14/03/2026
Maddington Toyota Sprintcar Series
Manders wins Asphalt Recyclers Australia Gold Cup
Kaiden Manders claimed the Asphalt Recyclers Australia Gold Cup at the Perth Motorplex on Saturday night.
He won the 30-lap feature race, which was round 21 of the Maddington Toyota Sprintcar Series, from Callum Williamson and Dayne Kingshott.
Manders started from p1 for the final after earlier in the show being the quickest in his qualifying group, taking a second in his heat race and winning the Revolution Racegear A Dash.
Sitting behind Williamson for the first 15 laps, he showed his hand when running a lower line but was unable to make the first move stick.
Not long afterwards, as the leaders came up to lap a car, Manders was able to handle traffic better and took the lead and then set the pace on the run to the checkers in the Dan Golding Racing W71.
Williamson started the show by being quickest in the third qualifying session, when racing to a win from p4 in his heat race and winning the Revolution Racegear B Dash.
This was his second outing in the Diamond Bay Motorsport W26, backing up the second he also claimed at the Motorplex a week earlier.
Kingshott started from p3 after being second quickest in his qualifying group, then finishing third in his heat race and second in the A Dash.
He dropped back a couple of spots at one point before winning a great battle with Daniel Harding and taking third in the latter stages, banking more points in his series championship defence.
It took some time to get some momentum in the final, with Brooke Newson spinning first and then a caution as Brad Maiolo stopped with no rear push bar on the W77.
This was followed by a couple of other minor incidents before a red light stop with seven laps in the books after contact between Newson and Declan Minchin, with Newson enduring a bone-jarring crash.
Another incident took out Mikey Green and Jack Williamson before the race settled into a groove and Manders set sail for victory.
Harding, who started seventh, was fourth, ahead of Kris Coyle (who started from p4 and only lost ground in the latter stages to take fifth), James Inglis in sixth (after winning the BR Motorsports / King Racing Products Midpack and starting 13th in the final), Jye McKenzie in seventh (from p9), Jason Pryde in eighth (from p8), Cameron McKenzie in ninth (from p22) and Chad Pittard in 10th (from p21).
It was a great recovery for Cameron McKenzie who didn’t get a qualifying time in the W4, crashing into the fence in pits bend.
He then missed his heat race and raced through the midpack race to finish seventh.
After making up 13 spots, he was this round’s Kincrome Hard Charger, going with his Hoosier tyre win at the start of the night.
Last round winner AJ Nash was 11th.
Jack Williamson set the pace at the start of the show with his 13.380-second lap being enough to set the Victory 1 Performance Quick Time.
Saturday night’s show was the first of the Maddington Toyota Triple Crown to round out the season.
The highest driver in points from the three final shows will receive a $5000 bonus, with second overall receiving $3000 and third overall $2000.
The penultimate round of the series will be held at Kalgoorlie Speedway next Saturday night, before the series Grand Final, back at the Perth Motorplex on Saturday, March 28.
Results:
Qualifying 1
Jack Williamson 13.380, Jye McKenzie 13.603, AJ Nash 13.667, Harrison Peet 13.675, Jason Kendrick 13.844, Myles Bolger 14.015, Kodi Clayden 14.085, Chad Pittard and Declan Minchin NTT.
Qualifying 2
Kaiden Manders 13.614, Dayne Kingshott 13.800, Kris Coyle 13.820, Jason Pryde 13.928, Michael Keen 13.940, Brad Maiolo 14.059, Craig Bottrell 14.060, Cody Nash 14.092, Brodie Kostecki 14.289.
Qualifying 3
Callum Williamson 13.880, Daniel Harding 13.944, Taylor Milling 14.127, Mikey Green 14.283, Jaydee Dack 14.395, James Inglis 14.471, Tom Hooper 15.030, Cameron McKenzie, Brooke Newson NTT.
Heat 1: 1st Jack Williamson, 2nd AJ Nash, 3rd Jye McKenzie, 4th Jason Kendrick, 5th Harrison Peet, 6th Chad Pittard, 7th Myles Bolger, 8th Kodi Clayden. DNS: Declan Minchin.
Heat 2: 1st Kris Coyle, 2nd Kaiden Manders, 3rd Dayne Kingshott, 4th Michael Keen, 5th Jason Pryde, 6th Cody Nash, 7th Brad Maiolo, 8th Craig Bottrell, 9th Brodie Kostecki.
Heat 3: 1st Callum Williamson, 2nd Mikey Green, 3rd James Inglis, 4th Jaydee Dack, 5th Daniel Harding, 6th Tom Hooper, 7th Brooke Newson. DNF: Taylor Milling. DNS: Cameron McKenzie.
Revolution Racegear A Dash: 1st Kaiden Manders, 2nd Dayne Kingshott, 3rd Jack Williamson, 4th Daniel Harding, 5th Jye McKenzie, 6th Jason Kendrick.
Revolution Racegear B Dash: 1st Callum Williamson, 2nd Kris Coyle, 3rd Mikey Green, 4th Jason Pryde, 5th AJ Nash, 6th Harrison Peet.
BR Motorsports / King Racing Products Midpack: 1st James Inglis, 2nd Jaydee Dack, 3rd Cody Nash, 4th Brad Maiolo, 5th Myles Bolger, 6th Craig Bottrell, 7th Taylor Milling, 8th Kodi Clayden, 9th Chad Pittard, 10th Cameron McKenzie, 11th Tom Hooper, 12th Brodie Kostecki, 13th Brooke Newson, 14th Declan Minchin. DNS: Michael Keen.
Final: 1st Kaiden Manders, 2nd Callum Williamson, 3rd Dayne Kingshott, 4th Daniel Harding, 5th Kris Coyle, 6th James Inglis, 7th Jye McKenzie, 8th Jason Pryde, 9th Cameron McKenzie, 10th Chad Pittard, 11th AJ Nash, 12th Taylor Milling, 13th Cody Nash, 14th Jaydee Dack, 15th Kodi Clayden, 16th Brad Maiolo, 17th Craig Bottrell, 18th Tom Hooper. DNF: Myles Bolger, Brodie Kostecki, Jason Kendrick, Jack Williamson, Mikey Green, Brooke Newson, Declan Minchin and Harrison Peet. DNS: Michael Keen.
Victory 1 Performance Quick Time: Jack Williamson.
Hoosier Tyre Draw: Cameron McKenzie.
Kincrome Hard Charger: Cameron McKenzie.
Submitted By: Darren O'Dea