Three-time Red Clay Classic Late Model winner Brent Laursen of Osceola, Wis., headlines the Class of 2025 for the Rice Lake Speedway Hall of Fame, the track announced.

The late Laursen, who died in 2010 at the age of 59 after a lengthy battle with Hodgkin lymphoma, joins his late father and inaugural Hall of Famer Russ Laursen. The elder Laursen died 40 years to the day before his son from injuries suffered in a sprint car crash in Fairmont, Minn.

Brent Laursen, who captured Rice Lake’s Red Clay Classic in 1979, ’86 and ’89, was a 12-time Late Model winner at Rice Lake and two-time track champion. The 1973 Late Model Invitational winner at Rice Lake was also a three-time modified winner at the track.

The Hall of Fame induction is scheduled for Aug. 16. Along with Laursen, inductees include former drivers Darwin Brown and Dave Havel. Rick Kurshinsky will be inducted as a contributor. — Ed Reichert