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Saldana untouchable in Thursday night Gold Cup preliminary feature
 Joey Saldana had never been victorious on the quarter mile Silver Dollar Speedway in Chico, California but one would not have imagined that statistic after watching the Brownsburg Indiana native's performance Thursday night here. Saldana led all 30-laps of the preliminary feature event for the opening segment of the 50th Anniversary Gold Cup Race of Champions featuring the O'Reilly World of Outlaws sprint car tour.


Thursday, September 04 Results
Qualifying Results

Lasoski leads field tonight
 Fresh from his third Knoxville National title, Missouri's Danny Lasoski will be chasing gold when he enters tonight's second round of preliminary action for the 50th Gold Cup.

Lasoski enters tonight's event trailing defending champion Steve Kinser of Bloomington, IN. Lasoski drives for car owner and NASCAR champion Tony Stewart and hopes to close the point gap between he and Kinser to win his second series crown and Gold Cup, which he won in 2000.

Kinser is the defending Gold Cup champion after a long dry spell following nine wins here between 1978 and 1992. After breaking the dry spell last year, Kinser went on to claim the 2002 World of Outlaws championship title.

Local favorite Tim Kaeding is on the entrant list tonight. Kaeding won the preliminary event last year and chased Kinser to the finish in the final.

Activities are a plenty in race central
Bikini Contest and Chili Feed today; Fan's BBQ tomorrow at party zone
 Two days down and two to go here at the fastest four days in California, the 50th Anniversary Gold Cup Race of Champions. Although the event is half complete plenty of activities remain the days to come.

Tonight will mark the second night of preliminary action on the track for the World of Outlaws with action gearing up around 6:30 for qualifying, heat races and feature events for the second half of the field and the car count is expected to be in the 50 entrant range.

GOLD CUP, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 04, 2003 Big John's Breakfast Bonanza Opens 6-11am 17th Annual Gold Cup Golf Classic 8am Gold Cup Ticket office Opens 9am-4pm Media/Press Trailer Opens 10am-3pm / 11-Midnight Hoosier Tires Novelty Booth Opens 9am-11pm Pepsi Refreshment Center Opens 11am-11pm Coors Beer Garden Opens Noon-11pm Pit Gate Opens 2pm Front Gate Opens 5pm World of Outlaws Sprint Cars Preliminary Race #2 Gates Open 5 p.m. Qualifying 6:30 Racing 7:30 ALL SEATING IS RESERVED FOR THIS EVENT Miss Gold Cup Bikini Contest/Chili Feed after the Races in the Pavilions $5 admission

Gold Cup Daily News
Published daily during the annual Gold Cup Race of Champions in Chico, CA
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