PERTH MOTORPLEX: MADSEN TAKES SPEEDWEEK FINALE

Photos by: Richard Hathaway Photography

MADDINGTON TOYOTA SPRINTCAR SERIES

SUNDAY, JANUARY 12, 2025 MEDIA RELEASE:

Kerry Madsen claimed the grand final of Speedweek at the Perth Motorplex on Saturday night, January 11, in what was also round 14 of the 2024-25 Maddington Toyota Sprintcar Series.

Driving the Diamond Bay Motorsport 26, he started from p2 for the 30-final in the ninth night of the epic Speedweek campaign.

Madsen’s win, from James McFadden and Taylor Milling, was a massive turnaround from the race meeting at the same venue 24 hours earlier, where the car stumbled with engine issues early on, and was then damaged too much for him to even qualify for the main event.

He was fourth in his qualifying group before winning a heat race from the front and then the B Dash, setting up the front row start, alongside Kaiden Manders.

Manders got the initial jump at the start over the ‘Mad Man’, before the caution lights were activated after an Andrew Priolo incident in turn three.

Madsen hit the lead on lap six and survived a couple of challenges and a couple of restarts late in the race, to claim the win.

McFadden, who won the round the night before, had to dig deep, from p13, after struggling in the qualifying session where he was seventh quickest in his group.

He clawed back some points with a third in his heat race and then a second in the Midpack Dash.

McFadden pushed hard in the latter stages, locked into an entertaining duel with both Madsen and Milling for the lead, but ultimately finished second – another solid result for Brady Motorsport.

Milling’s very strong run in the last few shows continued, posting his best result for the season in the W25.

While he was happy with the podium placing, he would have also been disappointed after challenging for the lead on a number of occasions, chasing that maiden sprintcar feature race win.

He was second quickest in his qualifying group, third in his heat race and fourth in the B Dash to start p8 for the main event.

Callum Williamson was the Kincrome Hard Charger, taking fourth after lining up in p24 – a massive turnaround after the team had to change an engine before qualifying, forcing the W3 to qualify from the B Main.

Dayne Kingshott was fifth after starting from 10, while Matt Egel was sixth, after starting p4, Cole Macedo seventh after starting p6, polesitter Manders was eighth, Cory Eliason ninth after starting p7 and Brad Sweet rounded out the top 10 after starting from p15.

Brock Zearfoss was 11th (from p5), Daniel Harding 12th (from p3), Jason Pryde 13th (from p12), Michael Keen 14th (from p19), Gio Scelzi 15th (from p26), Kris Coyle 16th (from p27), James Inglis 18th (from p20), Jamie Maiolo 18th (from p21), Andrew Priolo 19th (from p25), Jason Kendrick 20th (from p18), Aaron Chircop 21st (from p16), Myles Bolger 22nd (from p28) and Jaydee Dack 23rd (from p17).

Young gun Jack Williamson was originally slated to start towards the front of the pack after qualifying for the A Dash, but was a DNF from a crash, ruling him out for the rest of the night.

The Maddington Toyota Sprintcar series now takes a break, allowing some competitors to travel east.

The series resumes on Friday, February 7 for night one of the Barbagallo Australian Sprintcar Nationals night 1.

More news to come on how the night played out.

Results
Qualifying 1: Kaiden Manders 13.524, Jack Williamson 13.556, Taylor Milling 13.613, Brad Maiolo 13.635, Aaron Chircop 13.723, Jaydee Dack 13.734, James Inglis 13.745, Jamie Maiolo 13.781, Matt Juhl 13.863, Gio Scelzi 13.921.

Qualifying 2: Dayne Kingshott 13.457, Cory Eliason 13.497, Daniel Harding 13.596, Kerry Madsen 13.637, Ryan Lancaster 13.687, Michael Keen 13.715, James McFadden 13.756, Brad Sweet 13.867, Andrew Priolo 13.993, Kris Coyle 14.015.

Qualifying 3: Justin Whittall 13.318, Brock Zearfoss 13.357, Cole Macedo 13.357, Jason Pryde 13.546, Jason Kendrick 13.597, Matt Egel 13.599, Tim King 13.835, Myles Bolger 13.887, AJ Nash 14.126, Callum Williamson ntt.

Heat 1: 1st Kaiden Manders, 2nd Jack Williamson, 3rd Taylor Milling, 4th Brad Maiolo, 5th Jaydee Dack, 6th Aaron Chircop, 7th Jamie Maiolo, 8th James Inglis, 9th Gio Scelzi, 10th Matt Juhl.

Heat 2: 1st Kerry Madsen, 2nd Daniel Harding, 3rd James McFadden, 4th Brad Sweet, 5th Ryan Lancaster, 6th Cory Eliason, 7th Dayne Kingshott, 8th Andrew Priolo, 9th Michael Keen, 10th Kris Coyle.

Heat 3: 1st Cole Macedo, 2nd Matt Egel, 3rd Jason Pryde, 4th Callum Williamson, 5th Brock Zearfoss, 6th AJ Nash, 7th Justin Whittall, 8th Jason Kendrick, 9th Tim King, DNF: Myles Bolger.

A Dash: 1st Kaiden Manders, 2nd Daniel Harding, 3rd Brock Zearfoss, 4th Cory Eliason. DNF: Justin Whittall, Jack Williamson.

B Dash: 1st Kerry Madsen, 2nd Matt Egel, 3rd Cole Macedo, 4th Taylor Milling, 5th Dayne Kingshott. DNF: Jason Pryde.

Midpack: 1st Ryan Lancaster, 2nd James McFadden, 3rd Brad Maiolo, 4th Brad Sweet, 5th Aaron Chircop, 6th Jaydee Dack.

B Main: 1st Callum Williamson, 2nd Andrew Priolo, 3rd Cole Macedo, 4th Kris Coyle, 5th Matt Juhl, 6th Myles Bolger.

Feature race: 1st Kerry Madsen, 2nd James McFadden, 3rd Taylor Milling, 4th Callum Williamson, 5th Dayne Kingshott, 6th Matt Egel, 7th Cole Macedo, 8th Kaiden Manders, 9th Cory Eliason, 10th Brad Sweet, 11th Brock Zearfoss, 12th Daniel Harding, 13th Jason Pryde, 14th Michael Keen, 15th Gio Scelzi, 16th Kris Coyle, 17th James Inglis, 18th Jamie Maiolo, 19th Andrew Priolo, 20th Jason Kendrick, 21st Aaron Chircop, 22nd Myles Bolger, 23rd Jaydee Dack. DNF: Justin Whittall, Brad Maiolo, Ryan Lancaster, Tim King and AJ Nash.