Macdonald secures another Feature win
Posted: 18/01/04

After a very wet weekend, Speedway was a sure bet that it would be cancelled, but come Saturday afternoon, the skies were blue.  The scheduled meeting at Brisbane Speedway went ahead.  Shane wasn't racing as his car wasn't quite ready, but is very near completion.  Nathan was in attendance, and ready to make the most of it as his brother was out of action.  In the first heat on a greasy track, Nathan started on position 2 with Bill Tronc on the inside.  Bill was able to take the lead into the first corner, while Nathan didn't have the pace and dropped back to 4th.  A stoppage saw Chris Duffel hit the fence, which put him on the infield.  A few laps later, the yellow flag were out again, which saw Shane Hollyman stop just before hitting the wall, with the race then being declared.  Heat 1 saw 1st Dale Grother    2nd Bill Tronc    3rd Nathan Macdonald. 

Heat 2 had Nathan starting in fourth position.  Still on a greasy track, Nathan was unable to keep up with leaders, but ended up finishing 3rd again, after Dale Grother blew an engine.  Heat 2- 1st Tony Blacker    2nd Shane Hollyman    3rd Nathan Macdonald.  For the feature Tony Blacker was highest point scorer which saw him on pole, with Nathan beside him.  After plenty of races the track was showing plenty of stick.  On the start Nathan was able to take the lead into the first corner and was never troubled all race.  The car was proving to be in top order ready for Mackay in a week's time.  Tony Blacker was running second until drifting wide, allowing Shane Hollyman past and into second.  That's how they finished 1st Nathan Macdonald    2nd Shane Hollyman    3rd Tony Blacker. 

The next race meeting will be over 2 nights (24th & 25th January) Nathan, Shane, Rodney Pammenter, Shane Langton, Peter Rodgers and Darren Lester will head to Mackay to race for $1000.