WILLIAMSON TAKES OPENING ROUND OF MADDINGTON TOYOTA SPRINTCAR SERIES

Feature photo by: Richard Hathaway Photography

Callum Williamson struck the first blow in the 2025-26 Maddington Toyota Sprintcar Series championship, winning the City of Kwinana Powerpalooza at the Perth Motorplex on Saturday night, October 18.

The former two-time series champion won the drama-filled and drawn-out 30-lap feature race after starting from position seven.

Second place went to Taylor Milling, who started from 10, while third went to Daniel Harding, who started from p9.

Williamson started the night by being third quickest in his qualifying group, and he then took a second in his heat race and raced up from sixth to fourth in the A Dash.

Before the race started, polesitter Kaiden Manders, who earlier in the night set the Victory 1 Performance Quickest Time with a 12.856 second lap, the only driver to dip into the 12s, had mechanical issues.

Crews were able to get the car going and he started from the rear, elevating Kris Coyle, who was out of p3, into the front spot, alongside Dayne Kingshott from p2.

After a few incidents, and restarts, and with only two laps in the books, there was contact between the two front runners which saw Coyle spin around and Kingshott deemed the cause and sent ROF, seeing Williamson, Milling and Jaydee Dack being the top three to that point.

One of the big movers was Jy Corbett who started from p14 and had moved up to third after swapping out spots with Jason Kendrick, and then made contact with second-placed Milling and was out of the show.

With 16 of 30 laps complete, stewards made the decision for all cars to pull up for a fuel stop.

The final restart occurred with three laps to go and while Williamson and Milling were unchallenged in their spots, Brad Maiolo, who had run up to third, lost ground to Harding to made a late move to take the final podium placing.

Maiolo, who started from p11, held down fourth from Kingshott, who raced back through the field, to be fifth, Kendrick (from p5) was sixth, James Inglis (from p16) was seventh, Michael Keen (from p19) was eighth, Dack (from p6) was ninth and Chad Pittard (from p18) rounded out the top 10.

Round two of the series will be back at the Perth Motorplex on Saturday, November 1, for the Electrical Group Training Westernapolis.

RESULTS

Qualifying group 1: Kaiden Manders 12.856, Aaron Chircop 13.079, Jason Kendrick 13.146, Ryan Lancaster 13.146, Trent Pigdon 13.271, Michael Keen 13.381, James Inglis 13.415, Jack Williamson 13.600, Brooke Newson 14.134.

Qualifying group 2: Dayne Kingshott 13.106, Taylor Milling 13.267, Callum Williamson 13.337, Brad Maiolo 13.349, Mikey Green 13.382, Jason Pryde 13.711 and Joe Latham 14.226.

Qualifying group 3: Kris Coyle 13.356, Daniel Harding 13.415, Jaydee Dack 13.564, Craig Bottrell 13.658, Kodi Clayden 13.697, Chad Pittard 13.725, Harrison Peet 14.262, Tom Callaghan 14.557.

Heat 1: 1st Aaron Chircop, 2nd Kaiden Manders, 3rd Ryan Lancaster, 4th Jason Kendrick, 5th Trent Pigdon, 6th Jack Williamson, 7th James Inglis, 8th Michael Keen, 9th Brooke Newson.

Heat 2: 1st Brad Maiolo, 2nd Callum Williamson, 3rd Taylor Milling, 4th Dayne Kingshott, 5th Jy Corbett, 6th Jason Pryde, 7th Mikey Green, 8th Joe Latham, 9th Harrison Peet.

Heat 3: 1st Jaydee Dack, 2nd Daniel Harding, 3rd Kris Coyle, 4th Craig Bottrell, 5th Chad Pittard, 6th Tom Callaghan, 7th Kodi Clayden, 8th Harrison Peet.

Revolution Racegear A Dash: 1st Kaiden Manders, 2nd Kris Coyle, 3rd Jason Kendrick, 4th Callum Williamson, 5th Daniel Harding, 6th Brad Maiolo.

Revolution Racegear B Dash: 1st Dayne Kingshott, 2nd Aaron Chircop, 3rd Jaydee Dack, 4th Ryan Lancaster, 5th Taylor Milling, 6th Craig Bottrell.

BR Motorsports/King Racing Products Midpack: 1st Trent Pigdon, 2nd Jy Corbett, 3rd Jason Pryde, 4th James Inglis, 5th Mikey Green, 6th Chad Pittard, 7th Michael Keen, 8th Tom Callaghan, 9th Kodi Clayden, 10th Harrison Peet, 11th Brooke Newson, 12th Joe Latham. DNF: Jack Williamson.

Feature: 1st Callum Williamson, 2nd Taylor Milling, 3rd Daniel Harding, 4th Brad Maiolo, 5th Dayne Kingshott, 6th Jason Kendrick, 7th James Inglis, 8th Michael Keen, 9th Jaydee Dack, 10th Chad Pittard, 11th Craig Bottrell, 12th Tom Callaghan, 13th Kodi Clayden, 14th Brooke Newson, 15th Joe Latham, 16th Ryan Lancaster.