Another broken axle!
Sunday November 26, 2006

Yet another broken axle has taken away another possible podium position at Brisbane Speedway on Saturday night for the City of Brisbane Title. 

Heat one Macdonald started from 5th place, as the car struggled to find grip on the Brisbane surface Nathan managed to finish in 3rd place behind Martin Cross and Terry Medcalf.

For heat number two Nathan was to start off the front row with Paul Ledgerwood on the outside.  Macdonald got the better start down the front straight and into the lead.  A few laps later Macdonald ran wide in turn 2 which allowed Terry Medcalf into the lead.  Macdonald had no answer for Medcalf and couldn't reel the car back in having to settle for 2nd.

Some changes were made to the car to try and get some more pace out of the car for the third heat.  Macdonald started from 4th spot, as the race got underway Macdonald slid into 4th spot as Martin Cross ran wide which allowed Macdonald into 3rd place.  As the race leader Terry Medcalf took another heat win and Stuart Fricker come in for 2nd place with Macdonald settling for 3rd.

The feature saw Medcalf out of pole position with Nathan on the outside, followed by Martin Cross and Stuart Fricker.  Medcalf threw his Falcon into the lead with Macdonald slotting into 2nd.  Macdonald was looking for a way around Medcalf when on the 2nd lap Macdonald was forced to pull out after the right rear axle broke.  Medcalf was under siege from a fast finishing Stuart Fricker, until Stu was battling steering problems and ran wide and lost ground.  Medcalf took out the City of Brisbane Title with Stu finishing in 2nd and Martin Cross 3rd.

Macdonald racing will be spending a lot of time and money to make major improvements to the axle set-up to prevent these occurrences and make the car more reliable.