August 24, 2025 | By Brian Walker, High Limit Racing PR

Corey Day wins third straight Gold Cup and $100,071 Payday

CHI—At 19-years-old, Corey Day is already re-writing the record books.

Winning his third-consecutive title at the Mike Curb Gold Cup Race of Champions presented by NOS Energy Drink on Saturday night, the Clovis, California native joins a category that only "The King" Steve Kinser shares with him. Those two - the greatest of all-time and the newest hot shot prodigy - are the only drivers to have pulled off a three-peat in the 71-year history of this event.

After leading all 40 laps in 2023 and all 40 laps again in 2024, the 2025 crown was the most challenging for Day en route to his historic hat trick.

Earning the pole position with a near-perfect 398 preliminary points, Day initially jumped to the lead and controlled the opening four laps before a restart allowed Justin Sanders to pounce and push the #14 as far back as third on Lap 7.

The Jason Meyers Racing pilot regrouped, recovered, and regained his composure, however. He jotted by Brad Sweet to reclaim second on Lap 8 and then took advantage of the slightest bobble from Sanders to retake the lead for good on Lap 23.

From there, "Pay Day" survived a nerve-wracking run to the checkered flag to cash the $100,071 payday. It's not only his third-straight Gold Cup title, but also his fifth consecutive win at Chico's Silver Dollar Speedway.

Day - again, who is only a teenager - joins Steve Kinser (12), Al Pombo (4), and Jac Haudenschild (3) as the only three-time champions in Gold Cup Race of Champions history.

Corey's third title propels Jason Meyers to five total - those three as the owner of Day's #14 and the two he won himself as a driver in 2010 and 2013.

Behind Corey Day by 1.630-seconds at the stripe was Friday's preliminary winner and outside pole sitter, Justin Sanders. The Aromas, California native drove the Ridge & Sons Racing #87 to the lead on Lap 5 and commanded 18 circuits before the smallest slip up allowed Day to work his way back by. Ultimately, Sanders settled for his second runner-up finish in the Gold Cup Race of Champions worth $25,000 - delaying his shot at destiny another year.

Completing an all-California podium was Grass Valley's Brad Sweet with a $15,000 check in third-place aboard the Kasey Kahne Racing, NAPA Auto Parts #49. After two decades of heartbreak, his chance at a first Gold Cup title will have to wait until his 21st attempt in 2026.

Rounding out the top-10 at Chico was James McFadden, Tanner Carrick, Daison Pursley, Spencer Bayston, Dominic Scelzi, Joey Ancona, and Sye Lynch.


THE ALL-IN NOTEBOOK (8/23/25)
Silver Dollar Speedway (Chico, CA)

Dirt Draft Fastest in Hot Laps - Jesse Schlotfeldt (11.903)
TJ Forged Qualifier One Winner - Cory Eliason
DMI Qualifier Two Winner - Joey Ancona
BR Motorsports Qualifier Three Winner - Daison Pursley
Rod End Supply Qualifier Four Winner - Tanner Carrick
WEDG Karts C-Main Winner - Robbie Price
Winters Performance B-Main Winner - Max Mittry
Jake's Golf Carts Fastest Lap Award - Corey Day (13.427)
Rod End Supply Hard Charger - Caeden Steele +13 (24th-11th)
Lap Leaders - Corey Day 1-4; Justin Sanders 5-22; Corey Day 23-40


Kubota A Feature (40 Laps): 1. 14-Corey Day[1]; 2. 87-Justin Sanders[2]; 3. 49-Brad Sweet[5]; 4. 21-James McFadden[7]; 5. 83T-Tanner Carrick[12]; 6. 13-Daison Pursley[11]; 7. W-Spencer Bayston[6]; 8. 41-Dominic Scelzi[18]; 9. 88A-Joey Ancona[10]; 10. 42-Sye Lynch[17]; 11. 121-Caeden Steele[24]; 12. 9-Chase Randall[13]; 13. X1-Chance Grasty[15]; 14. 7BC-Giovanni Scelzi[3]; 15. 19-Brent Marks[4]; 16. 88-Tanner Thorson[8]; 17. 2XM-Max Mittry[21]; 18. 18-Dylan Bloomfield[14]; 19. 24-Rico Abreu[20]; 20. 73X-Brady Bacon[22]; 21. 73-Ryan Bernal[23]; 22. 0-Tim Kaeding[16]; 23. 7B-Sean Becker[19]; 24. 45-Cory Eliason[9]

Winters Performance B Feature (15 Laps): 1. 2XM-Max Mittry[1]; 2. 73X-Brady Bacon[3]; 3. 73-Ryan Bernal[5]; 4. 121-Caeden Steele[2]; 5. 19JR-Joel Myers Jr[4]; 6. 18T-Tanner Holmes[7]; 7. 17W-Shane Golobic[6]; 8. 17-Colby Copeland[13]; 9. 21P-Robbie Price[17]; 10. 21L-Landon Brooks[14]; 11. 5-Brenham Crouch[11]; 12. 2K-Gauge Garcia[16]; 13. 92-Andy Forsberg[8]; 14. 24D-Danny Sams III[19]; 15. 94TH-Braden Chiaramonte[20]; 16. 17S-Jace Park[18]; 17. 3-Kaleb Montgomery[10]; 18. 7C-Tony Gomes[9]; 19. 26-Justin Peck[15]; 20. 21S-Jesse Schlotfeldt[12]

WEDG Karts C Feature (10 Laps): 1. 21P-Robbie Price[2]; 2. 17S-Jace Park[4]; 3. 24D-Danny Sams III[1]; 4. 94TH-Braden Chiaramonte[5]; 5. 12J-John Clark[3]; 6. 21X-Shane Hopkins[6]; 7. 21W-Jake Wheeler[7]; 8. 9L-Luke Hayes[9]; 9. 91-Chase Goetz[12]; 10. 14E-Mariah Ede[11]; 11. 5K-Blaine Cory[10]; 12. 76-Jennifer Osborne[8]; 13. 2S-Jayce Steinberg[13]; 14. 22K-Kayden Smith[14]

TJ Forged Qualifier 1 (8 Laps): 1. 45-Cory Eliason[1]; 2. 9-Chase Randall[4]; 3. 42-Sye Lynch[2]; 4. 73X-Brady Bacon[5]; 5. 121-Caeden Steele[3]; 6. 7C-Tony Gomes[6]; 7. 17-Colby Copeland[7]; 8. 24D-Danny Sams III[10]; 9. 94TH-Braden Chiaramonte[9]; 10. 9L-Luke Hayes[8]; 11. 2S-Jayce Steinberg[11]

DMI Qualifier 2 (8 Laps): 1. 88A-Joey Ancona[2]; 2. 18-Dylan Bloomfield[1]; 3. 41-Dominic Scelzi[3]; 4. 19JR-Joel Myers Jr[7]; 5. 17W-Shane Golobic[5]; 6. 3-Kaleb Montgomery[8]; 7. 21L-Landon Brooks[4]; 8. 21P-Robbie Price[6]; 9. 21X-Shane Hopkins[10]; 10. 5K-Blaine Cory[9]; 11. 22K-Kayden Smith[11]

BR Motorsports Qualifier 3 (8 Laps): 1. 13-Daison Pursley[3]; 2. X1-Chance Grasty[2]; 3. 7B-Sean Becker[4]; 4. 2XM-Max Mittry[1]; 5. 18T-Tanner Holmes[5]; 6. 5-Brenham Crouch[6]; 7. 26-Justin Peck[8]; 8. 12J-John Clark[10]; 9. 21W-Jake Wheeler[9]; 10. 14E-Mariah Ede[7]

Rod End Supply Qualifier 4 (8 Laps): 1. 83T-Tanner Carrick[2]; 2. 0-Tim Kaeding[1]; 3. 24-Rico Abreu[5]; 4. 73-Ryan Bernal[4]; 5. 92-Andy Forsberg[8]; 6. 21S-Jesse Schlotfeldt[7]; 7. 2K-Gauge Garcia[3]; 8. 17S-Jace Park[6]; 9. 76-Jennifer Osborne[9]; 10. 91-Chase Goetz[10]


UP NEXT: Kubota High Limit Racing will continue the west coast swing with a stop at Roseburg, Oregon's Douglas County Dirtrack on Monday, August 25 for the Showdown on the River presented by Seven Feathers Casino. After that, it's the $126,000-to-win Skagit Nationals at Skagit Speedway on Thursday-Saturday, August 28-30. Fans can buy tickets at HighLimitRacing.com.