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Madsen best in Bunbury as Kingshott extends lead

By Thomas Miles

Date posted: 5 January 2025

Kerry Madsen held off Brad Sweet to claim round 12 of the Maddington Toyota Sprintcar Series at Bunbury Speedway on Saturday night as Dayne Kingshott strengthened his overall lead.

Madsen crossed the line just nine tenths ahead of American duo Sweet and Cory Eliason at the Onsite Rentals Battle of Bunbury.

Madsen started on the front row and controlled the first 12 laps before Brock Zearfoss made a significant challenge.

Zearfoss took the lead and looked strong, but with only a couple of laps left he rotated at Turn 1, in what proved to be a race-changing mistake.

This meant Zearfoss had to settle for 12th, but up front Madsen found himself in a pressure-packed dash to the flag with only a handful of laps left and hungry Americans behind him.

In the end he did enough to fend off Sweet and Eliason as Taylor Milling snared fourth from Brad Maiolo.

However, there was big movement in the fight for the Maddington Toyota Sprintcar Series crown with trouble sticking Callum Williamson.

Dayne Kingshott built his lead in the 2024-25 Maddington Toyota Sprintcar Series. Image: Richard Hathaway Photography

Heading into round 12, Kingshott, the defending series champion, had just eight points up his sleeve ahead of Williamson.

Before lights went out Williamson appeared destined to at least regain ground as he started fourth, 14 places ahead of Kingshott.

However, having stripped gears meant Williamson’s W3 never made the start.

With Kingshott fighting his way up to ninth, Williamson lost more ground and the points gap grew to a significant 90 points.

Whilst there are still 10 rounds of the Maddington Toyota Sprintcar Series to go, the WA Speedweek battle is livening up.

Despite his spin, Zearfoss remains in the lead of the Speedweek points being just 12 ahead of Kingshott.

The final two rounds of the WA Speedweek are at Perth Motorplex next weekend.

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.

Maddington Toyota Sprintcar Series points after 12 rounds of 22: Dayne Kingshott 1816, Callum Williamson 1726, Taylor Milling 1676, Kaiden Manders 1666, Andrew Priolo 1572

Speedweek points after 7 of 9 rounds: Brock Zearfoss 952, Dayne Kingshott 940, Matt Egel 910, James McFadden 880, Jock Goodyer 878,

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