in 2010 which set a short course off-road racing record. He had 13 podium finishes with two 2nd-place finishes and one 3rd. Huseman was named the 2010 Driver of the Year by DirtSports Magazine. He finished second by three points in the TORC season standings. In that series he won five races, three 2nd places finishes and one 3rd. In 2011, Huseman decided to run in just the 2011 LOORS series. After winning the first four races, he added two more wins in rounds 9 and 10. These wins gave him 50 career victories. He was second in the 2011 LOORRS points when he died. Death 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. 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. References External links Official website 1973 births 2011 deaths People from Corona, California Off-road racing drivers Racing drivers from California Date of plane crash is 10/16/2011 per NTSB records not 10/14/2011