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Larson Gets First Win in 58th Annual Gold Cup Race of Champions

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="400"] Photo by Donna Peter[/caption]

CHICO, CA (9-10-11) - Kyle Larson fulfilled a dream at Silver Dollar Speedway in Chico, Calif. The 19 year old Elk Grove, Calif. native continued an impressive season as he picked up his very first World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series win in one of the season's biggest races, the Gold Cup Race of Champions. Larson started on the pole of the forty lap main event and never looked back.

"Wow," said a speechless Larson as he emerged from his #99 machine. "I would have never dreamed of getting a World of Outlaws win,let alone in a race like this. I've been coming to this race since before I even turned a year old and now I'm standing here holding the Gold Cup. This is absolutely surreal and I can't believe it. I was good until we got to lap traffic and then it got tricky because I was better on the bottom and sometimes had to go high. Jason (Sides) got close a few times and I knew he would be a challenge. I would like to one day run NASCAR or Indy Cars but the World of Outlaws is where my heart is and I love running these races."

Larson added to an already impressive 2011 season that saw the youngster capture yet another career milestone, which included the famed Belleville Nationals at the Belleville (Kan.) Highbanks. Sides started and finished the night in second. The Bartlett, Tenn. native tried as hard as he could to get near Larson but in the end, he came up just short.

"Kyle just ran a fantastic race all night long," said Sides, who has four victories on the Outlaws tour this season. "Lap traffic was going to be our opportunity to catch up with him and try to pass him but we didn't get it done. Good night for all of our guys and congratulations to Kyle on a great win."

Andy Gregg appeared to be just as excited in Victory Lane as the race winner was. Gregg, another California driver, mounted numerous charges at Sides for the second spot and had to hold off Jac Haudenschild for to finish third.

"This is absolutely awesome," said Gregg. "This is only my fourth night in this #1x machine and second night with my own seat in it so this is just unbelievable. I can't thank all of these guys enough for everything they have done. We finished third at Gold Cup!"

Haudenschild would settle for the fourth position with Craig Dollansky rounding out the top-5. The Tony Stewart Racing tandem of Donny Schatz and Steve Kinser finished 6th and 7th with Lucas Wolfe, Jason Meyers and Tyler Wolf also in the Top-10. Larson's win made it a clean sweep of the Gold Cup weekend for drivers from Elk Grove, Calif. as Paul McMahan won the opening night of the two day show.

The Outlaws wrap up their second west coast tour at Antioch (Calif.) Speedway on Monday, September 12.

World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series Statistical Report; Silver Dollar Speedway; Chico, Calif.; Sept. 10, 2011

A-Main - (40 Laps)

1. 99-Kyle Larson[1][$12,000]; 2. 7S-Jason Sides[2][$5,700]; 3. 1X-Andy Gregg[3][$3,500]; 4. 57-Jac Haudenschild[4][$3,000]; 5. 7-Craig Dollansky[5][$2,600]; 6. 15-Donny Schatz[8][$2,400]; 7. 11-Steve Kinser[10][$2,300]; 8. 5W-Lucas Wolfe[15][$2,200]; 9. 14-Jason Meyers[14][$2,150]; 10. 19-Tyler Wolf[16][$2,100]; 11. 83-Paul McMahan[18][$1,600]; 12. 83JR-Tim Kaeding[23][$1,350]; 13. 1-Sammy Swindell[13][$1,300]; 14. 19B-Bud Kaeding[20][$1,200]; 15. 9-Brad Sweet[17][$1,100]; 16. 6-Kraig Kinser[9][$1,000]; 17. 33E-Evan Suggs[7][$900]; 18. O-Jonathan Allard[6][$850]; 19. OO-Jason Statler[22][$800]; 20. 121-Shane Golobic[24][$800]; 21. 63-Chad Kemenah[25][$]; 22. 5D-Jason Solwold[21][$800]; 23. 92-Kerry Madsen[11][$800]; 24. 55-Trey Starks[12][$800]; 25. 11C-Roger Crockett[19][$800]

Lap Leaders: Kyle Larson 1-40

KSE Hard Charger Award : 83JR-Tim Kaeding[+11]

Qualifying -

1. 1-Sammy Swindell, 12.215; 2. O-Jonathan Allard, 12.245; 3. 7-Craig Dollansky, 12.301; 4. 28X-Billy Strange, 12.360; 5. 14-Jason Meyers, 12.410; 6. 5W-Lucas Wolfe, 12.452; 7. 19-Tyler Wolf, 12.464; 8. 9-Brad Sweet, 12.470; 9. 83-Paul McMahan, 12.476; 10. 57-Jac Haudenschild, 12.479; 11. 7S-Jason Sides, 12.480; 12. 1X-Andy Gregg, 12.485; 13. 99-Kyle Larson, 12.487; 14. 33E-Evan Suggs, 12.488; 15. 11C-Roger Crockett, 12.500; 16. 17-Justin Sanders, 12.501; 17. 6-Kraig Kinser, 12.502; 18. 55-Trey Starks, 12.517; 19. 15-Donny Schatz, 12.518; 20. 11-Steve Kinser, 12.561; 21. 91-Cody Darrah, 12.572; 22. 19B-Bud Kaeding, 12.590; 23. 2-Kyle Hirst, 12.604; 24. 5D-Jason Solwold, 12.605; 25. 28-Ian Madsen, 12.624; 26. 92-Kerry Madsen, 12.637; 27. 2F-Brad Furr, 12.716; 28. 21-Mike Henry, 12.724; 29. 24C-Colby Copeland, 12.728; 30. 6R-Bill Rose, 12.745; 31. OO-Jason Statler, 12.754; 32. 44W-Austen Wheatley, 12.754; 33. 83JR-Tim Kaeding, 12.763; 34. 29-Justyn Cox, 12.778; 35. 121-Shane Golobic, 12.792; 36. 11VS-John Michael Bunch, 12.812; 37. 88-Brad Bumgarner, 12.836; 38. 7Y-Clayton Snow, 12.872; 39. 3F-Geoff Ensign, 12.888; 40. 63-Chad Kemenah, 12.889; 41. 82-Robbie Whitchurch, 12.919; 42. 92N-Andy Forsburg, 12.926; 43. 26M-Sean McMahan, 12.931; 44. 11MD-Mathew Davis, 12.990; 45. 25-Jason York, 13.001; 46. 89-Rico Abreu, 13.060; 47. 21M-Peter Murphy, 13.185; 48. 64-Steve Tatterson, 13.199; 49. 3C-Cody Lamar, 13.238; 50. 15X-Pat Harvey Jr., 13.586

Heat 1 - (10 Laps - Top 4 finishers transfer to the A-feature)

1. 7S-Jason Sides[2] ; 2. 92-Kerry Madsen[6] ; 3. 5W-Lucas Wolfe[3] ; 4. OO-Jason Statler[7] ; 5. 82-Robbie Whitchurch[9] ; 6. 91-Cody Darrah[5] ; 7. 1-Sammy Swindell[4] ; 8. 89-Rico Abreu[10] ; 9. 17-Justin Sanders[1] ; 10. 11VS-John Michael Bunch[8]

Heat 2 - (10 Laps - Top 4 finishers transfer to the A-feature)

1. 1X-Andy Gregg[2] ; 2. 6-Kraig Kinser[1] ; 3. O-Jonathan Allard[4] ; 4. 19B-Bud Kaeding[5] ; 5. 44W-Austen Wheatley[7] ; 6. 19-Tyler Wolf[3] ; 7. 92N-Andy Forsburg[9] ; 8. 2F-Brad Furr[6] ; 9. 88-Brad Bumgarner[8] ; 10. 64-Steve Tatterson[10]

Heat 3 - (10 Laps - Top 4 finishers transfer to the A-feature)

1. 99-Kyle Larson[2] ; 2. 55-Trey Starks[1] ; 3. 7-Craig Dollansky[4] ; 4. 9-Brad Sweet[3] ; 5. 83JR-Tim Kaeding[7] ; 6. 26M-Sean McMahan[9] ; 7. 2-Kyle Hirst[5] ; 8. 21-Mike Henry[6] ; 9. 3C-Cody Lamar[10] ; 10. 7Y-Clayton Snow[8]

Heat 4 - (10 Laps - Top 4 finishers transfer to the A-feature)

1. 33E-Evan Suggs[2] ; 2. 15-Donny Schatz[1] ; 3. 83-Paul McMahan[3] ; 4. 5D-Jason Solwold[5] ; 5. 28X-Billy Strange[4] ; 6. 24C-Colby Copeland[6] ; 7. 11MD-Mathew Davis[9] ; 8. 15X-Pat Harvey Jr.[10] ; 9. 29-Justyn Cox[7]

Heat 5 - (10 Laps - Top 4 finishers transfer to the A-feature)

1. 11-Steve Kinser[1] ; 2. 57-Jac Haudenschild[3] ; 3. 14-Jason Meyers[4] ; 4. 121-Shane Golobic[7] ; 5. 28-Ian Madsen[5] ; 6. 63-Chad Kemenah[8] ; 7. 11C-Roger Crockett[2] ; 8. 6R-Bill Rose[6] ; 9. 25-Jason York[9]

Dash - (8 Laps, finishing order determined first 12 starting positions of A-feature)

1. 99-Kyle Larson[1] ; 2. 7S-Jason Sides[3] ; 3. 1X-Andy Gregg[2] ; 4. 57-Jac Haudenschild[4] ; 5. 7-Craig Dollansky[5] ; 6. O-Jonathan Allard[6] ; 7. 33E-Evan Suggs[7] ; 8. 15-Donny Schatz[10] ; 9. 6-Kraig Kinser[8] ; 10. 11-Steve Kinser[11] ; 11. 92-Kerry Madsen[12] ; 12. 55-Trey Starks[9]

C-Main - (10 Laps - Top 2 finishers transfer to the B-feature)

1. 26M-Sean McMahan[8] [-]; 2. 29-Justyn Cox[1] [-]; 3. 88-Brad Bumgarner[3] [$125]; 4. 82-Robbie Whitchurch[6] [$125]; 5. 3C-Cody Lamar[13] [$125]; 6. 64-Steve Tatterson[12] [$100]; 7. 15X-Pat Harvey Jr.[14] [$100]; 8. 11MD-Mathew Davis[9] [$100]; 9. 7Y-Clayton Snow[4] [$100]; 10. 92N-Andy Forsburg[7] [$100]; 11. 89-Rico Abreu[11] [$100]; 12. 25-Jason York[10] [$100]; 13. 11VS-John Michael Bunch[2] [$100]; 14. 3F-Geoff Ensign[15] [$100]; 15. 21M-Peter Murphy[16] [$100]; 16. 63-Chad Kemenah[5] [$100]

B-Main - (12 Laps - Top 4 finishers transfer to the A-feature)

1. 1-Sammy Swindell[1] [-]; 2. 19-Tyler Wolf[3] [-]; 3. 11C-Roger Crockett[4] [-]; 4. 83JR-Tim Kaeding[14] [-]; 5. 17-Justin Sanders[5] [$200]; 6. 2-Kyle Hirst[7] [$180]; 7. 28-Ian Madsen[8] [$175]; 8. 91-Cody Darrah[6] [$160]; 9. 2F-Brad Furr[9] [$150]; 10. 44W-Austen Wheatley[13] [$150]; 11. 24C-Colby Copeland[11] [$150]; 12. 6R-Bill Rose[12] [$150]; 13. 26M-Sean McMahan[15] [$150]; 14. 29-Justyn Cox[16] [$150]; 15. 28X-Billy Strange[2] [$150]; 16. 21-Mike Henry[10] [$150]

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