All You Need To Know - High Limit West Coast Swing

Written on 08/14/2025

Nick Coward

High Limit Racing will head west for the second time this season with 9 races on deck over a two week span. While the series itself has been stagnant since late July 22nd at Lernerville most of the series regulars have stayed busy racing and wrapping up at Knoxville less than a week ago. The 1700 mile journey from the midwest to kick off the swing at Tulare in California is one of the more gruelling of the season but it’s really only the beginning of a demanding stretch that will see the National teams cover more than 5600 miles before arriving back in Port Royal, PA - just five short days after Skagit Nationals wraps up.

Thursday August 21 - Saturday August 23, 2025

Silver Dollar Speedway - Chico, CA

Size: 1/4 mile high-banked oval.

Event: 71st Gold Cup Race of Champions

Purse: Thu-Fri $10,000 to-win / Saturday $100,071 to-win

Format: Split field, see below

2024 winners: Champion - Corey Day / Friday qualifier - Tanner Thorson / Thursday qualifier - Corey Day

Official event information here.

Gold Cup Race of Champions Format

Prelim Nights (Thursday & Friday)

• All cars qualify in one group. (1 car at a time, 2 laps each)

• Qualifying points awarded: 100 for QuickTime down by 1. 2nd-99, 3rd-98, etc.

• 4 Heat Races lined up with an invert of 6 cars (24 total from Qualifying)

• Top 5 in each Heat transfer to A-Main

• Points for Heat Races start at 100, down by 2. 2nd-98, 3rd-96, etc.

• B-Main lined up by accumulative qualifying and heat points.

• The 2 fastest cars that didn’t transfer line up on the front row of B-Main

• Top 4 transfer from B-Main to the A-Main and tag the tail

• A-Main lineup has fastest 8 cars that transfer from Heat Races line up inverted by Qualifying times

• Balance of A-Main lined up by accumulative qualifying and heat points total from top 5 finishers in heats minus fastest 8

• A-Main finish points add to total for Saturday lineups

• A-Main points: 1st is 200, down by 3

• B-Main points start at 128 for 5th and go down by 3. 6th-125, 7th-122, etc.

Gold Cup Finale (Saturday)

• Top 8 in overall points from lock-in for Saturday’s A-Main

• The rest of the field line up 4 Heat Races straight up by points

• Top 3 finishers in Heat Races to A-Main

• D-Main is lined up by heat finishing positions 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th from Heats

• Top 2 transfer from D and tag tail of C-Main

• C-main is lined up by finishing positions 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th from Heats

• Top 4 transfer from C and tag tail of B-Main

• B-Main is lined up by heat finishing positions 4th, 5th, 6th from Heats

• 2 highest points totals that don’t transfer start on the front row of the B-Main

• Top 4 transfer from B and tag tail of A-Main

• Gold Cup A-Main is 40 laps, paying $100,071-to-win

*Preliminary night ties will be broken by Qualifying times. Any ties heading into Saturday’s finale will be broken by preliminary A-Main finish first, then Qualifying position, then pill draw if needed.

All You Need To Know - High Limit West Coast Swing

Thunderbowl Raceway - Tulare, CA

Placerville Speedway - Placerville, CA

Silver Dollar Speedway - Chico, CA

Gold Cup Race of Champions Format

Gold Cup Finale (Saturday)

Douglas County Dirt Track - Roseburg, OR

Skagit Speedway - Alger, WA