Podium result for Nathan in 50
Lap Opener
Monday
September
20, 2010
A promising start to
the season for Nathan Macdonald saw him snare 3rd place in the
Toowoomba Steering & Suspension 50 Lap event held at Charlton
Raceway on Saturday night. Macdonald had to fight his way
to the front after qualifying from position ten on the grid for
the 50 lap event.
Macdonald struggled
in his heats to get some good drive in the wet track conditions,
managing to obtain two 5th's and a second in his heats.
The track had started to open up for the feature race which
suited Nathan's setup in the car.
With the feature
event underway, Macdonald had an early battle on for 8th place
with Gavin Lorensen and Matt Swarbrooke until an incident up the
front saw three cars put out of the race, Todd Doyle, Jason Boss
and Brett Baxter. The race resumed with Nathan now up to
4th place behind Swarbrooke, The battle intensified as Macdonald
tried to find a way around an eventually doing so to move into
3rd.
With 15 laps to go
Macdonald reeled in Chris Hayden vying for 2nd place, searching
for a way around when Greg Worling wanted in on the action
moving up the inside forcing Nathan to fight for his position.
The two drivers racing side by side with Nathan on the outside.
Macdonald was down but not out, losing his position to Worling.
Nathan pounced at the opportunity coming up to lapped cars, as
he put the car up high and made the pass stick to move back into
3rd finishing right behind eventual winner Chris Jensen and
South Australian Chris Hayden. Greg Worling crossed in
4th, Brendan Kennedy 5th and Rodney Pammenter 6th.
Macdonald showed
some good car speed in the final by setting the 2nd fastest lap
time in the feature race and the night with a lap of 16.692
seconds.
The next race for
Nathan and Shane will be back at Charlton Raceway on the 16th
October. Shane missed the first meeting of the season due
to work commitments but will be making his return in October.
Macdonald Racing for
the 2010/2011 season is supported by -
Toowoomba Steering
and Suspension
Forbes Batteries
Linmac Automotive
RCP Machining
Mac Graphix
Repco Toowoomba
The Speed Shop
