SPRINTCARS AT SHANNONS POWERPALOOZA

AFTER a long, cold and wet winter sprintcar racing will return to Perth on Saturday October 27 for the first round of the season – that is part of the Shannons Insurance Powerpalooza.
It will be a night that includes super speedway action, along with drag racing and burnouts.

Defending sprintcar series champion Jason Kendrick, along with former series champions Jamie and Brad Maiolo will be included the favourites.

All three were testing their machines in the first practice meeting of the season at the Motorplex on Wednesday night.

A second practice round will be held next Wednesday night with a few other drivers likely to shake down their machinery for the big season ahead.

Shaun Bradford, who was in sensational form last season, despite a limited campaign, is also shaping up to be one to follow again.

Northern Territory Champion throttle stomper Chase Karpenko, who has enjoyed a strong showing at the Perth Motorplex in previous occasions, is also expected to be very competitive – he has teamed up with the Steve Duggan-owned Cowara Motorsport – a team that knows what is required to be successful.

Kaiden Manders had a busy season behind the wheel of the J&S Drilling cars last year, culminating in victory in the Australian 360 Sprintcar Championship.
He didn’t enjoy the same success in the 410 car and the team is leaving no stone unturned to overcome that this time around.

Mitchell Wormall, is another strong performer who raced in America in the off-season and only last week took a 360 sprintcar round win at Ellenbrook.

He is expected to be highly competitive in his campaign this summer that will take him right around the country.

James Inglis is a driver tipped by many to be the big improver this year and there will be no surprises if this young gun visits the podium this season.

AJ Nash is also looking to use solid outings last year as a springboard to bigger and better things.

He will get a lot more laps under this belt as this season he is also piloting a two-seater around the Motorplex on practice nights.

A car that is expected to turn heads is the #89 to be driven again by Kye Scroop.

The effort Kye Scroop Motorsport has put into the presentation in the off-season will pay off in bucket loads – the car looks fast even when it is parked.

Add in Daniel Harding, Jason Pryde, Bullsbrook’s Ryan Lancaster, Kalgoorlie’s Taylor Millling, Port Hedland’s Jamie Landrigan, Ben Van Ryt and Tom Payet and possibly one or two more nominations – yet to be confirmed – and it will be good start to the season.

And as the season gets underway we can expect to see the return of other drivers such as Andrew Priolo, Jamie Oldfield, Corey Hunter, Rob Mould and Ben Dickson and a few others.

More details on these drivers and others as we get into the next couple of rounds.

9 AJ Nash
11 Jason Kendrick
12 Daniel Harding
14 Jason Pryde
20 Ryan Lancaster
25 Taylor Milling
30 Jamie Landrigan
41 Chace Karpenko
57 Shaun Bradford
60 Kaiden Manders
75 Ben Van Ryt
77 Brad Maiolo
79 Tom Payet
80 James Inglis
89 Kye Scroop
97 Mitchell Wormall
99 Jamie Maiolo

We look forward to seeing you this Saturday at Shannons Powerpalooza gates open 4:30pm grab your tickets today.

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