Williamson completes remarkable recovery to take third at Australian Sprint Car Championship

Callum Williamson and his motorsport team completed a remarkable turnaround from a horrific mid-week crash to take third at the 60th Australian Sprintcar Championship.

Williamson came home in third place in an action-filled event at Perth Motorplex on Saturday in a race he was unsure he was even going to start in.

In the prelude event on Wednesday, Williamson was involved in a huge crash that sent his car flying and left it in pieces and Williamson battered and bruised.

“I thought there was no way the car would be ready but when I passed the concussion test the next morning and walked into the garage the car was sitting there ready to go and I couldn’t let the boys down,” he said.

Williamson made a steady start qualifying in 10th before taking first in heat one and second in heat two to make it through to the A main where he took eighth place.

He ended up qualifying in eighth for the feature, following a second round of heats where he stormed through the field to take third place.

It was an incident-filled race with only 11 of the original 24 starters seeing the chequered flag.

The first major incident occurred on lap six as Brad Maiolo crashed hard in turn three with the accident also involving Robbie Farr, Rusty Hickman and Tate Frost.

From the opening green, eventual winner Jock Goodyer was incredibly fast and had caught the tail of the field within four laps, when the first of several yellows and reds came out.

Ian Madsen was the next to bring on the caution as his engine expired before Brock Hallett crashed in turn two and he was collected by Jason Pryde, who had nowhere to go.

The final caution of the race came with 14 laps to go as Taylor Milling and Jy Corbet spun in turn two with the incident also taking out South Australian Matt Egel.

“We’ve been really good here for a long time but Jock and Lachlan McHugh (second) were on another level,” Williamson said.

“Clean air was important and we could have had something for them towards the end but those young fellas just pounded it harder.”

It was a terrific drive especially given the circumstances earlier in the week but Williamson was thankful for the team.

“Our team have been working their butts off lately and we now get to see the results, this one’s for them,” he said.

“Thanks to our crew and everyone involved with this team, this would not be possible without them.”