Pammenter greets the Chequered Flag
Posted: 29/12/03

The Macdonald Racing Team raced at their home track, The Clive Berghofer Charlton Raceway on Friday night.  The first heat saw Shane on the front row with Brett Raabe on the inside and Nathan starting at the rear.  After the green, coming into the first corner Rocket was trying to go around the outside, when he found a wet patch and went straight into the wall, damaging the suspension work which put him out for the first heat.  On the restart Shane got straight into the lead with Shane Langton finding his way into 2nd behind Shane Macdonald.  Brett Raabe held onto 3rd with Dennis Bullpitt followed Nathan Macdonald.  After 3 or 4 laps Shane was slowing, only to discover that his right side axle broke which made him retire.  Shane Langton won heat 1 comfortably with Brett Raabe 2nd, Dennis Bullpitt 3rd and Nathan 4th. 

Shane's broken axle put him out for the second heat as well as he couldn't repair his in time.  Heat 2 saw Nathan from pole and Shane Langton beside him.  Langton was able to get around the outside around the first corner and take the lead, with Nathan following closely behind.  Macdonald was challenging Langton all the way, getting on the inside of him a few times, until about lap 6 when Macdonald got past Langton after he pulled out after feeling loss of power.  This showed Macdonald in 1st, followed by Rodney Pammenter and Dennis Bullpitt.  Rocket was closing the gap in the last few laps but wasn't enough to get past Macdonald.  1st Nathan Macdonald    2nd Rodney Pammenter    3rd Dennis Bullpitt. 

The final saw Rodney on pole with Raabe beside him, Shane Langton off of 3, Shane Macdonald off of 4, Bullpitt from 5, Nathan Macdonald from 6 and Peter Campbell from the rear.  From the start Rocket jumped straight into the lead, with Shane Langton following him.  Shane Macdonald was able to get into 3rd, with his brother behind him in 4th.  Coming into turn 3 and 4, Nathan gave Shane a slight tap.  Nathan was hoping to challenge his brother Shane for the podium position, But Nathan nearly spun out on the drying track, losing valuable time, but was able to keep his position.  The Feature race finished with -     1st Rodney Pammenter    2nd Shane Langton    3rd Shane Macdonald.