Taming Silver Dollar Speedway is no easy task, but the Outlaws are looking forward to racing Sept. 7-9 against many of the West Coast’s most formidable drivers in the 53rd running of the prestigious event. Last fall, Craig Dollansky broke the single-lap record in a Gold Cup preliminary feature that he eventually won. While he’ll be aiming to put his machine into the wild Victory Lane in 2006 at Silver Dollar, Dollansky will have to get the better of the tough California racers as well as the rest of the Outlaws.

“Some of the most crowd-thrilling World of Outlaws Sprint Series events last season were on quarter-mile ovals,” said DIRT Vice President and CFO Brian Carter. “The Gold Cup at Silver Dollar Speedway was no exception. It was an exciting event with hard racing for just about every position throughout the field, and with $50,000-to-win this year that’s the way it should be when you’re competing in one of sprint car racing’s highest profile events at a first-rate facility like Silver Dollar Speedway.”

It also was important to John Padjen Motorsports that the Gold Cup be a World of Outlaws event.

“We are pleased to be able to continue our long relationship with the World of Outlaws and keep the Gold Cup as one of the Outlaws’ premier events, especially now that the winner will take home $50,000,” said John Padjen, the longtime promoter at Silver Dollar Speedway. “The racing already is intense, but for $50,000 there’s no telling what might happen.”

DIRT MotorSports and the World of Outlaws Sprint Series continue to shape the 2006 schedule and look forward to the series’ 29th year of bringing the best collection of sprint car racers from coast to coast for what will no doubt be one of the most competitive seasons in series history.