Carnage on opening night at Hickory Motor Speedway! Race one of our 2022 season in the books!

Full raceday Vlog from Saturday night's season opener at the famed Hickory Motor Speedway. 26 late models attended for one of the largest opening night fields in the last 20 years. Landon and team faced adversity throughout both races.
All race broadcast footage credit goes to Flo Racing.
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[@schildhouse]

Going to be a fun year, LH! Looking forward to many, many more weekends together!

[@LandonHuffmanRacing]

Chasing a W this Saturday! Thank you for your support and contributions to the channel my dude

[@davidjensen3965]

I'm glad to see more people attending because when I raced back in the 90's in Summerville SC attendance dropped off. Local tracks have the best racing. Great video.

[@LandonHuffmanRacing]

Thanks David!

[@shawnmicheal8]

Looks like a blast to drive ...good looking car ...good luck this year sir !!!

[@LandonHuffmanRacing]

Thanks man! Thank you for watching and supporting the channel

[@robteaster2446]

Love the in car and the commentary. Good luck next race. Stay safe. See at HMS. Our favorite track.

[@LandonHuffmanRacing]

Thanks Rob!

[@StripeGurger]

Those short track RPMs, the rhythm is entrancing. This was a lot of fun, appreciate the upload.

[@LandonHuffmanRacing]

No problem! Thanks for watching!

[@EJ4060]

Great video! Awesome content and hey look its David Schildhouse he is the man

[@LandonHuffmanRacing]

Thanks EJ🤙🏻🤙🏻

[@caryshugart3]

Great in-car camera footage!

[@LandonHuffmanRacing]

Thank you!

[@jimsachtjen119]

I miss the racing at Hickory. Some great memories.

[@LandonHuffmanRacing]

Come on back out!

[@rockycaldwell1738]

That's just one night stay positive alot more racing to go

[@LandonHuffmanRacing]

Absolutely!

[@jrd2475]

Great job man looked like a lot of fun

[@LandonHuffmanRacing]

First race not so much lol, always fun to drive a racecar though! Back at it this week

[@jrd2475]

@@LandonHuffmanRacing first races are always shaking looked like Walmart parking lot on Black Friday morning 👍🏻

[@cracklecracklebaybay5612]

Cool idea and design for the hero card. Especially adding the QR code to it. Dope to finally see the work you've put in this off-season, result in putting the rubber to asphalt.

[@LandonHuffmanRacing]

Thanks man I appreciate it! I thought it was definitely different, back to work this Saturday!

[@tylersterling9578]

Your second channel came up in my recommendation list and it was from this race but it was your helmet cam. What a recovery on that video can’t wait too watch your other videos. Do you have a video explaining your sweet hotrod!!! Loved the video love seeing a bunch of race cars in the feature races. Good luck this season. I’ll definitely be on board during your videos. I would love to drive these badass machines.

[@LandonHuffmanRacing]

Thanks Tyler I appreciate it dude! Thanks for watching

[@_Gmatt_]

That camera guy captured all of Frankie's angles for sure! VERY NICE.... also can we get an F for Spike's Renegade :(

[@LandonHuffmanRacing]

Good job gmahizzle

[@LilDadyProductions]

great video! Gmatt the legend!

[@LandonHuffmanRacing]

Big gmahizzle is the goat

[@TonyKiv]

Great run in 2nd race! Great video footage. Look forward to seeing more of them.

[@LandonHuffmanRacing]

Thanks Tony! Back at it again this weekend!

[@williampurhamus4582]

Wild night for Frankie’s Debut! Tough break during the first race…always sucks getting caught up in someone else’s mess. Great drive and recovery for race 2 man! Speaks volumes about the effort and dedication! Crew busted ass to get Frankie back out there! Hats off to them! Looking forward to following along this season….go get em this coming week!

[@LandonHuffmanRacing]

Thanks Willie P! Frustrating but at least we had a somewhat positive take away to finish the night there

[@kenmccormick9758]

Landon you did an amazing job. If the top line was better you’d have ran away with it. Still finishing in the top 10 is a good night so go get em next week 👍

[@LandonHuffmanRacing]

Thanks Ken!

[@kenmccormick9758]

@@LandonHuffmanRacing no problem I’ve been following your channel for a hot minute I can’t wait to see the progress keep digging

[@ronaldpreddy4971]

Good stuff there. So enjoy your channel. I am a big short track late model stock car fan. We follow alot of the CARS tour races. Good luck this year!

[@LandonHuffmanRacing]

Thanks Ronald I really appreciate it!

[@ronnieevans2278]

good video glad you got Dad in the video i think he is real happy to be going back to the track

[@LandonHuffmanRacing]

He seemed like he was right in his element. Very excited to have him at the track every week!

[@anthonyplanas3606]

Good job Landon keep , I love the Tim Richmond look he was my granddaddy's favorite driver. A top 10 isn't a bad finish from starting last. I love these videos.

[@LandonHuffmanRacing]

Thanks for watching Anthony!

[@kmick612]

Great video..love the footage and the editing..looking forward to watching your Championship season!

[@LandonHuffmanRacing]

We got some work to do!

[@mitchdrew9005]

Was watching on flo and mannn some really tough breaks you had. Obviously that one restart where they all botched it and you got screwed. And it seemed like damn near every restart you got stuck up top and the sealer they put down didn’t help the top groove lol. But regardless this video was wicked cool getting to see the whole day and the in car helmet cam was sick. You were wheeling it in the second twin! Awesome video man hope you get some luck to go your way next time out. Cheers bro 👍🏼

[@LandonHuffmanRacing]

Thanks for all the support Mitch! I hope to have my radio recording deal working for this Saturday. We will see how that goes!

[@AJRGaming_]

Never had FLO account till last Saturday. That says a lot about how much I want to watch your race. P9 run after starting from the deep field in the short track is hard and you should be proud of yourself! Look forward to the next races!

[@LandonHuffmanRacing]

Thanks AJ! Back at it again this weekend!

[@paulsage9038]

Great video. Tells the story of the night well... I only caught the second race on Flo so it was dope to see the whole thing. Keep hammering.

[@LandonHuffmanRacing]

Thanks man I appreciate it! Definitely not the night we wanted but could have been much worse!

[@kevinbarrett5001]

Just seen ya Hickory video. Keep on digging Landon. Looked like a good crowd and car field man. Can't wait for the next one man👍🏁👍🏁

[@LandonHuffmanRacing]

Back at it this Saturday!

[@stratosjeff7007]

great video!...awesome footage!

[@LandonHuffmanRacing]

Thanks man, appreciate the support!

[@karsonherman6225]

Looking good out there to with the new look

[@LandonHuffmanRacing]

Thanks buddy!

[@karsonherman6225]

No problem you was hauling but out there

[@mrsandlesseasttn7780]

Excellent video...really enjoyed it!

[@LandonHuffmanRacing]

Thanks for watching!

[@deancompton7211]

Great video and a damn good job of coming back in the second race. At least it’s still in one piece and you can get it ready for the next one.

[@LandonHuffmanRacing]

Very true. I appreciate it. We found some stuff that was still broken from the wreck which hurt me during second race too. I’ll include that in todays video

[@schmuckie856]

No quit, loving the content keep up the grind

[@LandonHuffmanRacing]

Thank you I appreciate the support!

[@cadeshetter8168]

Damn good race. Definitely a hard charger award brother

[@LandonHuffmanRacing]

We have some work to do before this Saturday!

[@silverfoxracing1124]

What a video!!! Heart racing throughout!

[@LandonHuffmanRacing]

Thank you!

[@Papa-Rat]

Nice video. Nice team!!!!

[@LandonHuffmanRacing]

Thanks man!

[@vanslawson2329]

Great content loved it! Man I miss going to my home track on Saturday nights (Summerville Speedway). Watching this brings back so many memories. LH you did a great job. You going to have bad nights and a lot more great nights.

[@LandonHuffmanRacing]

Dad won several races at Summerville! Said it was the hottest place on earth lol. Hopefully we got the bad out of the way and can go after em this Saturday

[@vanslawson2329]

Yep your dad had that place figured out. Awesome driver.

[@iBeButler]

We're gonna be up there in August for Travis' debut, but I'm pumped to be able to chill with y'all for a Saturday night. Hickory looks like a blast to take in a race.

[@LandonHuffmanRacing]

This year just has a different feel about it. Gonna be a huge year

[@tsmedia7883]

Hell of a run in the second 40 lapper, Landon! Go get em this weekend!

[@LandonHuffmanRacing]

Thank you! That’s the plan

[@brandoncreswell]

Man I really really feel like if there is a way to link up your team radio to the on board video, that would just put the race day vlogs on an epic level

[@LandonHuffmanRacing]

That’s the plan, i have all my recording devices needed and had planned on doing it for this week, but apparently i needed one more adapter cord. It’s ordered now so hopefully we will have that for this week!

[@ChandlerFP]

Hell of a rebound in race two. But, the “country music star” fucking up the national anthem was the highlight of the night for me.

[@LandonHuffmanRacing]

Dude no way in hell that guy is a star in any form lol. Couldn’t believe they sequence 😂😂

[@vinewood8295]

If I was a NASCAR Cup driver, I would also run a car in this series cause it looks like a lot of fun and a great way to continue honing your skills. These girls that drive like Deegan & Decker need to spend more time in cars like these if they ever plan to make it to the big show in NASCAR and be worth a damn....

[@LandonHuffmanRacing]

Back in the day cup drivers made many appearances at local tracks! Hopefully we see more of it in the future than we have in the last 20 years

[@stevetomsic1244]

Nice job young man. Last to 9th. Can't be to mad at that.

[@LandonHuffmanRacing]

Silver lining after frustrating first race. Back this weekend to get after it!

[@peytonsayers475]

Gotta love 14 year old kids in $100,000 late models

[@LandonHuffmanRacing]

Part of it now unfortunately

[@devs3one3]

Tough 1st race bud, yep 2nd lane looked slow. Awesome job 2nd race, carved through clean as with a damaged Frankie. 1st yellow flag restart absolute boss. Keep diggin bro. Shoutout to your crew & mates, GJ all. #KEEPTHESTASH.

[@LandonHuffmanRacing]

If Saturday goes well the stache can stay! If not we gotta change it up lol

[@joezeit7391]

I subscribed, may go patrion, wait and see. Kick ass all the way with your production!

[@LandonHuffmanRacing]

Thanks for the support Joe!

[@OldGrumpsGarage]

keep the stache! you look like a young Tim Richmond #LadiesMan Good run from the back. keep digging

[@LandonHuffmanRacing]

If the stache is staying we need a good ride this weekend lol! Thanks for watching!

[@danielrankin4906]

Love the hustle. Good job keeping her in one piece

[@LandonHuffmanRacing]

Thanks Daniel!

[@dustinsorber6187]

Got the carnage out of the way early. Now to focus on the Ws

[@LandonHuffmanRacing]

Starting with Saturday!!

[@erniebest9045]

Mighty rough between turns 3&4

[@LandonHuffmanRacing]

Yes she is, track has character

[@karsonherman6225]

I wish i could have came but had to much going on good job you did good

[@richclay4209]

Love short trach racing and now we have a super speed way that drives like a short track in AMSW. 26 lead changes by 20 different drivers, oh yea.

[@LandonHuffmanRacing]

That’s no short track man that’s talladega lol

[@brandibright2082]

Top ten after wrecking and 26 cars sounds good to me

[@LandonHuffmanRacing]

A decent something to build on, we want more though

[@bubbaakatommyoso4119]

Looked a little loose mid-way thru that outside groove just didn't have any heat up Their This is my first time visiting So I grew up at Carway my Grandpa run back in the Dennis Setzer days And Skinner and herby pool all the way up to Greg Marlow days before we quit Racing

[@rustloversgarage]

Love the helmet cam bud!

[@LandonHuffmanRacing]

Thanks Joe!

[@crewmember531]

Good run my man in the second race coming from the back to the front. 14.54 was a damn good qualifying time considering pole was .39 and the track record. Car look like it could not hold the bottom in the first race. Is there a huge bump at the bottom in between 3 and 4 ? We rolled in 10 deep from Kannapolis to support you brother! Good Run. Hope to get down to the pits so we can meet you sometime this year.

[@LandonHuffmanRacing]

That’s bad ass dude. Thank you for coming out. Yeah car was too loose on bottom in first race, and every time we got hung up top it shuffled us

[@allanhall3922]

Excellent video! I am going to send a link to this video to a racing friend. You seemed to be fighting with the racecar set up all night.You were not letting up as soon in the corners in the second race. How can I get one of those autographed hero cards? Profesoor Allan Hall

[@LandonHuffmanRacing]

Thank you! I will post our shop address in the community tab of my channel for anyone to send a SASE to get a hero card!

[@allanhall3922]

@@LandonHuffmanRacing Thank you for responding.

[@travishanner9970]

The 2nd race was definitely better than the first. Did you figure out what else was wrong in the left front??

[@LandonHuffmanRacing]

Yes I’m going to talk about it in todays video that will go up later tonight!

[@kylehollens9655]

To be honest I use the sound from your in-car camera as background noise while I work.

[@LandonHuffmanRacing]

Ayeeee

[@Keech14K]

Definitely want a hero card!

[@LandonHuffmanRacing]

I’ll have them in all merch and sticker orders!

[@Keech14K]

@@LandonHuffmanRacing awesome! Definitely getting more merch this year

[@andrewsheppard6721]

Y’all’s first night looked my nights at the track Lol.New car at least you brought in home in one piece.Plenty of racing to go it’s a marathon not a sprint 👍

[@LandonHuffmanRacing]

Very true! Head down for this week!

[@andrewsheppard6721]

Yea for sure got floracing it’s awesome.That in car camera you have is fricking cool bro.

[@btmnation7100]

Huff up on the wheel in the second race.

[@LandonHuffmanRacing]

We tryin

[@rockycaldwell1738]

Frankie back together and ready to go again

[@cracklecracklebaybay5612]

Pesky Renoylds Kids. Looks like you've got some receipts to hand out this season. 😆

[@bubbaakatommyoso4119]

I Called it LoL LH said exactly what I commented about below Good Luck I will be Following Yaw Nice Peace you got their BRO damn Hickory looks so fun I live in greensboro My family still runs at ace and friends run at Orange County Still and Mini Stocks

[@LandonHuffmanRacing]

Awesome man! Hickory is a blast, you should make the trip! Thanks for watching!

[@bubbaakatommyoso4119]

@@LandonHuffmanRacing Yea most definitely will so quick question Was you around the Tracks back when Mike Skinner and Setzer and them boys was making their rounds around our Area I'm 39 I wasn't aloud in Pits after herby pool blew up at the pit entry of turn 4 so u had to be 16 with Nascar Ls this was in the late 80s best racing I ever did see at Carway

[@bubbaakatommyoso4119]

I gotta 2010 Toyota Camry out Back begging 😩 for some TLC ...Really need to make it happen and bring #07 out of commission

[@bubbaakatommyoso4119]

Too bad I can't post a pic in this Vlog or comment rather

[@racesfanrockks4]

Hope u guys make it for the winter nationals one year at kern county raceway

[@LandonHuffmanRacing]

Man that would be a LONG haul for us

[@racesfanrockks4]

@@LandonHuffmanRacing there people that did it and won it

[@LandonHuffmanRacing]

@@racesfanrockks4 most likely big money teams! We are scraping the money barrel just to travel 15 minutes to hickory lol

[@racesfanrockks4]

@@LandonHuffmanRacing I get that

[@MaynardRaceTeam]

What’s the camera and mounting equipment for the helmet shots? I would love to do that myself

[@LandonHuffmanRacing]

Go pro hero 9, with a visor mount from Innoveight designs on Instagram!

[@MaynardRaceTeam]

@@LandonHuffmanRacing I can’t seem to find them on Instagram. Is there a way you could link me to them?

[@justincarroll2725]

My moms reaction @ 16:50 😂

[@LandonHuffmanRacing]

Dude that was my favorite part of the video lol

[@jmac4820]

As a fan in the stands that night I was thinking the same thing. How does a country music star forget the words to the national anthem. As for racing at hickory eh just ain't as good as it used to be. We only went because my daughter begged me to go. I've always thought TRI-COUNTY was the better of the 2 tracks in our area.

[@LandonHuffmanRacing]

Racing at hickory is fantastic, it’s lacking early this year because of the sealer put down on the track. That will wear off shortly and it will be great side by side racing. Tri county had great racing, and now the entire track is paved so it will be more one groove than any place around until it gets worn in

[@megatron8490]

How do I get into this sport?

[@steveanderson8137]

Is the outside usually that bad at Hickory?

[@LandonHuffmanRacing]

No it’s because they put sealer down on the track. Outside will be much better once it wears off after a few weeks

[@tacoma2256]

Drive it like you just stole it😂😂😂

[@dennisleslie]

Carnage like that happens when you have a single groove racetrack. Everyone trying to get down because there is absolutely no grip on the outside.

[@LandonHuffmanRacing]

That happened because of a missed shift, not because people were trying to get down though. Track is multi groove normally but they put a sticky sealer down to help with weepers and it gave the track a ton of grip. It will be worn off in a few weeks and back to normal

[@karsonherman6225]

Haha poor seth 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂😂😂😂 my weird cusone

[@cam00004ify]

Come on man you gotta keep the stache

[@LandonHuffmanRacing]

I’ll give it one more week lol. If we struggle Saturday we gotta have a change

[@cam00004ify]

@@LandonHuffmanRacing I’ll take that, content is Killer man! Keep up the good work.

[@LandonHuffmanRacing]

@@cam00004ify appreciate that dude

[@megatron8490]

what type of cars are these/

[@LandonHuffmanRacing]

NASCAR late model stock cars!

[@FloridaManRacer]

Watched on FloRacing. Whoever that numb nuts was behind you that never lifted during that crash needs to buy iRacing. He'd love running people over like everyone else does nowadays lol, but my god, how many times can one guy get stuck on the outside on restarts in one night? Nice 8th place in the 2nd feature considering you basically started dead last because of the massive wreck that the Flo camera man missed while he was eating his hot dog... lol.

[@LandonHuffmanRacing]

I noticed they missed the dang wreck on the broadcast too lol. Yeah every time i restarted in the top, someone wouldn’t go or miss a shift, then finally it caused the wreck. Frustrating but we will rebound!

[@FloridaManRacer]

@@LandonHuffmanRacing I'll be watching all season. I'm sure you guys will have some better luck the rest of the year. I'm shocked Connor Hall was that fast his first time at Hickory, he's always been good at Langley but I thought the bumps would give him trouble with his shock package. I was dead wrong lol.

[@viewericeberg]

Rental Kid. When two words say so much.

[@LandonHuffmanRacing]

Yeeeppppppp

[@charlestorruella8591]

Doesn't look like you have the suspension problem solved all the way that thing is bouncy

[@LandonHuffmanRacing]

Everyone is bouncing. It’s because we are all starting so low with ride heights and on bump stops

[@shawnmicheal8]

Loose off ??

[@LandonHuffmanRacing]

In the first race yessir

[@robertcyrek1838]

The car got 9th, but the stache won

[@LandonHuffmanRacing]

Facts

[@RiderLive154]

They need choose cone

[@LandonHuffmanRacing]

Usually the top is great, i guess the sealer they put down has made it bad for a few races. Hopefully it improves!

[@aussieboy424]

Rubbins racing bro

[@LandonHuffmanRacing]

But missing shifts isn’t lol

[@GeoffGroves]

Jesus they gotta repave that place.

[@LandonHuffmanRacing]

Would be the worst thing for the track

[@GeoffGroves]

@@LandonHuffmanRacing So its more fun to drive like that?

[@LandonHuffmanRacing]

@@GeoffGroves normally absolutely, it promotes side by side racing when it’s worn out, unfortunately right now it has a sealer on it so it’s super fast, once that wears off it will be great racing

[@danakibby627]

So you can’t drive a raceeeeeecarrrrr! Lol 🏎😎