Corey Day won the opening night of the Gold Cup Thursday (Video Highlights from FloRacing.com)
In case you were curious, Corey Day is still unstoppable at Silver Dollar Speedway.
The 19-year-old native of Clovis, California won his fourth-straight race at the Chico, California quarter-mile on Thursday night, thanks to an 8th-to-1st charge in the opening 18 laps of the opening night in the 71st Mike Curb Gold Cup Race of Champions presented by NOS Energy Drink.
It was a near-perfect night for the Jason Meyers Racing No. 14 with 398-points (of a possible 400) from QuickTime in Qualifying, 6th-to-2nd in Heat Race, and then his A-Main charge. He's almost guaranteed to be on the front row, let alone the pole position, of Saturday's $100,071-to-win main event in pursuit of his third-consecutive Gold Cup title.
Kubota High Limit Racing championship leader Brad Sweet controlled the first 17 laps of Thursday's preliminary A-Main before a tricky cushion and lap traffic allowed Day to sneak by and run off into the night. The Kasey Kahne Racing No. 49 was able to salvage 387 points and looks to be a shoe-in to lock-in.
Pennsylvanian Brent Marks completed the podium with a signature showing in the state of California, a place where he's notably struggled before this year. The Murray-Marks Motorsports No. 19 came from sixth-to-third and totaled 388 points, second-best and set to lock-in for Saturday's big dance on the west coast.
Wednesday's 360 winner Dylan Bloomfield and fellow local competitor, Max Mittry, rounded out the top-five after both started on the front row.
Cory Eliason, Joey Ancona, Tanner Carrick, Chase Randall, and Sean Becker closed out the top-10.
THE ALL-IN NOTEBOOK (8/21/25)
Silver Dollar Speedway (Chico, CA)
Dirt Draft Fastest in Hot Laps - Corey Day (11.813)
Capital Custom Trailers QuickTime - Corey Day (11.424)
TJ Forged Heat One Winner - Blaine Corey
DMI Heat Two Winner - Braden Chiaramonte
BR Motorsports Heat Three Winner - Tanner Holmes
Rod End Supply Heat Four Winner - Joel Myers Jr.
Winters Performance B-Main Winner - Justin Peck
Jake's Golf Carts Fastest Lap Award - Brad Sweet (12.911)
Rod End Supply Hard Charger - Chase Randall +8 (17th-9th)
Lap Leaders - Brad Sweet 1-17; Corey Day 18-30
Capital Custom Trailers Qualifying
1. 14-Corey Day, 11.424[18]
2. 45-Cory Eliason, 11.543[6]
3. 19-Brent Marks, 11.568[9]
4. 21L-Landon Brooks, 11.628[29]
5. 49-Brad Sweet, 11.718[23]
6. 88A-Joey Ancona, 11.725[14]
7. 17-Colby Copeland, 11.727[27]
8. 2XM-Max Mittry, 11.732[28]
9. 18-Dylan Bloomfield, 11.738[20]
10. 17W-Shane Golobic, 11.741[13]
11. 2K-Gauge Garcia, 11.780[2]
12. 83T-Tanner Carrick, 11.804[25]
13. 21P-Robbie Price, 11.805[4]
14. 10-Dominic Gorden, 11.807[11]
15. 9-Chase Randall, 11.825[1]
16. 92-Andy Forsberg, 11.829[24]
17. 73X-Brady Bacon, 11.834[26]
18. 26-Justin Peck, 11.878[30]
19. 18T-Tanner Holmes, 11.964[3]
20. 7B-Sean Becker, 11.968[16]
21. 5K-Blaine Cory, 11.985[8]
22. 94TH-Braden Chiaramonte, 12.031[12]
23. 91-Chase Goetz, 12.034[10]
24. 19JR-Joel Myers Jr, 12.081[19]
25. 11VS-John Michael Bunch, 12.133[21]
26. 12J-John Clark, 12.344[7]
27. 24D-Danny Sams III, 12.379[22]
28. 2S-Jayce Steinberg, 12.408[5]
29. 22K-Kayden Smith, 12.457[17]
30. 11JR-Jayden Bunch, 12.600[15]
TJ Forged Heat Race #1 (10 Laps)
1. 5K-Blaine Cory[1]
2. 14-Corey Day[6]
3. 18-Dylan Bloomfield[4]
4. 49-Brad Sweet[5]
5. 73X-Brady Bacon[2]
6. 11VS-John Michael Bunch[7]
7. 21P-Robbie Price[3]
8. 22K-Kayden Smith[8]
DMI Heat Race #2 (10 Laps)
1. 94TH-Braden Chiaramonte[1]
2. 17W-Shane Golobic[4]
3. 45-Cory Eliason[6]
4. 10-Dominic Gorden[3]
5. 88A-Joey Ancona[5]
6. 26-Justin Peck[2]
7. 12J-John Clark[7]
8. 11JR-Jayden Bunch[8]
BR Motorsports Heat Race #3 (10 Laps)
1. 18T-Tanner Holmes[2]
2. 2K-Gauge Garcia[4]
3. 19-Brent Marks[6]
4. 24D-Danny Sams III[7]
5. 9-Chase Randall[3]
6. 17-Colby Copeland[5]
7. 91-Chase Goetz[1]
Rod End Supply Heat Race #4 (10 Laps)
1. 19JR-Joel Myers Jr[1]
2. 7B-Sean Becker[2]
3. 83T-Tanner Carrick[4]
4. 2XM-Max Mittry[5]
5. 21L-Landon Brooks[6]
6. 92-Andy Forsberg[3]
7. 2S-Jayce Steinberg[7]
Winters Performance B-Main (12 Laps)
1. 26-Justin Peck[4]
2. 17-Colby Copeland[1]
3. 21P-Robbie Price[2]
4. 92-Andy Forsberg[3]
5. 12J-John Clark[7]
6. 91-Chase Goetz[5]
7. 2S-Jayce Steinberg[8]
8. 11JR-Jayden Bunch[10]
9. 22K-Kayden Smith[9]
10. 11VS-John Michael Bunch[6]
Kubota A-Main (30 Laps)
1. 14-Corey Day[8]
2. 49-Brad Sweet[4]
3. 19-Brent Marks[6]
4. 18-Dylan Bloomfield[1]
5. 2XM-Max Mittry[2]
6. 45-Cory Eliason[7]
7. 88A-Joey Ancona[3]
8. 83T-Tanner Carrick[11]
9. 9-Chase Randall[17]
10. 7B-Sean Becker[15]
11. 73X-Brady Bacon[19]
12. 2K-Gauge Garcia[10]
13. 21L-Landon Brooks[5]
14. 18T-Tanner Holmes[12]
15. 21P-Robbie Price[23]
16. 17W-Shane Golobic[9]
17. 19JR-Joel Myers Jr[18]
18. 26-Justin Peck[21]
19. 17-Colby Copeland[22]
20. 92-Andy Forsberg[24]
21. 10-Dominic Gorden[13]
22. 24D-Danny Sams III[20]
23. 94TH-Braden Chiaramonte[16]
24. 5K-Blaine Cory[14]
#GoldCup71 Points (Top-8 lock-in after Friday):
398-Corey Day
388-Brent Marks
387-Brad Sweet
380-Cory Eliason
379-Dylan Bloomfield
375-Max Mittry
369-Joey Ancona
364-Tanner Carrick
355-Gauge Garcia
354-Chase Randall
UP NEXT: The 71st Mike Curb Gold Cup Race of Champions presented by NOS Energy Drink continues with a second split-field preliminary night on Friday, August 22. Afterwards, the top-eight in overall points will lock-in for Saturday's $100,071-to-win main event at Silver Dollar Speedway. Fans can buy tickets at HighLimitRacing.com.
Article Credit: Brian Walker