Siblings continuing Lund family racing tradition

Dairy farming has been a constant in the Lund family for decades. The other is dirt-track racing.  

Long-time Larry Lund started the racing tradition, way back in 1982 at Viking Speedway in Alexandria. He ran in the Sportsman class for many years before transitioning to the super stock class in the 1990s. Lund was inducted into the Viking Speedway Hall of Fame in 2025, and is a two-time track champion at the half mile. He was also named Sportsman of the Year at the track twice.

Larry Lund stepped away from racing after 2022 but doesn’t call himself officially retired yet; he still has a car, in fact. His children, William Lund and Michelle (Lund) Hutt, are continuing the racing tradition for the family.

William Lund pilots the #54 Wissota Super Stock, taking the reins from his father a few years ago. Hutt, who is married to Mason Hutt and now lives near Boyd, pilots the #97 Wissota Midwest Modified.

“It means a lot. It’s what we do together,” Hutt said of racing. “It’s a nice break for our family from the farm. It’s a way for us to get together and do what we like.”

“The kids have fun with it,” Larry said.

Then there is the dairy farming. For many years, Larry Lund was often the last driver to get to the track at Viking Speedway – because the cows had to be milked and chores had to be completed before he could go racing. At a time when corporate dairy farms took over the industry, William and his brother, Nathan each have their own milking operation now.  The Lunds also farm grain together in the Brandon area.

“We get the cattle taken care of before we come,” Wiliam Lund said. “I milk with a robot now; I don’t have to be there exactly 12 hours apart. But I’ve still got to be to be there twice a day.”

“We did all the other chores before,” Larry said. “We always had stuff going on. We usually made it there in time for the races.”

William Lund and Hutt both grew up going to the track watching their father race, and that’s where the racing bug bit.

“I begged and b egged to come to the pits with him when I was 10-12 years old,” William said.

“It’s always something we got to do together on the weekends. We made time for it,” Larry said. “All the kids liked it. And I always knew where my kids were.”

William started his career in the Wissota Midwest Modified class; he was a solid competitor who won the 2015 I-94 Speedway track championship in the class. When asked about running well in the class, his answer was simple:

“Travis Saurer made everybody better,” Lund said.

Hutt, a middle school teacher at Lac Qui Parle Valley school, got her start in the Short Tracker class, which she ran from 2014-18.  She has one feature win, coming in the Short Trackers at I-94 on June 9, 2017.  She ran in the class from 2014-18.

“I remember racing with my brother-in-law, and his cousin,” Hutt said. “That was a lot of fun, the camaraderie there. It was a lot of fun.  We had a lot of fun, even if we were racing for fifth or 15^th.”

For a time at I-94, all three family members were racing on the same nights – Larry in the super stock, William in the Midwest modified and Michelle in the Short Trackers.

When William’s car was for sale after the 2018 season, well, the car stayed in the family.

“My brother wanted to sell his car, and dad’s ‘like, you are buying that,’” Hutt said. She’s been in the class ever since.

Larry Lund isn’t racing anymore, but he is still involved with his children’s race teams.

“He always gives me advice, if I want to hear or not,” Hutt said. “He’s been a big supporter in that way. Lots of advice, and he’s always been there. He always comes to watch.”

“If it wasn’t for him and Tom, (Bartels) our main pit guy, we wouldn’t be out here,” Lund said.  “We all tackle it together.”

“I don’t miss racing; I like seeing my kids racing,” Larry said. “I get more enjoyment out of that. It’s  so much fun to watch my kids race.”

Hutt gave birth to her second child in May 2025 but was able to return to racing later in the year. She has a goal in mind for 2026: get her first Midwest modified feature win. She had a strong third-place finish at Viking at the end of June.

“I’m hoping to get that win, now that I have had this new car for a while,” Hutt said. “This is my first full season in it without having a kid. I’m hoping this is the year.”

William Lund was second in the points at Viking last year. He had two wins overall on the year and 10 top five finishes. He is having a solid season. In six starts he’s finished in the top five on five occasions, including finishing second at the Andy Daly Memorial at Brown County Speedway in Aberdeen on July 11.

“Just have fun and hopefully get some wins. We’ve done well so far,” William Lund said of his outlook for the season.

When you are running a dairy farm and milking operation, there often isn’t time to take a lot of breaks. Racing, however has provided that escape for the Lund family.

“I like it because it had nothing to do with farming,” Larry said. “I wasn’t into hunting or fishing. It’s a break. (Farming) is an every day deal, this breaks it up.”

“It’s a real fun hobby,” William said. “Most weekends in the summer, this is what we’re doing.”

Driver Profiles

Michelle Hutt

Wissota Midwest Modified #97

Age: 27

Residence: Boyd, Minn.

Sponsors: Olsen Plumbing & Heating, Rauk Family Dentistry, Century Farms, Gregoire Trucking, Nathan Martinson Seeds, Powermax, TRE, Olson Sanitation, Dairy Queen, Tofte Sprayfoam & Insulation, Schuelke Farms, Mary’s Chicken Ranch, Sparky’s Welding & Fabrication, Hutt Oil, M&M Construction, Greiss Mobile Transport, Madsen Family Chiropractic, Bubba’s Big Mows, Monte Candy, Kirk Trucking, Moen Seeds, In Memory of AQM, Dirt Talk with Scotty, Mobil 1 Racing, Lein Lumber

William Lund

Wissota Super Stock #54

Age: 36

Residence: Brandon, Minn.

Sponsors: Cenex Midtown Express, Farmers Union Oil Co,  Odyssey Steel &Trim, Morical Bros. Gravel Products, Coors Light, Mary’s Chicken Ranch