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Another
Macdonald Win
Posted: 22/02/04
Saturday night saw a
good turn out for the East Coast A Grade club in Brisbane, with 15
cars turning up to race. In the first race both Shane and Nathan
were off the rear beside each other, but a confused start saw all
the cars spread over the track. Dennis Bullpitt in Car #10 started
from position 2 and got the jump on Tony Blacker to take the race
lead. While once the field settled down, it saw Bullpitt out in
front with Tony Blacker behind him, and Rodney Pammenter back in
5th, Nathan Macdonald behind him, followed by Darren Lester and
Shane Macdonald.
After attempting to pass Allan Williams, the Australian Outlaw
Champion, (Rodney Pammenter) drifted a bit too high and hit the
fence, followed by a shunt up the rear from Nathan after he couldn't
brake in time, and Shane Macdonald stopping behind Nathan as he had
no where to go either. This put Pammenter out for the night with
severe front end damage. On the restart Bullpitt maintained the
lead, until about the last lap when Australia #1, Tony Blacker got
up the inside of Bullpitt, and drifted wide which put Dennis into
the wall. Bullpitt was able to hold onto 2nd but his VL Commodore
suffered a bent steering rack. While back in the pack Nathan
finished in 5th behind Terry Medcalf, followed by Shane Macdonald
and Darren Lester. 1st Tony Blacker 2nd Dennis Bullpitt 3rd
Allan Williams.
The
second heat saw both Macdonald brothers off the front row, with
Nathan on the inside. Shane managed to get better drive and took
the lead into the first corner, with Nathan following him. Shane
opened up a good lead, but Nathan was slowly reeling him in, but
wasn't enough to catch his brother. While Dennis Bullpitt came from
the rear of the field to finish in 6th behind Shane Hollyman. 1st
Shane Macdonald 2nd Nathan Macdonald 3rd Darren Lester.
Allan Williams, Shane Macdonald and Nathan Macdonald all drew as
highest point scorers for the night. After drawing out of a hat,
the field saw Allan Williams on pole, Shane Macdonald on 2, Nathan
Macdonald on 3, Followed by Tony Blacker, Dennis Bullpitt and Darren
Lester out of position 6. Into the first corner, Allan Williams got
sideways in front of Nathan, with Macdonald braking hard to miss
Williams, he got turned around by Dennis Bullpitt. Macdonald being
narrowly missed by the oncoming cars.
A
full restart saw all cars go back into their position. This time
they got up to the back straight when Tony Blacker and Allan
Williams touched which resulted in Williams hitting the concrete
wall forcing him to retire. On the single row restart, Shane was
out in front, followed by Tony Blacker, Darren Lester, Nathan
Macdonald and Dennis Bullpitt. Shane was never troubled and opened
up a handy lead, while Tony Blacker spun out causing another
stoppage after only 5 laps. This resulted in the race being
declared after the track was running out of time to finish their
races. The final positions were- 1st Shane Macdonald 2nd Darren
Lester 3rd Nathan Macdonald. Dennis Bullpitt came home with 4th
place followed by Peter Rodgers to round out the top five.

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