Nathan takes maiden feature win
Monday October 18, 2010

Charlton Raceway Toowoomba was the place to be on Saturday night, with the electric atmosphere making up for the blistery cold wind.  The night saw Nathan Macdonald take out his maiden feature race win in Modified Production up against a class field of 25 cars with Shane coming home in 6th position.  With the lead up to event, Nathan also appeared on Win News on Friday night after a short interview to help promote the race meeting.

The first heat of the night saw Nathan start in position five, taking a few laps to find a rhythm dropping one place back to 6th before moving forward past Darren Ciesolka then Shannon Blackburn to ultimately finish 3rd with a photo finish beside Graeme Jones across the line.

Up near the back of the field in the next heat, Nathan and Shane moved their way through into 3rd and 5th respectively.  Nathan chased down the race leader Dennis Bullpitt and Jason Jolley to be right on their rear bumper across the finish line.

Before the last round of heats Nathan changed the spring rates in the car to be able to handle the changing track conditions.  This heat saw Shane on the front row beside Andrew Harper with Nathan from position three.  Into the first turn and Andrew Harper had a big moment getting the BA Falcon up on two wheels which in turn saw Shane having to get off the throttle to steer clear.  Andrew brought the car back down without incident.  As this unfolded Nathan snuck by to take the lead.  Shane regathered to finish 4th while Nathan went on to win comfortably.

Nathan qualified his VZ Commodore on the outside front row beside former National Champion Jason Jolley, with Robert Trapp out of positon three, followed by Dennis Bullpitt, Greg Worling, Brendan Kennedy, Shane Macdonald and Matt Swarbrooke.

As Macdonald and Jolley raced into turn one, Jason held his line down low to jump ahead of Macdonald.  Greg Worling soon moved into 3rd place with Shane back in 6th.  This set the precedence for a nail biting race to the end.  As Jolley, Macdonald and Worling diced their way through lapped traffic, Nathan saw an opportunity open up as Jason went low on a lapped car with Nathan choosing the high line, both squeezing past the car and racing side by side into the next turn.  Nathan was able carry the momentum on the outside and into the lead.  From there on in Macdonald kept a comfortable lead to take out his maiden feature race win. Jason Jolley was 2nd followed by Greg Worling, Matt Swarbrooke, Dennis Bullpitt and Shane Macdonald.

While Shane has work commitments, You will next see Nathan in action at Maryborough Speedway for Round 1 of the Fraser Coast Series, with already over 30 nominations for the event the competition is well and truly alive and kicking for Modified Production in QLD.

Be sure to check out Nathan's in-car videos from the night at www.macdonaldracing.com

Macdonald Racing for the 2010/2011 season is supported by -

Toowoomba Steering and Suspension
Forbes Batteries
Linmac Automotive
RCP Machining
Mac Graphix
Repco Toowoomba
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