McFADDEN WINS KRIKKE BOYS SHOOTOUT AT PERTH MOTORPLEX
The feature race at the Perth Motorplex on Saturday night, February 14, started at 9.23pm and finished at 10.17pm.
A lot unfolded in that time, with bone-jarring crashes, a couple of major fence repairs and track conditions that tested the best of the best.
Ultimately victory went to James McFadden ahead of Aaron Reutzel and Lachlan McHugh in the Total Tools Rockingham Krikke Boys Shootout.
The win capped off a big Australian campaign for McFadden in the Team Brady W23, following on from his wins in the Barbagallo Australian Mr Sprintcar Nationals at the same venue a week earlier.
He had a lot of work to do in the 35-lap final, starting from p13 – after earlier on being fifth quickest in his qualifying group, moving up a spot to take fourth in his heat race and winning the BR Motorsports / King Racing Products Midpack Madness.
Reutzel ended his summer in Australia for Monte Motorsports with another podium.
His season was highlighted by a win at the Classic in Warrnambool and he also took a series victory in Bunbury in January, as well as the Performance Racegear Midweek Mayhem on Wednesday night.
Reutzel started the show by setting the Victory 1 Performance Quick Time and moving from p4 to second in his heat race.
He was second to Jock Goodyer in the Revolution Racegear A Dash, setting him up for a p3 start in the feature race.
McHugh rounded out his five-night stint in the Diamond Bay Motorsport W26 with third, after starting seventh, his best result since stepping into the seat previously occupied by Kerry Madsen who moved to S&D Motorsport.
He was third in his qualifying group and took the win from a front-row start in his heat race before being fourth in the A Dash.
Goodyer and Brodie Davis started on the front row after winning their respective Dashes.
Momentum was hard to find in the feature race that saw Brad Maiolo, Brodie Kostecki, Callum Williamson, Jason Kendrick and Taylor Milling out before a lap was even in the books.
After nine laps they were joined by Michael Keen, Mick Saller, Randy Morgan and Ryan Lancaster which saw track officials swing into action to repair a section of fence on a night that kept them busy.
Add in more spins, more red lights, more cautions, a fuel stop, and even a tense moment for ‘Coney’ after being run over by Jack Williamson on one of the restarts and it was a high night of drama.
Even Reutzel came unstuck in turns 1-2, hitting the fence and completely spinning around, activating the cautions, before he recovered and rolled back into his track position.
At the start of show, heat two was marred by contact between Kendrick and Marcus Dumesny, with Dumesny out for the rest of the show and Kendrick on the infield with a flat right rear tyre.
Tim King had a big roll in the fourth heat when coming out of turn 2, also putting him out for the night.
The series now takes a two-week break before rounds 18-19 are held at Geraldton City Speedway on Saturday, February 28 and Sunday, March 1 (the March long weekend).
Results:
Qualifying 1
Aaron Reutzel 12.862, Ryan Newton 13.094, Brad Maiolo 13.102, Ryan Lancaster 13.175, James McFadden 13.203, Mick Saller 13.268, Andrew Priolo 13.455, Brooke Newson 13.718, Declan Minchin 14.194, Kerry Madsen NTT.
Qualifying 2
Jason Pryde 13.146, Kaiden Manders 13.215, Lachlan McHugh 13.295, Jye McKenzie 13.296, Jason Kendrick 13.341, Marcus Dumesny 13.448, Myles Bolger 13.480, Matt Egel 13.495, Jack Williamson 13.640, Callum Williamson 13.765.
Qualifying 3
Taylor Milling 13.523, Brodie Davis 13.564, Daniel Harding 13.587, Randy Morgan 13.609, Jaydee Dack 13.611, Luke Oldfield 13.629, Glen Sutherland 13.793, Dayne Kingshott 13.793, Kris Coyle 13.860, Chad Pittard 14.116.
Qualifying 4
Mikey Green 13.485, Jock Goodyer 13.530, Justin Whittall 13.592, Tim King 13.660, Brodie Kostecki 13.753, Michael Keen 13.767, Jake Robinson 13.772, Kodi Clayden 13.805, Cameron McKenzie 14.217, Harrison Peet 14.422.
Heat 1: 1st Brad Maiolo, 2nd Aaron Reutzel, 3rd Ryan Lancaster, 4th James McFadden, 5th Mick Saller, 6th Ryan Newton, 7th Andrew Priolo, 8th Brooke Newson. DNS: Kerry Madsen and Declan Minchin
Heat 2: 1st Lachlan McHugh, 2nd Callum Williamson, 3rd Matt Egel, 4th Jason Pryde, 5th Jye McKenzie, 6th Kaiden Manders, 7th Myles Bolger, 8th Jack Williamson. DNF: Jason Kendrick and Marcus Dumesny
Heat 3: 1st Daniel Harding, 2nd Brodie Davis, 3rd Dayne Kingshott, 4th Taylor Milling, 5th Randy Morgan, 6th Luke Oldfield, 7th Kris Coyle, 8th Chad Pittard, 9th Jaydee Dack, 10th Glen Sutherland.
Heat 4: 1st Justin Whittall, 2nd Jock Goodyer, 3rd Mikey Green, 4th Michael Keen, 5th Cameron McKenzie, 6th Brodie Kostecki, 7th Kodi Clayde, 8th Jake Robinson, 9th Harrison Peet. DNF: Tim King.
Revolution Racegear A Dash: 1st Jock Goodyer, 2nd Aaron Reutzel, 3rd Jason Pryde, 4th Lachlan McHugh, 5th Daniel Harding, 6th Ryan Lancaster.
Revolution Racegear B Dash: 1st Brodie Davis, 2nd Brad Maiolo, 3rd Ryan Newton, 4th Justin Whittall, 5th Taylor Milling, 6th Mikey Green.
BR Motorsports / King Racing Products Midpack: 1st James McFadden, 2nd Kaiden Manders, 3rd Mick Saller, 4th Michael Keen, 5th Dayne Kingshott, 6th Randy Morgan, 7th Matt Egel, 8th Brodie Kostecki, 9th Jye McKenzie, 10th Luke Oldfield.
Last Chance Qualifier: 1st Callum Williamson, 2nd Andrew Priolo, 3rd Jaydee Dack, 4th Chad Pittard, 5th Kris Coyle, 6th Jack Williamson, 7th Myles Bolger, 8th Cameron McKenzie, 9th Jason Kendrick, 10th Brooke Newson, 11th Glen Sutherland, 12th Harrison Peet, 13th Kodi Clayden.
Final: 1st James McFadden, 2nd Aaron Reutzel, 3rd Lachlan McHugh, 4th Ryan Newton, 5th Jock Goodyer, 6th Dayne Kingshott, 7th Aaron Reutzel, 8th Luke Oldfield, 9th Mikey Green, 10th Andrew Priolo, 11th Jye McKenzie, 12th Jason Pryde, 13th Jaydee Dack, 14th Brodie Davis, 15th Jack Williamson. DNF Matt Egel, Kris Coyle, Kaiden Manders, Daniel Harding, Michael Keen, Mick Saller, Randy Morgan, Ryan Lancaster, Taylor Milling, Jason Kendrick, Callum Williamson, Brodie Kostecki and Brad Maiolo.
