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Meyers wins exciting 40 lap Mini Gold Cup feature Chico, CA – March 8, 2008…Clovis, CA driver Jason Meyers showed the Silver Dollar Speedway crowd why he is one of the best in the business Saturday night with a masterful drive to claim his second career Mini Gold Cup victory. Meyers, who won his first career sprint car race at the Mini Gold Cup in 1999, put his car on the ragged edge of the ¼ mile bullring for much of the 40 lap main event. Meyers started the race on the outside of the front row, but it was pole sitter Paul McMahan who jumped out to the early lead. McMahan held the field at bay early on as the track started out as a single file freight rain on the bottom. Once some consecutive laps were put together however, the top groove began to come in and the racing intensified. After hounding McMahan for several laps Meyers made the top side stick to make the move around the Brian Sperry No. 51 for the lead of the race on lap 26. It wasn't over though as the pair exchanged the lead a couple separate times over the next few laps while the crowd was on their feet cheering with approval. Meyers would take the lead for good on lap 28, but had to hold off the constant challenges from McMahan and San Jose 's Tim Kaeding over the final ten laps. The final handful of laps saw Meyers drive off to claim victory aboard the GLR Investments machine and the former Golden State Challenge Series regular was ecstatic in victory lane. "I won my first sprint car race at this event back about 10 years ago so it's pretty cool to come back and win it again. I have to thank everybody that helps on this team and give big thanks to Steve Kent who's helping make this chassis do good things for us," Meyers said. McMahan brought his mount home in second to cap off a very successful weekend of action for the former Oroville driver. T. Kaeding put on another exciting charge to the front and finished third after starting from position 10 in the Tom Rolfe Racing No. 10. Rounding out the top five were Grass Valley 's Brad Sweet and Elk Grove's Greg Decaires. Finishing out the top 10 in the 22nd annual Mini Gold Cup were Mike Henry, Jonathan Allard, Andy Gregg, Mark Hall and Travis Rutz. Racing action will return in two weeks to Silver Dollar Speedway with the annual Silver Cup on March 21 and 22. The Golden State Challenge Series will head to Watsonville 's Ocean Speedway next Friday night for the third round of action. ---------------------------------- 22nd annual Mini Gold Cup Results Silver Dollar Speedway , Chico , CA Golden State Challenge Series Quick time: Jonathan Allard 11.820 Heat 1: Tyler Walker, Roger Crockett, Jonathan Allard, Seth Bergman, Greg Decaires, Jason York, Brent Kaeding, Robby Whitchurch, Aaron Fell, Chad Noland, Mitch Olson Heat 2: Joey Saldana, Sean Becker, Mike Henry, Mark Hall, Shane Stewart, Matt Shelton, Stephen Allard, Colby Wiesz, Kevin Sharrah, Jason Statler, Jason Botsford, Andy Gregg Heat 3: Brandon Wimmer, Paul McMahan, Brad Sweet, Jason Solwold, Dan Menne, Kyle Hirst, Brent Bjork, Richard Bailey, Brock Lemley, Mike Stallings, Evan Suggs, John Gray Heat 4: Bud Kaeding, Travis Rutz, Jason Meyers, Travis Rilat, Willie Croft, Mason Moore, Christian Stover, Jeff Delte, Matt Mitchell, Tim Kaeding, Eddy Lewis D-main: Brett Miller, Alissa Geving, Shain Matthews, Pat Harvey, Jason Bloddgood, Steve Dyer, Colby Copeland, Dan Simpson, Mike Mossi, John Michael Bunch, Ken Fredenburg, Ricky Wright Jr, Jim Richardson, Adrien Betournay, Dan Ochs C-main: Brent Kaeding, Dan Menne, Brock Lemley, Brett Miller, Matt Shelton, Robby Whitchurch, Jason Botsford, Alissa Geving, Kyle Hirst, Shain Matthews, Christian Stover, Matt Mitchell, Jason Bloodgood, Aaron Fell, Mike Stallings, Pat Harvey, Jason York, Colby Wiesz Dash- Paul McMahan, Jason Meyers, Jonathan Allard, Jason Solwold, Brad Sweet, Mike Henry, Mark Hall, Seth Bergman B-main: Andy Gregg, Tim Kaeding, Greg Decaires, Andy Forsberg, Shane Stewart, Evan Suggs, Stephen Allard, Willie Croft, Jason Statler, Mason Moore, Dan Menne, Brent Kaeding, Mitch Olson, Richard Bailey, Chad Noland, Jeff Delte, Brent Bjork, John Gray A-main: Jason Meyers, Paul McMahan, Tim Kaeding, Brad Sweet, Greg Decaires, Henry, J. Allard, Gregg, Hall, Rutz, Wimmer, Stewart, Crockett, S. Allard, Becker, Rilat, Saldana, Bud Kaeding, Solwold, Forsberg, Walker, Suggs
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