December 3, 2024

McFADDEN IS WA SPRINTCAR CHAMPION – AGAIN!

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Feature photo by: Peter Roebuck

The USA has Outlaws, in the land of OZ we have a ‘BUSHRANGER‘ – his name: James McFadden . . . and he’s a special talent.

Now he has claimed successive WA Sprintcar Championships.

His latest win was behind the wheel of his new team, the Brady Motorsport W23 which made its debut in round five of the 2024-25 Maddington Toyota Sprintcar Series at the Perth Motorplex, Saturday night, November 30.

McFadden won the Jolly Good In Car Audio 40-lap feature race from Dayne Kingshott and Jason Pryde. For McFadden, the result backed up his win in the Williamson Motorsport W3 12 months earlier.

He started the night by being the sixth quickest car overall from the 29-car field entered. McFadden then won his first heat race and was third in the next outing, setting up a front row start on the outside of Callum Williamson, who set the Victory 1 Performance Quick Time at the start of the show. After dropping a couple of spots at the start of the final, McFadden clawed his way to the lead by lap five – and he held that spot for the remainder of the journey.

For Kingshott, the second placing was a huge recovery after a mediocre qualifying time (ninth overall) before a third and a fourth in his heat races, the latter one where he was involved in an incident on the main straight and the W2 sustained damage.

By lap eight he was up to fourth but by the race midpoint he dropped from third to seventh, before slowly pegging back the deficit, and striking a major blow in the last few laps to grab a couple more spots and second placing.

Pryde started from p5 and put in a solid effort all night for his best drive of the season, and one of his best results for a while. He was second overall in qualifying, only being pipped by Williamson, before taking a second and a seventh in his heat races.

Pryde tucked the W14 down low for much of the race and it worked to his advantage – on lap 22 he was up to second and moved back into second with only a few laps remaining, only to be edged out by Kingshott in the dying stages.

Kerry Madsen, in his second appearance in the Diamond Bay Motorsport W26, took fourth after starting from p11. Madsen showed a lot of pace up high on the track when others were unable to make it stick. He ran in second for a big part in the latter stages before dropping back in the last few laps.

Queenslander Luke Oldfield rounded out the top five in the Peet Motorsport, his first outing for the team for the season, after starting from p4.

Kris Coyle started from p15 and raced up to sixth, ahead of Daniel Harding who started 16th and took seventh, Aaron Chircop who started p6, was eighth (after even hitting the lead at one point, but also dropping back to 12th later on), AJ Nash who went from 20th to ninth (and is this round’s Kincrome Hard Charger) and Taylor Milling who went from 14th to 10th.

Callum Williamson, was second when he tangled with Brooke Newson on lap 21, seeing him go back to be the last car on the lead lap at the restart, clawing back some points with an 11th.

New Zealander Michael Pickens was 12th after starting from p18 and being one of the cars caught up in a crash in an earlier heat race.

The red lights were activated on lap 15 after Jason Kendrick rolled and was out of the contest. Of the 28 cars to start the feature race, Brooke Newson was the only other non-finisher.

Drivers and teams will now take a break to prepare for the nine-night international Speedweek series that kicks off at the Perth Motorplex on December 26.

Qualifying:

Callum Williamson 13.323, Jason Pryde 13.500, Michael Pickens 13.548, Aaron Chircop 13.556, Jason Kendrick 13.580, James McFadden 13.624, Luke Oldfield 13.630, Ryan Lancaster 13.630, Dayne Kingshott 13.649, Jaydee Dack 13.658, Jamie Maiolo 13.676, Kerry Madsen 13.682, Kaiden Manders 13.694, Bradley Maiolo 13.731, Michael Keen 13.745, Jack Williamson 13.747, Taylor Milling 13.751, Andrew Priolo 13.760, Kris Coyle 13.765, AJ Nash 13.782, Daniel Harding 13.813, Ryan Newton 13.857, Matthew Cross 13.919, Shaun Bradford 13.997, Myles Bolger 14.415, Brooke Newson 14.637, George Eaton 14.690, Wayne Russell NTT, Joel Ettridge NTT.

Heat 1: 1st Callum Williamson, 2nd Luke Oldfield, 3rd Kaiden Manders, 4th Jaydee Dack, 5th Ryan Newton, 6th Aaron Chircop, 7th Jack Williamson, 8th Kris Coyle, 9th Wayne Russell and 10th Myles Bolger.

Heat 2: 1st Jason Kendrick, 2nd Jason Pryde, 3rd Taylor Milling, 4th Brad Maiolo, 5th Ryan Lancaster, 6th Jamie Maiolo, 7th AJ Nash, 8th Matthew Cross, 9th Joel Ettridge, 10th Brooke Newson.

Heat 3: 1st James McFadden, 2nd Kerry Madsen, 3rd Dayne Kingshott, 4th Andrew Priolo, 5th Michael Pickens, 6th Michael Keen, 7th Shaun Bradofrd, 8th Daniel Harding, 9th George Eaton.

Heat 4: 1st Kris Coyle, 2nd Kaiden Manders, 3rd Callum Williamson, 4th Luke Oldfield, 5th Taylor Milling, 6th Jason Kendrick, 7th Matthew Cross, 8th Joel Ettridge. DNS Myles Bolger.

Heat 5: 1st Daniel Harding, 2nd Jaydee Dack, 3rd Aaron Chircop, 4th Dayne Kingshott, 5th George Eaton, 6th Wayne Russell, 7th Michael Pickens. DNF: Ryan Newton, Michael Keen and Jack Wiliamson.

Heat 6: 1st Brad Maiolo, 2nd Andrew Priolo, 3rd James McFadden, 4th Shaun Bradford, 5th Kerry Madsen, 6th Ryan Lancaster, 7th Jason Pryde, 8th AJ Nash, 9th Brooke Newson.

Feature: James McFadden, Dayne Kingshott, Jason Pryde, Kerry Madsen, Luke Oldfield, Kris Coyle, Daniel Harding,Aaron Chircop, AJ Nash, Taylor Milling, Callum Williamson, Michael Pickens NZ, Brad Maiolo, Kaiden Manders, Jamie Maiolo, Ryan Newton Q,Andrew Priolo, Matthew Cross, Jack Williamson, Shaun Bradford, Michael Keen, Ryan Lancaster, Jaydee Dack,Joel Ettridge, George Eaton, Wayne Russell.

DNF: Brooke Newson, Jason Kendrick. DNS: Myles Bolger.

B Main: 1st Ryan Newton, 2nd Joel Ettridge, 3rd Brooke Newson, 4th Wayne Russell, 5th Myles Bolger.

Upcoming events:

Rd6 – Burson Auto Parts Speedweek Rd1 – Perth Motorplex Speedway – December 26

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

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

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

Rd10 – Speedweek Rd 5 – Bunbury Speedway – January 1

Victory 1 Performance Quick Time: Callum Williamson.

Hoosier tyre draw: Matthew Cross.

Kincrome Hard Charger: AJ Nash.

Wilsons Brewing Company Best Presented: Andrew Priolo. —