Column: Two-Day Dennis Roth Classic At Tulare Presents $83K Payday For WoO Sprints In September
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Column By: NICK GRAZIANO / WORLD OF OUTLAWS – TULARE, CA – One the most iconic figures in Sprint Car racing will be honored in September with a two-day marquee World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series event.
Thunderbowl Raceway will host the Dennis Roth Classic, Friday-Saturday, Sept. 20-21, which will conclude the World of Outlaws’ Cali Outlaw Valley Swing with a $83,000 payday to Saturday’s victor.
While this will be the third Dennis Roth Classic – first two with the Northern Auto Racing Club (NARC) – it’ll be the first sanctioned by the World of Outlaws. It’ll also mark the World of Outlaws’ first time back at the fan-favorite California dirt track since 2022.
Rico Abreu and Justin Cox won the first two editions of the event.
Kyle Larson and Giovanni Scelzi are the last two World of Outlaws winners at Thunderbowl. Of active full-time Series drivers, 10-time World of Outlaws champion Donny Schatz has the most Series wins at the track with three; his last came in 2017.
Kevin Gobrecht Rookie of the Year contender Michael “Buddy” Kofoid, of Penngrove, CA, will carry the flag for Roth Motorsports at the event, piloting Roth’s famed No. 83 Sprint Car. He has two Trophy Cup preliminary night victories at the track.
