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:

  1. 83jr-Kyle Hirst 280
  2. 22-Shane Golobic 274
  3. 18x-Jason Solwold 274
  4. 21-Jonathan Allard 274
  5. x1jr-Sean Becker 273
  6. 4s-Buddy Kofoid 273
  7. 83-Tim Kaeding 273
  8. 19-Cory Eliason 271
  9. 21x-Jason Meyers 271
  10. 37-Mitchell Faccinto 268
  11. 18-Justin Sanders 266
  12. 21r-Aaron Reutzel 265
  13. 3c-D.J. Netto 256
  14. 31c-Justyn Cox 255
  15. 88-Terry McCarl 252
  16. 0-Bud Kaeding 251
  17. 56-Ryan Bernal 250
  18. 26-Willie Croft 249
  19. 20-Colby Copeland 246
  20. 94-Steven Tiner 245
  21. 33v-Henry Van Dam 243
  22. 15x-Blake Robertson 241
  23. 21p-Robbie Price 239
  24. 5v-Dominic Scelzi 236
  25. 88v-Jace Vander Weerd 236
  26. 41-Gio Scelzi 235
  27. 12p-Scott Parker 232
  28. 43-Bradley Terrell 229
  29. x1-Mason Moore 228
  30. 9L-Cody Lamar 227
  31. 3-Kaleb Montgomery 226
  32. 1T-Billy Butler 225
  33. 57b-Bobby Ray Butler 221
  34. 92-Kyler Shaw 220
  35. 73-Parker Price-Miller 218
  36. 9s-Landon Hurst 210
  37. 96-Luca Romanazzi 209
  38. 63-Geoff Ensign 204
  39. 00-Jason Statler 203
  40. 72w-Kurt Nelson 202
  41. 10L-Brock Lemley 200
  42. 10m-Matthew Moles 199
  43. 9J-Dustin Golobic 199
  44. 42-Devin Madonia 196
  45. 74-Colton Hardy 192
  46. 9r-Reece Goetz 191
  47. 8-Jeremy Chisum 188
  48. 73x-Kevin Thomas, Jr. 188
  49. 9a-Luke Didiuk 187
  50. p37-Matt Peterson 187
  51. 88k-Koen Shaw 183
  52. 5-Collin Markle 182
  53. 7-Steven Kent 180
  54. 86J-Jesse Colwell 176
  55. 4-Burt Foland, Jr. 174
  56. 33s-Lance Sargent 173
  57. 82J-Steve Jaquith 173
  58. 6n-Gary Nelson, Jr. 172
  59. 15-Pat Harvey 170