Young California racer Michael `Buddy’ Kofoid clinched back-to-back wins in the annual 30-lap international Midget Car feature at Baypark Speedway on Saturday night.

The 23-year-old, recently named Rookie of the Year in the World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series, won a 30-lap race without interruption, finishing ahead of fellow Californian Logan Seavey and 10-time New Zealand champion Michael Pickens.

In the race's first half, reigning New Zealand champion Brad Mosen battled Kofoid for the lead. Their contest ended when Mosen hit a rut in turn four, causing his car to land awkwardly and break a rod end in the left rear suspension.

Kofoid thanked his 2-Way Industries team for the set-up on the winning car.

“I felt we got better each time we were out on track. The direction we found with the car meant I could run top, middle or bottom,” said Kofoid.

“When the track has a lot of character like that, you need to have that kind of manoeuvrability.”

With a Western Springs win on Boxing Night and his third placing at Baypark, Pickens holds a narrow lead over Seavey in the five-round Midget Car Word Series, which continues at Baypark on Monday (Dec 30) with the Bay 51.

The field for the $5000 to win 51-lapper gets another topline contender with the return of young Kiwi Travis Buckley from an Australian campaign, including a recent win in the South Australian title.

The Sprint Car action was headlined by a heavy crash for Kiwi NASCAR star Shane van Gisbergen in the second heat race.

SVG was able to walk away from the multiple flips, and the United Truck Parts team hopes to have a new chassis ready in time for Monday night.

The Sprint Car feature race was dominated by California’s Jonathan Allard who looked set for his third Baypark win of the summer until he tangled with a lapped car and suffered a puncture.

In a three-lap sprint to the finish, Tokoroa’s James Dahm was able to hold off Kapiti’s Jamie Larsen and Taupo’s Dean Cooper for his first win of the season.

A 24-strong Super Stock field for the second annual Hokey Ashby Memorial saw the MD Motorsport team from Tauranga setting the pace with drivers Todd Hemingway and Luke Alderdice sharing the heat race wins.

Hemingway raced away with the final to win by 2.6secs from Alderdi,ce with Ryan Hunt completing the podium.

The 16-car grid includes Baypark’s national champ Chris Cowling and North Island champ Sam Waddell, Auckland crowd-pleaser, Ben Harding and a new car for Rotorua’s Damian Orr.