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Madsen Wins King Of Wings Prelminary Final In Perth
Posted Saturday, 20 February 2010 by Darren ODea

Kerry Madsen won the 25-lap Nanovich Sprintcar King of Wings preliminary feature race at the Perth Motorplex on Friday night from Max Dumesny and Brooke Tatnell.
Madsen started from position five in the feature race and showed his hand with 15 to go when he got underneath Dumesny for the lead and ultimately the win.
�We got into traffic and that gave me the run we needed,� Madsen said.
�I really enjoyed that track.
�We haven�t had much luck here�let�s see if we can keep the Madsen name up here,� the Kendrick Racing driver said in reference to his brother Ian winning the World Series Sprintcars final at the same venue a fortnight earlier.
Dumesny said it was great to get on the podium here in Western Australia.
�We have struggled lately,� Dumesny said.
�We have all been a bit down in the mouth lately�but we have seen a bit of light with this new car.�
While Tatnell was happy with third (after starting on pole) he lamented missed opportunities.
�We made a bit of a meal on the start,� Tatnell said.
�We had to get up on the cushion quickly on Max.
�We drove our butt off�the track was awfully fast tonight�it was a lot more exciting when we got into lapped traffic.�
Dumesny led away early but the field regrouped after four laps when Jason Kendrick spun on the back straight and had to be forklifted off after the front-end collapsed.
On the restart it was Dumesny from Madsen, Tatnell, American Johnson and Ryan Farrell.
The leaders were in lapped traffic with 17 laps to go and a couple of laps later Madsen pounced on the inside at the end of the main straight.
Two laps later the caution lights were on when Ken Sartori stopped with a flat right rear tyre.
While Madsen�s motor was smoking in the latter stages he didn�t ease off the throttle and put in some sensational slide jobs on the slower cars.
Johnson finished fourth from Farrell, Steven Lines, Jamie Maiolo, David Ellement, American star Sammy Swindell, Shaun Bradford, Ben Ellement, Carl Dowling, Kris Coyle, Robert Farr, Mark Wells, Bryan Mann, Allan Nash, Ricky Maiolo and Todd Waddell.
Wells won the drag race to the first corner over Ricky Maiolo to set up a big win in the B Main.
The field regrouped with four laps remaining after Danny Reidy ran into the turn one-two fence.
�We had something break in the front end,� Reidy said.
�I am glad I was in the B and not the A and taking out some of those guys.�
Following Wells and Maiolo over the line was Mann, Lawson and Clayden.
Madsen, who started on the outside front row, won the first heat from Ben Ellement and Carl Dowling.
The start of the second heat was marred by a flip to Troy Lawson who went over after minor contact on the main straight.
Wells jumped two starts in a row and was sent to the rear of the field.
Tatnell then got a warning in the next attempt and on the fourth start things got underway, with Tatnell winning from Farrell and Swindell.
�If this thing gets blown off all the way up to the fence�it�s going to be fun,� Tatnell said after the win.
At the start of the third heat Sartori got warned for an early jump and then on the next attempt Priolo pulled infield.
David Ellement went on to win the race from Sartori and Jamie Maiolo.
�This format is a tough format and we can�t make any mistakes,� Ellement said.
Tatnell was frowned upon by officials after they believed he made an aggressive move which put Swindell over on the exit of turn four early on in the A Dash.
Swindell walked over and remonstrated with Tatnell who was still in the car and ready for the restart.
Tatnell was in a mean mood as he went on to win the A Dash from Jamie Maiolo and Madsen.
When asked to comment on the incident after the win Tatnell was pretty matter-of-fact about the incident.
�Sammy is a hard racer, I am a hard racer,� Tatnell said.
He said neither driver was going to give up ground.
�On the second lap I got in there and he left the door open�I don�t deliberately go and crash guys.�
Lines won the Midpack Madness race from Ian Madsen and Bradford.

King of Wings
Sprintcar Qualifying: Steven Lines 14.626, Shaun Bradford 14.641, Jamie Maiolo 14.659, Kris Coyle 14.746, Max Dumesny 14.789, Ian Madsen 14.824, Ben Ellement 14.855, Ryan Farrell 14.868, David Ellement 14.900, Jason Johnson 14.917, Sammy Swindell 14.953, Allan Nash 14.997, Kerry Madsen 15.002, Mark Wells 15.027, David Priolo 15.030, Ken Sartori 15.068, Brooke Tatnell 15.078, Carl Dowling 15.090, Bryan Mann 15.151, Robert Farr 15.154, Ricky Maiolo 15.179, Bradley Maiolo 15.223, Troy Lawson 15.367, Todd Waddell 15.377, Darryl Clayden 15.646, Danny Reidy 15.755, Jason Kendrick 15.767, Kye Scroop 15.882, Steven Ford 15.960, Wayne Russell 16.055, Sheldon Brady 16.073, Ben Dickson 16.141.
Heat 1: 1st Kerry Madsen, 2nd Ben Ellement, 3rd Carl Dowling, 4th Allan Nash, 5th Ian Madsen, 6th Steven Lines, 7th Bryan Mann, 8th Todd Waddell, 9th Darryl Clayden, 10th Wayne Russell. DNF: Sheldon Brady.
Heat 2: 1st Brooke Tatnell, 2nd Ryan Farrell, 3rd Sammy Swindell, 4th Max Dumesny, 5th Robert Farr, 6th Shaun Bradford, 7th Mark Wells, 8th Danny Reidy, 9th Steven Ford. DNF: Ben Dickson and Troy Lawson.
Heat 3: 1st David Ellement, 2nd Ken Sartori, 3rd Jamie Maiolo, 4th Jason Johnson, 5th Kris Coyle, 6th Jason Kendrick, 7th Bradley Maiolo, 8th Ricky Maiolo, 9th Kye Scroop. DNF: David Priolo.
A Dash: 1st Brooke Tatnell, 2nd Jamie Maiolo, 3rd Kerry Madsen, 4th David Ellement, 5th Ben Ellementn. DNF: Sammy Swindell.
B Dash: 1st Max Dumesny, 2nd Ryan Farrell, 3rd Jason Johnson, 4th Allan Nash, 5th Ken Sartori, 6th Carl Dowling.
Midpack Madness: 1st Steven Lines, 2nd Ian Madsen, 3rd Shaun Bradford, 4th Kris Coyle, 5th Robert Farr, 6th Jason Kendrick.
B Main: 1st Mark Wells, 2nd Ricky Maiolo, 3rd Bryan Mann, 4th Troy Lawson, 5th Darryl Clayden, 6th Todd Waddell, 7th Kye Scroop, 8th Steven Ford, 9th Ben Dickson, 10th Wayne Russell, 11th Sheldon Brady, 12th Bradley Maiolo. DNF: Danny Reidy.
A Main: 1st Kerry Madsen, 2nd Max Dumesny, 3rd Brooke Tatnell, 4th Jason Johnson, 5th Ryan Farrell, 6th Steven Lines, 7th Jamie Maiolo, 8th David Ellement, 9th Sammy Swindell, 10th Shaun Bradford, 11th Ben Ellement, 12th Carl Dowling, 13th Kris Coyle, 14th Robert Farr, 15th Mark Wells, 16th Bryan Mann, 17th Allan Nash, 18th Ricky Maiolo, 19th Todd Waddell. DNF: Ian Madsen, Darryl Clayden, Ken Sartori, Jason Kendrick and Troy Lawson.