James McFadden put himself in the box seat for the $100,000 to win sprintcar feature race at the Perth Motorplex on Monday night after another big win on Sunday night. The eastern states-based driver who has returned from racing professionally in America, has won the first two nights of the High Limit International: Perth event that has attracted some of the best sprintcar drivers from around Australia and overseas.

His latest win was from American Cole Macedo and South Australian Matt Egel in the event that was also round eight of the 2024-25 Maddington Toyota Sprintcar Series.The win was McFadden’s third for newly-formed WA-based Brady Motorsport. He started outside of Kyle Larson on the front row for the 30-lap final and it was Larson who led until lap nine before he clouted the concrete fence and had to go to the work area for repairs, resuming back in the pack.

From there McFadden took the lead which he held until the checkers, after being third quickest overall in qualifying, taking a third in his heat race and a second in the Dash. Macedo came from p6, getting to fourth in the early laps, before settling into second on lap 10, which he held until the finish. Earlier in the show Macedo was eighth quickest in qualifying and won his heat race, from pole, before finishing sixth in the Dash after starting from p8.

Egel lined up from p4 in the final, on the back of being seventh quickest in qualifying and winning his heat race from the pole. He moved up a row for the final after starting sixth and finishing fourth in the Dash. Egel was into third early but dropped back to fifth on lap 17 before recovering well after a couple of great racing duels.

American Brad Sweet was fourth, after starting from p5, backing up his third, also from P5, the previous night. Former Australian sprintcar champion Jock Goodyer took fifth after starting from p11, showing plenty of pace in the T22 - a big turnaround from the previous night where he failed to transfer from the B Main. American Brock Zearfoss finished on a positive night to take sixth after coming from p19, while Kaiden Manders was the first local driver home in seventh, after starting from p10.

Fellow American Cory Eliason also had a big run home, starting from 23rd and finishing eighth, after finishing third in the B Main. He was followed by two more countrymen in Larson in ninth and Gio Scelzi in 10th, from a p12 start.

Queenslander Ryan Newton started 16th and finished 11th, a better result after crashing out the previous night, while Callum Williamson started p8 and finished 12th, Kerry Madsen started 20th and finished 13th, Jack Williamson started 17th and finished 14th and Brad Maiolo started and finished 15th.

AJ Nash was 16th after winning the B Main on the line from Andrew Priolo, while Aaron Chircop was 17th and Tim King, in only his third race meeting of the season, was 18th after surprising many with a great heat race win and a seventh in the Dash.

Dayne Kingshott, Taylor Milling and Justin Whittall were all out on lap 19 after Whittall spun around at the top of turn two and the others were caught up in the incident.

Luke Oldfield, Jason Kendrick and Andrew Priolo were the other non-finishers. After a delayed start, due to power outages in the area, Sweet  was the quickest in qualifying while heat race wins went to King, Williamson, Egel and Macedo.

A massive crowd is expected at the venue for the High Limit finale which is the fourth night of a nine-night Speedweek series in Western Australia.

Qualifying:

Brad Sweet 12.962, Kyle Larson 12.976, James McFadden 13.013, Justin Whittall 13.024, Tim King 13.063, Callum Williamson 13.133, Matt Egel 13.119, Cole Macedo 13.159, Aaron Chircop 13.163, Dayne Kingshott 13.166, Kaiden Manders 13.195, Jock Goodyer 13.212, Gio Scelzi 13.222, Luke Oldfield 13.237, Jason Kendrick 13.246, Jack Williamson 13.252, Taylor Milling 13.276, Andrew Priolo 13.307, Matt Juhl 13.328, Cameron McKenzie 13.332, Jamie Maiolo 13.343, Brad Maiolo 13.355, Ryan Newton 13.363, James Ingis 13.375, Daniel Harding 13.376, Ryan Lancaster 13.396, Brock Zearfoss 13.402, Kerry Madsen 13.426, Matthew Cross  13.440, Kris Coyle 13.484, Cory Eliason 13.507, AJ Nash 13.555, Michael Keen 13.562, Joel Ettridge 13.576, Myles Bolger 13.670, Jaydee Dack 13.703, George Eaton 13.819, Brooke Newson  NTT.

Heat 1: 1st Tim King, 2nd Aaron Chircop, 3rd Gio Scelzi, 4th Taylor Milling, 5th Brad Sweet, 6th Jamie Maiolo, 7th Daniel Harding, 8th Michael Keen, 9th Matthew Cross, 10th George Eaton.

Heat 2: 1st Callum Williamson, 2nd Kyle Larson, 3rd Dayne Kingshott, 4th Brad Maiolo, 5th Luke Oldfield, 6th Andrew Priolo, 7th Ryan Lancaster, 8th Joel Ettridge, 9th Kris Coyle, 10th Brooke Newson.

Heat 3: 1st Matt Egel, 2nd Kaiden Manders, 3rd James McFadden, 4th Ryan Newton, 5th Brock Zearfoss, 6th Cory Eliason, 7th Jason Kendrick, 8th Matt Juhl, 9th Myles Bolger.

Heat 4: 1st Cole Macedo, 2nd Jock Goodyer, 3rd Justin Whittall, 4th Jack Williamson, 5th Kerry Madsen, 6th AJ Nash, 7th James Inglis, 8th Jaydee Dack. DNF: Cameron McKenzie.

Dash: 1st Kyle Larson, 2nd James McFadden, 3rd Justin Whittall, 4th Matt Egel, 5th Brad Sweet, 6th Cole Macedo,  7th Tim King, 8th Callum Williamson.

B Main: 1st AJ Nash, 2nd Andrew Priolo, 3rd Cory Eliason, 4th Jason Kendrick, 5th Jamie Maiolo, 6th Michael Keen, 7th Daniel Harding, 8th Kris Coyle, 9th Matt Juhl, 10th James Inglis, 11th Ryan Lancaster, 12th Myles Bolger, 13th Jaydee Dack, 14th Joel Ettridge, 16th George Eaton,  17th Brooke Newson. DNS: Cameron McKenzie.

Feature: 1st James McFadden, 2nd Cole Macedo, 3rd Matt Egel, 4th Brad Sweet, 5th Jock Goodyer, 6th Brock Zearfoss, 7th Kaiden Manders, 8th Cory Eliason, 9th Kyle Larson, 10th Gio Scelzi, 11th Ryan Newton, 12th Callum Williamson, 13th Kerry Madsen, 14th Jack Williamson, 15th Brad Maiolo, 16th AJ Nash, 17th Aaron Chircop, 18th Tim King. DNF: Dayne Kingshott, Taylor Milling, Justin Whittall, Luke Oldfield, Jason Kendrick and Andrew Priolo. 

Upcoming Maddington Toyota Sprintcar Series rounds

Rd9 - High Limit International Rd3 - Perth Motorplex - December 30

Rd10 - Brooks Hire New Year’s Day Sprintcars - Bunbury Speedway - January 1

Rd 11 - Merger Contracting Sprintcar Muster - Perth Motorplex - January 2.

 Photos by Bailey O'Dea Photography.