Runner up for Nathan at Flood Appeal meeting
Sunday February 6, 2011

The Inland Tsunami Flood Appeal meeting held last night at Charlton Raceway (5th February) was well received, despite a late afternoon shower which forced management to miss several events as they desperately tried to get the track back to a raceable condition.

With father Lindsay strapping into the seat of Shane's car for the night, he was made to start at the back of the grid in all his races as per racing rules.  The first heat saw Nathan start on the front row, slipping into 2nd place as the race got underway. Steve Downes led until he had a transmission failure which then saw him making contact with the fence handing the lead and the win to Nathan.  Lindsay come through to finish in 7th place.

Heat 2 saw Nathan start at the back of the grid along with Lindsay.  Lindsay making contact with Nathan several times throughout the race letting him know he was there.  Lindsay moved around Nathan while he was trying to get passed another car, while Nathan reciprocated the action by getting back ahead of his father. Nathan finishing in 10th place and Lindsay 11th.

Nathan qualified out of position 4 for the 15 lap final, while Lindsay was forced to start at the rear.  Local female driver Cathy Pammenter showed up all the male drivers by putting her VS Commodore on pole up against 23 other cars.  Luke Hollyman was out of position two with David Jacobi in three.  Nathan was sitting in 4th place trying to find a way around Cathy, only when the pair came up on a lapped car that it worked in Nathan's favour and he was able to move into 3rd.  Luke Hollyman soon pulled out leaving Nathan in 2nd, reeling in leader David Jacobi as he approached lapped traffic.  The final 3 laps saw Nathan trying to get passed Lindsay to have a go at the lead, but it was not to be, Jacobi taking the win from Nathan, followed by Quinton Clarke, Dennis Bullpitt, Gavin Fletcher, Cathy Pammenter and Rodney Pammenter.

In a few weeks time Shane and Nathan Macdonald will be travelling to Alexandra Speedway in Victoria for the Victorian Open on the 24th,25th and 26th February.  This event is $5000 to win and both Shane and Nathan will be looking to get their hands on the prize pool, and very much looking forward to competing at a new track and up against some strong competition from all over Australia.

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

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