MADSEN TAKES BUNBURY SPEEDWAY WIN!

Feature photo by: Richard Hathaway Photography…Diamond Bay Motorsport’s Kerry Madsen drove to victory in Round 7 of Speedweek.

Media release by: Darren O’Dea for the Sprintcar Entrants Group

MADDINGTON TOYOTA SPRINTCAR SERIES

SUNDAY, JANUARY 5, 2025 MEDIA RELEASE:

Kerry Madsen claimed round 12 of the Maddington Toyota Sprintcar Series at Bunbury Speedway on Saturday night, January 4.

He crossed the line ahead of American duo Brad Sweet and Cory Eliason at the Onsite Rentals Battle of Bunbury.

Madsen started on the front row for the main event, on the outside another American in Brock Zearfoss, while local hopefuls Brad Maiolo and Callum Williamson occupied the second row.

The former Australian Champion, driving the Diamond Bay Motorsport W26, was quickest in his qualifying group (group 3), which put him out of p4 for his heat which he finished third in.

Madsen then started p1 for the B Dash which he won from Williamson and Eliason.

As the field rolled around to take the start, Williamson pulled into the work area with gear issues which sidelined the W3.

Madsen got the job on Zearfoss on the first lap and he was on the back of lapped traffic with only five laps in the books.

The front runners predominantly ran the high line to round up the lapped cars.

Zearfoss reduced the deficit to Madsen and on lap 12 he took the lead, with Eliason and Sweet, a bit further back, in third and fourth respectively.

By midrace distance Zearfoss started the stretch the legs on the Sean Carren-owned W95 in lapped traffic.

With about eight laps remaining, Sweet went from fourth to third and looked strong.

With only a couple of laps left Zearfoss lost the lead in turn one, with the car spun around for a restart.

He joined the tail of the lead cars, while Madsen led off Sweet, Eliason, Brad Maiolo and Taylor Milling.

The top three spots didn’t change, however Milling made a telling move on Maiolo late to take fourth.

For Sweet, it was a much better result than the DNF he posted at the same venue three days earlier.

The driver of the Landrigan Motorsports W49 started from p7 after being fourth quickest in his qualifying group and took a win from pole in the first heat race of the night.

He then started third and finished fourth in the A Dash.

Eliason’s third was the best result so far in WA this season onboard the Monte Motorsport 17.

He was third in his qualifying group and second in his heat, before taking a third in the B Dash.

Milling’s fourth marked one of his best drives of the season, set up by being quickest in the second qualifying group, a time that was only bettered by Jock Goodyer in group one who set the Victory 1 Performance Quick Time.

Maiolo’s fifth was a much better result than the DNF with engine issues at the Perth Motorplex two nights earlier – he started p3 for the final.

Goodyear was sixth after starting from p9, while American Cole Macedo started p12 and finished p7, Luke Oldfield started p11 and finished p8, Dayne Kingshott started p18 and finished p9, Matt Egel started p16 and finished p10, American Justin Whittall went from p13 to p11, Zearfoss crossed the line in 12th, while Michael Keen went from p8 to p13, Jamie Maiolo went from p10 to p14 and Ryan Lancaster went from p14 to p15.

This was the final sprintcar meeting at the Bunbury venue for the season.

Two more rounds of the series will be at the Perth Motorplex next Friday and Saturday nights, which will also be the final two rounds of the Speedweek series.

 RESULTS

Qualifying group 1: Jock Goodyer 13.321, Michael Keen 13.379, Cory Eliason 13.389, Brad Sweet 13.406, Cole Macedo 13.418, Andrew Priolo 13.470, Matt Egel 13.480, Jason Pryde 13.857

Group 2: Taylor Milling 13.375, Callum Williamson 13.386, Brock Zearfoss 13.595, Justin Whittall 13.600, Kris Coyle 13.670, Aaron Chircop 13.719, Jack Williamson 13.728, Kaiden Manders 13.836.

Group 3: Kerry Madsen 13.601, Luke Oldfield 13.611, Bradley Maiolo, 13.691, Jamie Maiolo 13.698, Ryan Lancaster 13.794, Dayne Kingshott 13.817, Matt Juhl 13.844, Jason Kendrick 14.134, Todd Davis ntt.

Heat 1: 1st Brad Sweet, 2nd Cory Eliason, 3rd Cole Macedo, 4th Michael Keen, 5th Matt Egel, 6th Jock Goodyer, 7th Andrew Priolo, 8th Jason Pryde.

Heat 2: 1st Brock Zearfoss, 2nd Callum Williamson, 3rd Kaiden Manders, 4th Justin Whittall, 5th Taylor Milling, 6th Kris Coyle, 7th Jack Williamson. DNF: Aaron Chircop.

Heat 3: 1st Brad Maiolo, 2nd Jamie Maiolo, 3rd Kerry Madsen, 4th Luke Oldfield, 5th Dayne Kingshott, 6th Ryan Lancaster, 7th Jason Kendrick, 8th Matt Juhl. DNS: Todd Davis.

A Dash: 1st Brock Zearfoss, 2nd Brad Maiolo, 3rd Taylor Milling, 4th Brad Sweet, 5th Jock Goodyer, 6th Luke Oldfield.

B Dash: 1st Kerry Madsen, 2nd Callum Williamson, 3rd Cory Eliason, 4th Michael Keen, 5th Jamie Maiolo, 6th Cole Macedo.

Midpack: 1st Justin Whittall, 2nd Ryan Lancaster, 3rd Kris Coyle, 4th Matt Egel, 5th Kaiden Manders, 6th Dayne Kingshott.

A Main: 1st Kerry Madsen, 2nd Brad Sweet, 3rd Cory Eliason, 4th Taylor Milling, 5th Brad Maiolo, 6th Jock Goodyer, 7th Cole Macedo,  8th Luke Oldfield, 9th Dayne Kingshott, 10th Matt Egel, 11th Justin Whittall, 12th Brock Zearfoss, 13th Michael Keen, 14th Jamie Maiolo, 15th Ryan Lancaster, 16th Jack Williamson, 17th Kris Coyle, 18th Kaiden Manders, 19th Jason Kendrick, 20th Matt Juhl, 21st Andrew Priolo, 22nd Jason Pryde, 23rd Aaron Chircop, 24th Todd Davis. DNF: Callum Williamson.

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