CHICO, CA (August 29, 2026) — For the third time in his career Rico Abreu became a Gold Cup Race of Champions winner Saturday night with the Interstate Batteries High Limit Racing series. Abreu, from St. Helena, California, passed Brent Marks during a late race restart and drove away to a 0.460 second lead to collect the $100,072 first prize.
Brent Marks held on for the runner up position with James McFadden, Shane Golobic, and Daison Pursley rounding out the top five.
72nd Mike Curb Gold Cup Race of Champions
Interstate Batteries High Limit Racing
Silver Dollar Speedway
Chico, California
Saturday, August 29, 2026
TJ Forged Qualifier #1 (8 Laps)
1. 19-Brent Marks[1]
2. 26-Justin Peck[2]
3. 77-Giovanni Scelzi[3]
4. 88N-DJ Netto[4]
5. 42-Sye Lynch[8]
6. 7-Seth Standley[5]
7. 88A-Joey Ancona[6]
8. 83T-Tanner Carrick[9]
9. 2K-Jake Andreotti[7]
10. 12J-John Clark[10]
11. 7W-Dennis Scherer[11]
DMI Qualifier #2 (8 Laps)
1. 21-James McFadden[2]
2. 7BC-Tyler Courtney[3]
3. 29-Bud Kaeding[1]
4. 55-Kerry Madsen[4]
5. 92-Andy Forsberg[8]
6. 73B-Braden Chiaramonte[9]
7. 17GP-Brock Zearfoss[6]
8. 4-Kasey Kahne[7]
9. 24D-Danny Sams III[5]
10. 76-Jennifer Osborne[10]
11. 89-Brandon Mansfield[11]
BR Motorsports Qualifier #3 (8 Laps)
1. 88-Tanner Thorson[1]
2. X1-Chance Grasty[3]
3. W-Kaleb Montgomery[2]
4. 2XM-Max Mittry[4]
5. 87-Aaron Reutzel[5]
6. 9R-Chase Randall[8]
7. 10-Dominic Gorden[9]
8. 22K-Kayden Smith[7]
9. 24K-Koa Crane[10]
10. 7C-Colby Copeland[6]
Rod End Supply Qualifier #4 (8 Laps)
1. 0-Tim Kaeding[1]
2. 13-Tanner Holmes[2]
3. 2X-Justin Sanders[3]
4. 5-Dominic Scelzi[4]
5. 46JR-Joel Myers Jr[7]
6. 77A-Levi Klatt[6]
7. 21L-Landon Brooks[8]
8. 26R-Levi Hillier[5]
9. 22-Austin Sause[10]
10. 11DB-Colin Mackey[9]
FK Rod Ends C-Main (10 Laps)
1. 2K-Jake Andreotti[1]
2. 7C-Colby Copeland[6]
3. 22-Austin Sause[3]
4. 12J-John Clark[4]
5. 11DB-Colin Mackey[7]
6. 24K-Koa Crane[2]
7. 7W-Dennis Scherer[8]
8. 76-Jennifer Osborne[5]
9. 89-Brandon Mansfield[9]
Winters Performance B-Main (15 Laps)
1. 42-Sye Lynch[3]
2. 7-Seth Standley[1]
3. 46JR-Joel Myers Jr[6]
4. 24D-Danny Sams III[2]
5. 92-Andy Forsberg[4]
6. 10-Dominic Gorden[12]
7. 21L-Landon Brooks[13]
8. 9R-Chase Randall[8]
9. 83T-Tanner Carrick[14]
10. 2K-Jake Andreotti[18]
11. 73B-Braden Chiaramonte[7]
12. 26R-Levi Hillier[17]
13. 88A-Joey Ancona[10]
14. 4-Kasey Kahne[15]
15. 7C-Colby Copeland[19]
16. 22K-Kayden Smith[16]
17. 77A-Levi Klatt[9]
18. 87-Aaron Reutzel[5]
19. 17GP-Brock Zearfoss[11]
Interstate Batteries A-Main (40 Laps)
1. 24-Rico Abreu[1]
2. 19-Brent Marks[5]
3. 21-James McFadden[8]
4. 17W-Shane Golobic[4]
5. 9-Daison Pursley[3]
6. 88N-DJ Netto[17]
7. 77-Giovanni Scelzi[13]
8. 5K-Dylan Bloomfield[2]
9. X1-Chance Grasty[11]
10. 13-Tanner Holmes[12]
11. 46JR-Joel Myers Jr[23]
12. 7BC-Tyler Courtney[10]
13. W-Kaleb Montgomery[15]
14. 55-Kerry Madsen[18]
15. 5-Dominic Scelzi[20]
16. 2X-Justin Sanders[16]
17. 87-Aaron Reutzel[25]
18. 26-Justin Peck[9]
19. 29-Bud Kaeding[14]
20. 0-Tim Kaeding[6]
21. 17GP-Brock Zearfoss[26]
22. 24D-Danny Sams III[24]
23. 88-Tanner Thorson[7]
24. 7-Seth Standley[22]
25. 2XM-Max Mittry[19]
26. 42-Sye Lynch[21]