14-Year-Old Kofoid Gets the Upper Hand
TULARE, Cal. (October 21, 2016) – He may not yet be of age to have a valid driver’s license in most jurisdictions, but the kid can surely drive.
Fourteen-year-old Michael Kofoid let the world know that by racing to victory lane in Friday night’s 30-lap preliminary feature at the 23rd Annual Trophy Cup atop the Thunderbowl Raceway.
Known on the streets as “Buddy”, Kofoid led the field to the green flag from the pole position but spent the better part of the weekend’s second preliminary feature chasing fellow front row starter Terry McCarl.
But when McCarl spun from the lead just seven laps shy of the checkered flag, Michael “Buddy” Kofoid pounced on the opportunity and raced on to the win ahead of Thursday night flipper Jason Solwold with Sean Becker, Aaron Reutzel and Thursday winner Jason Meyers rounding out the top five.
(Photo courtesy of Matt Sublett – www.mmracingphotos.com)
Results:
Fast Qualifiers: Shane Golobic (Group A) and Cory Eliason (Group B)
Group A Heat Winners: Tim Kaeding, Sean Becker, Colby Copeland, Aaron Reutzel.
Group B Heat Winners: Jace Vander Weerd, Blake Robertson, Kaleb Montgomery, Jason Meyers.
First “B” Main (20 Laps): 1. X1-Mason Moore (1), 2. 94-Steven Tiner (3), 3. 41-Gio Scelzi (2), 4. 9L-Cody Lamar (5), 5. 33v-Henry Van Dam (8), 6. 9r-Reece Goetz (20), 7. 72w-Kurt Nelson (13), 8. 26-Willie Croft (4), 9. 37-Mitchell Faccinto (11), 10. 57b-Bobby Ray Butler (12), 11. 73x-Kevin Thomas, Jr. (16), 12. 17v-Danny Faria, Jr. (22), 13. 92-Kyler Shaw (9), 14. 5v-Dominic Scelzi (10), 15. 82J-Steven Jaquith (21), 16. 21p-Robbie Price (15), 17. 6n-Gary Nelson, Jr. (19), 18. 56-Ryan Bernal (6), 19. 4-Burt Foland, Jr. (17), 20. 00-Jason Statler (7), 21. 7-Steven Kent (14-DNS), 22. 86J-Jesse Colwell (18-DNS).
Second “B” Main (20 Laps): 1. 0-Bud Kaeding (3), 2. 21-Jonathan Allard (5), 3. 43-Bradley Terrell (12), 4. 4s-Buddy Kofoid (6), 5. 1T-Billy Butler (9), 6. 73-Parker Price-Miller (4), 7. 42-Devin Madonia (16), 8. 9s-Landon Hurst (1), 9. 9a-Luke Didiuk (17), 10. 10L-Brock Lemley (10), 11. 5-Collin Markle (18), 12. 74-Colton Hardy (13), 13. 10m-Matthew Moles (15), 14. 96-Luca Romanazzi (11), 15. 15-Pat Harvey (21), 16. 9J-Dustin Golobic (14), 17. 31c-Justyn Cox (2), 18. 8-Jeremy Chisum (7), 19. P37-Matt Peterson (8-DNS), 20. 63-Geoff Ensign (19-DNS), 21. 33s-Lance Sargent (20-DNS).
“A” Main (30 Laps): 1. 4s-Buddy Kofoid (1), 2. 18x-Jason Solwold (4), 3. X1jr-Sean Becker (6), 4. 22-Shane Golobic (10), 5. 21x-Jason Meyers (7), 6. 21r-Aaron Reutzel (3), 7. 19-Cory Eliason (12), 8. 18-Justin Sanders (8), 9. 0-Bud Kaeding (20), 10. 83-Tim Kaeding (17), 11. 83jr-Kyle Hirst (11), 12. 3c-D.J. Netto (9), 13. 94-Steven Tiner (18), 14. 20-Colby Copeland (14), 15. 43-Bradley Terrell (24), 16. 88v-Jace Vander Weerd (23), 17. 41-Gio Scelzi (21), 18. 88-Terry McCarl (2), 19. 15x-Blake Robertson (5), 20. X1-Mason Moore (22), 21. 12p-Scott Parker (13), 22. 3-Kaleb Montgomery (19), 23. 9L-Cody Lamar (15), 24. 21-Jonathan Allard (16).
Lap Leaders: Terry McCarl 1-23, Buddy Kofoid 24-30.
Preliminary Trophy Cup Points:
- 83jr-Kyle Hirst 280
- 22-Shane Golobic 274
- 18x-Jason Solwold 274
- 21-Jonathan Allard 274
- x1jr-Sean Becker 273
- 4s-Buddy Kofoid 273
- 83-Tim Kaeding 273
- 19-Cory Eliason 271
- 21x-Jason Meyers 271
- 37-Mitchell Faccinto 268
- 18-Justin Sanders 266
- 21r-Aaron Reutzel 265
- 3c-D.J. Netto 256
- 31c-Justyn Cox 255
- 88-Terry McCarl 252
- 0-Bud Kaeding 251
- 56-Ryan Bernal 250
- 26-Willie Croft 249
- 20-Colby Copeland 246
- 94-Steven Tiner 245
- 33v-Henry Van Dam 243
- 15x-Blake Robertson 241
- 21p-Robbie Price 239
- 5v-Dominic Scelzi 236
- 88v-Jace Vander Weerd 236
- 41-Gio Scelzi 235
- 12p-Scott Parker 232
- 43-Bradley Terrell 229
- x1-Mason Moore 228
- 9L-Cody Lamar 227
- 3-Kaleb Montgomery 226
- 1T-Billy Butler 225
- 57b-Bobby Ray Butler 221
- 92-Kyler Shaw 220
- 73-Parker Price-Miller 218
- 9s-Landon Hurst 210
- 96-Luca Romanazzi 209
- 63-Geoff Ensign 204
- 00-Jason Statler 203
- 72w-Kurt Nelson 202
- 10L-Brock Lemley 200
- 10m-Matthew Moles 199
- 9J-Dustin Golobic 199
- 42-Devin Madonia 196
- 74-Colton Hardy 192
- 9r-Reece Goetz 191
- 8-Jeremy Chisum 188
- 73x-Kevin Thomas, Jr. 188
- 9a-Luke Didiuk 187
- p37-Matt Peterson 187
- 88k-Koen Shaw 183
- 5-Collin Markle 182
- 7-Steven Kent 180
- 86J-Jesse Colwell 176
- 4-Burt Foland, Jr. 174
- 33s-Lance Sargent 173
- 82J-Steve Jaquith 173
- 6n-Gary Nelson, Jr. 172
- 15-Pat Harvey 170