Rick Huseman

Rick Huseman (July 9, 1973 – October 16, 2011) was an American race driver from Riverside, California. He raced off-road and his career peaked in the highest level in a four wheel drive (Pro 4) short course racing truck. He won the 2009 Traxxas TORC Series (TORC) and 2010 Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series (LOORRS) championships before dying in an airplane crash in late 2011. He had won 50 races in his career between Pro Light and Pro 4.

Racing career Huseman racing at the 2010 World Championships at Crandon International Off-Road Raceway. Prior to racing, Huseman worked along with his father at a Ford dealer in Riverside, California. Huseman attended a 1996 SODA race at Glen Helen Raceway after being a sand dune enthusiast in motorcycles with his brother Danny. The brothers built a Class 7s Pro Light truck for 1997, racing in desert races along with Glen Helen. In his first season, he had two podium finishes and finished seventh in the points standings. His team built a new truck for 2006. Drivers in the series voted him the 2009 TORC Driver of the Year. He finished second by three points in the TORC season standings. Huseman had called his mother on his cell phone to tell her about the trouble. The aircraft crashed as pilot Daniel Hicks was attempting to make an emergency landing at the Barstow-Daggett Airport in the Mojave Desert and left Huseman and two other passengers dead.

Huseman's brother and chief mechanic Kevin Huseman did a ceremonial full-speed lap with his truck before the start of the following race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. His truck number 36 has been retired by LOORRS in the Pro 4 class.