LAWTON, Okla.  The box score is going to show Michael Buddy Kofoid led every lap of Fridays Sooner State Showdown at Lawton Speedway, but it was far from an easy victory.

The Roth Motorsports pilot had to survive a flurry of attacks from fellow Californian Carson Macedo. The driver of the Jason Johnson Racing No. 41 threw absolutely everything he had at him for all 35 laps. He tried to roll the bottom around the No. 83. He threw sliders. He tried to rip the top around him, but Kofoid got up on the wheel for every challenge.

When the checkered flag waved, Kofoid crossed with just under a one second advantage for his second World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car win of the season.

Coming, I think, to two (laps) to go, I thought I almost gave it away, just got super tight. The 41, they were really good, Kofoid said. They were there the whole race. I could see him and hear him. I think theres probably a little bit we need to work on, but I think a track like that and being able to move around kind of worked into my wheelhouse. I just want to thank Dylan, Nate, and John for their incredibly hard work and getting me comfortable and better every race.

Kofoid became the third multi-time winner of 2025, joining David Gravel (five wins) and Kyle Larson (two wins). Hes one for one at Lawton as Friday marked his debut at the Oklahoma oval.

The Penngrove, Calif., native became the seventh different Lawton victor through 11 races of World of Outlaws competition.

The trip to victory lane was the latest piece of evidence to support Kofoid and the Roth crew resembling their latter half of 2024 selves. After some early struggles, theyve now strung together four consecutive top two finishes and 10 straight top 10s.

I feel like were rolling pretty good, Kofoid said. I dont want to say something and jinx myself. This car has been proven to be really good for us. This is just what we had to finish last year when we won Husets (High Bank Nationals) all the way up through Charlotte (World Finals). Its just something that works for Dylan and I and something that for him, when he works on it, it just works out for me with what Im telling him he can usually give me what I need. This car has just been really good to us, and I hope we can just keep the momentum rolling.

After pressuring Kofoid from green to checkered, Carson Macedo settled for the runner-up spot in the Jason Johnson Racing machine. He was confident he had the superior ride but simply couldnt find the right opportunity to capitalize.

I dont think I needed anymore. I think my car was phenomenal. I think I had the best car on the track, Macedo said. I felt just solid anywhere I went, especially down in (Turns) 1 and 2. I could squeeze and grab the bottom really nice and get a lot of squeeze down the backstretch and had a lot of speed. But he just did a really good job. I just kept thinking, Be patient. Hes going to miss it eventually here. Bide your time. I could see the lap count. Man, he just never really missed it. I think maybe twice he actually slipped up off of it just a little bit, and I could get to his left rear and then naturally hes battling for the win, so hed turn left and squeeze me down the backstretch. My options were kind of limited getting into (Turn) 3. He did a good job.

Emerson Axsom put together a late charge to make his way onto the final step of the podium.

I think I just started deep enough that I could try some stuff, Axsom said. Lapped cars kind of forced me to move around in (Turns) 1 and 2 and was able to kind of be one of the first guys to find it. Our stuff is really good.

David Gravel and Sheldon Haudenschild completed the top five.

The finish:

Feature (35 Laps): 1. 83-Michael Kofoid[1]; 2. 41-Carson Macedo[3]; 3. 27-Emerson Axsom[6]; 4. 2-David Gravel[4]; 5. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild[8]; 6. 1S-Logan Schuchart[5]; 7. 17B-Bill Balog[2]; 8. 18-Giovanni Scelzi[9]; 9. 7S-Chris Windom[11]; 10. 15-Donny Schatz[15]; 11. 23-Garet Williamson[10]; 12. 10-Ryan Timms[22]; 13. 2KS-Cory Eliason[14]; 14. 99-Skylar Gee[13]; 15. 21-Brian Brown[7]; 16. 55-Hunter Schuerenberg[20]; 17. 52-Blake Hahn[19]; 18. 28M-Conner Morrell[12]; 19. 73-Logan Julien[24]; 20. 6K-Kaleb Johnson[16]; 21. 40-Howard Moore[23]; 22. 45X-Jace Park[17]; 23. 2C-Cole Macedo[21]; 24. 24T-Christopher Thram[18]