Macdonald opens season with new car and a podium finish
Sunday November 8, 2009

Nathan Macdonald debuted his new Linmac Automotive VZ Commodore last night, and what a great night of racing it was.  Nathan had no issues with the car and was on the pace from the first heat.  15 cars turned up for the first race meeting of the season.

Heat 1 saw a very greasy track with Macdonald started out of position six.  Nathan moved his way past three cars into 3rd place behind Ashley Barron and Robert Trapp respectively which is where they finished.

Starting from pole position in heat two, Nathan got away to a great start, only for the race to be called for a restart after an incident in turn 4 involving a few cars.  Once again Nathan was able to get away to a good start, taking the lead into the first turn with Robert Trapp closely following.  Trapp applied some pressure to Macdonald but Nathan was able to cross the line ahead of Trapp and Ashley Barron.

Heat three saw a very racy surface, with Macdonald starting out of position 3.  Macdonald followed Ashley Barron through on the start, with Macdonald trailing Barron for a few laps before Macdonald found a way through up the inside of Barron to take the lead.  Macdonald went on to win comfortably ahead of Greg Worling and Ashley Barron.

With some great results in the heats, Nathan acquired enough points to start out of position 2 beside Robert Trapp, with David Jacobi out of 3, followed by Ashley Barron, Shane Macdonald and Greg Worling.  As the lights went green for the 20-lap feature race Macdonald raced Trapp into turn one, but made an error and drifted back to 4th, then coming into turn three Macdonald was hit and headed to the wall, luckily the mud thrown up to the wall from all the racing cushioning any impact with the wall.  Macdonald continued on but had fallen back further to 7th place. 

After settling into the race Nathan moved forward into 5th place behind Ashley Barron and Shane Macdonald.  Greg Worling was running 2nd until he retired onto the infield.  Barron and the two Macdonald brothers put on a great display of racing, fighting for position.  Shane slipped past Barron into 2nd with Nathan following suit.  Shane and Nathan then fought for 2nd place, swapping positions and dicing through lapped traffic.  Robert Trapp took the win with Nathan crossing the line half a car length ahead oh his brother Shane.

Nathan was stoked with 2nd place in saying "I really didn't expect for things to go so well early on, the car felt great". 

Nathan is unsure of when the next race will be due to work commitments.  Shane will be racing at Maryborough next weekend the 14th November for Round 1 of the Fraser Coast Series.

Nathan would like to thank everyone for their generous support in getting the new car on the track -
Shane, Cyrisse, Dad and Mum
Dennis Bullpitt (Toowoomba Steering and Suspension)
Robert Trapp

Macdonald Racing for the 2009/2010 season is supported by -

Toowoomba Steering and Suspension
Linmac Automotive
RCP Machining
Repco
The Speed Shop