PERTH MOTORPLEX: CHAMPION’S REFLECTION ON A THREE_PEAT
All photography by veteran speedway photographer Peter Roebuck
Maddington Toyota Sprintcar Series Media
“Six years ago I was sitting on the couch at home drinking beer and watching footy,” said Dayne Kingshott when talking about a time when he stopped racing his Speedcar, which he drove to national championship glory.
At that point he had dreamt of racing a Sprintcar again, but thought that opportunity had passed him by.
Fast forward to today and Kingshott is still on a high after officially wrapping up his third successive Maddington Toyota Sprintcar Series Championship.
Heading into the 2025-26 series final at the Perth Motorplex last Saturday night (April 11), Kingshott only needed to take the green in the final feature race of the season to claim the series three-peat.
Not content to just take it easy, he pushed the Krikke Motorsport W2 hard, finishing second to race winner Kaiden Manders and stamping his authority on another big season and championship.
“We knew the deal was done if we just turned up,” Kingshott said.
But being a true racer, he wanted to win and he also wanted to see if he could add another accolade, a Maddington Toyota Triple Crown mini-series win to the long list of achievements.
Unfortunately, a second meant Manders was able to take the three-round series win, seeing Kingshott settling for second overall, but there was still plenty to be proud of.
“It’s super cool….a massive effort from my guys to turn up for the 40 nights I think we did this year and have a good racecar for nearly every single night,” Kingshott said.
“It is probably the most consistent season we have had and we picked off some wins as well.
“To be sitting here as a three time champion….I still pinch myself to roll up and see my name on the Krikke Motorsport hotrod.”
Kingshott said winning another championship meant he was able to repay the faith to the Krikke family and the entire team for the efforts they put in to consistently present one of the best cars on the track, no matter the location around Australia.
“I am stoked to be able to do that for them and have my name etched in this series with this team behind me.”
Kingshott claimed the series with 3286 points, 122 clear of two-time series champion Callum Williamson on 3164 and Manders on 3146.
On his way to championship glory, Kingshott had six feature race wins in the series and of the 23 rounds contested, he was in the top 10 on all but one of those races.
The KMS pilot claimed an impressive 16 top fives.
He will be officially presented with his series trophy at the series awards night, at Frasers, Perth, on Saturday, May 23.
Maddington Toyota Sprintcar Series points: Dayne Kingshott 3286, Callum Williamson 3164, Kaiden Manders 3146, Daniel Harding 3064, Jason Kendrick 2938, Taylor Milling 2930, Kris Coyle 2924, Jason Pryde 2558, Jaydee Dack 2542, Brad Maiolo 2512, Jack Williamson 2496, Kodi Clayden 2452, Mikey Green 2240, Chad Pittard 2190, Harrison Peet 2134, Ryan Lancaster 1888, Aaron Chircop 1808, Myles Bolger 1786, Cameron McKenzie 1728, James McFadden 1612, Justin Whittall 1572, AJ Nash 1536, Aaron Reutzel 1532, Michael Keen 1480, Kerry Madsen 1478, Jye McKenzie 1442, Andrew Priolo 1438, James Inglis 1396, Luke Oldfield 1276, Craig Bottrell 1162, Brooke Newson 1114, Cole Macedo 1020, Brock Zearfoss 1014, Jock Goodyer 984, Carson Macedo 938, Matthew Cross 848, Tim King 774, Chris Harrison 758, Jake Robinson 630, Daniel Keen 622, Declan Minchin 616, Corey Day 596, Ryan Newton 566, Ryan Farrell 562, Lachlan McHugh 510, Jy Corbet 498, Randy Morgan 460, Matt Egel 456, Michael Kofoid 450, Brad Sweet 440, Brodie Davis 404, Rico Abreu 402, Marcus Dumesny 402, Cody Nash 364, Tom Callaghan 358, Brodie Kostecki 358, Xavier Doney 350, Mick Saller 346, Kyle Larson 300, Luke Dillon 292, Joe Latham 276, Glen Sutherland 254, Tom Hooper 254, Trent Pigdon 152.
