Sanders emerges victorious at Silver Dollar Speedway
CHICO, Calif. — Aromas, CA driver Justin Sanders won the opening night race during the 70th Mike Curb NOS Energy Drink Gold Cup Race of Champions presented by Napa Auto Parts on Wednesday night. In front of a packed house, the 30-lap main event was fast and furious and filled with some drama. Kyle Larson started on the pole and jumped out to the lead right away. Larson was the class of the field and in search of his 7th sprint car win in a row. Larson seemed poised to visit victory lane until issues arose with six laps to go. Larson, battling with thick traffic, was slowed in turn four and going into turn one on lap 25. This allowed Justin Sanders the chance to close in. Sanders saw an opportunity and pounced. As he drove to the inside of Larson, the two banged wheels, sending Larson off the track and crashing into the wall. The damage was too much, and Larson retired from the event.
Sanders was the leader and now had to hold off Corey Day for the final five laps. Sanders was able to do so and won the $7,000 payday. Day was second, while Cory Eliason was third. As Sanders climbed from his car in victory lane, the crowd let him know that they weren’t happy with the contact between him and Larson. Loud boos reigned down upon Sanders who took it all in stride. Dominic Gorden ran strong all night to finish fourth. Michael Faccinto rounded out the top five.
360 SPRINT CAR RESULTS
A Main (30 Laps): 1. 4SA-Justin Sanders[2]; 2. 4-Corey Day[8]; 3. 83SA-Cory Eliason[11]; 4. 10-Dominic Gorden[3]; 5. X1-Michael Faccinto[7]; 6. 57W-Jock Goodyer[10]; 7. 17-Justin Peck[4]; 8. 7B-Sean Becker[17]; 9. 29-Willie Croft[16]; 10. 7C-Tony Gomes[12]; 11. 21T-Cole Macedo[18]; 12. 94T-Tyler Courtney[14]; 13. 7-Max Mittry[21]; 14. 83V-Dylan Bloomfield[9]; 15. 2A-Austin Wood[19]; 16. 21-Shane Hopkins[15]; 17. 1-Chance Grasty[23]; 18. 35KM-Tyler Thompson[22]; 19. 94TH-Braden Chiaramonte[24]; 20. 83T-Tanner Carrick[6]; 21. 1H-Bailey Hibbard[20]; 22. 57-Kyle Larson[1]; 23. 17W-Shane Golobic[5]; 24. 92-Andy Forsberg[13]
B Main (12 Laps): 1. 7-Max Mittry[5]; 2. 35KM-Tyler Thompson[2]; 3. 1-Chance Grasty[1]; 4. 94TH-Braden Chiaramonte[11]; 5. 3-Cole Schroeder[4]; 6. 21M-Michael Ing[10]; 7. 28-Gauge Garcia[9]; 8. 11VS-John Michael Bunch[8]; 9. 8-Justin Henry[13]; 10. 14W-Jodie Robinson[6]; 11. 9L-Luke Hayes[15]; 12. 76-Jennifer Osborne[7]; 13. 51-Jake Morgan[3]; 14. 11S-Steel Powell[12]; 15. 88-Ashton Torgerson[14]
C Main (8 Laps): 1. 88-Ashton Torgerson[2]; 2. 9L-Luke Hayes[3]; 3. 24K-Koa Crane[7]; 4. 17J-Josh Young[1]; 5. 54X-Ryan Bernal[15]; 6. 94-Greg Decaires V[11]; 7. 77L-Ryan Lippincott[6]; 8. 54-Carson Hall[16]; 9. 12J-John Clark[8]; 10. 2S-Jayce Steinberg[10]; 11. 15K-Cody Key[12]; 12. 11VSJR-Jayden Bunch[13]; 13. 1M-Misty Castleberry[9]; 14. 77-Brayden Williams[14]; 15. (DNS) 15-Nick Parker; 16. (DNS) 75-Brian Boswell; 17. (DNS) 8JR-Brian McGahan Jr
Dash (6 Laps): 1. 57-Kyle Larson[1]; 2. 4SA-Justin Sanders[2]; 3. 10-Dominic Gorden[3]; 4. 17-Justin Peck[4]; 5. 17W-Shane Golobic[7]; 6. 83T-Tanner Carrick[5]; 7. X1-Michael Faccinto[6]; 8. 4-Corey Day[8]
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 17-Justin Peck[1]; 2. 83V-Dylan Bloomfield[3]; 3. 57-Kyle Larson[4]; 4. 92-Andy Forsberg[5]; 5. 7B-Sean Becker[7]; 6. 51-Jake Morgan[9]; 7. 76-Jennifer Osborne[6]; 8. 75-Brian Boswell[12]; 9. 94TH-Braden Chiaramonte[8]; 10. 17J-Josh Young[11]; 11. 1M-Misty Castleberry[13]; 12. 1-Chance Grasty[2]; 13. (DNS) 54X-Ryan Bernal
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 10-Dominic Gorden[2]; 2. 83SA-Cory Eliason[1]; 3. X1-Michael Faccinto[4]; 4. 21-Shane Hopkins[8]; 5. 2A-Austin Wood[3]; 6. 7-Max Mittry[5]; 7. 28-Gauge Garcia[9]; 8. 8-Justin Henry[10]; 9. 9L-Luke Hayes[7]; 10. 24K-Koa Crane[11]; 11. 94-Greg Decaires V[6]; 12. 11VSJR-Jayden Bunch[12]
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 4SA-Justin Sanders[1]; 2. 17W-Shane Golobic[2]; 3. 7C-Tony Gomes[3]; 4. 29-Willie Croft[6]; 5. 1H-Bailey Hibbard[7]; 6. 3-Cole Schroeder[10]; 7. 11VS-John Michael Bunch[8]; 8. 35KM-Tyler Thompson[4]; 9. 88-Ashton Torgerson[5]; 10. 77L-Ryan Lippincott[12]; 11. 2S-Jayce Steinberg[11]; 12. 77-Brayden Williams[13]; 13. 8JR-Brian McGahan Jr[9]
Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 4-Corey Day[1]; 2. 57W-Jock Goodyer[2]; 3. 94T-Tyler Courtney[5]; 4. 21T-Cole Macedo[3]; 5. 83T-Tanner Carrick[4]; 6. 14W-Jodie Robinson[9]; 7. 21M-Michael Ing[8]; 8. 11S-Steel Powell[7]; 9. 15-Nick Parker[6]; 10. 12J-John Clark[11]; 11. 15K-Cody Key[10]; 12. 54-Carson Hall[12]
Qualifying A: 1. 57-Kyle Larson, 00:11.889[2]; 2. X1-Michael Faccinto, 00:11.937[5]; 3. 17-Justin Peck, 00:11.974[7]; 4. 83SA-Cory Eliason, 00:11.985[18]; 5. 1-Chance Grasty, 00:12.015[3]; 6. 10-Dominic Gorden, 00:12.024[11]; 7. 83V-Dylan Bloomfield, 00:12.030[15]; 8. 2A-Austin Wood, 00:12.041[8]; 9. 92-Andy Forsberg, 00:12.054[4]; 10. 7-Max Mittry, 00:12.061[20]; 11. 76-Jennifer Osborne, 00:12.120[1]; 12. 94-Greg Decaires V, 00:12.187[12]; 13. 7B-Sean Becker, 00:12.205[16]; 14. 9L-Luke Hayes, 00:12.206[17]; 15. 94TH-Braden Chiaramonte, 00:12.327[24]; 16. 21-Shane Hopkins, 00:12.351[25]; 17. 51-Jake Morgan, 00:12.359[21]; 18. 28-Gauge Garcia, 00:12.405[6]; 19. 54X-Ryan Bernal, 00:12.446[13]; 20. 8-Justin Henry, 00:12.459[9]; 21. 17J-Josh Young, 00:12.604[14]; 22. 24K-Koa Crane, 00:12.752[19]; 23. 75-Brian Boswell, 00:12.936[10]; 24. 11VSJR-Jayden Bunch, 00:13.314[23]; 25. 1M-Misty Castleberry, 00:13.760[22]
Qualifying B: 1. 35KM-Tyler Thompson, 00:11.889[4]; 2. 83T-Tanner Carrick, 00:11.931[14]; 3. 4SA-Justin Sanders, 00:11.986[22]; 4. 4-Corey Day, 00:12.011[16]; 5. 17W-Shane Golobic, 00:12.036[12]; 6. 57W-Jock Goodyer, 00:12.089[3]; 7. 7C-Tony Gomes, 00:12.175[18]; 8. 21T-Cole Macedo, 00:12.218[25]; 9. 88-Ashton Torgerson, 00:12.256[21]; 10. 94T-Tyler Courtney, 00:12.279[5]; 11. 29-Willie Croft, 00:12.348[13]; 12. 15-Nick Parker, 00:12.348[19]; 13. 1H-Bailey Hibbard, 00:12.373[2]; 14. 11S-Steel Powell, 00:12.404[11]; 15. 11VS-John Michael Bunch, 00:12.426[1]; 16. 21M-Michael Ing, 00:12.458[7]; 17. 8JR-Brian McGahan Jr, 00:12.474[9]; 18. 14W-Jodie Robinson, 00:12.666[8]; 19. 3-Cole Schroeder, 00:12.742[23]; 20. 15K-Cody Key, 00:12.786[20]; 21. 2S-Jayce Steinberg, 00:12.867[24]; 22. 12J-John Clark, 00:13.067[17]; 23. 77L-Ryan Lippincott, 00:13.121[6]; 24. 54-Carson Hall, 00:13.420[10]; 25. 77-Brayden Williams, 00:14.343[15]
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