PERTH MOTORPLEX: McFADDEN GETS FIFTH WIN

Feature photo by: Peter Roebuck

MADDINGTON TOYOTA SPRINTCAR SERIES. FRIDAY, JANUARY 10, 2025 MEDIA RELEASE

James McFadden won his fifth feature race for one of the newest Sprintcar teams on the block, Brady Motorsport, at the Perth Motorplex on Friday night, January 10.

The 23x, crewed by Kim Buswell and owned by former racer Sheldon Brady, has been on a mission since the new partnership was formed, just in time for the WA Sprintcar Championship, that was contested at the Perth Motorplex, back on November 30.

Since then McFadden finished fourth in the Boxing Day show, before winning the first two nights of High Limit International: Perth, and then being pipped for the win by Kyle Larson for the $100,000 to win show on December 30.

The former Australian Champion then won the January 1 event at Bunbury Speedway and was third, back at the Motorplex on January 2.

The team opted to skip the January 4 show at Bunbury, but bounced back in commanding fashion at the Motorplex on Friday night, crossing the line ahead of Dayne Kingshott and American Cole Macedo.

McFadden was quickest in the first qualifying group, with his 13.086 second lap being enough to set the Victory 1 Performance Quickest Time.

From there he was third in his heat race, after starting p4 and won the B  Dash, after starting on the front row, on the inside of American Brad Sweet.

Kingshott, who started on the inside of McFadden on the front row, led for a few opening laps, but after that, it was McFadden who held the lead, surviving a number of challenges.

Kingshott was quickest in qualifying session two and third in his heat race, after starting from p4.

He earnt his front row start after winning the A Dash.

Another podium finish has marginally increased the lead he had over rival Callum Williamson for the 2024-25 Maddington Toyota Sprintcar Series championship, with Williamson taking fourth.

Macedo claimed his second podium result of his maiden WA Speedweek series, onboard the Trent Pigdon owned #7.

He started from p5 in the finale after being second quickest in qualifying session two – and was second to Sweet in his heat race.

Williamson started from p7 and moved up three spots, a big improvement on the DNS the team suffered at the last show, at Bunbury Speedway, last weekend.

He won a spirited battle with American Brock Zearfoss, with the two trading lines and places.

Zearfoss held on for fifth from South Australian Matt Egel, who started and finished sixth.

American Gio Scelzi was seventh, after starting p10, while fellow countryman Justin Whittall was eighth, improving by five spots

Taylor Milling, fresh from his fourth at the last round, moved up 10 spots to be ninth, while American Cory Eliason was this round’s Kincrome Hard Charger winning, crossing the line in 10th after being scheduled to start from p26.

He moved up one row before the field even rolled out after Joel Ettridge, who crashed hard in the Mid Pack Dash, surrendered a p18 start.

Then as the field formed, Kaiden Manders went to the work area with front suspension issues after being slated to start from p8, elevating Eliason to 22nd before the field took the green.

Brad Maiolo was strong for 11th after starting from p21, backing up a big heat race where he started 10th and finished fifth.

Jason Kendrick was 12th after originally marked to start p20, but like Eliason, he benefited from two cars in front of him dropping out before the race.

AJ Nash was 13th (from p14), Jamie Maiolo 14th (from p16), Andrew Priolo 15th (from p23), Michael Keen 16th from (p24), James Inglis 17th (from p22), American Matt Juhl 18th (from p12), Tim King 19th (from p27), Jaydee Dack 20th (from p28), Jason Pryde 21st (from p15) and Aaron Chircop 22nd (from p25).

Sweet, who started from p4, was third before heading infield on lap 12 for a DNF.

The first caution period came when Manders pulled up on the back straight after only three laps were completed.

Jack Williamson was out shortly afterwards after slowing the W24 when coming out of turn four

Daniel Harding went over on the main straight and damaged a section of fence on a restart that involved a handful of cars, including damaging the top wing of the Kris Coyle 79.

The ninth and final round of Speedweek will be held at the Perth Motorplex on Saturday night – and will also be round 14 of the Maddington Toyota Sprintcar Series, with the feature event being the Sling Lift Speedweek finale, supported by Totally Workwear.

Results
Qualifying 1: James McFadden 13.086, Callum Williamson 13.143, Daniel Harding 13.264, Gio Scelzi 13.278, AJ Nash 13.323, Jason Pryde 13.459, Andrew Priolo 13.502, James Inglis 13.588, Cory Eliason 13.763, Brad Maiolo 13.768.

Qualifying 2: Dayne Kingshott 13.112, Cole Macedo 13.245, Brad Sweet 13.251, Matt Juhl 13.500, Joel Ettridge 13.596, Kris Coyle 13.606, Jamie Maiolo 13.664, Kerry Madsen 13.682, Todd Davis 14.230.

Qualifying 3: Brock Zearfoss 13.309, Kaiden Manders 13.379, Matt Egel 13.406, Jack Williamson 13.411, Justin Whittall 13.449, Taylor Milling 13.466, Aaron Chircop 13.471, Jason Kendrick 13.664, Michael Keen 13.812, Tim King 13.821, Jaydee Dack 13.860.

Heat 1: 1st Daniel Harding, 2nd Gio Scelzi, 3rd James McFadden, 4th Callum Williamson, 5th Brad Maiolo, 6th Jason Pryde, 7th AJ Nash, 8th James Inglis, 9th Cory Eliason, 10th Andrew Priolo.

Heat 2: 1st Brad Sweet, 2nd Cole Macedo, 3rd Dayne Kingshott, 4th Matt Juhl, 5th Jamie Maiolo, 6th Kris Coyle, 7th Joel Ettridge, 8th Todd Davis. DNF Kerry Madsen.

Heat 3: 1st Matt Egel, 2nd Brock Zearfoss, 3rd Kaiden Manders, 4th Jack Williamson, 5th Justin Whittall, 6th Jason Kendrick, 7th Taylor Milling, 8th Michael Keen, 9th Jaydee Dack, 10th Tim King, 11th Aaron Chircop.

A Dash: 1st Dayne Kingshott, 2nd Brock Zearfoss, 3rd Cole Macedo, 4th Callum Williamson, 5th Daniel Harding, 6th Jack Williamson.

B Dash: 1st James McFadden, 2nd Brad Sweet, 3rd Matt Egel, 4th Kaiden Manders, 5th Gio Scelzi, 6th Matt Juhl.

Midpack: 1st Justin Whittall, 2nd AJ Nash, 3rd Jason Pryde, 4th Jamie Maiolo, 5th Kris Coyle, DNF: Joel Ettridge.

Feature race: 1st James McFadden, 2nd Dayne Kingshott, 3rd Cole Macedo, 4th Callum Williamson, 5th Brock Zearfoss, 6th Matt Egel, 7th Gio Scelzi, 8th Justin Whittall, 9th Taylor Milling, 10th Cory Eliason, 11th Brad Maiolo, 12th Jason Kendrick, 13th AJ Nash, 14th Jamie Maiolo, 15th Andrew Priolo, 16th Michael Keen, 17th James Inglis, 18th Matt Juhl, 19th Tim King, 20th Jaydee Dack, 21st Jason Pryde, 22nd Aaron Chircop. DNF: Brad Sweet, Kris Coyle, Daniel Harding, Jack Williamson, Kaiden Manders. DNS: Joel Ettridge.

Maddington Toyota Sprintcar Series points top 20 after 13 rounds of 22: Dayne Kingshott 

1962, Callum Williamson 1868, Taylor Milling 1808, Kaiden Manders 1762, Andrew Priolo 1692, Jack Williamson 1628, Brad Maiolo 1626, Jason Kendrick 1604, Kris Coyle 1576, Jamie Maiolo 1492, Aaron Chircop 1484, Michael Keen 1460, Ryan Newton 1436, Daniel Harding 1420, Ryan Lancaster 1392, Jaydee Dack 1258, Kerry Madsen 1192, James McFadden 1180, Joel Ettridge 1156, AJ Nash 1154.

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