Yet another season is done and dusted for Nathan Macdonald, with Macdonald having had a successful season of racing in 2005/2006.  Nathan won the Charlton Raceway seasonal point score for the second year in a row, and finished 3rd in the East Coast A Grade point score.  Early on in the season Nathan won the Sunshine Coast Championship which was held at Yandina Speedway. 

Macdonald ran away with 11 feature race wins and 23 heat race wins during the course of his 2005/2006 racing schedule.

The season also encountered many twists and turns, including the annual trip to Mackay, which saw the event being rained out.  After leaving on the Saturday from Mackay, the team made it just in time to race at Yandina Speedway on the Sunshine Coast which Macdonald then went onto win the feature for the night.

One of Nathan's "all time lows" occurred at Charlton Raceway when he was leading the feature race and slowed down after what he thought he saw as being the chequered flag, but was actually the white flag!

Nathan believed he was also robbed of the Club Championship title at Charlton Raceway, while he was leading the main event he encountered a lapped car and accidentally spun the car, and was put to the rear of field.

One of the highlights for the season would have to be the Endurance race win with Brother Shane Macdonald at Brisbane International Speedway.  The two drivers combined their skill to drive 25 laps each, and won the event convincingly over the rest of the field.

The future for Nathan Macdonald is uncertain at the moment, after news that 2006/2007 season will be the last for Sprint Sedans at Charlton Raceway.  The news of this was deeply dis-heartening after Nathan, Shane and Father Lindsay Macdonald had raced in the class spanning over 20 years, and the support everyone had given the speedway club, including other drivers, seems to have been forgotten, as they are trying to sweep them under the carpet so to speak.

But we can't change the past and must look to the future.  Nathan will be running Sprint Sedans for one more season at least, and after that Macdonald will have to sit down and decide his next move.  Modified Production is definitely on the table at the moment, and is most likely our next move.  When, where and what car Macdonald will run is still not known, but after this new season time will tell!

At the moment we have the motor out of the car, give it a quick freshen up, and we will be ready to pick up where we left off at Kingaroy Speedway on the 9th September 2006 for the East Coast A Grade QLD Title.

Keep checking back for more info!