GOODYER WINS NAILBITING FIFTH ROUND OF SPRINTCAR POWER TOUR
Official release: TFH PWR Sprintcar Power Tour
January 15, 2026
Tasmanian Jock Goodyer is the toast of Sunraysia after winning a nail-biting fifth round of the PWR TFH Sprintcar Power Tour in front of a big crowd at B&S Earthworks Timmis Speedway Wednesday night.
It was the second win of Goodyer’s Power Tour assault and an important victory for his team to keep them within striking distance of the top rung of the series ladder as the $250,000 inaugural series heads to Tolmer Speedway Bordertown for the final two nights Friday and Saturday night.
Goodyer sped his Daniel Trucking T22 Maxim to a thrilling climax leading home the fast finishing series leader Lockie McHugh by a slender 0.2 seconds at the chequered flag with Broken Hill’s Brendan Guerin recording a career-best third place finish in the $8,000 to win 35-lap main event.
In warm conditions a big crowd turned out to see the winged goliaths compete in their fifth night in just eleven days across Sydney, Toowoomba and now Mildura in the gruelling contest on the highway and the Speedway.
Goodyer’s win looked to be an absolute certainty early in the main event as he rocketed away to a commanding lead for the majority of the race until McHugh began to run him down in the last three laps.
As the lead duo came to the last two corners McHugh had one attempt at a final pass but Goodyer held on to win by the narrowest of margins and avenge a second-place finish he had (by 0.1 seconds incredibly) at his last race weekend at Mildura in December.
McHugh admitted post race that he almost didn’t make the race meeting having suffered the heartbreak of his dog passing away the morning that he flew out from Queensland to Mildura.
Brendan Guerin’s third place was his first ever podium result in a 410ci Sprintcar and clearly delighted the always under the radar second generation racer from Broken Hill.
Marcus Dumesny certainly had his moments in the Tolmer Speedway N47 after setting quick time in Qualifying he was a distinctly podium finish possibility but came up one spot short in fourth place behind Guerin whom he battled for much of the latter part of the race.
Gympie’s Jy Corbet was an excitement machine ripping from the C Scramble where he set the fastest race lap ever recorded at the venue (until Jock Goodyer lowered that mark again) and showed phenomenal speed in the A-Main.
His eventual fifth place finish included a trip to the rear of the field on a restart where the hapless Queenslander tagged the back of New Zealander Max Guilford as he broke a steering component and hit the wall in turn four.
Angaston South Australia 410ci rookie Brad Vaughan did a phenomenal job to finish in sixth place ahead of Mount Gambier nineteen year old Parker Scott in seventh, Queenslander Dylan Menz in eighth, Jackson Delamont ninth, Daniel Sayre tenth, Lisa Walker eleventh and Brenten Farrer the last car running in twelfth.
DNF’s were Brendan Quinn who cut down a tyre, Brett Hobson, Max Guilford (steering failure after contact with Marcus Dumesny on the back straight) American Hunter Schuerenberg who retired with an engine complication) Jason Wilson, Jai Stephenson and Californian was unable to start due to a motor issue.
Goodyer and Guerin started on the front row of the A-Main with Dumesny and McHugh on row two Guilford and Delamont row three, Kaeding and Schuerenberg row four, Farrer and Vaughan row five, Scott and Quinn row six, Corbet and Menz row seven, Walker and Sayre row eight, Stephenson and Hobson row nine and Jason Wilson off the back.
At the greens it was Goodyer who led from Guerin and Dumesny ripped to third whilst Corbet moved from thirteen to eighth on the opening lap.
Two laps in the Queenslander disposed of Delamont and Schuerenberg in two corners but Jason Wilson spun in turn one and two bringing on the cautions.
Thirty three laps to go and it was Goodyer from Guerin, Dumesny, McHugh, Guilford, Schuerenberg, Delamont.
The battle between Schuerenberg in the V88 and Corbet in the NQ10 was worth watching whilst Goodyer again extended his lead over Guerin, Dumesny and McHugh.
Parker Scott also bought into the top six argument in the SA55.
Kiwi Guilford took on Dumesny and began making the NZ1 pathway forward in the battle for fourth.
Goodyer lowered his lap times to 12.046 (previously unheard of) with twenty nine laps to go on a sublime race surface that would be celebrated by all teams at the end of the night.
With twenty four laps remaining McHugh moved by Guerin though not without resistance.
With twenty one laps to go Dumesny and Guilford made contact on the back stretch battling for fifth which saw the Kiwi suffer steering damage and slow in front of Jy Corbet with the two making contact and the NZ1 striking the wall bringing on the cautions.
Corbet went to the rear and unfortunately Guilford’s night was over.
Goodyer vacated at the restart whilst Guerin took on McHugh for second.
Parker Scott was looking racy as was Brad Vaughan as the pair chased down Dumesny for fourth and American Hunter Schuerenberg was looking smooth in his Aussie debut considering he had no brakes in the V88.
Corbet ripped by the speedy and vastly improved Scott to claim sixth (Corbet had come from the rear) whilst Goodyer had lapped up to tenth.
With four laps to go Brendan Quinn’s mud cover had come off and caused the right rear tyre to consequently explode ending what had been a promising build up to the ‘home town round’ for Terry and Tammy Kelly’s S37 Kamstra Racing entry.
Marcus Dumesny and Brendan Guerin were having at it for third, Corbet had moved to fifth and Lockie McHugh had begun reeling in leader Goodyer with only three left to run.
With one lap to go past the flag stand McHugh had closed to within a car length as the leaders encountered lapped traffic.
The T22 and the NQ7 were literally side by side through turns one and two with Goodyer holding on for a breath-takingly close finish and win in front of an appreciative crowd.
“Getting the win is good obviously,” said Goodyer in victory lane, “finding some speed in this 22 in the right period. I knew it was going to get close before the end, Parker was running my same line and had the same pace as me, I knew Lockie was going to be coming. That last lap I had a lapper on the bottom so it was going to be hard for a bomb to come and get me when I always had the drive coming out but hat’s off to these guys they worked real hard to get me comfortable so we’ll roll on to Bordertown Friday and Saturday.”
Goodyer’s win draws him to within two points of second place in the series Marcus Dumesny and within fifty eight points of leader McHugh with two rounds remaining.
Official placings in the A-Main were:
1. Jock Goodyer (TAS)
2. Lockie McHugh (QLD)
3. Brendan Guerin (NSW)
4. Marcus Dumesny (NSW)
5. Jy Corbet (QLD)
6. Brad Vaughan (SA)
7. Parker Scott (SA)
8. Dylan Menz (QLD)
9. Jackson Delamont (NSW)
10. Daniel Sayre (NSW)
11. Lisa Walker (SA)
12. Brenten Farrer (VIC)
Heat winners were Jock Goodyer, Brendan Guerin and Jackson Delamont.
Quick Time was Marcus Dumesny.
C Scramble was won by Jy Corbet, the B Scramble was won by Max Guilford and the A-Dash was won by Jock Goodyer.
The top twenty in points for the series after Mildura are:
Lachlan McHugh 742
Marcus Dumesny 686
Jock Goodyer 684
Jy Corbet 654
Max Guilford 644
Tim Kaeding 622
Parker Scott 618
Daniel Sayre 612
Dylan Menz 600
Brendan Quinn 600
Brett Hobson 522
Jessie Attard 476
Kinser Claridge 456
Jackson Delamont 442
Mick Saller 438
Brock Hallett 434
Kobi Wright 430
T.J. Stutts 422
Lachlan Caunt 420
Alex Attard 418
The final two rounds of the PWR TFH Sprintcar Power Tour are at Tolmer Speedway Bordertown this Friday and Saturday night.
