Brad Sweet claimed his second win on Western Australian soil in the fifth round of Speedweek at Bunbury Speedway on Saturday night.
The five-time World of Outlaws champion won the Maddington Toyota Summer Slam from Trent Pigdon and fellow American Brock Zearfoss.
He started the 30-lap final from fifth and raced up to third within four laps before sliding into second by lap eight.
Sweet made his move with 20 laps remaining and through heavy lapped traffic, he extended the margin and was never challenged for the rest of the event.
Pigdon enjoyed his best result of the season and his first podium finish after starting second.
Helping Pigdon on the night was James McFadden who was on hand to offer plenty of coaching for the pilot of the No. W19.
Zearfoss set up his first podium finish of the current Speedweek campaign by being quickest in his qualifying group, followed by a third in his heat race and a second in the B Dash.
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Only one lap was completed when Andrew Priolo slowed up with damage and headed to the work area.
He resumed the battle from the rear after starting 12th.Â
Only moments later, Cory Eliason activated a red light situation when he crashed hard in the pits, ending his campaign after setting the Victory 1 Perfomance Quick Time at the start of the evening.
Jamie Maiolo, who won the A Dash and started from pole, finished in fourth and while it was a disappointing end, it was his best result so far in his first full season of racing in four years.
He enjoyed a good points haul after being one of five to play their Joker card in this round and double their feature race points – the others being Jason Pryde, Jaydee Dack, Jack Williamson and Aaron Chircop.
Dayne Kingshott started sixth and finished fifth, ensuring he banked more points in the 2023-’24 Maddington Toyota Sprintcar Series that he currently leads.
Rico Abreu, who has two Speedweek wins in five outings, was sixth after starting from 15th, being the Kincrome Hard Charger for this round.
Defending series champion James Inglis was right behind him in seventh.
Taylor Milling took ninth while Brad Maiolo rounded out the top 10.
The final Speedweek round will be at the Perth Motorplex on Jan. 13.
Feature Finish (30 Laps)
1st Brad Sweet, 2nd Trent Pigdon, 3rd Brock Zeafoss, 4th Jamie Maiolo, 5th Dayne Kingshott, 6th Rico Abreu, 7th James Inglis, 8th Callum Williamson, 9th Taylor Milling, 10th Brad Maiolo, 11th Ryan Lancaster, 12th Kris Coyle, 13th Mitchell Wormall, 14th Jason Kendrick, 15th Jason Pryde, 16th Kaiden Manders, 17th Brenten Farrer, 18th Andrew Priolo, 19th Cameron McKenzie, 20th Todd Davis, 21st Jack Williamson, 22nd Aaron Chircop. DNF: Jaydee Dack and Cory Eliason.