Runner-up for Nathan at Tasmanian
State Title
Monday March 22,
2010
Nathan Macdonald
made up for the disappointing finish in last weeks Australian
Title to bring his VZ Commodore home in 2nd place in the
Tasmanian State Title held at Hobart Speedway Tasmania on the
weekend (20th March). With a second and third placing in
his heats, Shane Macdonald qualified his VS Commodore out of
position 5.
After two heat wins
Nathan qualified on the front row with Australian Champion
Andrew Blackwell for the 30 lap feature event. Nathan
raced to the lead into the first turn with Blackwell in hot
pursuit. Nathan lead the race for 15 laps until a slight
error saw Blackwell pounce to assume the lead. Nathan
tried to make amends on his mistake but couldn't get back past
the Australian Champion. Former National Champion Mark
Carlin finished behind Nathan in 3rd, followed by Greg Worling
and Quintin Clarke. After running strongly for most of the
race in 5th place, Shane slowly drifted back through the field
after suffering a flat left rear tyre, officially finishing in
14th place.
Shane's first heat
saw a track that was already slick and dry, with most cars
suffering from a lack of traction. Shane managed to pick
off a few spots to finish 3rd in his heat. After
witnessing how dry and slick the first heat was, Nathan raced
back to the pits to make some crucial changes to his car.
Nathan's first heat saw the Queenslander start on the front row
as he ran away with the heat win ahead of Ron Watts.
Shane once again
started midfield in his second heat and moved up into 2nd place
across the finish line behind eventual winner Andrew Blackwell.
Nathan started at
the rear of his final heat, and after finding a high groove
around turns three and four Macdonald showed good car speed to
take the win on the final lap.
With only a weeks
break Shane and Nathan will be back at Charlton Raceway on
Easter Sunday the 4th of April, then they will focus on
contesting the QLD Title at Gympie, the Australian Open at
Maryborough and the NSW Title at Lismore.
