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<\/a><\/p>\n\u201cI\u2019ve just become a lot closer and we all hang out, and I feel like we don\u2019t really get tired of each other. We always just want to be better. I think to a certain degree, you have to have fun because it\u2019s so hard and you\u2019re around each other so much, so you can\u2019t really have a negative interaction because I feel like it just snowballs. We\u2019ve all been really good to each other and understand what we need.\u201d<\/p>\n
Crew Chief Is From Australia<\/p>\n
Kofoid\u2019s journey from the bullrings of California to national stardom is well-documented, but how did the other three in the group connect to grow into one of the sport\u2019s powerhouses?<\/p>\n
Buswell hails from Australia and is the son of Sprint Car mechanic Kim Buswell. Dylan started spending summers in the United States helping whoever he could before returning home. Then came a pivotal 2019 when he got a shot to work for Big Game Motorsports with Kerry Madsen behind the wheel.<\/p>\n
\u201cI came over really just to help him out at first, then fell in love with working on the road over here and working for a big team,\u201d Buswell said. \u201cAt the end of that, I decided I didn\u2019t want to go home.\u201d<\/p>\n
Buswell found his way to Roth Motorsports when Aaron Reutzel was the driver in 2021. He then moved over to KCP Racing for a stint before returning to Roth midway through 2023 with Kofoid. Fast forward three years, and Buswell is the leader of this charismatic group performing at the sport\u2019s highest level.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt all starts with attitude,\u201d Buswell said. \u201cAnd these guys have a great attitude. They show up to work every day in a good frame of mind and ready to work and learn. That makes my job a lot easier when you have guys show up like that every day.\u201d<\/p>\n
At 23, Car Chief Is Living Out a Dream<\/p>\n
Knotts comes from Dover, Delaware and grew up going to Sprint Car races with his father in Pennsylvania. He was never hands-on in the sport until finishing high school and deciding to give it a shot. Keith Kunz Motorsports was hiring for their Midget operation, Knotts reached out, and one thing led to another. Now, at 23 years old, Knotts is living out a dream.<\/p>\n
World of Outlaws in the Valley<\/p>\n
Friday, Sept. 18: Dennis Roth Classic, Stockton Dirt Track<\/p>\n
Saturday, Sept. 19: Dennis Roth Classic, Stockton Dirt Track<\/p>\n
Tuesday, Sept. 22: Central Valley Clash, Kings Speedway, Hanford<\/p>\n
Friday, Sept. 25: Nashville West Showdown, Bakersfield-Kevin Harvick Speedway<\/p>\n
\u201cI saw that they (KKM) were hiring, so I just emailed them just being as green as you can be with no experience,\u201d Knotts recalled. \u201cLuckily, I got the job there, which obviously led me to meeting Buddy. I worked there for a year, but ultimately, I wanted to go Sprint Car racing. Midgets weren\u2019t really what I really wanted to do. But I was still working on a race car, so I was perfectly OK with it, and they got my foot in the door.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s kind of unreal. Going through the year you don\u2019t really understand what you\u2019re accomplishing while you\u2019re accomplishing it until the year\u2019s over and you get to look back and think of what you were able to do. I try to not take it for granted, which is really easy to do. It\u2019s really cool to grow up watching the Roth car forever. I was obviously a fan of the sport before I was ever involved.\u201d<\/p>\n
Tyra\u2019s path began on the coast opposite of Knotts as he calls Granger, CA home. His father, Tyrone, worked with two-time Series champion Jason Meyers before heading to another famed west coast operation, Tarlton Motorsports. Gage began to help his dad when he was only a teenager, and the pit area could see this kid had work ethic. It wound up earning him a spot working with Roth and Buswell before Kofoid arrived as Tyra hit the road with the team in 2021 with Aaron Reutzel behind the wheel.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy dad told me that Roth needed a tire guy,\u201d Tyra said. \u201cSo, when I was 17, I left, and I just took a role in learning from Aaron and Dylan. It was a good year to learn and grow. I was 17 and turned 18 that year. I learned and got better. I worked with Kasey Kahne and got to meet a lot of people. It was a cool experience.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Roth Car\u2019s Golden Legacy<\/p>\n
Austin McCarl came calling the following year as Tyra wound up working with Country Builders Racing during a successful 2022. It wasn\u2019t much longer before he wound up back at Roth and made a comfortable home with perhaps the most storied Sprint Car team from his home state.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is very surreal for me because, being from California, I grew up watching this car with TK (Tim Kaeding) and everybody who drove it, Bubba DeCaires, all these people who got a chance to drive this car,\u201d Tyra said. \u201cIt\u2019s an honor to be able to say I\u2019ve been a part of a team with such a long history and be able to win as much as we have and be in contention for a championship.\u201d<\/p>\n
Team manager Todd Ventura assembled this crew and watched the magic unfold. Kofoid is already the second-winningest driver with the World of Outlaws in Roth Motorsports history and closing in on Danny Lasoski\u2019s tally of 41. They\u2019ve established themselves as annual contenders to give Dennis Roth his first title with the Series. And they have fun doing it.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe spend a full year together most of the time, so you become brothers,\u201d Tyra said. \u201cI love these guys. We do anything for each other. We work hard and get our jobs done. When we\u2019re at the track, we\u2019re just trying to have fun.\u201d<\/p>\n
Kofoid and the Roth crew continue their pursuit of a World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series championship this weekend in New Richmond, Wisconsin at Cedar Lake Speedway\u2019s Federated Auto Parts Independence Spectacular.<\/p>\n
How to Watch World of Outlaws on TV, or at the Track<\/p>\n
Where can you watch every World of Outlaws race? Live on\u00a0DIRTVision<\/a>.<\/p>\n
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The Roth Motorsports team from Fresno, California, celebrates in victory lane at the World of Outlaws \u201cTallgrass Tussle\u201d at 81 Speedway in Park City, Kansas, March 28, 2026. (WOO\/Tyler Carr)<\/p>\n