KINGSHOTT’S OPENING SPEEDWAY SALVO

Feature photo by: Richard Hathaway..Callum Williamson, Dayne Kinghsott and Brock Zearfoss celebrate their podium places at the Perth Motorplex on Thursday night.

Dayne Kingshott fired the opening shot in the first of nine nights of Sprintcar Speedweek, at the Perth Motorplex, on Thursday night, December 26.

Dayne Kingshott celebrates his win in the opening round of Speedweek at the Perth Motorplex on Thursday night. Photo by Richard Hathaway.

The driver of the Krikke Motorsport W2, took the win from Callum Williamson and American Brock Zearfoss in round six of the 2024-25 Maddington Toyota Sprintcar Series, with the feature race being the Burson Auto Parts Boxing Day Bonanza.

It was the third win of the season for the defending series champion who has also had a second and a pair of fifths.

Kingshott started the show in the best possible fashion, being quickest in the fourth qualifying group out on the track – and it happened to be the quickest overall of the 36 cars – winning the Victory 1 Performance Quick Time award.

He started and finished fourth in his heat race and took a second in the A Dash to set up the P3 start for the 30-lap final.

Kingshott tucked in behind Williamson, who started p3 at the drop of the green, after the first start was aborted when Aaron Chircop spun in the opening corner.

The leaders were into lapped traffic with only four laps in the book, tagging onto the back of the 28-car field and Kingshott took the lead after six laps, a position he maintained until the checkers.

As the race neared the halfway mark, the caution lights came on after an incident in a similar spot that saw Kerry Madsen and American Cory Eliason head to the work area, where unfortunately they were unable to carry out repairs in time.

Chircop was able to resume from the rear of the field.

Kingshott and Zearfoss, who started from p8, led the field away in the double-file restart from Williamson and Taylor Milling.

Williamson re-established himself back in second which he held to the checkers.

Zearfoss held on for third despite a late challenge from round 5 winner James McFadden, with the margin being just 0.018 of a second as Zearfoss drove the USA95 into the fence at the finish line, knocking out the car’s rear-end.

McFadden’s fourth was a big effort, moving up nine spots after starting from p13 and winning the Midpack dash after starting from p4.

Milling was fifth after starting from p6 and getting up to third early on, in his best night of the season.

Queenslander Luke Oldfield was sixth, after starting from p5, while South Aussie Matt Egel claimed the Kincrome Hard Charger award after starting 22nd and finishing seventh.

Tasmanian Jock Goodyer moved up four spots to be eighth, ahead of American Gio Scelzi who moved up seven spots to finish ninth.

Scelzi dug deep after he hit the fence and rolled on his second qualifying lap, with steering equipment failure.

Fortunately his first lap time was good enough to be second in his qualifying group, but the team had a big thrash to get the USA71 repaired in time for his heat race where he finished fifth.

American Justin Whittall rounded out the top 10 after starting p11, ahead of Andrew Priolo who started p10, Queenslander Ryan Newton who moved up eight spots to be 12th, Jason Pryde, 14th to 13th, Kaiden Manders, 21st to 14th, AJ Nash, 26th to 15th, James Inglis, 27th to 16th, Michael Keen 28th to 17th, Brad Maiolo, 25th to 18th, Jason Kendrick, 17th to 19th, Cameron McKenzie 18th to 23rd, Jaydee Dack, ninth to 21st, American Matt Juhl, 23rd to 22nd, Ryan Lancaster, seventh to 23rd and Chircop, 19th to 24th.

Racing returns to the Perth Motorplex on Saturday, Sunday and Monday nights for High Limit International: Perth, with the feature race on the Monday night paying $100,000 to win.

These races are all part of the 2024-25 Maddington Toyota Sprintcar Series Championship which Kingshott still leads, marginally increasing his advantage over Williamson.

Milling, thanks to his fifth, has moved from sixth to third, ahead of Manders who remains in fourth and Brad Maiolo who remains in fifth.

Coyle, who didn’t transfer from the B Main, has dropped from third to sixth, while Kendrick has moved from eighth to seventh, Lancaster remains in ninth, while Jamie Maiolo has dropped from seventh to 10th.

Jack Williamson, who started on the front row after winning the A Dash, has dropped from 10th to 14th due to his DNF.

Qualifying:

Group 1: Brock Zearfoss 13.721, Callum Williamson 13.774, Ryan Lancaster 13.879, Jock Goodyer 13.904, Aaron Chircop 13.975, Tim King 14.181, Matt Egel 14.183, Matthew Cross 14.307, George Eaton 14.524.

Group 2: Jack Williamson 13.736, Jason Pryde 13.753, Luke Oldfield 13.777, Jason Kendrick 13.857, Matt Juhl 13.862, Cameron McKenzie 13.979, AJ Nash 14.081, Joel Ettridge 14.233, Kris Coyle 14.250.

Group 3: James Inglis 13.759, Daniel Harding 13.815, Justin Whittall 13.864, Andrew Priolo 13.012, Kerry Madsen 13.969, Ryan Newton 13.988, Cory Eliason 14.020, Michael Keen 14.040, Brooke Newson NTT.

Group 4: Dayne Kingshott 13.546, Gio Scelzi 13.747, Taylor Milling 13.873, Jaydee Dack 13.898, Kaiden Manders 14.005, James McFadden 14.033, Bradley Maiolo 14.053, Myles Bolger 14.204, Jamie Maiolo 14.367.

Heat 1: 1st Callum Williamson, 2nd Jock Goodyer, 3rd Ryan Lancaster, 4th Brock Zearfoss, 5th Matt Egel, 6th Aaron Chircop, 7th George Eaton, 8th Matthew Cross, 9th Tim King.

Heat 2: 1st Luke Oldfield, 2nd Jack Williamson, 3rd Cameron McKenzie, 4th Jason Kendrick, 5th Jason Pryde, 6th AJ Nash, 7th Kris Coyle, 8th Matt Juhl, 9th Joel Ettridge.

Heat 3: 1st Andrew Priolo, 2nd Daniel Harding, 3rd Justin Whittall, 4th Kerry Madsen, 5th Ryan Newton, 6th Cory Eliason, 7th Michael Keen. DNF: James Inglis, DNS Brooke Newson.

Heat 4: 1st Jaydee Dack, 2nd James McFadden, 3rd Taylor Milling, 4th Dayne Kingshott, 5th Gio Scelzi, 6th Kaiden Manders, 7th Brad Maiolo, 8th Jamie Maiolo, 9th Myles Bolger.

A Dash: 1st Jack Williamson, 2nd Dayne Kingshott, 3rd Luke Oldfield, 4th Ryan Lancaster, 5th Jaydee Dack, 6th Justin Whittall.

B Dash: 1st Callum Williamson, 2nd Daniel Harding, 3rd Taylor Milling, 4th Brock Zearfoss, 5th Andrew Priolo, 6th Jock Goodyer.

Midpack: 1st James McFadden, 2nd Jason Pryde, 3rd Kerry Madsen, 4th Gio Scelzi, 5th Jason Kendrick, 6th Cameron McKenzie.

Last Chance Qualifier: 1st Brad Maiolo, 2nd AJ Nash, 3rd James Ingis, 4th Michael Keen, 5th Kris Coyle, 6th George Eaton, 7th Tim King, 8th Matthew Cross, 9th Myles Bolger. DNF: Jamie Maiolo and Joel Ettridge.

Feature: 1st Dayne Kingshott, 2nd Callum Williamson, 3rd Brock Zearfoss, 4th James McFadden, 5th Taylor Milling, 6th Luke Oldfield, 7th Matt Egel, 8th Jock Goodyer, 9th Gio Scelzi, 10th Justin Whittall, 11th Andrew Priolo, 12th Ryan Newton, 13th Jason Pryde, 14th Kaiden Manders, 15th AJ Nash,  16th James Inglis, 17th Michael Keen, 18th Brad Maiolo, 19th Jason Kendrick, 20th Cameron McKenzie, 21st Jaydee Dack, 22nd Matt Juhl, 23rd Ryan Lancaster, 24th Aaron Chircop. DNF: Cory Eliason, Kerry Madsen, Jack Williamson and Daniel Harding.

Maddington Toyota Sprintcar Series after 6 rounds. Dayne Kingshott 1026, Callum Williamson 1000, Taylor Milling 946, Kaiden Manders 938, Brad Maiolo 930, Kris Coyle 888, Jason Kendrick 886, Andrew Priolo 868, Ryan Lancaster 856, Jamie Maiolo  854, Michael Keen 848, Jaydee Dack 842, Aaron Chircop 842, Jack Williamson 838, Daniel Harding 822, Ryan Newton 800, Jason Pryde 790, Brooke Newson 748, Joel Ettridge 742, Wayne Russell 714, AJ Nash 650, James Inglis 494, Harrison Peet 468, Myles Bolger 456, Michael Pickens 414, Kerry Madsen 382, Trent  Pigdon 302, George Eaton 300, James McFadden 292, Luke Oldfield 278, Shaun Bradford 214, Brock Kenny 200, Matthew Cross 164, Kyle Francis 150, Brock Zearfoss 144, Matt Egel 136, Jock Goodyer 134, Gio Scelzi 132, Justin Whittall 130, Cameron McKenzie 110, Matt Juhl 106, Cory Eliason 100, Tim King, Todd Davis 50 each.

Upcoming events:

Rd7 – High Limit International Rd1 – Perth Motorplex – December 28

Rd8 – High Limit International Rd2 – Perth Motorplex – December 29

Rd9 – High Limit International Rd3 – Perth Motorplex – December 30

Rd10 – Brooks Hire New Year’s Day Sprintcars – Bunbury Speedway – January 1

Victory 1 Performance Quick Time: Dayne Kingshott.

Hoosier tyre draw: Jason Kendrick. 

Kincrome Hard Charger: Matt Egel.

Wilsons Brewing Company Best Presented: Brock Zearfoss / Sean Carren.