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2001 WCRA Banquet 1964 Ascot 1965 Ascot 1968 Capital Program 1955 WARA Sherman Cleveland June 24 1967 West Capital Flyer 1962 Speedway News Feb 13 1977 Gold Cup 40th Anniversary

~ An Official Souvenir Program ~

~ Gold Cup Race of Champions 40th Anniversary ~

Very Special thanks to Brenda Anderson for allowing me to scan this incredible piece of racing history!

Simply click on a thumbnail to view a photo

Front Cover

Page 1

A word from John Padgen Motorsports

Page 2

Table of Contents

Page 3

The Gold Cup at a Glance

Page 4

Taking a look back

Page 5

Taking a look back continued

Page 6

1951 - John Soares

Page 7

1952 - Johnny Key

Page 8

1953 - Tony Goularte

Page 9

1954 - Danny Graves

Page 10

1956 - Gene Dudley

Page 11

1959 - Red Mulligan

Page 12

1960 - Joe Giusti

*Here's where things get fun. You see, I have the trophy from this race... but the inscription ... 1961. The next page is a scanned copy of the insert from that trophy.

Gold Cup Trophy Insert

*Okay... this is a HUGE file, I had to keep it that way so the inscription can actually be discerned.

Page 13

1961 - Al Pombo

Page 14

1962 - Red Mulligan

Page 15

1963 - Mark Ward

*I believe that this was the year that Joe Giusti drove the "Stretched Midget". In this car, before it was "stretched" Joe turned an "unofficial" lap on the clock at West Capital of 12.505!

Page 16

1964 - Al Pombo

Page 17

1965 - Marshall Sargent

Page 18

1966 - Al Pombo

Page 19

1967 - Jimmy Gordon

Page 20

1968 - Wally Baker

Page 21

1969 - Jimmy Gordon

Page 22

1970 - Al Pombo

Page 23

1971 - Mike Wasina

Page 24

1972 - Larry Burton

Page 25

1973 - Jimmy Boyd

Page 26

1974 - Johnny Anderson

* Johnny drove the last super modified to a Gold Cup win, the end of an era.

Page 27

1975 - Terry Crousore

Page 28

Leroy VanConett

Page 29

Gary Patterson

Page 30

Steve Kinser

Page 31

Steve Kinser

Page 32

Johnny Anderson

Page 33

Sammy Swindell

Page 34

Doug Wolfgang

Page 35

Steve Kinser

Page 36

Steve Kinser

Page 37

Danny Smith

Page 38

Steve Kinser

Page 39

Steve Kinser

Page 40

Steve Kinser

Page 41

Darrell Hanestad

Page 42

Steve Kinser

Page 43

Joe Gaerte

Page 44

Steve Kinser

Page 45

Prelim Events

Page 46

Gold Cup Driver Roster #1

Page 47

Gold Cup Driver Roster #2

Page 48

Images Over the Years

Page 49

The History of Hughes Stadium

Page 50

West Capital Raceway

Page 51

West Capital cont'd.

Page 52

History of Silver Dollar Speedway

Page 53

Gold Cup Race of Champions Past and Present

Page 54

Mini Gold Cup Race of Champions

Page 55

Mini Gold Cup Race of Champions cont'd.

Page 56

Acknowledgement

 

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