IRVING, Texas – Seventeen-year-old sprint car racer Buddy Kofoid will receive the Brady Bacon Baton Award during the 10th annual Racers Reunion Banquet on Nov. 9 in Irving, Texas.

The Brady Bacon Baton Award is presented annually to a driver who Bacon, a two-time USAC National Sprint car champion, sees as a rising star in motorsports. The previous Brady Bacon Baton Award winners, Gio Sclezi and Jason McDougal, have each proven through their continued racing successes that Bacon indeed has a keen eye for identifying future talent.

Kofoid began his racing career at 5 years old in outlaw go-karts and first raced a 410 sprint car at 14 years of age. Kofoid spent his 2019 season racing winged sprint cars in the Midwest for Ed Neumeister and scored four wins, including an Ollie’s Bargain Outlet All Star Circuit of Champions win, and claimed the Fremont Speedway 410 track championship.

Kofoid recently made his debut in the Lucas Oil POWRi National Midget League with a trio of strong finishes driving a Toyota-powered midget for Keith Kunz Motorsports.

In addition to the award ceremony, the Racers Reunion banquet will feature presentations on the life of Carrol Shelby, the rough and tumble world of AMA Grand National motorcycle racing and the evolution of the sprint car.

Tickets may be purchased by visiting the banquet website at www.radiusnation.net.