{"id":36,"date":"2024-01-27T23:04:58","date_gmt":"2024-01-27T23:04:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/husetshalloffame.com\/?page_id=36"},"modified":"2024-01-27T23:36:35","modified_gmt":"2024-01-27T23:36:35","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/husetshalloffame.com\/?page_id=36","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Welcome to the Husets Hall of Fame<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>

By Tom Savage (Hall of Fame Founder and Hall of Fame\u00a0Inductee,\u00a0Class of 2008)<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>

The first race at Husets Speedway was on Sunday afternoon May 23rd, 1954. Since that original beginning a lot of people have either laid down tire marks, slung dirt over the walls, tweaked with a wrench, wiped mud off, sponsored, officiated, recorded, or sat in the grandstand. To honor and remember this extraordinary group of people the hall of fame was formed. The folks who are enshrined in the hall of fame fall into one of the above categories and each has earned the right of admission into the hallowed hall. The members are a proud group and they are quick to tell all listeners that being in the Huset Hall of Fame is an honor to be remembered forever.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>

The idea for a hall of fame for the little 3\/8 mile dirt speedway was first proposed in 1979 at the 25th anniversary, but then promoter Fred Buckmiller was not convinced of the idea. A bit of irony is the first hall of fame class included Mr. Buckmiller.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>

The second attempt to establish a hall of fame was successful and the original selection committee met in April of 1998 to kick start the idea. The first five members of that committee were: Bruce Conley, a sports writer for the Argus-Leader newspaper with a great knowledge of racing; Don Jones, a former track champion as well as engine and car builder and later official at the track; Harold Petree, also a former champion and driver at the track since the 1950\u2019s and later also an official; Jay Egge, a driver, owner, engine and car builder, sponsor and chief of the Split Rock Fire Department which provided fire safety at the track; and Tom Savage a representative of the media. At that first meeting the group drew up bylaws which remain in effect today. The basic bylaws were to be eligible for admission to the hall of fame a person had to have \u2018been involved for at least one full year\u2019 in any of the above categories. This particular provision was to insure that only people who had \u2018grown\u2019 with the track would be considered and not drivers like Steve Kinser or Tony Stewart who only appeared on occasion. Another of the bylaws was \u201cselection committee members will not be influenced by any outside sources\u201d which kept the decision making processs exclusive to the committee. Each of the original committee members then wrote down names of possible first class inductees and 13 names were tabulated. The committee then met one week later, a week to think about the 13 to arrive at 5, and made the\u00a0first selection to the Huset Speedway Hall of Fame. Those first inductees selected were: Fred Buckmiller, promoter from 1958 until his death in 1982; Til Huset, who built the speedway; Marshall Gardner, a driver who ran in the first race and was a consistent top racer and among the first to realize the value of good press, Jim Matthews, who also ran the first race and was later a champion; and Paul Stogsdill who won the first feature on that historic May 23rd. And thus the Huset Hall of Fame was off and running.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>

In the ensuing years, the Hall of Fame continued to grow and achieve more visibility,\u00a0stature and credibility. Thanks to the hard work and dedication of the Huset’s Speedway\u00a0Hall of Fame committee,\u00a0the process of nominating persons to the Hall of Fame has expanded\u00a0with a simple nomination\u00a0form, and has\u00a0also gained\u00a0interest with updates and follow through procedures.\u00a0 The Huset’s Speedway Hall of Fame Facebook page has added the memories that embody the history of the famed oval.\u00a0 This has kept all interested parties current with the Hall of Fame.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>

Of the original five member committee only Don Jones remains and serves as the unofficial \u2018old timer\u2019 for consultation and recommendations to the Hall.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>

History can never be overlooked regardless of the venue and the history of Huset’s Speedway will live on forever.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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