Second placing for Macdonald at BIS
Monday February 12, 2007

Brisbane International Speedway hosted their track Championship Saturday the 10th of February.  Terry Medcalf took out the feature win with Nathan Macdonald securing second and Peter Rogers third.  Rain threatened halfway through the night, delaying the program for an hour before the skies cleared up again and the rest of the program continued.

Nathan Macdonald started from 10th in heat 1, and moved his way through the field to eventually finish in 3rd behind Paul Ledgerwood.  Darran Lester also made his way up the front until he drifted back to eventually finish 7th after having fuel pressure problems.  Terry Medcalf took the heat win with Ledgy 2nd, followed by Nathan Macdonald, Mark Lester and Peter Rogers.  Shane Hollyman struggled in the first heat with a broken steering rack which would see him miss the next heat.

Darran Lester missed the next two heats trying to sort out fuel supply problems.  Stewart Fricker was the early race leader in heat 2 from Mark Lester with Nathan Macdonald in 3rd.  Fricker got the cortina sideways and spun which saw Lester narrowly miss him, unfortunately Macdonald had nowhere to go and ran up the back of Lester.  Macdonald suffered no damage and made a move past Lester up the back straight into the lead.  Macdonald now had some clean air and stormed to a heat two win.  Martin Cross wasn't far behind in 2nd, while Terry Medcalf come from the back to finish 3rd. 

Nathan Macdonald and Pete Rogers were to start off the front row in the final heat.  Rogers got the jump on the outside and into the lead as the track was starting to go slick.  Pete would then hand the lead to Macdonald as he spun out of contention with a deflating right rear tyre.  Macdonald ran away with the heat win opening up a buffer from Terry Medcalf in 2nd.  Martin Cross finished in 3rd spot.

A light rain shower passed which halted the program for an hour.  The grader ran over the track twice to try and get it raceable again.  The racing got underway again with the track condition changing immensely.  As the the things with wings rolled out for the feature, the track was looking smooth and fast.

Nathan Macdonald qualified his #32 Commodore on pole position, with Terry Medcalf out of position 2, followed by Peter Rogers, Martin Cross, Shane Hollyman, Darran Lester and Mark Lester.  Darran Lester would only last a few laps after still suffering fuel problems.  Medcalf drove into the lead as the green flag waved with Macdonald sliding in behind him.  Macdonald shoved the nose of the Commodore up the inside on a few occasions, but Medcalf slowly gained a few car lengths lead.  Martin Cross was running 3rd until he slid into the turn 4 wall, putting an end to his night.  The yellows come on the clear Cross' car.  There was a restart with 5 laps to go.  Macdonald ran with Medcalf waiting for one mistake from the Ivatek Painting Falcon.  But Medcalf drove faultless to take out the track championship as he crossed the line with Macdonald right behind him in 2nd and Peter Rogers in 3rd and Shane Hollyman 4th.

The next race meeting for Nathan will be the QLD Title at Kingaroy Speedway on the 17th February.  Nathan will be looking to defend his QLD Title where he won it at the same venue.