The spotlight will swing straight from the coast to the forests of the South-West as the WA Chip 2026 SSA Junior Sedan WA Title roars into life at Tyrepower Manjimup Speedway, beginning this Thursday.
An outstanding 85 nominations have been received for the Junior Title, which is the largest WA Title ever held, demonstrating the strength and depth of Junior Sedans across Western Australia and beyond.
While thirteen competitors from the National Title will not back it up for the State Championship, their absence is more than offset by fourteen additional drivers making the trip to Manjimup specifically to chase WA glory. The result is a stacked field that promises fierce competition and plenty of action across the whole weekend.
After an amazing SSA Junior Sedan National Title at Esperance that did see some scary crashes over the weekend, Queenslander Tyler Beer and Esperance’s Pippa Schultz have withdrawn, but their scratching have been offset by two late additions as Derby’s Brinley McGaffin Junior and Kalgoorlie’s Mason Whitehead entering.
Leading the charge will be the WA1 of Oscar Amato, who returns to defend the WA Title he claimed at Collie last season. Amato won’t have it easy, however, with the podium from 2025 reforming behind him. Jake Leaman, second last year and a two-time champion in his own right arrives with one goal in mind, while Harrison Beres, third at Collie, will be determined to step up another rung, or two, on the podium and claim one of the few blue-ribbon events in Western Australia that he does not yet have to his name.
Adding further intensity to the event is the presence of seventeen interstate competitors, representing the Northern Territory, New South Wales, Queensland, and Victoria. Drivers such as Benji Gordon (the New South Wales based driver who is also the Northern Territorian Champion) and Queenslanders Lachie Burke and Bailey Chandler, who iare definitely clocking up the kilometres, will ensure the WA contenders will be under constant pressure from some of the best young talent in the country.
The field itself reads like a who’s who of emerging Junior Sedan stars, with proven front-runners such as last season’s pole position starter Mackenzie Silver, and 2025/26 feature winners including Joel Bowman, Jesse Hamon, Kaden Harrison and Jake Johnson, amongst many other high-profile competitors.
With such a tough field of drivers looking to make their breakthrough on the state stage, every heat race will matter in what is shaping up as one of the deepest WA Title fields in recent memory.
Action kicks off tomorrow afternoon with Official Practice and the Welcome Function, while Friday night will see three rounds of heat action with it all coming to a close with one round of heat races and finals on Saturday.
If you can’t make it, you can catch all the action on Clay-Per-View.
Article Courtesy Speedway Sedans Western Australia.
2026 SSA Junior Sedan WA State Title Nominations – 85
WA1 Oscar Amato
NT1 Benji Gordon
W2 Max Lang
WA2 Kaden Harrison
W3 Cody Colmer
WA3 Blake Pianto
W4 Koru Mcbrydie
WA4 Ellie Watt
W5 Jesse Hamon
WA5 Josh Birch
WB5 Lucas Stevens
W6 Brinley McGaffin Jnr
W8 Chloe Coxall
W9 Brock Barrett
WA9 Isla Yates
N10 Lawson Clarke
Q10 Bailey Chandler
W11 Jayden Stads
W011 Charlie Scott
WA11 Max Macalpine
V12 Cruz Carlin
V14 Jake Bradley
W14 Alyssa Whittington
N15 Kasey Clarke
W15 Luke Bailey
W17 Koby Rickerby
WA17 Zac Favero
V18 Blake Beach
W18 Xavier Crowe
WA18 Harrison Beres
W19 Katie Beadle
W20 Wyatt van der Mey
WA20 Layla Batchelor
W21 Travis McGaffin
WA21 Brax Root
WB21 Jack Wilson
W22 Noah Eyre
WA22 William Glasby
W23 Braxton Hardy
WA23 Archie Root
WB23 Adam Reynolds
W25 Jacob Lathwell
W27 Jake Johnson
W28 Charlie Grebert
WA28 Indi Kulker
W29 Lincoln Hoath
W31 Jessejames Samuels
N32 Jake Synnott
W32 Khalen Cutts
V33 James Peacock
W34 Baxter Trouchet
W36 Ava Wilson
N37 Travis Dhu
W37 Teale Cutts
W38 Tia Amato
W39 Lincoln Humphrys
W42 Marcus Leighton
NT43 River Spitzbarth
W47 Emily Bates
W48 Millie Fairbrass
W49 Mitchell Barrett
WA49 Seth Townsend
WB49 Levi Jenkins
W51 Tyler Bowman
W52 Joel Bowman
W56 Sam Mills
W57 Riley Bain
V58 Brad Marshall
W58 Blake McGaffin
W66 Riley Udecz
W70 Jake Leaman
W71 Travis Leaman
W75 Jamie Comley
W76 Noah Bain
Q82 Lachie Burke
W82 Mason Whitehead
V88 Maddy Beach
W88 Zachary Leighton
WA88 Mackenzie Silver
NT95 Riley King
NT96 Rhys King
W96 Caleb Henry
W340 Casey Eather
W646 Lachlan Hickey
W666 Sophie Goodwin
Pic Courtesy Jake Meadley Imagery.