Rick Huseman

Rick Huseman (July 9, 1973 – October 16, 2011) was an American race driver from Riverside, California.

[1] Prior to racing, Huseman worked along with his father at a Ford dealer in Riverside, California.

[2] Huseman attended a 1996 SODA race at Glen Helen Raceway after being a sand dune enthusiast in motorcycles with his brother Danny.

[3] Huseman competed for the 2000 CORR season championship finishing ninth of the fifteen drivers.

He won 10 of 15 LOORRS events in 2010 which set a short course off-road racing record.

[7] On October 16, 2011, Huseman and his brother Jeff were traveling home to California from a race in Las Vegas, Nevada when the small Beechcraft 33 Bonanza airplane began having engine trouble.

[8] 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 racing at the 2010 World Championships at Crandon International Off-Road Raceway .
Huseman celebrating his 2011 Pro 4 World Championship race win at Crandon