Corey Day won the High Limit opener at Perth (Richard Hathaway Photo) (Video Highlights from FloRacing.com)
Before this week, 20-year-old Corey Day had never stepped foot on Australian soil; and now after two attempts at the Perth Motorplex, the Clovis, California native has completed two marvelous drives that has the Sprint Car world buzzing amid the second annual High Limit International.
Flying overseas to drive a second entry for teammate and local Western Australia hero Callum Williamson, Day's expectations ran rampant from the moment his Aussie adventure was announced, and he's lived up to every ounce of the hype.
On Friday, the soon-to-be full-time NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts competitor for Hendrick Motorsports delivered a Boxing Day Bonanza barnburner when he stormed from 28th-to-2nd. Returning on Sunday, the kid they call "Pay-Day" knew one small position is all he needed to turn in an even better performance, and he did just that.
Starting from P4 in a 30-lap affair, Day immediately climbed into the second position as outside pole sitter Kaiden Manders controlled the early lead. Manders paced the opening eight circuits before Day pounced with a slider to assume command on Lap 9. From there, he built a sizable advantage in lap traffic before the only stoppage of the race came on Lap 21 when ninth-running Kyle Larson slowed with a flat right rear tire and bunched the field up.
Coming to life on the restart, Manders fired back at Day into turn one and drove to lead the 22nd lap before Day returned serve and snook back into the top spot one trip around later. Racing to the end, Manders kept Day honest - pulling alongside at the white flag - but fell short by 0.502-seconds at the checkered flag.
The victory makes Day the 20th American to win a Sprint Car feature at Perth Motorplex - and he joins James McFadden and Kyle Larson as the first three victors in the High Limit International series. Heading into Monday's second preliminary, he's in the catbird seat as the current high point man with a chance to lock-in for Tuesday's $110,000-to-win AUD finale.
Following the triumphant American to the line was a pair of Western Australia locals with Kaiden Manders and Dayne Kingshott completing the podium. A Tasmanian in Jock Goodyer and another Californian in Buddy Kofoid closed out Sunday's top-five at The 'Plex.
Rounding out the top-10 to seal a perfect five-to-five split of Americans and Australians was James McFadden, Callum Williamson, Cole Macedo, Brock Zearfoss, and Brad Sweet.
THE ALL-IN NOTEBOOK (12/28/25)
Perth Motorplex (Kwinana Beach, WAU)
Flight A QuickTime Award - Buddy Kofoid (13.439)
Flight B QuickTime Award - Dayne Kingshott (13.705)
Heat One Winner - Corey Day
Heat Two Winner - Cole Macedo
Heat Three Winner - Jock Goodyer
Heat Four Winner - Kaiden Manders
Dash Winner - Kaiden Manders
B-Main Winner - Cameron McKenzie
Hard Charger - Justin Whittall +8, 22nd-14th
Lap Leaders - Manders 1-8; Day 9-21; Manders 22; Day 23-30
Maddington Toyota Sprintcars Event 21 - Feature (30 Laps): 1. U3-Corey Day[4]; 2. 71-Kaiden Manders[1]; 3. 2-Dayne Kingshott[3]; 4. T22-Jock Goodyer[2]; 5. U7-Michael Kofoid[5]; 6. A1-James McFadden[11]; 7. 3-Callum Williamson[8]; 8. U40-Cole Macedo[6]; 9. U95-Brock Zearfoss[14]; 10. U49-Brad Sweet[17]; 11. 26-Kerry Madsen[16]; 12. Q65-Luke Oldfield[7]; 13. 18-Daniel Harding[18]; 14. U21-Justin Whittall[22]; 15. U60-Carson Macedo[10]; 16. 11-Jason Kendrick[15]; 17. 1K-Kyle Larson[12]; 18. 4-Cameron McKenzie[21]; 19. 74-Mikey Green[23]; 20. 9-AJ Nash[20]; 21. U17-Aaron Reutzel[24]; 22. 24-Jack Williamson[19]; 23. U16-Xavier Doney[13]; 24. 5-James Inglis[9]
Racing Simulator Centre Mandurah Event 19 - B Main (15 Laps): 1. 4-Cameron McKenzie[4]; 2. U21-Justin Whittall[3]; 3. 74-Mikey Green[2]; 4. U17-Aaron Reutzel[9]; 5. 77-Brad Maiolo[8]; 6. U24-Rico Abreu[12]; 7. 46-Jye McKenzie[1]; 8. 44-Ryan Lancaster[6]; 9. 8-Andrew Priolo[16]; 10. 45-Aaron Chircop[10]; 11. 4W-Craig Bottrell[13]; 12. NT84-Christopher Harrison[7]; 13. 25-Taylor Milling[19]; 14. 94W-Daniel Keen[11]; 15. 92-Chad Pittard[14]; 16. 94-Matthew Cross[21]; 17. 22-Jaydee Dack[17]; 18. 79-Kris Coyle[5]; 19. 65-Harrison Peet[15]; 20. 13-Myles Bolger[18]; 21. 40-Kodi Clayden[20]; 22. (DNF) 51-Tim King[22]
Racing Simulator Centre Mandurah Event 18 - Dash (7 Laps): 1. 71-Kaiden Manders[2]; 2. T22-Jock Goodyer[1]; 3. 2-Dayne Kingshott[3]; 4. U3-Corey Day[6]; 5. U7-Michael Kofoid[7]; 6. U40-Cole Macedo[5]; 7. Q65-Luke Oldfield[8]; 8. 3-Callum Williamson[4]
Rise Electrics Event 12 - Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. U3-Corey Day[1]; 2. U7-Michael Kofoid[4]; 3. A1-James McFadden[2]; 4. U16-Xavier Doney[6]; 5. U49-Brad Sweet[3]; 6. U21-Justin Whittall[5]; 7. 79-Kris Coyle[7]; 8. U17-Aaron Reutzel[11]; 9. 4W-Craig Bottrell[8]; 10. 22-Jaydee Dack[9]; 11. 94-Matthew Cross[10]
Rise Specialised Services Event 13 - Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. U40-Cole Macedo[1]; 2. 5-James Inglis[2]; 3. 3-Callum Williamson[4]; 4. 11-Jason Kendrick[5]; 5. 24-Jack Williamson[7]; 6. 46-Jye McKenzie[3]; 7. NT84-Christopher Harrison[8]; 8. 94W-Daniel Keen[9]; 9. 65-Harrison Peet[10]; 10. (DNF) 25-Taylor Milling[6]
EGT Electrical Group Training Event 14 - Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. T22-Jock Goodyer[1]; 2. U60-Carson Macedo[2]; 3. U95-Brock Zearfoss[3]; 4. 18-Daniel Harding[8]; 5. 2-Dayne Kingshott[4]; 6. 74-Mikey Green[5]; 7. 44-Ryan Lancaster[6]; 8. 45-Aaron Chircop[10]; 9. 92-Chad Pittard[7]; 10. 13-Myles Bolger[11]; 11. 51-Tim King[9]
Rise Electrics Event 15 - Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 71-Kaiden Manders[1]; 2. 1K-Kyle Larson[3]; 3. 26-Kerry Madsen[2]; 4. Q65-Luke Oldfield[4]; 5. 9-AJ Nash[6]; 6. 4-Cameron McKenzie[7]; 7. 77-Brad Maiolo[5]; 8. U24-Rico Abreu[8]; 9. 8-Andrew Priolo[9]; 10. 40-Kodi Clayden[10]
Scardifield Smash Repairs Event 8 - Qualifying 1 (2 Laps): 1. U7-Michael Kofoid, 00:13.439[7]; 2. 3-Callum Williamson, 00:13.542[1]; 3. U3-Corey Day, 00:13.758[9]; 4. U40-Cole Macedo, 00:13.767[15]; 5. A1-James McFadden, 00:13.803[14]; 6. 5-James Inglis, 00:13.841[5]; 7. U49-Brad Sweet, 00:13.859[19]; 8. 46-Jye McKenzie, 00:13.872[8]; 9. U21-Justin Whittall, 00:13.902[12]; 10. 11-Jason Kendrick, 00:13.935[18]; 11. U16-Xavier Doney, 00:13.962[21]; 12. 25-Taylor Milling, 00:13.963[17]; 13. 79-Kris Coyle, 00:14.101[4]; 14. 24-Jack Williamson, 00:14.147[11]; 15. 4W-Craig Bottrell, 00:14.158[3]; 16. NT84-Christopher Harrison, 00:14.190[10]; 17. 22-Jaydee Dack, 00:14.233[16]; 18. 94W-Daniel Keen, 00:14.301[2]; 19. 94-Matthew Cross, 00:14.306[13]; 20. 65-Harrison Peet, 00:14.325[6]; 21. (DNF) U17-Aaron Reutzel[20]
Scardifield Smash Repairs Event 9 - Qualifying 2 (2 Laps): 1. 2-Dayne Kingshott, 00:13.705[2]; 2. Q65-Luke Oldfield, 00:13.715[3]; 3. T22-Jock Goodyer, 00:13.822[9]; 4. 71-Kaiden Manders, 00:13.825[5]; 5. U60-Carson Macedo, 00:13.876[1]; 6. 26-Kerry Madsen, 00:13.904[14]; 7. U95-Brock Zearfoss, 00:13.907[4]; 8. 1K-Kyle Larson, 00:13.938[17]; 9. 74-Mikey Green, 00:13.959[16]; 10. 77-Brad Maiolo, 00:13.989[15]; 11. 44-Ryan Lancaster, 00:14.036[20]; 12. 9-AJ Nash, 00:14.109[18]; 13. 92-Chad Pittard, 00:14.188[6]; 14. 4-Cameron McKenzie, 00:14.195[11]; 15. 18-Daniel Harding, 00:14.218[8]; 16. U24-Rico Abreu, 00:14.278[21]; 17. 51-Tim King, 00:14.309[13]; 18. 8-Andrew Priolo, 00:14.322[19]; 19. 45-Aaron Chircop, 00:14.524[7]; 20. 40-Kodi Clayden, 00:14.568[10]; 21. 13-Myles Bolger, 00:14.757[12]
High Limit International Event Points (After 1/2 Prelims):
(398 pts) Corey Day of Clovis, California
(394 pts) Kaiden Manders of Port Kennedy, Western Australia
(389 pts) Jock Goodyer of Riverside, Tasmania
(386 pts) Dayne Kingshott of Bunbury, Western Australia
(386 pts) Buddy Kofoid of Penngrove, California
(377 pts) James McFadden of Alice Springs, Northern Territory
(377 pts) Callum Williamson of Deepdale, Western Australia
(376 pts) Cole Macedo of Lemoore, California
(366 pts) Brock Zearfoss of Jonestown, Pennsylvania
(361 pts) Kerry Madsen of Sydney, New South Wales
UP NEXT: The second annual High Limit International event rolls on tomorrow as the second preliminary at Perth Motorplex brings a sensational crowd and stout field back to the marvelous Kwinana Beach, Western Australia facility. For fans worldwide, you can watch every lap live on FloRacing.