Huset's Hall of Fame

05/31/2026

05/25/2026

UPDATED 5/26/2026)

Five New Inductees to be Enshrined into Huset’s Hall of Fame

The Huset’s Hall of Fame Committee is pleased to announce the names that make up the Class of 2026. The Huset's Hall of Fame will be holding its 29th Annual induction Open House and Induction Ceremony, presented by Midwestern Mechanical of Sioux Falls, on Sunday, July 12th at Huset's Speedway. Those to be honored that evening include Jerry Richert, Jr, Larry Stroman, Gale Pifer, Paul Krueger and Don Marquardt.

Richert, Jr., grew up in a racing family as his father, Jerry, began racing sprint cars nationally on the USAC and IMCA circuits. Richert, Jr. won the Huset’s 410-sprint car title in 1987, winning two features that year with multiple runner-up finishes. In 1988, he didn’t win the title but claimed three feature wins. In all, Richert, Jr., registered seven feature wins at Huset’s, and one more at the Sioux Empire Fairgrounds. He becomes just the sixth person to be inducted into the Huset’s Hall of Fame, Jackson Motorplex Hall of Fame, and Knoxville Raceway Hall of Fame. The others include Darryl Dawley, Guy Forbrook, Roger Larson, Tom Savage and Doug Wolfgang.

Stroman is a long-time engine and car builder in the area, and his impact on many of the cars that have raced at Huset’s is undeniable. Stroman is the owner of Stroman Motorsports, where he’s built countless race cars and motors for more than 57 years. His engines have powered modifieds, super modifieds, stock cars, sprint cars, and today’s IMCA RaceSaver sprint cars.” At age 84, Stroman continues to work in the race shop where for the last six decades he’s been a builder, owner, mechanic, mentor, and lifelong ambassador of local racing. His passion, craftsmanship, family legacy, and unwavering commitment to Huset’s and surrounding tracks is unmistakable.

When Huset’s raced for the first time on May 23, 1954, Pifer was in attendance. Gale’s biggest contribution to racing was his camera and pen. He ordered racing films to air on KSOO Television in Sioux Falls where he worked. Gale was also a regular contributor to Chris Economaki’s National Speed Sport News, as well as Iowa-based Hawkeye Racing News, where Gale once featured Huset’s Speedway exclusively. For 20 years, Gale wrote a weekly racing column for the Madison Daily Leader. He also had racing articles published in the Sioux Falls Argus Leader, Stock Car Racing Magazine, and many other national publications. He also was president of Interlake's Racing Association for many years and promoted and managed races at Interlake's Speedway south of Madison.

Krueger’s racing career at Huset’s was short, but successful. Krueger raced once in 1977 - the season finale - in his brother’s car. Paul crashed the car, but his career was just getting started. Paul began racing in the six-cylinder class full-time in 1978 where he competed for the next five seasons in a familiar red No. 1, claiming track titles in 1979 and 1981. In all, Krueger has 13 career feature wins at Huset’s. With his brother Jim also enshrined in the Hall of Fame in 2017, the Krueger brothers become the fifth set of brothers to be inducted. The others are Gil Haugan (2000) and Vern Haugan (2011), Jay Egge (2001) and Marlo Egge (2006), Gary DeWall (2012) and Doug DeWall (2025) along with John and Steve Folkens (2025).

Don Marquardt only raced 11 seasons in the area, but he made an impact in that decade-long racing career. His career included five feature wins at Huset’s, which began in 1964 in a modified after he was discharged from the Marine Corps in 1962. He later graduated to a sprint car and raced his final race in 1974. Marquardt later managed Hartford Speedway and has the distinction of helping to launch Doug Clark’s flagging career in 1976 as head flagman at the track.

Hall of Fame night will take place on Sunday, July 12th at the speedway. There will be a meet and greet social that night from 5-7pm in the top floor of the turn 4 suites, with the induction ceremony at intermission of the race program. Inductees and their family members will have the opportunity to enjoy the races in the suite, courtesy of Midwestern Mechanical of Sioux Falls.

The 29th Annual Huset's Hall of Fame Open House and Induction Ceremony, presented by Midwestern Mechanical of Sioux Falls, Sunday, July 12th at Huset's Speedway.

05/20/2026

The Huset's Hall of Fame Committee will be holding its 29th Annual induction Open House and Induction Ceremony, presented by Midwestern Mechanical of Sioux Falls, on Sunday, July 12th at Huset's Speedway.

On Sunday night, during the Stars & Stripes Salute presented by Folkens Brothers Trucking World of Outlaws show, Shawn Neisteadt will release the names that make up the Class of 2026 to the public.

Hall of Fame night will take place on Sunday, July 12th at the speedway. There will be a meet and greet social that night from 5-7pm in the top floor of the turn 4 suites, with the induction ceremony at intermission of the race program. Inductees and their family members will have the opportunity to enjoy the races in the suite, courtesy of Midwestern Mechanical of Sioux Falls.

The 29th Annual Huset's Hall of Fame Open House and Induction Ceremony, presented by Midwestern Mechanical of Sioux Falls, Sunday, July 12th at Huset's Speedway.

05/07/2026

Hey fans, here's one for the old timers. We are in the process of writing biographies for our Huset's Hall of Fame inductees and a name was brought up that would like to be referenced, but we're not sure how to spell it.

It's pronounced Deeter Prole (rhymes with roll).

Does anyone know this person and how to spell his name correctly?

Thank you in advance.

Rod

02/18/2026

Huset’s Speedway Hall of Fame announces new leadership

BRANDON, S.D. - The Huset’s Speedway Hall of Fame is announcing a new leadership team.

Board Chair Rod Pattison has stepped aside from his current role, but will remain on as a voting member of the Hall of Fame.

The Hall of Fame board voted to promote longtime voting member Todd Egge as its new president. The new board was formed at the committee’s monthly meeting on Monday, Feb. 9.

The new Board consists of:
President - Todd Egge
Vice President – Butch Yesda
Secretary – Jerry Cunningham
Treasurer – Virgil Stensland

Other voting members on the board include Pattison, Terry Kjergaard, Bill Mellenberndt and Don Jones, an original member of the board.

The Hall of Fame was formed in 1998 when longtime racing historian Tom Savage (later inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2008) formed of the board that included himself, Jones (Class of 2010), Jay Egge (2001), and Harold Petree (1999).

The Hall of Fame has held induction ceremonies every year since, which now includes 136 members.

A recent professional promotion forced Pattison to move from Sioux Falls to Mitchell. Pattison is also the play-by-play announcer for all Dakota Wesleyan University sporting events.

He assumed the role of Board Chair for the Hall of Fame in the mid-2000s and has served as its leader for the last two decades.

“It’s been very humbling. I’ve had the pleasure of inducting my heroes,” said Pattison, who grew up attending the races each Sunday as a child. “These people I’ve inducted over the years were larger than life.”

For Egge, his father, Jay, was an original board member. He said as the new President, he’d like to lead the Hall of Fame and help it grow the same way Huset’s has grown as a race track. Huset’s is widely regarded as one of the top dirt tracks in the country. Egge said ultimately, they will continue their quest of getting a Hall of Fame building built near the speedway.

“We want to align our visions with the growth of Huset’s Speedway and the changes in the immediate area,” he said. “When the time comes, our vision is to have a Hall of Fame museum for all of the inductees to be celebrated.”

12/17/2025

Hello fans, welcome to another edition of "Rodney's Ramblings." This is the editorial formally known as "Hot Laps with Hot Rod" but because of Lennie Nickels program ;-) "Hot Lappin' with Lanman", we changed the title.

In todays prose, we change things up a bit from comedy and entertainment, to a sad story of a Hall of Fame racer and his beautiful wife that passed away of a broken heart.

Jim Lindberg started his racing career in 1970 and had tremendous success at Huset's Speedway and other tracks across the upper Midwest. So much so that he was inducted into the Huset's Speedway Hall of Fame in 2021. At the time, Jim was battling health issues and his family escorted him to the inductee social and open house that summer day at the track. Not knowing Jim very well, it seemed to me that Jim was enjoying the attention from his family and fans. This event was held in the turn 4 suites on the third floor overlooking the track. Jim watched all the actiion in the infield and on the track and I could tell he had fond memories when he piloted his #19 to start his career, then the #97 before finally securing the familiar #7, which has been a Lindberg racing tradition for many years. Even when Jesse Lindberg raced for Barry Banks and the Black Bear Racing team, the number on the car was #43 and when you add the 4 and 3 together, you get 7. Coincidence?

Once the heat races were complete on Hall of Fame night of 2021, all the inductees and their families made their way to the walkway by the catch fence to be honored with a reading of their biography, the presentation of their plaque and a chance to say a few words to the fans. Jim had battled all day and into the evening to make it to the induction, but he just couldn't. His family knew he had to get home for rest and comfort. I will never forget the look on JIm's face before he left. Again, not knowing Jim very well, the disappointment on his face will stick with me forever. I literally cried when his family was taking him home. I could just feel his happiness to be inducted and his sadness that he just couldn't make it to the finish line of the evening.

February 6th, 2022, Jim made it to the finish line of life and God presented him the winner's trophy in heaven's Winner's Circle. The racing family lost a hot shoe from days gone by, but the person that took it extremely hard was his wife Juve. Not only did I get to meet Juve during the induction event, she was also a customer of mine at an automobile repair shop in Sioux Falls. We all grieve when we lose a loved one, but Juve took it especially hard and again, not knowing Jim or Juve very well, it was a pain that never subsided. When I learned of Juve Lindberg's passing, I was deeply saddened. If it's possible to pass away from a broken heart, this would be undeniable proof.

Here are the arrangements for Juve...

https://www.skrochfc.com/obituary/juve-lindberg

To the Lindberg family, the racing family mourns with you. God bless.

Rod

Juve Ann Lindberg, 68, of Renner, SD, passed away at her home surrounded by her family on Friday, December 12, 2025. Funeral services will be held at 1030 AM on Friday, December 19, 2025 at Flandreau United Methodist Church. The family will be present for visitation from 500 PM to

12/17/2025

It is with pure sadness that the wife of Hall of Fame inductee Jim Lindberg’s wife Juve Lindberg has recently passed away. On behalf of the Husets Hall of Fame committee and everyone in the racing family, our thoughts, prayers and condolences go out to the Lindberg family. Here are the arrangements…

https://www.skrochfc.com/obituary/juve-lindberg?fbclid=IwRlRTSAOvBcFleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAo2NjI4NTY4Mzc5AAEe10Lf5q87FOWiLU97HuLaa_uZ_N7nYrnQO6SJj7N777qm2ETAg_NSEPEVSac_aem_P_Nt4jjPWjDO_ew2lvHRuA

Juve Ann Lindberg, 68, of Renner, SD, passed away at her home surrounded by her family on Friday, December 12, 2025. Funeral services will be held at 1030 AM on Friday, December 19, 2025 at Flandreau United Methodist Church. The family will be present for visitation from 500 PM to

08/25/2025

In case you missed the 2025 Huset’s Hall of Fame ceremony, here you go. Enjoy!!!

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08/19/2025

When cars take to the storied Huset's Speedway on Labor Day weekend, memories of days gone by will race through your head.

In conjunction with the Folkens Brothers Bull Haulers Brawl on Labor Day weekend, fans will enjoy "A Race For The Ages".

Thanks to the efforts of Huset's Hall of Fame committee member Todd Egge from Jay Egge Automatic Service, two of the biggest legends in the history of Huset's will take to the track TOGETHER.

Hall of Famers Bill Mellenberndt and Howard Baartman both 83 years young, will strap in and make laps on the high banks on Friday night, August 29th. More details will follow as we get closer to raceday.

The Bullhauler's Brawl, presented by Folkens Brothers Trucking preceeds the L.G. Everest Huset's Shootout with the NOS Energy Drink World of Outlaws Sprint Cars. For more information on the weekend's events, see husetsspeedway.com

A Race For The Ages, Bill Mellenberndt and Howard Baartman, Friday night, August 29th at Huset's Speedway.