Podium placings continue for Macdonald
Friday April 16, 2010

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Saturday Night saw Macdonald Racing head off to Maryborough for the final round of the Exide Batteries Nambour Queensland Modified Production Series in which Shane and Nathan were in positions 8^th and 10^th respectively. Both Brothers were hoping for a good night to climb the point’s ladder.

Heat 1 for Shane was the first production event for the night on a greasy track with really only 1 racing line. Shane started out of position 5 and managed to bring the car home in 6^th place, not where we wanted to be but still obtaining valuable points.

Nathan had to do it all from the back of the pack in his heat.  After a slow start on a greasy track Nathan eventually got some clear track and moved his way into 4th place by the end of the race.

Shane started out of position 3 for heat 2, the track was still fairly wet and Shane Managed to come home in 3^rd position.

Heat two for Nathan saw him start from 6th position, with the Maryborough track taking a liking to Nathan's car allowing him to advance forward into 3rd, while race leader Chris Jensen retired, this left Adrian Stott and Macdonald to battle it out for the lead.  Nathan making many attempts to make a pass stick, but Stott closed the gate quickly with Macdonald settling for 2nd.

The final heat for the night Shane had some work to do starting from position 8. 2 Racing lines were now evident as Shane made a few outside passes to come home in 5^th position.

A front row start was on the cards for Nathan's final heat beside Steven Zahl.  Zahl managed to maintain the lead on the outside around the first turn.  Nathan applied plenty of pressure to Zahl during the race but a faultless run by Zahl saw Nathan finish in 2nd. 

The feature race come out and the track was looking really good, Nathan having a great run in his heats qualifying out of position 4 while Shane had gained just enough points to start the 30 lap Feature from position 16. The race got underway and on the second lap there was a stoppage as Price and Zahl had come together while they were in 2^nd and 3^rd respectively, officials deeming Zahl the cause of the incident sending him to the rear, this set the stage for what was a great battle for the top 3 positions between Aiden Raymont, Steve Price and Nathan Macdonald. All 3 cars swapping positions on many occasions, but by the end of the 30 lap event it was Raymont on top followed by Steve Price and Nathan Macdonald. Back in the pack Shane had found a groove and started using the high line to great effect and was rounding cars up on the outside. Shane eventually finding himself in 4^th spot by the end,  almost on the tail of Brother Nathan.

This was a good result for Macdonald Racing proving the cars still have what it takes to mix it with the best. Shane and Nathan finished up in 7^th and 8^th respectively in the Queensland Series. Nathan also missed one round of the series earlier in the season and was please to finish in 8th. Shane and Nathan will be preparing the cars in the next 2 weeks for the Queensland title at Gympie as Shane Prepares to defend his title while Nathan will attempt to keep the trophy in the family.