HARDING TAKES MADDINGTON TOYOTA ROUND AT GERALDTON
MADDINGTON TOYOTA SPRINTCAR SERIES
SUNDAY, MARCH 1 2026
Daniel Harding claimed round 18 of the Maddington Toyota Sprintcar Series at Geraldton City Speedway on Saturday night, Fabruary 28.
In front of a great crowd at the mid west track, the driver of the Trevor Jolly Racing W18 crossed the line ahead of South Australian Luke Dillon, driving the Diamond Bay Motorsport W26 and Jason Kendrick in the Triple M Kendrick Racing W11.
The first night of the double-header at the Geraldton track was challenging, with a few major incidents involving a high number of cars.
Harding started the feature race from p2 and led for much of the contest, with the only challenge coming from Dillon who started from p4.
He started the night by being third quickest in his qualifying group and then took wins in both his heat race and the Revolution Racegear B Dash, setting up the front-row start.
Joining Harding on the front row was Jason Pryde, in the JPM 14, after he won the Revolution Racegear A Dash, on the back of a second in his heat race and setting the overall Victory 1 Performance Quick Time award.
It has been quite some time since Dillon has teamed up with the Diamond Bay team and he settled in well, being second quickest in his qualifying session, then taking third in his heat race and second in his dash.
Kendrick had a tough start to the night, opting to run an older black car, after the white one the team has been campaigning this summer was damaged at the last show.
He struggled for the best part of the night and started 16th in the final.
Kendrick managed to avoid the carnage unfolding in front of him early on in the final and moved forward, closing in on Dillon at the checkers.
Ryan Farrell, who made another welcome return to the series, finished fourth after starting from p6, while Dayne Kingshott had a top five finish after being caught up in the first major crash of the feature race.
The Krikke Motorsport crew made the hasty repairs and he resumed from the rear of the field, after originally starting from p5.
Myles Bolger had his best result of the season, taking sixth after starting from p11.
Kaiden Manders was seventh after originally starting from p9, while Kris Coyle was eighth, Michael Keen ninth, home-town driver Callum Williamson 10th, Kodi Clayden 11th, Jaydee Dack 12th, Pryde 13th, Taylor Milling 14th and Harrison Peet 15th, while Chad Pittard was a DNF.
Rd19 of the series will be back at Geraldton tonight.
Results:
Qualifying 1
Dayne Kingshott 12.926, Luke Dillon 12.984, Daniel Harding 13.043, Kris Coyle 13.137, Taylor Milling 13.194, Chad Pittard 13.230, Callum Williamson 13.309, Jaydee Dack 13.861.
Qualifying 2
Jason Pryde 12.869, Ryan Farrell 12.899, Kaiden Manders 12.939, Michael Keen 13.156, Harrison Peet 13.482, Myles Bolger 13.499, Jason Kendrick 13.553, Kodi Clayden 13.624.
Heat 1: 1st Daniel Harding, 2nd Kris Coyle, 3rd Luke Dillon, 4th Taylor Milling, 5th Dayne Kingshott, 6th Callum Williamson, 7th Chad Pittard, 8th Jaydee Dack.
Heat 2: 1st Michael Keen, 2nd Jason Pryde, 3rd Kaiden Manders, 4th Ryan Farrell, 5th Myles Bolger, 6th Harrison Peet, 7th Jason Kendrick, 8th Kodi Clayden.
Revolution Racegear A Dash: 1st Jason Pryde, 2nd Michael Keen, 3rd Dayne Kingshott, 4th Taylor Milling, 5th Kaiden Manders, 6th Myles Bolger.
Revolution Racegear B Dash: 1st Daniel Harding, 2nd Luke Dillon, 3rd Ryan Farrell, 4th Kris Coyle, 5th Chad Pittard, 6th Harrison Peet.
BR Motorsports / King Racing Products Midpack: 1st Callum Williamson, 2nd Kodi Clayden, 3rd Jaydee Dack, 4th Jason Kendrick.
Final: 1st Daniel Harding, 2nd Luke Dillon, 3rd Jason Kendrick, 4th Ryan Farrell, 5th Dayne Kingshott 6th Myles Bolger, 7th Kaiden Manders, 8th Kris Coyle, 9th Michael Keen, 10th Callum Williamson, 11th Kodi Clayden, 12th Jaydee Dack, 13th Jason Pryde, 14th Taylor Milling, 15th Harrison Peet, DNF: Chad Pittard.Victory 1 Performance Quick Time: Jason Pryde.
Hoosier Tyre Draw: Kodi Clayden.
