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World of Outlaws Federated Auto Parts Route 66 Showdown
Saturday, October 19, 2024
Race Recap  

JOLIET JET: Kofoid Continues Hot Streak with Dirt Oval 66 Victory

Kofoid fends off Haudenschild and Gravel for sixth win in the last 12 races

Michael “Buddy” Kofoid and Roth Motorsports flipped a switch two months ago, and they’ve got no intentions of shutting it off.

The pairing rolled into Dirt Oval 66 for the Federated Auto Parts Route 66 Showdown on a hot streak that included five wins and 12 podiums in the last 14 races. Mechanical woes ended their night before it truly started on Friday. And Kofoid and company came back hungry on Saturday night.

The Penngrove, CA native started second for the 30-lap finale, slid ahead of Sheldon Haudenschild on the opening circuit, and then held off Haudenschild’s late run to secure his seventh World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car victory of the year.

“My Roth Motorsports crew guys are unbelievable,” Kofoid said. “Like I’ve said, this is the most fun I’ve ever had racing and best I’ve ever felt in any race car. Like I always say, that’s just a testament to Dylan (Buswell) and his talent and making me a better driver. And then I feel like Nate (Knotts) and Gage (Tyra) just complement him really well. It just shows what it’s like to be with good people.”

Kofoid’s lucky number seven win of 2024 pushes him to 10 for his career, making him the 50th driver with double digit victories in the history of The Greatest Show on Dirt. Ten victories equals him with Danny Smith and Joe Gaerte on the all-time win list and makes him the ninth winningest Californian. Roth Motorsports is now up to 114 World of Outlaws checkered flags.

Buddy Kofoid celebrates at Dirt Oval 66
Buddy Kofoid and the Roth Motorsports crew have been one of the fastest teams on the World of Outlaws tour in recent weeks (Trent Gower Photo)

Haudenschild brought the field to green for the main event with Kofoid to his outside. Haudenschild slid in front of Kofoid in the first set of corners, but Kofoid built momentum for a run down the back straightaway. Kofoid had enough speed to duck under the NOS Energy Drink No. 17 entering Turn 3. He finished the slider exiting the corner to lead the opening lap.

A restart with 18 laps to go got wild as battles erupted all over the place including toward the front of the field. Gravel drove ahead of Haudenschild for second, but Haudenschild returned the favor with a slider. Gravel turned underneath him to retake the spot, and this time he held off Haudenschild’s counter.

Donny Schatz threw his name into contention during a halfway point restart as he rolled the bottom by Haudenschild for third.

Multiple yellow flags continued to set up restarts with drivers looking to capitalize. Haudenschild started to make his way back toward the front as he found some grip on the bottom of the oval.

The low side of the Joliet, IL track lifted Haudenschild to third on Lap 26 and then to the runner-up spot with two circuits remaining. However, the hourglass ran out as Kofoid held off Haudenschild’s last gasp when he stuck the bottom in Turns 3 and 4 but couldn’t muscle around Kofoid.

“The exit of (Turn) 4 was just really wide earlier in the race,” Kofoid said. “I could fire off good and get to the top, and I was able to diamond under Sheldon’s slider and kind of control the race. I was nervous with all of those yellows. I didn’t want to see that one with, I think, two to go. I couldn’t see my guys well, but they weren’t telling me I was doing anything wrong. I didn’t want to choose the outside or fire on the outside and try take the long way around because I feel like there was just so much meat on the front stretch on the bottom to take off on. Then it was just a matter of getting to the top and not tripping on the cushion.”

Settling for second was Haudenschild and the Stenhouse Jr.-Marshall Racing crew. He became more and more comfortable with the handling of his machine throughout the race but simply ran out of laps to get the job done.

“Being able to move around and find the bottom there in (Turns) 3 and 4,” Haudenschild said of what helped his late surge. “I feel like I was getting better the more fuel I burned off and was able to rotate down there. But Buddy was really good all night. I couldn’t keep up with him there the first 10 to 15 laps. The restarts were really hard starting on the outside as well. Happy with the weekend, a second and a fifth.”

Rounding out the podium was Gravel and the Big Game Motorsports crew as they continue to march toward a title. The Watertown, CT native is now up to 30 World of Outlaws podiums the season, the fourth time he’s reached that mark. His lead atop the standings is up to 78 markers with five races left.

“Man, I could not get a good restart behind him single file on the bottom,” Gravel said. “I just would start spinning and then hit the grip and just not get down the front stretch very good. Then I was kind of in defense going into (Turn) 1 where I kind of wanted to attack. Definitely didn’t want that caution because I feel like we were coming. I think lap traffic would’ve benefitted us.”

Donny Schatz and Carson Macedo completed the top five.

A run from 23rd to 11th in the Bill Rose Racing No. 6 earned Dylan Cisney the KSE Racing Hard Charger.

Buddy Kofoid earned his sixth Simpson Quick Time of 2024 and the 11th of his career in Sea Foam Qualifying.

NOS Energy Drink Heats One, Three, and Four belonged to Buddy Kofoid, Emerson Axsom, and Zach Hampton. Milton Hershey School Heat Two went to Carson Macedo.

Sheldon Haudenschild topped the Toyota Racing Dash.

Darin Naida won the Micro-Lite Last Chance Showdown.

The Smith Titanium Brake Systems Break of the Race went to Bill Balog.

UP NEXT: The World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Cars return to Riverside International Speedway (West Memphis, AR) for the first time in six years on Oct. 25-26. For tickets, CLICK HERE.

If you can’t make it to the track, catch every lap live on DIRTVision.

FEATURE RESULTS:

NOS Energy Drink Feature (30 Laps): 1. 83-Michael Kofoid[2]; 2. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild[1]; 3. 2-David Gravel[6]; 4. 15-Donny Schatz[10]; 5. 41-Carson Macedo[7]; 6. 18-Giovanni Scelzi[11]; 7. 1S-Logan Schuchart[13]; 8. 3Z-Brock Zearfoss[9]; 9. 27-Emerson Axsom[4]; 10. 55C-Chris Windom[12]; 11. 6-Dylan Cisney[23]; 12. 23-Garet Williamson[19]; 13. 17B-Bill Balog[3]; 14. 99-Skylar Gee[18]; 15. 7S-Landon Crawley[20]; 16. 2KS-Danny Sams III[16]; 17. 45X-Scott Bogucki[15]; 18. 7N-Darin Naida[21]; 19. 70-Kraig Kinser[22]; 20. 22-Riley Goodno[17]; 21. 55-Kerry Madsen[14]; 22. 79-Blake Nimee[24]; 23. 17X-Zach Hampton[5]; 24. 87-Aaron Reutzel[8]

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Results  
Feature Results
POSStart+/-#DriverLapsBehindLedStatusPointsMoney
12+183Michael Kofoid 300.00030Running150$12,000
21-117Sheldon Haudenschild 30-0.647Running146$8,000
36+32David Gravel 30-1.895Running144$5,000
410+615Donny Schatz 30-2.135Running142$3,200
57+241Carson Macedo 30-3.494Running140$2,800
611+518Giovanni Scelzi 30-3.835Running138$2,600
713+61SLogan Schuchart 30-4.102Running136$2,400
89+13ZBrock Zearfoss 30-4.866Running134$2,300
94-527Emerson Axsom 30-5.176Running132$2,200
1012+255CChris Windom 30-5.194Running130$2,000
1123+126Dylan Cisney 30-5.700Running128$1,800
1219+723Garet Williamson 30-5.907Running126$1,600
133-1017BBill Balog 30-6.503Running124$1,400
1418+499Skylar Gee 30-6.844Running122$1,200
1520+57SLandon Crawley 30-7.388Running120$1,200
161602KSDanny Sams III30-9.392Running118$1,200
1715-245XScott Bogucki 30-9.400Running116$1,200
1821+37NDarin Naida 29-1 LapsRunning114$1,200
1922+370Kraig Kinser 29-1 LapsRunning112$1,200
2017-322Riley Goodno 29-1 LapsRunning110$1,200
2114-755Kerry Madsen 24-6 LapsDNF108$1,200
2224+279Blake Nimee 21-9 LapsDNF106$1,200
235-1817XZach Hampton 14-16 LapsDNF104$1,200
248-1687Aaron Reutzel 12-18 LapsDNF102$1,200
KSE Hard Charger: Dylan Cisney
Last Chance Showdown 1 Results
POSStart+/-#DriverLapsBehindLedStatusPointsMoney
12+17NDarin Naida 120.00012Running0$0
27+570Kraig Kinser 12-2.710Running0$0
3306Dylan Cisney 12-3.326Running0$0
413+979Blake Nimee 12-4.711Running0$0
54-112Corbin Gurley 12-5.822Running90$500
61-515JRCole Mincer 12-6.500Running90$400
711+417GPKelby Watt 12-7.456Running90$350
814+615KCreed Kemenah 12-7.867Running90$300
910+1G5Gage Pulkrabek 12-9.446Running90$300
1017+770KChris Klemko 9-3 LapsDNF90$300
1115+414TTim Estenson 6-6 LapsDNF90$200
129-35EBobby Elliott 5-7 LapsDNF90$200
136-732Bryce Lucius 1-11 LapsDNF90$200
145-910VMatt VandeVere 1-11 LapsDNF90$200
158-734Sterling Cling 0-12 LapsDNS90$200
1612-477Geoff Dodge 0-12 LapsDNS90$200
1716-151Ayrton Gennetten 0-12 LapsDNS90$200
1818055BClinton Boyles 0-12 LapsDNS90$200
Dash 1 Results
POSStart+/-#DriverLapsBehindLedStatusPointsMoney
11017Sheldon Haudenschild 60.0005Running0$0
23+183Michael Kofoid 6-1.642Running0$0
32-117BBill Balog 6-3.0261Running0$0
44027Emerson Axsom 6-3.256Running0$0
55017XZach Hampton 6-4.554Running0$0
6602David Gravel 6-5.270Running0$0
77041Carson Macedo 6-6.762Running0$0
88087Aaron Reutzel 6-8.644Running0$0
Heat 1 Results
Pos.Start+/-#DriverLaps CompletedBehindLaps LedStatus
11083Michael Kofoid 80.0008Running
22017Sheldon Haudenschild 8-1.583Running
3303ZBrock Zearfoss 8-4.084Running
46+21SLogan Schuchart 8-4.701Running
57+222Riley Goodno 8-6.647Running
65-16Dylan Cisney 8-7.784Running
74-315JRCole Mincer 8-8.549Running
8805EBobby Elliott 8-11.211Running
99079Blake Nimee 8-12.482Running
1010070KChris Klemko 8-14.544Running
Heat 2 Results
Pos.Start+/-#DriverLaps CompletedBehindLaps LedStatus
12+141Carson Macedo 80.0008Running
21-12David Gravel 8-1.433Running
33018Giovanni Scelzi 8-3.315Running
46+245XScott Bogucki 8-6.304Running
55023Garet Williamson 8-8.876Running
69+310VMatt VandeVere 8-9.493Running
78+170Kraig Kinser 8-10.705Running
87-117GPKelby Watt 8-12.247Running
94-514TTim Estenson 8-12.619Running
Heat 3 Results
Pos.Start+/-#DriverLaps CompletedBehindLaps LedStatus
12+127Emerson Axsom 80.0007Running
21-187Aaron Reutzel 8-0.7851Running
36+315Donny Schatz 8-1.765Running
43-155Kerry Madsen 8-3.370Running
54-199Skylar Gee 8-5.378Running
610+412Corbin Gurley 8-7.798Running
75-27NDarin Naida 8-8.355Running
880G5Gage Pulkrabek 8-9.183Running
99015KCreed Kemenah 8-10.846Running
107-355BClinton Boyles 0-8 LapsDNS
Heat 4 Results
Pos.Start+/-#DriverLaps CompletedBehindLaps LedStatus
13+217XZach Hampton 80.0008Running
22017BBill Balog 8-1.453Running
36+355CChris Windom 8-2.020Running
4402KSDanny Sams III8-2.408Running
51-47SLandon Crawley 8-3.478Running
65-132Bryce Lucius 8-4.237Running
78+134Sterling Cling 5-3 LapsRunning
87-177Geoff Dodge 5-3 LapsRunning
99051Ayrton Gennetten 5-3 LapsRunning
Qualifying Flight 1 Results
POSStartCarDriverHometownTimeDifference
11283Michael Kofoid Penngrove, CA13.6690.000
2152David Gravel Watertown, CT13.671-0.002
3217Sheldon Haudenschild Wooster, OH13.674-0.005
4741Carson Macedo Lemoore, CA13.818-0.149
563ZBrock Zearfoss Jonestown, PA13.833-0.164
6118Giovanni Scelzi Fresno, CA13.847-0.178
7815JRCole Mincer Burlington, IA13.852-0.183
8514TTim Estenson Fargo, ND13.888-0.219
9136Dylan Cisney Port Royal, PA13.920-0.251
101123Garet Williamson Columbia, MO13.932-0.263
11141SLogan Schuchart Hanover, PA13.954-0.285
12945XScott Bogucki Mclaren Vale, SA14.002-0.333
131022Riley Goodno Knoxville, IA14.073-0.404
141817GPKelby Watt Adel, IA14.095-0.426
1535EBobby Elliott Allenton, MI14.220-0.551
16470Kraig Kinser Bloomington, IN14.247-0.578
171779Blake Nimee Oswego, IL14.325-0.656
181910VMatt VandeVere Zion, IL14.438-0.769
191670KChris Klemko Bristol, WI14.966-1.297
Qualifying Flight 2 Results
POSStartCarDriverHometownTimeDifference
11387Aaron Reutzel Clute, TX13.7960.000
217SLandon Crawley Benton, AR13.840-0.044
31227Emerson Axsom Franklin, IN13.879-0.083
41617BBill Balog North Pole, AK13.951-0.155
5255Kerry Madsen Knoxville, IA14.007-0.211
6317XZach Hampton Mooresville, IN14.062-0.266
71899Skylar Gee Leduc, AB14.087-0.291
8112KSDanny Sams IIINorth Port, FL14.091-0.295
9177NDarin Naida Adrian, MI14.103-0.307
10632Bryce Lucius Findlay, OH14.111-0.315
11715Donny Schatz Fargo, ND14.124-0.328
121555CChris Windom Canton, IL14.127-0.331
13455BClinton Boyles Greenwood, MO14.138-0.342
141477Geoff Dodge Colorado Springs, CO14.239-0.443
1510G5Gage Pulkrabek East Grand Forks, MN14.279-0.483
16934Sterling Cling Tempe, AZ14.282-0.486
171915KCreed Kemenah Alvada, OH14.342-0.546
18551Ayrton Gennetten Versailles, MO14.427-0.631
19812Corbin Gurley Hebron, IN14.468-0.672
Hot Laps Results
POSStartCarDriverHometownTimeDifference
13287Aaron Reutzel Clute, TX13.6550.000
21283Michael Kofoid Penngrove, CA13.753-0.098
3302KSDanny Sams IIINorth Port, FL13.770-0.115
42532Bryce Lucius Findlay, OH13.829-0.174
53127Emerson Axsom Franklin, IN13.854-0.199
63517BBill Balog North Pole, AK13.863-0.208
729G5Gage Pulkrabek East Grand Forks, MN13.867-0.212
83455CChris Windom Canton, IL13.895-0.240
92834Sterling Cling Tempe, AZ13.943-0.288
10152David Gravel Watertown, CT13.944-0.289
112615Donny Schatz Fargo, ND13.958-0.303
123799Skylar Gee Leduc, AB13.977-0.322
133377Geoff Dodge Colorado Springs, CO13.984-0.329
14207SLandon Crawley Benton, AR14.004-0.349
152155Kerry Madsen Knoxville, IA14.007-0.352
163815KCreed Kemenah Alvada, OH14.028-0.373
17136Dylan Cisney Port Royal, PA14.053-0.398
18141SLogan Schuchart Hanover, PA14.067-0.412
19367NDarin Naida Adrian, MI14.096-0.441
202355BClinton Boyles Greenwood, MO14.100-0.445
21741Carson Macedo Lemoore, CA14.107-0.452
222217XZach Hampton Mooresville, IN14.121-0.466
23815JRCole Mincer Burlington, IA14.123-0.468
2463ZBrock Zearfoss Jonestown, PA14.224-0.569
251817GPKelby Watt Adel, IA14.237-0.582
261779Blake Nimee Oswego, IL14.280-0.625
271022Riley Goodno Knoxville, IA14.282-0.627
282451Ayrton Gennetten Versailles, MO14.331-0.676
29945XScott Bogucki Mclaren Vale, SA14.333-0.678
30217Sheldon Haudenschild Wooster, OH14.539-0.884
311123Garet Williamson Columbia, MO14.609-0.954
32470Kraig Kinser Bloomington, IN14.650-0.995
332712Corbin Gurley Hebron, IN14.718-1.063
341910VMatt VandeVere Zion, IL14.796-1.141
35118Giovanni Scelzi Fresno, CA14.952-1.297
361670KChris Klemko Bristol, WI14.982-1.327
37514TTim Estenson Fargo, ND15.038-1.383
3835EBobby Elliott Allenton, MI0.00013.655
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Event Info  

World of Outlaws Federated Auto Parts Route 66 Showdown

Friday, October 18th to Saturday, October 19th

The Dirt Oval @ Route 66 Raceway

500 Speedway Blvd

Joliet, Illinois, 60433

Event Description
The World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Cars are coming back to Dirt Oval 66!

For the first time since 2017, the Series returns to the northern Illinois facility for two nights of action.
Series Racing
World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series
To Win Amount
$12,000.00

Event Schedule

2PM Pit Gate Open
4PM Grandstands Open
6:30PM Hot Laps/Qualifying
7:30PM Opening Ceremonies
Racing to follow

*All times Central

Ticket Options  
Options And Prices

Adult Pit Combo $52 (Pit pass and reserved seat purchased in advance)
Child Pit Combo (Ages 12-under): $28
Adult Reserved: $49
Child Reserved (0-12): $25
Adult General Admission: $45
Child (6-12) General Admission: $25
Kids 5 and under: FREE GA
Race Day Adult Pit Pass: $50
Race Day Child Pit Pass: $35

Grandstand Type
Stadium style
Reserved Seating
Upper rows in each section; Stadium Seating
Family Section Location
No
Handicapped Seating Location

Handicapped seats bottom row of each section.

Pit Pass Price
Adult: $50
Child (0-12): $35
Pit Age Requirement
No age restriction for pits. 17 and under must be accompanied by parent or legal guardian, with signed minor waiver
Parking Cost
$10
Camping Availability
non-electric, onsite
Camping Cost
Contact Track for Reservations
Frequently Asked Questions  
To Win Amount
$12,000.00
Reserved Seating
Upper rows in each section; Stadium Seating
Type of Grandstand
Stadium style
Stadium Seating
No seat cushions with arms or frame components
Handicapped Seating

Handicapped seats bottom row of each section.

Pit Age Limit
No age restriction for pits. 17 and under must be accompanied by parent or legal guardian, with signed minor waiver
Personal Coolers
Not allowed.
ATMs
1
Smoking Policy
Smoking is only permitted in the designated smoking area.
Family Section
No
Parking Cost
$10
Camping Availability
non-electric, onsite
Camping Cost
Contact Track for Reservations
Track Info  

The Dirt Oval @ Route 66 Raceway

500 Speedway Blvd

Joliet, Illinois, 60433

Track Phone
(815) 740-8000
Track Size
0.375
Track Map
Competitor Info  

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