Season 2009/2010

 

Macdonald Wins Australian Open

Monday May 3, 2010 Shane Macdonald has taken out the first ever Modified Production Australian Open held at Maryborough Speedway on the weekend. Macdonald Qualified out of Position 5 for the 50 lap feature race and Battled with race leader Brett Baxter early on in the race until Macdonald made his move on Baxter to Take the win.

Macdonald brings home good result
Friday April 16, 2010 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 8th and 10th respectively. Both Brothers were hoping for a good night to climb the point’s ladder.

6th Placing for Macdonald on home turf
Friday April 16, 2010 Easter Sunday the 4th of April saw the running of the Easter Classic for Modified Productions at Charlton Raceway.  Starting from third on the grid for heat one, Nathan struggled in the heavy track to go forward, after sitting in fifth Nathan moved past brother Shane to finish 4th after he was suffering an engine misfire.

Bad luck for Macdonald in Tasmanian Title

Monday March 22, 2010 After a fairly successful weekend a week ago Shane was hoping to pick up where he left off. With a second and third placing in his heats, Shane Macdonald qualified his VS Commodore out of position 5for the Tasmanian Title while Nathan Macdonald made up for the disappointing finish in last weeks Australian Title to bring his VZ Commodore home in 2nd place in the title at the Mountain Dew Ice Speedway, Hobart, Tasmania.

Australian Title results, Latrobe, Tasmania
Monday March 15, 2010 Coming into the final night of racing, Nathan was leading the points tally ahead of Andrew Blackwell and Mark Carlin.  After some unfortunate penalties the night before Shane was 13th in points.  Nathan had some work cut out for him in his heat starting from the back of the field in 9th place.

Podium result for Macdonald duo at 30/30
Thursday February 25, 2010 Another podium finish for brothers Shane and Nathan Macdonald at Gympie Speedway on Saturday night (20th February) driving Shane's QLD Title winning car, was a much welcomed reward leading up to the National Title being held in Tasmania in two weeks time.

Macdonald collects valuable points at Charlton
Thursday January 28, 2010 Saturday night saw round 3 of the Exide Batteries Nambour Modified Production Series held at Charlton Raceway in which Shane Currently sits 5th after a great round at Brisbane the other weekend. Shane was hoping to progress up the ladder even more having the home track advantage. Heat 1 saw Shane start from row 3 on the grid.

Macdonald brothers give strong showing for Round 2 at BIS

Thursday January 28, 2010 Round two of the Exide Batteries Nambour QLD Series was held at Brisbane International Speedway on Saturday night the 16th January, with both Shane and Nathan Macdonald displaying a strong presence in the feature race.  QLD Champion Shane Macdonald qualified the 30-lap final out of position three, while Brett Baxter was to be off pole position with Aidan Raymont on the outside.  Nathan qualified his car out of position ten in the 20 car field.

Macdonald Takes win in front of Big World Series Sprintcars crowd
Thursday January 14, 2010 Shane Macdonald took the win in Saturday nights feature race ahead of Rodney Pammenter and Royce Ernst in front of a big World Series Sprintcars crowd. Macdonald Qualified his Queensland 1 car on pole position alongside Robert Trapp. Macdonald led the race from start to finish.

Promising result for Macdonald at Maryborough
Tuesday January 5, 2010 It was time for Round 2 of the Fraser Coast Modified Production Series as Shane and Nathan Macdonald set about to head into a new year and to Maryborough Speedway for a two night show on Friday and Saturday Night (1st & 2nd).  A big weekend was a ahead with 50 cars nominated for Round 2.

Lismore rained out
Saturday December 26,  2009 Lismore Speedway was over before it could begin due to the Inclement weather. Overnight rain and early morning showers left promoter David Lander with no alternative but to call off the race meeting. Luckily Shane had met up Trappy and brother Nathan on the highway at Blacksoil. It was there that we found that the meeting had been called off.

Charlton Rained out
Sunday December 13,  2009 Shane Macdonald was all ready to do battle at his home track again on Saturday night but Mother Nature had other ideas. A heavy downpour about 3.00PM saw the track become really greasy.

Macdonald Brings home another podium finish
Sunday November 29,  2009  Shane Macdonald last night headed back to Brisbane International Speedway to try to win his second feature race of the season. Macdonald was looking the goods but was unable to make a pass stick for the win. Mark Ferguson was the eventual winner followed by Macdonald and Quintin Clarke.

8th Position for Macdonald at Maryborough
Sunday November 15,  2009  Shane Macdonald last night qualified his Linmac Automotive commodore out of position 14 and would ultimately finish a credible 8th for the 25 lap Final of the first round of the Exide Batteries QLD Modified Production Series.

Macdonald brings home another podium finish
Sunday November 8,  2009 Macdonald racing proved they are a force to be reckoned with last night as both Nathan and Shane have their cars on the track bringing home a 2nd and a 3rd  respectivley in the final.

Macdonald makes the most of season opener
Sunday October 18,  2009 Shane Macdonald flew the flag for Macdonald Racing on Saturday night winning his first heat, finishing 3rd in his second heat and leading the feature race from green to Checker.