Kyle Larson wins High Limit big money finale 'Down Under'
PERTH, WA, Aust. — The inaugural High Limit International event lived up to all the hype, and it came to a head with a scentilating battle for $100,000 between American Kyle Larson and Australian James McFadden on Monday night.
Kwinana Beach, Western Australia's Perth Motorplex was the perfect venue, and it delivered an epic three-day event that will long be remembered by the passionate fans from "The Land Down Under."
Offering the highest-payday in the long history of Australian Speedway, a $100,000 AUD price tag brought unforgettable action between Larson's Jason Pryde Motorsport #1K and McFadden's Team Brady Racing #23X.
The box score reads that McFadden controlled the opening 26 circuits after surviving an early attack from local stud Callum Williamson before Larson rose to the occasion and chased him into lap traffic.
"Yung Money" patiently stalked McFadden through multiple rounds of traffic before the winning move came on Lap 27 with a move around the outside, to the roar of the crowd.
From there, Larson set sail over the final laps and crossed the checkered flag for his first-career victory on Australian soil. The Elk Grove, California native will go down as the winner of the first-ever six-figure payday in Australian history.
McFadden's heartbreaking $100K curse continued, as he's been so close, so many times to a six-figure score in both America and Australia. His pursuit of a weekend sweep at Perth ends with a P2, still totaling $50,000 on the weekend for his #23X.
Western Australia's own Callum Williamson rounded out the podium with a $12,500 reward for his third-place finish.
Brad Sweet, Dayne Kingshott, Brock Zearfoss, Jock Goodyer, Cole Macedo, Matt Egel, and Ryan Newton rounded out the top-10.
UP NEXT: With a wildly successful High Limit International now complete down under in Australia, the 2025 Kubota High Limit Racing season opener at Las Vegas Motor Speedway Dirt Track on Thursday and Saturday, March 13 & 15 is up next for the series.
In the meantime, your FloRacing subscription will get you all sorts of action between the Tulsa Shootout, Chili Bowl Nationals, Wild West Shootout, Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series, USAC Racing, and more.
Kubota High Limit Racing
Perth Motorplex
Perth, WA, Aust.
Monday, December 30, 2024
410 Sprints - Winged
A Feature 1 (35 Laps): 1. 1K-Kyle Larson[6]; 2. 23-James McFadden[2]; 3. 3-Callum Williamson[1]; 4. U49-Brad Sweet[4]; 5. 2-Dayne Kingshott[3]; 6. U95-Brock Zearfoss[8]; 7. T22-Jock Goodyer[12]; 8. U7-Cole Macedo[5]; 9. S52-Matt Egel[7]; 10. Q66-Ryan Newton[18]; 11. 26-Kerry Madsen[17]; 12. Q65-Luke Oldfield[16]; 13. 8-Andrew Priolo[19]; 14. 79-Kris Coyle[26]; 15. 25-Taylor Milling[21]; 16. U71-Giovanni Scelzi[14]; 17. U09-Matt Juhl[22]; 18. 24-Jack Williamson[13]; 19. U21-Justin Whittall[10]; 20. 11-Jason Kendrick[25]; 21. 45-Aaron Chircop[15]; 22. 80-James Inglis[20]; 23. 60-Kaiden Manders[9]; 24. 44-Ryan Lancaster[24]; 25. 18-Daniel Harding[11]; 26. 77-Brad Maiolo[23]
B Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 25-Taylor Milling[1]; 2. U09-Matt Juhl[4]; 3. 77-Brad Maiolo[7]; 4. 44-Ryan Lancaster[10]; 5. 79-Kris Coyle[15]; 6. 11-Jason Kendrick[16]; 7. 41-Michael Keen[3]; 8. 51-Tim King[5]; 9. 99-Jamie Maiolo[8]; 10. 67-Jay Dee Dack[11]; 11. 9-AJ Nash[6]; 12. 76-Joel Ettridge[12]; 13. 13-Myles Bolger[14]; 14. 17WX-George Eaton[9]; 15. 90-Brooke Newson[17]; 16. 94-Matthew Cross[13]; 17. (DQ) U17-Cory Eliason[2]
Dash 1 (7 Laps): 1. 3-Callum Williamson[1]; 2. 23-James McFadden[3]; 3. 2-Dayne Kingshott[5]; 4. U49-Brad Sweet[2]; 5. U7-Cole Macedo[4]; 6. 1K-Kyle Larson[6]; 7. S52-Matt Egel[7]; 8. U95-Brock Zearfoss[8]
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 1K-Kyle Larson[1]; 2. 60-Kaiden Manders[2]; 3. 24-Jack Williamson[3]; 4. 26-Kerry Madsen[4]; 5. 41-Michael Keen[7]; 6. 51-Tim King[6]; 7. 17WX-George Eaton[9]; 8. 94-Matthew Cross[8]; 9. 11-Jason Kendrick[5]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. S52-Matt Egel[1]; 2. U21-Justin Whittall[4]; 3. U71-Giovanni Scelzi[2]; 4. Q66-Ryan Newton[3]; 5. U09-Matt Juhl[6]; 6. 9-AJ Nash[5]; 7. 44-Ryan Lancaster[7]; 8. 13-Myles Bolger[8]; 9. 90-Brooke Newson[9]
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 2-Dayne Kingshott[1]; 2. 18-Daniel Harding[4]; 3. 45-Aaron Chircop[6]; 4. 8-Andrew Priolo[3]; 5. 25-Taylor Milling[2]; 6. 77-Brad Maiolo[5]; 7. 67-Jay Dee Dack[8]; 8. (DNS) 4-Cameron McKenzie
Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. U95-Brock Zearfoss[1]; 2. T22-Jock Goodyer[3]; 3. Q65-Luke Oldfield[4]; 4. 80-James Inglis[5]; 5. U17-Cory Eliason[2]; 6. 99-Jamie Maiolo[6]; 7. 76-Joel Ettridge[8]; 8. 79-Kris Coyle[7]
Hot Laps 1 (2 Laps): 1. 41-Michael Keen, 00:15.648[7]; 2. 1K-Kyle Larson, 00:15.884[1]; 3. 11-Jason Kendrick, 00:16.149[5]; 4. 60-Kaiden Manders, 00:16.159[2]; 5. 24-Jack Williamson, 00:16.236[3]; 6. 26-Kerry Madsen, 00:16.386[4]; 7. 94-Matthew Cross, 00:16.641[8]; 8. 51-Tim King, 00:16.920[6]; 9. (DNS) 17WX-George Eaton
Hot Laps 2 (2 Laps): 1. U71-Giovanni Scelzi, 00:14.839[2]; 2. 44-Ryan Lancaster, 00:15.018[7]; 3. S52-Matt Egel, 00:15.076[1]; 4. Q66-Ryan Newton, 00:15.089[3]; 5. 9-AJ Nash, 00:15.437[5]; 6. U09-Matt Juhl, 00:15.533[6]; 7. U21-Justin Whittall, 00:15.537[4]; 8. 13-Myles Bolger, 00:16.061[8]; 9. 90-Brooke Newson, 00:16.448[9]
Hot Laps 3 (2 Laps): 1. 2-Dayne Kingshott, 00:13.606[1]; 2. 8-Andrew Priolo, 00:13.796[3]; 3. 25-Taylor Milling, 00:13.860[2]; 4. 67-Jay Dee Dack, 00:13.929[8]; 5. 77-Brad Maiolo, 00:14.152[5]; 6. 45-Aaron Chircop, 00:14.157[6]; 7. 18-Daniel Harding, 00:14.432[4]; 8. (DNS) 4-Cameron McKenzie
Hot Laps 4 (2 Laps): 1. T22-Jock Goodyer, 00:13.551[3]; 2. U95-Brock Zearfoss, 00:13.688[1]; 3. Q65-Luke Oldfield, 00:13.707[4]; 4. 99-Jamie Maiolo, 00:13.727[6]; 5. 76-Joel Ettridge, 00:13.763[8]; 6. U17-Cory Eliason, 00:13.804[2]; 7. 79-Kris Coyle, 00:13.842[7]; 8. 80-James Inglis, 00:13.930[5]
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Formula 500s
Opal Finance A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 36-Brendon Marshman[2]; 2. 16-Rhys Cumming[4]; 3. 5-Cody Turacchio[5]; 4. 90-Shane Andersson[3]; 5. 29-Thomas Davies[6]; 6. 80-David Sinagra[7]; 7. 49-Glenn Carstairs[8]; 8. 17-Todd Broadwood[12]; 9. 3-Chris Dymock[9]; 10. 73-Jeff Ross[14]; 11. 65-Cheryl Upton[13]; 12. 42-Logan Harris[20]; 13. 38-Debbie Garland[11]; 14. 95-Dustin Filgate[18]; 15. 10-Jeff Hedington[16]; 16. 30-Darren Rodwell[15]; 17. 26-Craig Noakes[17]; 18. WA1-Steven Ellement[1]; 19. (DNS) 4-Matt Brown; 20. (DNS) 12-Jamie Pages
Opal Finance Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 90-Shane Andersson[2]; 2. 29-Thomas Davies[1]; 3. WA1-Steven Ellement[8]; 4. 16-Rhys Cumming[5]; 5. 36-Brendon Marshman[9]; 6. 4-Matt Brown[7]; 7. 80-David Sinagra[12]; 8. 3-Chris Dymock[10]; 9. 49-Glenn Carstairs[17]; 10. 5-Cody Turacchio[20]; 11. 38-Debbie Garland[3]; 12. 65-Cheryl Upton[15]; 13. 30-Darren Rodwell[4]; 14. 10-Jeff Hedington[11]; 15. 17-Todd Broadwood[18]; 16. 73-Jeff Ross[14]; 17. 95-Dustin Filgate[16]; 18. 12-Jamie Pages[13]; 19. 26-Craig Noakes[19]; 20. (DNS) 42-Logan Harris
Opal Finance Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 5-Cody Turacchio[1]; 2. 36-Brendon Marshman[12]; 3. WA1-Steven Ellement[13]; 4. 80-David Sinagra[9]; 5. 49-Glenn Carstairs[4]; 6. 16-Rhys Cumming[16]; 7. 90-Shane Andersson[19]; 8. 3-Chris Dymock[11]; 9. 29-Thomas Davies[20]; 10. 17-Todd Broadwood[3]; 11. 73-Jeff Ross[7]; 12. 38-Debbie Garland[18]; 13. 65-Cheryl Upton[6]; 14. 26-Craig Noakes[2]; 15. 30-Darren Rodwell[17]; 16. 95-Dustin Filgate[5]; 17. 12-Jamie Pages[8]; 18. 4-Matt Brown[14]; 19. (DNS) 10-Jeff Hedington; 20. (DNS) 42-Logan Harris
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