon, South Dakota. The payoff was $20,000. Logan Schuchart led the first 29 laps and had the race in hand until traffic slowed him with six laps remaining. Haudenschild made the move, took the lead and kept control to the finish. Donny Schatz made a late run at him but settled for second. Schuchart finished third, David Gravel was fourth and Spencer Bayston took fifth.
The win came with clean timing and sharp execution. Haudenschild had to chase down a front-runner who controlled most of the race, then capitalize the moment the opening came. He did that after starting fifth, which left no room for hesitation in a short feature where track position mattered from the start. Schuchart still produced the longest stretch out front, but traffic changed the race in the closing laps and turned the final run into a battle for the lead. Haudenschild handled that pressure and held off Schatz, who stayed close enough to make the finish matter. The result gave Haudenschild his third victory of the season and the 49th of his career. It also ended a stretch of three straight runner-up finishes, a run that had left him close but short of the top step.
Huset's points lead
The victory also changed the points picture for the weekend. Haudenschild and KCP Racing left Friday with the event points lead heading into Saturday’s championship race. That finale was set to pay a Series-record $300,000 to the winner, so the preliminary mattered well beyond the check attached to the feature itself. It set the order for the biggest night of the event and put Haudenschild in the first spot when the field turned to the title race.
That position came after a demanding feature. Schuchart led for most of the night, Schatz challenged late and Haudenschild had to make the winning move in traffic. The top end of the finishing order showed how tight the race was once the final laps arrived. Schuchart still left with third, Gravel followed in fourth and Bayston completed the top five. Haudenschild left with the lead in the standings and the advantage that comes with winning the race that shaped the starting point for the finale. He also carried the confidence of a driver who found a way through traffic and closed out a race against a pair of proven World of Outlaws names.
Haudenschild's Huset's mark
Friday’s win added another strong line to Haudenschild’s record at Huset’s Speedway. It was his fourth career victory at the track and moved him to fifth on the World of Outlaws series’ all-time wins list there. That matters at a place where repeated success stands out, because Huset’s has already become one of the more productive tracks on his schedule. The result showed that again. He took the lead late, protected it under pressure and left with another Huset’s trophy on his resume.
The victory also fit the shape of his season. It was his third win of the year, a marker that keeps his campaign moving forward on both the season and career fronts. The number 49 carries weight on its own, and the latest victory added another milestone to a career that continues to build. It came after three straight second-place finishes, so the breakthrough gave him more than a points boost. It gave him a finish that matched the speed he has shown recently and the record he has built at Huset’s. With one night left in the event, Haudenschild stood on top of the points and carried the momentum into a finale that offered a Series-record payout and a chance to turn a preliminary win into the weekend’s top prize.
