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Langton
cruises to Victory
Posted: 08/02/04
Another Saturday night
race meeting at Charlton Raceway, saw the track turn out to be very
rough once again. This weekend seeing Shane Hollyman and Darren
Lester competing from Brisbane. In Heat 1, Nathan found himself on
Pole, with Shane Macdonald back in 8th. Nathan Macdonald in car
#32, was able to jump to the lead, but was being chased by Dennis
Bullpitt in car #10. Macdonald tried his best to hold onto 1st, but
Bullpitt had a good run up the inside and took the lead around turn
1 and 2. Macdonald had to settle for 2nd while Shane Macdonald
finished back in 7th. 1st Dennis Bullpitt 2nd Nathan
Macdonald 3rd Shane Langton.
Heat 2 saw Shane in car #27 out of position 4, while Nathan started
behind his brother in 6th. With the track being wet by the water
truck before the race, this made way for a very slippery track.
With Rodney Pammenter starting out 7, fresh from his Australian
Outlaw Championship win in Mackay, Rocket managed to stick the #8
car on the low line and by the second lap was leading the race with
Shane Macdonald right behind him. While back in the pack, Nathan
was chasing Darren Lester, when running 4th, Macdonald got crossed
up and collected the wall, with a huge shower of sparks.
Fortunately there was no damage and he retained his 4th spot. Back
up the front, Shane was able to take the high line around the
outside of Rocket with 1 lap to go, and took the heat 2 win. 1st
Shane Macdonald 2nd Rodney Pammenter 3rd Darren Lester.
Unlike Brisbane Speedway, for all three races, the grid had already
been drawn including the feature race, which saw Rodney Pammenter on
pole, with Shane Langton beside him, Shane Macdonald out of 3, and
Nathan Macdonald back in 9th. Langton in car #72, was able to take
the lead in the first lap, while Shane Macdonald and Rodney
Pammenter were fighting for 2nd position, changing places numerous
times. Nathan managed to crawl up to 6th place on a track with very
big ruts. While others had trouble handling the rough track, Shane
Langton found the perfect line and stretched out to a comfortable
lead, to cross the line in 1st position, with Shane Macdonald 2nd
and Rodney Pammenter 3rd. By following Dennis Bullpitt, Nathan was
just able to go around the outside of Shane Hollyman in the final
corner to take 5th position behind Bullpitt who was 4th. 1st Shane
Langton 2nd Shane Macdonald 3rd Rodney Pammenter.

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