Kyle Larson’s Loss Is James McFadden’s Gain In Second High Limit International Prelim At Perth

Story By: BRIAN WALKER / HIGH LIMIT INTERNATIONAL – KWINANA BEACH, WESTERN AUSTRALIA – The second verse was the same as the first in High Limit International action at Perth Motorplex.

Sunday’s second preliminary program ended just the way Saturday’s opener did with James McFadden taking his Team Brady Racing team to victory lane at the Kwinana Beach, Western Australia oval.

This time, the Alice Springs, Northern Territory native capitalized on the misfortune of NASCAR Champion Kyle Larson to as
sume the lead and never look back. With a sweep of the prelims in his pocket, J-Mac and his Brady boys have established themselves as the clear favorite ahead of Monday’s $100,000-to-win finale – the richest payday in Australian Sprint Car history.

Acquiring the lead on Lap 9 of 30, McFadden was given command of the field when early leader Larson hit the wall and required a trip to the work area with significant rear end damage. The Elk Grove, California native saw his chances at his first-career Australian win slip away as he was forced to the tail in his Jason Pryde Motorsports #1K.

From there, McFadden survived a multitude of cautions to nab his second-straight victory and officially secure high point man honors in the High Limit International event. He’s locked-in to the Dash of Monday’s finale along with Brad Sweet, Cole Macedo, and Callum Williamson, making it two Americans and two Australians.

Macedo added another notch to his impressive debut weekend at Perth, taking Trent Pigdon’s #7 to a runner-up result in Saturday’s show. Closing out the podium was another out-of-stater with South Australia’s Matt Egel earning a third-place effort in his #S52 ride.

Rounding out the top-10 was Brad Sweet, Jock Goodyer, Brock Zearfoss, Kaiden Manders, Cory Eliason, Kyle Larson, and Giovanni Scelzi.

THE ALL-IN NOTEBOOK (12/29/24)
Perth Motorplex (Kwinana Beach, WAU)

High Limit International A Feature 1 (30 Laps): 1. 23-James McFadden[2]; 2. U7-Cole Macedo[6]; 3. S52-Matt Egel[4]; 4. U49-Brad Sweet[5]; 5. T22-Jock Goodyer[11]; 6. 95-Brock Zearfoss[19]; 7. 60-Kaiden Manders[10]; 8. U17-Cory Eliason[23]; 9. 1K-Kyle Larson[1]; 10. U71-Giovanni Scelzi[12]; 11. Q66-Ryan Newton[16]; 12. 3-Callum Williamson[8]; 13. 26-Kerry Madsen[20]; 14. 24-Jack Williamson[17]; 15. 77-Brad Maiolo[15]; 16. 9-AJ Nash[21]; 17. 45-Aaron Chircop[9]; 18. 51-Tim King[7]; 19. U21-Justin Whittall[3]; 20. 2-Dayne Kingshott[13]; 21. 25-Taylor Milling[14]; 22. Q65-Luke Oldfield[18]; 23. 11-Jason Kendrick[24]; 24. (DNS) 8-Andrew Priolo

• QuickTime Award – Brad Sweet
• Heat One Winner – Tim King
• Heat Two Winner – Callum Williamson
• Heat Three Winner – Matt Egel
• Heat Four Winner – Cole Macedo
• Dash Winner – Kyle Larson
• B-Main Winner – AJ Nash
• Hard Charger – Cory Eliason +15, 23rd-to-8th
• Lap Leaders – Larson 1-8; McFadden 9-30.

Rise Electrics B Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 9-AJ Nash[5]; 2. 8-Andrew Priolo[2]; 3. U17-Cory Eliason[4]; 4. 11-Jason Kendrick[1]; 5. 99-Jamie Maiolo[3]; 6. 41-Michael Keen[9]; 7. 18-Daniel Harding[6]; 8. 79-Kris Coyle[14]; 9. U09-Matt Juhl[11]; 10. 80-James Inglis[8]; 11. 44-Ryan Lancaster[7]; 12. 13-Myles Bolger[15]; 13. 94-Matthew Cross[13]; 14. 67-Jay Dee Dack[12]; 15. 76-Joel Ettridge[10]; 16. 17WX-George Eaton[17]; 17. 90-Brooke Newson[18]; 18. (DNS) 4-Cameron McKenzie

WA Transmech Dash 1 (7 Laps): 1. 1K-Kyle Larson[4]; 2. 23-James McFadden[2]; 3. U21-Justin Whittall[3]; 4. S52-Matt Egel[6]; 5. U49-Brad Sweet[1]; 6. U7-Cole Macedo[8]; 7. 51-Tim King[5]; 8. 3-Callum Williamson[7]

Rise Specialised Services Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 51-Tim King[1]; 2. 45-Aaron Chircop[2]; 3. U71-Giovanni Scelzi[3]; 4. 25-Taylor Milling[5]; 5. U49-Brad Sweet[4]; 6. 99-Jamie Maiolo[6]; 7. 18-Daniel Harding[7]; 8. 41-Michael Keen[9]; 9. 94-Matthew Cross[8]; 10. 17WX-George Eaton[10]

Electrical Group Training Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 3-Callum Williamson[1]; 2. 1K-Kyle Larson[4]; 3. 2-Dayne Kingshott[2]; 4. 77-Brad Maiolo[6]; 5. Q65-Luke Oldfield[3]; 6. 8-Andrew Priolo[5]; 7. 44-Ryan Lancaster[7]; 8. 76-Joel Ettridge[9]; 9. 79-Kris Coyle[8]; 10. 90-Brooke Newson[10]

Racing Sim Centre Mandurah Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. S52-Matt Egel[1]; 2. 60-Kaiden Manders[2]; 3. 23-James McFadden[4]; 4. Q66-Ryan Newton[6]; 5. 95-Brock Zearfoss[7]; 6. U17-Cory Eliason[8]; 7. 11-Jason Kendrick[3]; 8. U09-Matt Juhl[5]; 9. 13-Myles Bolger[9]

Metro Tanker Maintenance Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. U7-Cole Macedo[1]; 2. T22-Jock Goodyer[2]; 3. U21-Justin Whittall[4]; 4. 24-Jack Williamson[3]; 5. 26-Kerry Madsen[7]; 6. 9-AJ Nash[8]; 7. 80-James Inglis[6]; 8. 67-Jay Dee Dack[9]; 9. 4-Cameron McKenzie[5]

Qualifying 1 (2 Laps): 1. U49-Brad Sweet, 00:12.962[1]; 2. 1K-Kyle Larson, 00:12.997[17]; 3. 23-James McFadden, 00:13.013[35]; 4. U21-Justin Whittall, 00:13.024[29]; 5. 51-Tim King, 00:13.063[16]; 6. 3-Callum Williamson, 00:13.113[26]; 7. S52-Matt Egel, 00:13.119[33]; 8. U7-Cole Macedo, 00:13.159[10]; 9. 45-Aaron Chircop, 00:13.163[2]; 10. 2-Dayne Kingshott, 00:13.166[27]; 11. 60-Kaiden Manders, 00:13.195[28]; 12. T22-Jock Goodyer, 00:13.212[32]; 13. U71-Giovanni Scelzi, 00:13.222[12]; 14. Q65-Luke Oldfield, 00:13.237[23]; 15. 11-Jason Kendrick, 00:13.246[15]; 16. 24-Jack Williamson, 00:13.252[14]; 17. 25-Taylor Milling, 00:13.276[25]; 18. 8-Andrew Priolo, 00:13.307[13]; 19. U09-Matt Juhl, 00:13.328[34]; 20. 4-Cameron McKenzie, 00:13.332[37]; 21. 99-Jamie Maiolo, 00:13.343[8]; 22. 77-Brad Maiolo, 00:13.355[31]; 23. Q66-Ryan Newton, 00:13.363[7]; 24. 80-James Inglis, 00:13.375[6]; 25. 18-Daniel Harding, 00:13.376[22]; 26. 44-Ryan Lancaster, 00:13.396[18]; 27. 95-Brock Zearfoss, 00:13.402[11]; 28. 26-Kerry Madsen, 00:13.426[38]; 29. 94-Matthew Cross, 00:13.440[21]; 30. 79-Kris Coyle, 00:13.494[19]; 31. U17-Cory Eliason, 00:13.507[36]; 32. 9-AJ Nash, 00:13.555[5]; 33. 41-Michael Keen, 00:13.562[9]; 34. 76-Joel Ettridge, 00:13.576[4]; 35. 13-Myles Bolger, 00:13.670[20]; 36. 67-Jay Dee Dack, 00:13.703[24]; 37. 17WX-George Eaton, 00:13.819[3]; 38. (DNS) 90-Brooke Newson

Hot Laps 1 (2 Laps): 1. U49-Brad Sweet, 00:14.769[1]; 2. U7-Cole Macedo, 00:14.841[10]; 3. Q66-Ryan Newton, 00:14.853[7]; 4. 76-Joel Ettridge, 00:14.894[4]; 5. 80-James Inglis, 00:14.895[6]; 6. 45-Aaron Chircop, 00:14.904[2]; 7. 99-Jamie Maiolo, 00:14.945[8]; 8. 9-AJ Nash, 00:15.068[5]; 9. 17WX-George Eaton, 00:15.349[3]; 10. 41-Michael Keen, 00:15.353[9]

Hot Laps 2 (2 Laps): 1. 1K-Kyle Larson, 00:13.740[7]; 2. 11-Jason Kendrick, 00:13.851[5]; 3. 44-Ryan Lancaster, 00:13.989[8]; 4. 95-Brock Zearfoss, 00:14.004[1]; 5. U71-Giovanni Scelzi, 00:14.028[2]; 6. 8-Andrew Priolo, 00:14.086[3]; 7. 24-Jack Williamson, 00:14.095[4]; 8. 79-Kris Coyle, 00:14.110[9]; 9. 51-Tim King, 00:14.200[6]; 10. 13-Myles Bolger, 00:14.440[10]

Hot Laps 3 (2 Laps): 1. 3-Callum Williamson, 00:13.497[6]; 2. U21-Justin Whittall, 00:13.534[9]; 3. 60-Kaiden Manders, 00:13.664[8]; 4. 25-Taylor Milling, 00:13.734[5]; 5. Q65-Luke Oldfield, 00:13.880[3]; 6. 18-Daniel Harding, 00:13.899[2]; 7. 2-Dayne Kingshott, 00:14.007[7]; 8. 94-Matthew Cross, 00:14.247[1]; 9. 67-Jay Dee Dack, 00:14.484[4]

Hot Laps 4 (2 Laps): 1. T22-Jock Goodyer, 00:13.390[3]; 2. S52-Matt Egel, 00:13.490[4]; 3. 23-James McFadden, 00:13.623[6]; 4. 26-Kerry Madsen, 00:13.739[9]; 5. 77-Brad Maiolo, 00:13.749[2]; 6. 4-Cameron McKenzie, 00:13.761[8]; 7. U17-Cory Eliason, 00:13.934[7]; 8. U09-Matt Juhl, 00:14.043[5]; 9. 90-Brooke Newson, 00:15.355[1]

UP NEXT: The inaugural High Limit International event concludes tomorrow, Monday, December 30 with a $100,000-to-win finale set to become the highest-payday in Australian Sprint Car history. For fans worldwide, you can watch every lap live on FloRacing.