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HAUD CONQUERS HAUBSTADT: Sheldon Haudenschild Leads Flag to Flag, Sweeps the Night for First Tri-State Triumph
The NOS Energy Drink driver held off Buddy Kofoid and Tyler Courtney late to finally break through at the bullring
HAUBSTADT, IN (April 26, 2025) - One of the main storylines entering Saturday’s World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series visit to Tri-State Speedway was if Sheldon Haudenschild could finally break through. The answer was a simple and emphatic yes.
The Haubstadt, IN oval handed Haudenschild heartbreak so many times over the years. Four times he’d led Features but had Victory Lane elude him. Three times he’d finished runner-up. There’d been accidents on some nights and simply coming up short on others. He’d had enough of it in 2025.
The Stenhouse Jr.-Marshall Racing driver won every time he hit the track. Haudenschild got things started with a Simpson Quick Time. Then it was a Heat Race victory followed by coming out on top of the Toyota Dash. All that remained was a 40-lap NOS Energy Drink Feature, and Haudenschild led every single circuit. Michael “Buddy” Kofoid and Tyler Courtney challenged him late, but they didn’t have enough. Haudenschild wouldn’t come up short again. Not this time.
“I’m just so glad to finally win a race here,” Haudenschild said. “We’ve been so good here a lot of times since the first time I saw the place in the 93 car. I led a lot of that race and spun out. Led in the 17 early in my career. Yeah, it’s just been plaguing me here for about eight years, so I’m happy to get it.”
Haudenschild made it double digit winners in 2025 as he became the 10th different driver to make a trip to Victory Lane with The Greatest Show on Dirt. He’s the 21st different driver to top a World of Outlaws race at Tri-State, and the quarter mile is the 26th track where he’s won. The Wooster, OH native’s 43rd career victory equals him with fellow full-timer Logan Schuchart for 19th all-time.
The box score will show that Haudenschild led flag to flag, but Kofoid didn’t make it easy on him. Haudenschild had to survive a late charge from the Roth Motorsports No. 83 and had just enough to hang on.
“I wasn’t really enjoying the restarts there at the end,” Haudenschild admitted. “Buddy almost had me cleared a couple times, so I just moved it down there. I figured it would be hard for him to go around me, so yeah, I just moved it down. Solid night. Drew the one, Quick Time, won the Heat, won the Dash, and won the Feature. First one to pull in the pits too. Big day.”
An ill-timed caution was potentially what cost Kofoid parking in Victory Lane after the checkered flag flew. He’d pulled alongside Haudenschild coming to the white flag, but the yellow flew and set up a green-white-checkered, and Kofoid couldn’t quite build the momentum to challenge again. The runner-up was still an encouraging result after four straight finishes outside the top five for he and the Roth crew. They’re up to five podiums in 2025.
“Sheldon and those guys were extremely good,” Kofoid said. “To pace them is special at a place that’s not been very good to me, and then all of a sudden things have just clicked for me these last few years. I feel like in clean air we were about even. I think as runs went on I got better and better and could inch closer. Traffic worked out really good for him and good for me most of the time. He’d get a few, and I’d get a few and could close in on him. I think I just needed traffic to stay a factor then the yellow would come out. I think that second to last yellow with five to go I just figured I’d start bombing the bottom and actually got really stuck down there. I got close to him a couple times and thought another half a lap I would’ve cleared him, or I think I had him cleared down the back (straightaway), but the yellow came out right before it counted.
Tyler Courtney was right with the lead duo as the laps dwindled. “Sunshine” actually took second from Kofoid on multiple occasions in the second half of the race, but Kofoid managed to return the favor every time. The Indianapolis, IN native rounded out the podium in his home state with the Clauson Marshall Racing crew.
“That was pure Haubstadt right there,” Courtney said. “Side by side, slide each other, and see who could run it harder into the next corner. That was a lot of fun. That’s good, hard, clean racing. That’s what Haubstadt produces. It’s a blast to come here.”
Emerson Axsom and David Gravel completed the top five.
Logan Schuchart earned the KSE Racing Hard Charger with a run from 21st to eighth.
Sheldon Haudenschild claimed his 38th career Simpson Quick Time in Honest Abe Roofing Qualifying.
Heat Races went to Sheldon Haudenschild (NOS Energy Drink Heat One), Tyler Courtney (Real American Beer Heat Two), and Buddy Kofoid (WIX Filters Heat Three).
Haudenschild topped the Toyota Dash.
The SPA Technique #1 Redraw belonged to Parker Price-Miller.
Zach Hampton won the Micro-Lite Last Chance Showdown and received the Smith Titanium Brake Systems Break of the Race.
UP NEXT: The World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Cars meet the USAC National Sprint Cars at Rossburg, OH’s iconic Eldora Speedway for #LetsRaceTwo on May 2-3. For tickets, CLICK HERE.
For the complete 2025 schedule, CLICK HERE.
If you can’t make it to the track, catch every lap live on DIRTVision.
FEATURE RESULTS:
NOS Energy Drink Feature (40 Laps): 1. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild[1]; 2. 83-Michael Kofoid[3]; 3. 7BC-Tyler Courtney[4]; 4. 27-Emerson Axsom[10]; 5. 2-David Gravel[9]; 6. 41-Carson Macedo[13]; 7. 18-Giovanni Scelzi[6]; 8. 1S-Logan Schuchart[21]; 9. 21H-Brady Bacon[15]; 10. 11-Parker Price Miller[2]; 11. 7S-Chris Windom[11]; 12. 15-Donny Schatz[7]; 13. 17B-Bill Balog[16]; 14. 21-Carson Short[20]; 15. 55-Hunter Schuerenberg[17]; 16. 99-Skylar Gee[14]; 17. 12S-Adyn Schmidt[22]; 18. 23-Garet Williamson[12]; 19. 3P-Kyle Cummins[8]; 20. 2C-Cole Macedo[5]; 21. 34-Sterling Cling[18]; 22. 37-Bryce Norris[23]; 23. 6-Zach Hampton[19]; 24. 28M-Conner Morrell[24]
For complete results, CLICK HERE.
EVENT INFO: https://worldofoutlaws.com/sprintcars/schedule/event-info/?event=4547753
TRACK INFO: https://worldofoutlaws.com/sprintcars/tracks/?track=Tri-State%2BSpeedway
ONE SPOT BETTER: Larson Surges from Sixth to Claim Jacksonville’s Hy-Vee Perks 40
“Yung Money” gets his 38th World of Outlaws win in 150th career Feature start
JACKSONVILLE, IL (April 25, 2025) - Last year Kyle Larson was forced to settle for second at Jacksonville Speedway, and he simply wouldn’t allow that to happen again this time around.
It didn’t matter that a tougher road was ahead of him at Friday’s Hy-Vee Perks 40. Larson started on the front row in 2024 and led most of the way before David Gravel snuck by late. This year “Yung Money” lined up back in sixth for the 40-lap World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series Feature. But a climb to the front wasn’t going to halt the 2021 NASCAR Cup Series champion.
Larson methodically picked his way forward aboard the Silva Motorsports No. 57 through a flurry of early restarts. By Lap 8 he was on the podium, and three circuits later he was up to second. A Lap 16 slider on Carson Macedo gave him the top spot, and then he showed everyone why he’s one of the best race car drivers on the planet right now.
The Elk Grove, CA native absolutely checked out in traffic. He sliced through lappers and grew his advantage north of four seconds at times. When the checkered flag flew, Larson had lapped up through 11th place. No runner-up this year.
“For what Kyle Larson likes to do, yes that was a lot of fun,” Larson said. “It was a super challenging racetrack kind of all night. I was just waiting for above the cushion in (Turns) 3 and 4 to get loosened up. It barely did. After cautions I could kind of rip above it in (Turns) 3 and 4 really well and just wanted to stay committed to it just to try to clean it off up there as much as I could before I caught traffic. I felt like that kind of allowed me to get by lappers a little easier because I could have such a run on the frontstretch. Just a great car, great race, all of that.”
Larson’s win was his third in six tries this year with The Greatest Show on Dirt. He’s won six of his last nine in World of Outlaws action dating back to last year. The three times he hasn’t he still finished on the podium, making for an average finish of 1.44 over those nine races competing with the best Sprint Car drivers in the world. The 32-year-old has 38 victories in 150 career Feature starts, a remarkable 25.3% winning clip. He became the sixth different winner through six Series visits to Jacksonville.
“It’s always fun to get to race the 57, especially on a small bullring like this,” Larson said. “I hope the fans enjoyed it. I know I did from my seat. Thank you guys for coming out. That was a good one.”
The second spot belonged to Brady Bacon and the TKH Motorsports crew. The Broken Arrow, OK native had speed all night and got by Carson Macedo late to secure his fifth career World of Outlaws podium. “The Macho Man” built some momentum before he goes for a three-peat at Tri-State Speedway on Saturday.
“Carson and I, I feel like we were kind of close to the same,” Bacon said. “I was kind of right on him, so I could kind of try some different stuff in lapped traffic to get the bottom working and figured out especially in (Turns) 1 and 2. I was able to sneak by him, and then I got really backed up in traffic and got a little scared he was going to get me back. Just want to thank Kelly and Lora Hinck for giving us the opportunity to come out here and run some more wing races.”
It was a nice rebound for Carson Macedo and Jason Johnson Racing as they went from their first DNF of 2025 last Saturday at Knoxville to a third place finish at Jacksonville. The Lemoore, CA native led eight laps after taking the top spot from early leader Logan Schuchart but couldn’t quite hold back Larson.
“I don’t know how Kyle does it,” Macedo said with a laugh. “It’s pretty amazing. When I was behind him, pacing him after the restart, which wasn’t very long, he was running above it (the cushion). It looked like he was wall grinding the fence. I just don’t know that I can do that for all 40 laps and hold it all together and still finish these races.”
Logan Schuchart and David Gravel completed the top five.
A 23rd to 13th outing gave Chris Windom his third KSE Racing Hard Charger of the year with Sides Motorsports.
Heat Races went to Carson Macedo (NOS Energy Drink Heat One), Sheldon Haudenschild (Real American Beer Heat Two), Bill Balog (WIX Filters Heat Three), and Logan Schuchart (TheGreatestStoreonDirt.com Heat Four).
David Gravel topped the Toyota Dash and received the SPA Technique #1 Redraw.
Giovanni Scelzi won the Micro-Lite Last Chance Showdown.
The Smith Titanium Brake Systems Break of the Race went to Zach Hampton.
UP NEXT: The World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Cars make their only Indiana stop of 2025 on Saturday, April 26 at Haubstadt’s Tri-State Speedway. Tickets will be available at the gate.
For the complete 2025 schedule, CLICK HERE.
If you can’t make it to the track, catch every lap live on DIRTVision.
FEATURE RESULTS:
NOS Energy Drink Feature (40 Laps): 1. 57-Kyle Larson[6]; 2. 21H-Brady Bacon[3]; 3. 41-Carson Macedo[4]; 4. 1S-Logan Schuchart[2]; 5. 2-David Gravel[1]; 6. 83-Michael Kofoid[9]; 7. 23-Garet Williamson[5]; 8. 2C-Cole Macedo[10]; 9. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild[8]; 10. 15-Donny Schatz[12]; 11. 17B-Bill Balog[7]; 12. 27-Emerson Axsom[13]; 13. 7S-Chris Windom[23]; 14. 18-Giovanni Scelzi[21]; 15. 9X-Paul Nienhiser[22]; 16. 11-Parker Price Miller[11]; 17. 16C-Max Guilford[17]; 18. 99-Skylar Gee[16]; 19. 3N-Jake Neuman[18]; 20. 1-Rees Moran[24]; 21. 28M-Conner Morrell[15]; 22. 21-Tanner Holmes[20]; 23. 7A-Will Armitage[14]; 24. 6-Zach Hampton[19]
For complete results, CLICK HERE.
EVENT INFO: https://worldofoutlaws.com/sprintcars/schedule/event-info/?event=4547752
TRACK INFO: https://worldofoutlaws.com/sprintcars/tracks/?track=Jacksonville%2BSpeedway
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