Macdonald bows out of Australian Title
Friday April 29, 2011

The Easter long weekend saw the running of the Australian Modified Production Championship at Lismore Speedway, NSW.  Nathan had some mixed results bagging two heat wins over the two nights of racing, while finishing 6th and 9th in his other heats.  Nathan's last heat win propelled him from 20th position to an 8th place start in the 40 lap final.

This weekend Shane was trying a totally different setup on the car, with some strong results in his heats obtaining two 2nd's, a 4th and a 6th.  Due to the 70 plus cars entered into the event, Shane was forced to start from 3rd in the B-main.  Shane slipped back to fourth place mid race and would eventually pull to the infield with a flat tyre, ending his chance of making it into the A main.

After taking a very satisfying win in his final heat over Glenn Pagel and Aidan Raymont, Nathan was feeling very comfortable with the car on a slick track, which until now, had struggled somewhat on tracks with little grip.  With some new shocks in the car and some good setups, Nathan felt he had a car that could move forward in the final. 

As the prestigious final got underway, Nathan got caught out up high and went back to 10th, before quickly finding a way around Mark Carlin and Justin Drew.  Todd Doyle spun while leading the race bringing on the yellow lights.  Nathan was now into 6th position behind Glenn Pagel.  As the race restarted Nathan's right front ball joint broke on the suspension forcing him onto the infield and ending another top 10 Australian Title hope as a disappointment.

This weekend the 30th April/1st May will see the running of the QLD Title at Charlton Raceway.  Both Shane and Nathan will be hoping for a good run on home turf with a lot of loyal and local supporters to cheer us on.

See you then.

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