By Darren O’Dea
PERTH, Australia — It was an all-American trifecta within the Burson Auto Components Boxing Day Bonanza on the Perth Motorplex on Friday evening.
Buddy Kofoid received the 30-lap continuous characteristic race from Corey Day and Cole Macedo in an epic occasion that celebrated spherical 6 of the 2025-26 Maddington Toyota Sprintcar Sequence.
Driving the Toyota-powered machine, Kofoid began from pole and held the lead for the total period.
He began the present in the absolute best trend, powering the Pigdon Racing Staff U7 to set the Victory 1 Efficiency Fast Time, with a finest lap of 13.409 seconds in qualifying session 4.
Kofoid then took a 3rd in his warmth race earlier than claiming the Revolution Racegear A Sprint, organising the front-row begin with Kerry Madsen within the Diamond Bay Motorsport W26.
Day was the most important charger within the finale, ranging from p28 and shutting the hole within the latter levels.
Driving the Williamson Motorsport U3, Day was second to Kofoid in that very same qualifying session earlier than taking a warmth race win.
Because of altering prime wings and never operating the required sequence sponsor decals, Day was stripped of his factors and needed to begin from P12 within the B Essential the place he languished and didn’t robotically qualify.
He was given a lifeline because the promoters’ alternative, ranging from final in the principle occasion.
Macedo, driving the HighLine Motorsport U40, owned by Daryl Clayden, was fourth quickest in his qualifying group, then took second in his warmth race, in addition to second within the Revolution Racegear B Sprint, gaining a p4 begin for the 30-laps.
Kofoid set a frantic tempo on the entrance of the pack and with a handful of laps within the books, he had put a sizeable hole on Madsen as he caught the tail of the sphere.
Madsen held second till about lap 12, then he dropped again to in the end end ninth.
Sequence factors chief Dayne Kingshott, who began from p6, acquired as excessive as third earlier than shedding that spot late, settling for fourth.
Tasmanian Jock Goodyer began third and completed fifth, whereas nationwide champion James McFadden was sixth after ranging from p13 – a strong haul given how heavy the lapped visitors was.
Andrew Priolo was the second finest positioned native driver within the closing, ranging from p16 and transferring up 9 spots to take seventh.
American Carson Macedo, within the J&S Drilling U60, began fifth and completed eighth, forward of Madsen and one other American, Brock Zearfoss, who began eighth and rounded out the highest 10.
Kaiden Manders, who received the 2 earlier rounds of the sequence, was eleventh (from p7), from Daniel Harding twelfth (from p9), American Aaron Reutzel in thirteenth (from p21), Taylor Milling 14th (from p12) and Callum Williamson fifteenth (from p24).
Warmth winners had been Queenslander Luke Oldfield, Carson Macedo, Harding and Day.
McFadden received the BR Motorsports/King Racing Merchandise Midpack Insanity from Cameron McKenzie and Brad Maiolo.
A large 43-car area can be a part of the three nights that can culminate with the winner of the Tuesday evening characteristic race profitable $110,000.
Present NASCAR champion Kyle Larson and former World of Outlaws/Excessive Restrict sequence champion Brad Candy will each arrive in Western Australia in time to contest these nights.
Last: 1st Buddy Kofoid, 2nd Corey Day, third Cole Macedo, 4th Dayne Kingshott, fifth Jock Goodyer, sixth James McFadden, seventh Andrew Priolo, eighth Carson Macedo, ninth Kerry Madsen, tenth Brock Zearfoss, eleventh Kaiden Manders, twelfth Daniel Harding, thirteenth Aaron Reutzel, 14th Taylor Milling, fifteenth Callum Williamson, sixteenth Ryan Lancaster, seventeenth Kris Coyle, 18th Brad Maiolo, nineteenth AJ Nash, twentieth James Inglis, twenty first Justin Whittall, twenty second Mikey Gre
