Langton cruises to Victory
Posted: 08/02/04

Another Saturday night race meeting at Charlton Raceway, saw the track turn out to be very rough once again.  This weekend seeing Shane Hollyman and Darren Lester competing from Brisbane.  In Heat 1, Nathan found himself on Pole, with Shane Macdonald back in 8th.  Nathan Macdonald in car #32, was able to jump to the lead, but was being chased by Dennis Bullpitt in car #10.  Macdonald tried his best to hold onto 1st, but Bullpitt had a good run up the inside and took the lead around turn 1 and 2.  Macdonald had to settle for 2nd while Shane Macdonald finished back in 7th.  1st Dennis Bullpitt    2nd Nathan Macdonald    3rd Shane Langton. 

Heat 2 saw Shane in car #27 out of position 4, while Nathan started behind his brother in 6th.  With the track being wet by the water truck before the race, this made way for a very slippery track.  With Rodney Pammenter starting out 7, fresh from his Australian Outlaw Championship win in Mackay, Rocket managed to stick the #8 car on the low line and by the second lap was leading the race with Shane Macdonald right behind him.  While back in the pack, Nathan was chasing Darren Lester, when running 4th, Macdonald got crossed up and collected the wall, with a huge shower of sparks.  Fortunately there was no damage and he retained his 4th spot.  Back up the front, Shane was able to take the high line around the outside of Rocket with 1 lap to go, and took the heat 2 win.  1st Shane Macdonald    2nd Rodney Pammenter    3rd Darren Lester. 

Unlike Brisbane Speedway, for all three races, the grid had already been drawn including the feature race, which saw Rodney Pammenter on pole, with Shane Langton beside him, Shane Macdonald out of 3, and Nathan Macdonald back in 9th.  Langton in car #72, was able to take the lead in the first lap, while Shane Macdonald and Rodney Pammenter were fighting for 2nd position, changing places numerous times.  Nathan managed to crawl up to 6th place on a track with very big ruts.  While others had trouble handling the rough track, Shane Langton found the perfect line and stretched out to a comfortable lead, to cross the line in 1st position, with Shane Macdonald 2nd and Rodney Pammenter 3rd.  By following Dennis Bullpitt, Nathan was just able to go around the outside of Shane Hollyman in the final corner to take 5th position behind Bullpitt who was 4th.  1st Shane Langton    2nd Shane Macdonald    3rd Rodney Pammenter.