Kofoid returns to Ohio racing roots, gets last lap pass for World of Outlaws win at Attica

By Brian Liskai

ATTICA, Ohio – A hand full of years ago a young Michael “Buddy” Kofoid moved to Ohio to make a name for himself in sprint car racing, competing weekly at Attica Raceway Park. The Penngrove, Calif. Driver used that experience to perfection Friday, getting by Carson Macedo on the last lap to score his first World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series win of 2024.

Kofoid’s second ever Attica win was worth $12,000 on Kistler Engines Classic Night. It’s his fourth career World of Outlaws win.

“After Carson got by me on that restart I didn’t think the top of one and two was the place to be and I kind of got tight on that restart. Once he got by me I just tried to stay with him and pace him because I knew the race could potentially be won in traffic if it stayed green. I was able to keep bumping my wing back and move down the track in one and it really stuck a lane lower than him. Super happy to finally win a race this year. These Roth Motorsports guys have been unbelieveable. It’s the best I’ve ever felt in a sprint car and I owe it all to Dylan and Gage,” said Kofoid beside his Toyota Racing Development/Mobil 1/Roth Enterprises/HR Livestock Transportation backed #83.

Californian Kalib Henry led the opening lap of the 35-lap feature before Kofoid took over. Back-to-back race stoppages on lap 10 gave fellow Californian Macedo the chance to pounce on a restart and he slid into the lead. Heavy lapped traffic with 15 laps to go allowed Kofoid to reel in Macedo. On the last lap Kofoid got under Macedo and was able to slide him exciting turn four to score the win by just .250 seconds. Bill Balog, Brandon Spithaler and Henry rounded out the top five.

In the Fremont Fence 305 Sprint feature Sandusky, Ohio’s Bryan Sebetto took the lead from Brendon Torok on lap three and survived a late race caution to score his 15th career win in the division at Attica.

“It’s a testament to my guys and the hard work they put in the off-season. Kevin Schlachter hasn’t spared any expense for anything on this race car. The hard work of Guy Myers and Chase Rotsinger and Kevin during the week….can’t thank everyone who is a part of this team enough,” said Sebetto beside his Sandusky Bay Remodeling, JLH General Contractor, Sandusky Bay RV Rentals, KH Suspension, Overwatch Precision, Riehl Custom Fabrication, Level Performance, Commercial Glazing Systems, NAPA of Fremont, Clay Keim, Depot Pizza, CA Kustoms backed #01.

Attica Raceway Park will be back in action Friday, May 24 with the 410 and 305 sprints and the $5,000-to-win first ever appearance of the Iron Man Late Model Series to “Ohio’s Finest Racing” venue.

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Attica Raceway Park

Friday, May 17, 2024

World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series

NOS Energy Drink Feature (35 Laps): 1. 83-Michael Kofoid[1]; 2. 41-Carson Macedo[5]; 3. 17B-Bill Balog[4]; 4. 22B-Brandon Spithaler[3]; 5. 101-Kalib Henry[2]; 6. 49X-Tim Shaffer[7]; 7. 15-Donny Schatz[11]; 8. 1S-Logan Schuchart[12]; 9. 4-Zane DeVault[10]; 10. 7S-Landon Crawley[25]; 11. 2-David Gravel[21]; 12. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild[13]; 13. 35-Stuart Brubaker[16]; 14. 18-Giovanni Scelzi[15]; 15. 19P-Paige Polyak[24]; 16. 99-Skylar Gee[22]; 17. 3Z-Brock Zearfoss[9]; 18. 11N-Kasey Jedrzejek[17]; 19. 70-Kraig Kinser[14]; 20. 29-Zeth Sabo[20]; 21. 23J-Cale Thomas[19]; 22. 19-TJ Michael[8]; 23. 09-Craig Mintz[6]; 24. 7N-Darin Naida[23]; 25. 16-DJ Foos[18]

MicroLite Last Chance Showdown (12 Laps): 1. 2-David Gravel[1]; 2. 99-Skylar Gee[3]; 3. 7N-Darin Naida[2]; 4. 19P-Paige Polyak[5]; 5. 9-Trey Jacobs[10]; 6. 1-Nate Dussel[4]; 7. 15K-Creed Kemenah[8]; 8. 5T-Travis Philo[7]; 9. W20-Greg Wilson[9]; 10. 24D-Danny Sams III[14]; 11. 25R-Jordan Ryan[13]; 12. 21-Larry Kingseed Jr[12]; 13. 15C-Chris Andrews[6]; 14. 7S-Landon Crawley[11]; 15. X-Mike Keegan[15]

C Feature (10 Laps): 1. 24D-Danny Sams III[2]; 2. X-Mike Keegan[4]; 3. 4S-Tyler Street[9]; 4. 2P-Ricky Peterson[3]; 5. 91-Tyler Gunn[13]; 6. 12-Luke Griffith[7]; 7. 6-Bill Rose[6]; 8. 9H-Lance Heinberger[11]; 9. 33W-Cap Henry[8]; 10. 75-Jerry Dahms[12]; 11. 32B-Dale Blaney[1]; 12. 70M-Henry Malcuit[5]; 13. 32-Bryce Lucius[10]

Toyota Dash (8 Laps): 1. 83-Michael Kofoid[1]; 2. 101-Kalib Henry[2]; 3. 22B-Brandon Spithaler[4]; 4. 17B-Bill Balog[5]; 5. 41-Carson Macedo[8]; 6. 09-Craig Mintz[3]; 7. 49X-Tim Shaffer[7]; 8. 19-TJ Michael[6]

Heat 1 (10 Laps): 1. 49X-Tim Shaffer[1]; 2. 19-TJ Michael[4]; 3. 3Z-Brock Zearfoss[6]; 4. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild[3]; 5. 11N-Kasey Jedrzejek[10]; 6. 99-Skylar Gee[5]; 7. 2-David Gravel[2]; 8. W20-Greg Wilson[9]; 9. 32B-Dale Blaney[11]; 10. 70M-Henry Malcuit[8]; 11. 4S-Tyler Street[7]; 12. 91-Tyler Gunn[12]

Milton Hershey School Heat 2 (10 Laps): 1. 17B-Bill Balog[1]; 2. 09-Craig Mintz[2]; 3. 15-Donny Schatz[4]; 4. 18-Giovanni Scelzi[3]; 5. 23J-Cale Thomas[5]; 6. 19P-Paige Polyak[8]; 7. 5T-Travis Philo[7]; 8. 7S-Landon Crawley[6]; 9. 2P-Ricky Peterson[9]; 10. 12-Luke Griffith[10]; 11. 9H-Lance Heinberger[11]

Heat 3 (10 Laps): 1. 41-Carson Macedo[1]; 2. 101-Kalib Henry[3]; 3. 4-Zane DeVault[4]; 4. 70-Kraig Kinser[6]; 5. 16-DJ Foos[9]; 6. 1-Nate Dussel[8]; 7. 15K-Creed Kemenah[10]; 8. 21-Larry Kingseed Jr[11]; 9. 24D-Danny Sams III[7]; 10. 7N-Darin Naida[2]; 11. 33W-Cap Henry[5]; 12. 75-Jerry Dahms[12]

Heat 4 (10 Laps): 1. 83-Michael Kofoid[1]; 2. 22B-Brandon Spithaler[2]; 3. 1S-Logan Schuchart[3]; 4. 35-Stuart Brubaker[4]; 5. 29-Zeth Sabo[11]; 6. 15C-Chris Andrews[5]; 7. 9-Trey Jacobs[8]; 8. 25R-Jordan Ryan[6]; 9. X-Mike Keegan[10]; 10. 6-Bill Rose[9]; 11. 32-Bryce Lucius[7]

Sea Foam Qualifying A (2 Laps): 1. 49X-Tim Shaffer, 00:12.750[5]; 2. 17B-Bill Balog, 00:12.776[13]; 3. 2-David Gravel, 00:12.776[12]; 4. 09-Craig Mintz, 00:12.782[3]; 5. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild, 00:12.843[14]; 6. 18-Giovanni Scelzi, 00:12.847[23]; 7. 19-TJ Michael, 00:12.980[2]; 8. 15-Donny Schatz, 00:12.981[6]; 9. 99-Skylar Gee, 00:13.004[10]; 10. 23J-Cale Thomas, 00:13.020[1]; 11. 3Z-Brock Zearfoss, 00:13.021[21]; 12. 7S-Landon Crawley, 00:13.071[8]; 13. 4S-Tyler Street, 00:13.082[9]; 14. 5T-Travis Philo, 00:13.200[7]; 15. 70M-Henry Malcuit, 00:13.254[17]; 16. 19P-Paige Polyak, 00:13.271[16]; 17. W20-Greg Wilson, 00:13.319[11]; 18. 2P-Ricky Peterson, 00:13.323[19]; 19. 11N-Kasey Jedrzejek, 00:13.331[4]; 20. 12-Luke Griffith, 00:13.350[15]; 21. 32B-Dale Blaney, 00:13.471[22]; 22. 9H-Lance Heinberger, 00:14.066[20]; 23. 91-Tyler Gunn, 00:14.098[18]

Sea Foam Qualifying B (2 Laps): 1. 41-Carson Macedo, 00:12.649[2]; 2. 83-Michael Kofoid, 00:12.836[17]; 3. 7N-Darin Naida, 00:12.986[1]; 4. 22B-Brandon Spithaler, 00:13.055[12]; 5. 101-Kalib Henry, 00:13.075[18]; 6. 1S-Logan Schuchart, 00:13.136[11]; 7. 4-Zane DeVault, 00:13.149[4]; 8. 35-Stuart Brubaker, 00:13.149[16]; 9. 33W-Cap Henry, 00:13.208[8]; 10. 15C-Chris Andrews, 00:13.212[19]; 11. 70-Kraig Kinser, 00:13.218[3]; 12. 25R-Jordan Ryan, 00:13.240[21]; 13. 24D-Danny Sams III, 00:13.259[7]; 14. 32-Bryce Lucius, 00:13.265[15]; 15. 1-Nate Dussel, 00:13.285[6]; 16. 9-Trey Jacobs, 00:13.286[20]; 17. 16-DJ Foos, 00:13.314[5]; 18. 6-Bill Rose, 00:13.364[9]; 19. 15K-Creed Kemenah, 00:13.387[22]; 20. X-Mike Keegan, 00:13.430[23]; 21. 21-Larry Kingseed Jr, 00:13.456[10]; 22. 29-Zeth Sabo, 00:13.607[13]; 23. 75-Jerry Dahms, 00:14.195[14]

305 Sprints – Fremont Fence Co.

Qualifying

1.01-Bryan Sebetto, 13.598; 2.2-Brenden Torok, 13.609; 3.26-Jamie Miller, 13.615; 4.X15-Kasey Ziebold, 13.661; 5.36-Seth Schneider, 13.692; 6.5M-Mike Moore, 13.712; 7.19R-Steve Rando, 13.731; 8.9R-Logan Riehl, 13.760; 9.5DD-Dustin Dinan, 13.776; 10.12X-Dustin Stroup, 13.781; 11.5JR-Jimmy McGrath Jr., 13.848; 12.49i-John Ivy, 13.858; 13.7M-Brandon Moore, 13.873; 14.1W-Paul Weaver, 13.882; 15.3X-Blayne Keckler, 13.895; 16.18-Ben Watson, 13.926; 17.12-Dylan Watson, 13.934; 18.2S-Jackson Sebetto, 13.996; 19.63-Randy Ruble, 14.009; 20.10TS-Tyler Schiets, 14.055; 21.319-Steven Watts, 14.058; 22.51M-Haldon Miller, 14.077; 23.0-Bradley Bateson, 14.154; 24.3M-Logan Mongeau, 14.207; 25.18Z-Brian Razum, 14.403; 26.85-Dustin Feller, 14.451; 27.1S-James Saam, 14.531; 28.27-Steven Dolphin, 14.587;

Heat 1, Group A – (8 Laps)

1. 49i-John Ivy[2] ; 2. X15-Kasey Ziebold[4] ; 3. 9R-Logan Riehl[3] ; 4. 2S-Jackson Sebetto[5] ; 5. 0-Bradley Bateson[6] ; 6. 12-Dylan Watson[1] ; 7. 85-Dustin Feller[7]

Heat 2, Group B – (8 Laps)

1. 5JR-Jimmy McGrath Jr.[1] ; 2. 5DD-Dustin Dinan[2] ; 3. 01-Bryan Sebetto[4] ; 4. 36-Seth Schneider[3] ; 5. 10TS-Tyler Schiets[6] ; 6. 63-Randy Ruble[5] ; 7. 319-Steven Watts[7]

Heat 3, Group C – (8 Laps)

1. 12X-Dustin Stroup[1] ; 2. 26-Jamie Miller[4] ; 3. 19R-Steve Rando[2] ; 4. 7M-Brandon Moore[5] ; 5. 51M-Haldon Miller[6] ; 6. 5M-Mike Moore[3] ; 7. 1S-James Saam[7]

Heat 4, Group D – (8 Laps)

1. 3X-Blayne Keckler[2] ; 2. 2-Brenden Torok[4] ; 3. 1W-Paul Weaver[3] ; 4. 3M-Logan Mongeau[5] ; 5. 18-Ben Watson[1] ; 6. 27-Steven Dolphin[7] ; 7. 18Z-Brian Razum[6]

B-Main 1 – (10 Laps)

1. 0-Bradley Bateson[1] ; 2. 10TS-Tyler Schiets[2] ; 3. 51M-Haldon Miller[3] ; 4. 63-Randy Ruble[6] ; 5. 12-Dylan Watson[5] ; 6. 5M-Mike Moore[7] ; 7. 85-Dustin Feller[9] ; 8. 1S-James Saam[11] ; 9. 18Z-Brian Razum[12] ; 10. 18-Ben Watson[4] ; 11. 27-Steven Dolphin[8] ; 12. 319-Steven Watts[10]

A-Main 1 – (25 Laps)

1. 01-Bryan Sebetto[4] ; 2. 2-Brenden Torok[2] ; 3. 12X-Dustin Stroup[9] ; 4. 5JR-Jimmy McGrath Jr.[3] ; 5. 26-Jamie Miller[5] ; 6. X15-Kasey Ziebold[6] ; 7. 49i-John Ivy[10] ; 8. 1W-Paul Weaver[13] ; 9. 7M-Brandon Moore[15] ; 10. 9R-Logan Riehl[11] ; 11. 5DD-Dustin Dinan[8] ; 12. 3X-Blayne Keckler[1] ; 13. 10TS-Tyler Schiets[18] ; 14. 3M-Logan Mongeau[16] ; 15. 2S-Jackson Sebetto[14] ; 16. 51M-Haldon Miller[19] ; 17. 63-Randy Ruble[20] ; 18. 19R-Steve Rando[12] ; 19. 36-Seth Schneider[7] ; 20. 0-Bradley Bateson[17]