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Posted Sunday, January 2, 2011 by KSM

Kye Scroop headed to the Perth Motorplex for the Christmas Cup in his first outing since the engine let him down at just the second meeting of the season, Michael “Magic Man” Figliomeno tribute meeting. It proved to be a successful night all round for Kye, who stood on the podium for the first time in his career, coming home in third.

“This is a great result not only for me but the team as well, I’m over the moon” said Kye.

"With Kris Coyle racing Speedweek over east his brother Jono Coyle and fellow crew member Aidan came over to give us a hand, which we are very grateful for, as not only me but the whole team learned so much" explained Scroop.

The night started off well when Kye stopped the clock during the time trials at 16.288, giving him the third quickest time behind Ben Ellement and Michael Robertson.

During the heats the 20 year old racer struggled to move forward as he found it hard to get around the slower cars, finishing them in seventh and eighth respectively. "Despite we were unable to get around the cars the car felt great, i've never felt so confident in the car since i started to race spintcars" said Kye Scroop.

Starting the feature race out of position five Kye Scroop was always in with a shot of a podium result. When the green flag dropped young Scroop got a great jump getting into second spot, then he would fall back to third on the second lap. In the middle stages of the race Jamie Miaolo got passed relegating Kye to fourth, a few laps later Ben Ellement would retire elevating Kye back to third and that's where he would finish.

"As I said earlier this is a great result and the team worked really hard, we got our engine back in the last couple of weeks from Scott Inglis from Inglis Race Engines in Queensland, who did an awesome job. This is certainly a weight of my chest, hopefully now we can look for similar results in the new year" a jubilant Kye said.

The team will now look towards the Sprintcar Muster at the Perth Motorplex on the 2nd of January.

While the engine was off being repaired the team where hard work gaining new sponsors and would like to welcome DDh1 Drilling, Midland Nissan and Valvoline to the team.

Race Update Posted Thursday, October 28, 2010 by KSM

With all the off season preparations having been completed Kye Scroop Motorsports headed to the Perth Motorplex to contest the Watson Transport Express Sprintcar Track Championship. In the action packed feature race the team would walk away with a top ten result.

The first time trail of the season saw the team qualify badly down in 19th of 21 cars with a time of 15.858. “Unfortunately we had the car a little bit too tight and turns one and two were greasy and that caught me out as well” said Scroop.

Heat racing was a mixed bag for the twenty year old with. “After the time trial we loosened the car up, due to the bad qualifying we started towards the front in the first heat and I managed to come away with second” explained Kye.

In their second heat one of the power steering hoses began to leaking forcing Kye to wrestle the 800hp beast around the 500m track, he would finish in 8th.

As the cars rolled onto the track for the feature race the team would be starting from the 17th spot. The race would start and no sooner it would be halted while some cars tangled with other cars and others were caught out by the track.

Avoiding the crashes would be a key to moving up throughout the race. “It was tough out there tonight with all of the mayhem of other drivers crashing and the rough track it just good to get this first meeting done” said the 20 year old.

“The track was a bit heavy and rough but it was really hooked up, to be honest it’s the best Motoplex surface I can remember racing on. So to start in 17th and come away with 8th it was a good night overall”.

The team’s attention will now turn to the opening round of the Southern Thunder Series to be held at the Smokefree Collie Speedway.

Kye would like to thank all of his sponsors for coming to watch the first meeting of the new season and looks forward to bringing them some success this season

Winter Update Posted Friday, October 22, 2010 by KSM

The winter months have come and gone and as most teams throughout the country have been busy preparing for the long hot summer speedway season; Kye Scroop Motorsports team is no different and come Saturday night this team will be ready for action.

During the colder months the team worked on building a new trailer along with making sure the Maxim Chassis’s and Kisler engine were in perfect working order.

Knowing the season was fast approaching the guys at KSM headed to the first practice night of the season at the Perth Motorplex last Wednesday. “It was good to finally get back out onto the track and get a feel for it” stated Kye. He then went on to say “although the car felt really good we blew the right rear shock but we will have that fixed for Saturday”.

With that shake down done the team are eager for Saturday to arrive for the opening round of the AHG Series along with the Watsons Express Perth Motorplex Track Championship.

“For the last couple of nights I haven’t been able to sleep from the excitement” joked Scroop. “The confidence is high and I can’t wait to get out there and mix it with the likes of Miaolo, Monte, Satori and the rest of them”.

On Sunday the team held their launch which saw a good turnout; we would just like to say thank-you to them for their support not only on that day but for the rest of the season.

KSM Sponsors: Mobile Dewatering, Action Industrial Buildings, Effective Transport, Scardifields Smash Repairs, Prestige Fibreglass Products, Cars U Wash, Prestige Pump Rentals, MDW Environmental Solutions, Merger Contracting, Riviera Frameless Glass Fencing Systems, Hedland News & Lotteries, AGJ Powder Coaters & Sand Blasting, Jolly & Sons Transport, The Trim Shed, Unity Insurance Brokers, P&J Painting Decorations, W.A. Freight Group, SWB Photography

New Sponsor Posted Thursday, September 9, 2010 by KSM

With the start of the season a little over two months before it starts Kye Scroop Motorsports continue to gain new sponsors, the guys at KSM would like to welcome two new sponsors P&J Simpsons Decorating Services and the W.A. Freight Group on board.

Speaking to Kye earlier about the new addition he said “It’s great to add another sponsor, Peter has been going to events for years but this will be the first time he has sponsored a racer”.

When Peter was asked why he decided to get involved his response was simple “I have been watching Kye for awhile now and in the past I haven’t been in a position to become part of the team, though that has now changed and I wanted to help out”.

P&J Simpsons Decorating Services are Perth based and can be contacted on 9454 4432 for all of your painting needs.

The W.A. Freight Group was formed in 2004 when W.A. Freightlines, Jetstyle Express and Jolly’s Transport merged into one group; in 2008 the group joined Silk Logistics.

W.A. Freight Group provides an express service to the east coast of Australia. Leaving on Tuesdays for delivery on Fridays and departing Fridays for delivery on Mondays to each capital city from Perth and return. There is also an overnight express run from Adelaide to Melbourne, in Perth and Brisbane the group also offers a courier and taxi service.

So for all of your freight needs just call 1300 WA FREIGHT (1300 923 734) or more information head to www.wafreight.com.au

With calendars starting to be released the team as put their schedule together which will see them complete the track championship at the Perth Motorplex which will include King of Wings, World Series Sprintcars Grand Finale and Sprintcar Muster.

Along with those date the team will also head to contest the Southern Thunder Series which this season opens in Collie and the final three rounds will be held in Bunbury. The WA Sprintcar Title, is headed back to the south west town and Krikke Boys Shootout are the only other events the team are contesting at this stage.

Make sure you keep up to date by visiting the team’s website www.kyescroopmotorsport.com which will feature some more news in the coming weeks.

KSM Prepare For Upcoming Season Posted Wednesday, July 7, 2010 by KSM

After having a disappointing 2009/2010 season with the biggest lowlight being when the 410 powered Maxim suddenly turned right into the turn four wall at the Perth Motorplex, Kye Scroop is preparing for another season in his own team. Competing against the best WA has to offer on such a small budget is tough for this 20 year old but has shown he can mix it with them.

His schedule will see him contest the Perth Motorplex Track Championship, Scroop is no stranger to this track having won the Junior Sedan Track Championship twice. As the team continue to find their feet they will also look at heading down to Bunbury for a few shows.

Talking about what he would like to achieve this season Kye said “This will be my second year running my own deal and as a team we will be looking for consistency. From my point of view I’m wanting to get as many laps under the belt and taking the chances when they arise”.

“We’re realistic about what we can achieve and as long as we improve each week and finish every race we start then we will be happy”

Joining Kye will be crew chief Lee Redmond who has had experience running his own Speedway (Bike) and Motocross Team and also competes in the Wingless Sprints. Other members include Steve Adley, Daniel Sebbes and Ryan MacAurthur.

Over the winter months the team has been working on a new trailer that will be finished in the coming weeks.

Kye knows that on track success is important for sponsors but the off track promotion is just as important. Over the season the team will look for every opportunity to promote themselves, sponsors and sport.

New Trailer Posted Friday, June 4, 2010 by KSM

Work has started on the trailer to transport Kye's Sprintcar to the track. Thanks to all those who are helping get this under way. Hopefully we will have some photos shortly to show how it's progressing.

New Website! Posted Friday, April 9, 2010 by KSM

Welcome to Kye Scroop Motorsport website.
KSM website is in its early stage of progress and we will regularly update the site.
Feel free as you browse through the site to make comments or suggestion, this can be done via email or feel free to use shout box to make your comments

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Kye