Corey Day wins final High Limit race at Placerville
NXTbets Pro | Published On: August 23, 2026
Day Seizes Placerville
Corey Day won the final Interstate Batteries High Limit Racing event of the season Saturday at Placerville Speedway, and he did it with the kind of control that matched the pace he showed all night. He started on the pole in Jason Meyers Racing’s No. 14 car and set the tone early, then answered the only real challenge to his lead. Tanner Holmes slipped by him on Lap 12, but Day took the spot back one lap later and never gave it away again. A red flag on Lap 31 came before Day pulled away, and once the race settled back in, he stretched the advantage to 1.413 seconds at the finish.
The win carried weight on several levels. It gave Day back-to-back High Limit victories in California after he also won at Thunderbowl Raceway in Tulare the night before. It was his second career victory at Placerville Speedway, a track where he now has another strong line on his record. The result also pushed him to his 16th career High Limit win and his fifth series victory of the season. Day did his work from the front, handled the pressure when Holmes briefly took the lead and then closed with a clean run to the checkered flag.
Brooks Climbs Second
Landon Brooks gave the evening one of its sharper runs from the middle of the field, charging from eighth to second and backing it up with his second straight podium finish. He kept moving forward through the field and finished as the best of the rest behind Day, a strong recovery that matched the pace of the front-runners even after the early shuffle. Shane Golobic followed in third, Holmes settled for fourth after his brief turn at the front and Giovanni Scelzi completed the top five in fifth.
The top five told the story of a race that had a clear winner but still demanded precision from everyone behind him. Holmes had enough speed to get out front for a lap, but Day answered quickly and left the others chasing. Brooks made the biggest climb, and his move from eighth to second stood out as the best charge of the night among the leaders. Golobic stayed in the mix long enough to secure third, while Scelzi held position inside the top five to finish the High Limit finale with a solid result.
Day Shifts Focus
The Placerville win closed Day’s final sprint car weekend of the season, and he said he will now turn his attention to his NASCAR ride with Hendrick Motorsports for the rest of the season. That adds another layer to a weekend that already ended with a pair of California wins and another trophy for the shelf. Day left Placerville with momentum, a strong finish to the High Limit schedule and another proof point that he can control a race from the pole and answer when the lead changes hands. The result also gave him another victory at a track that has already fit his style well, and it added to a season that has already produced five series wins and 16 High Limit victories overall.
