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Langton
strikes again!
Posted: 14/03/04
Another
weekend of racing at the Clive Berghofer Charlton Raceway, saw Shane
Langton take out another Feature race win. For the first heat,
Shane Hollyman was on pole with Shane Langton beside him on the
outside, followed by Dennis Bullpitt, Rodney Pammenter, Nathan
Macdonald and Shane Macdonald. From the word go, positions were
changing all through the field, with Rodney Pammenter going to the
lead in the first corner, only to drop back to 5th in the next
corner, where as Shane Langton dropped back to 5th, only to claw his
way back up 2nd.
Nathan managed to get past his brother, Shane Macdonald, after he
got caught up with Pammenter. Then a few laps later, Nathan stole
3rd place from Pammenter in car #8. Shane Hollyman was fighting his
way within pack, when he spun out, which left him in last position,
only to hit the wall later on. Pammenter held off a challenge from
Shane Macdonald, to retain 4th spot. While up ahead, the battle of
the 6 cylinders, Shane Langton closed the gap between himself and
Dennis Bullpitt, and was able to take the #1 spot on the last lap to
take the heat 1 win. 1st Shane Langton 2nd Dennis Bullpitt
3rd Nathan Macdonald.
A
reverse grid from the first race saw Shane and Nathan Macdonald
starting on the front row. Up the front straight, Shane got a
little offline, which allowed his brother Nathan to take the lead
around the outside into the first corner. In an incident free race,
Nathan streaked away to an early race lead, and took out the heat 2
win. 1st Nathan Macdonald 2nd Shane Macdonald 3rd Rodney
Pammenter 4th Shane Langton 5th Dennis Bullpitt 6th Shane
Hollyman.
For
the feature race, Nathan qualified on pole, with Shane Langton out
of position 2, followed by Shane Macdonald, Rodney Pammenter, Dennis
Bullpitt and Shane Hollyman. Heading into the first corner,
Macdonald was able to get the better start from Langton. With
Langton going back to 3rd spot. While an early charge from Rodney
the Rocket Pammenter, saw the #8 car up the inside of Nathan, but
Pammenter popped a tyre, which then saw him make contact with
Macdonald. Rocket being forced to retire. While leading the race
for a few laps, Nathan made a mistake, which allowed Shane Langton
and Shane Macdonald to close in. Langton got up the inside of
Nathan in car #32, and positioned himself well by taking the lead.
This also allowed Shane Macdonald up the inside of his brother, but
Shane in car #27 was forced to retire, after the "oil light" come on
in his car. Later discovering that a broken oil pump drive shaft
was to blame.
Nathan now focused on getting back his 1st position. Macdonald was
able to close the gap to Langton. On the last lap on the last
corner, Macdonald gave Langton a tap from behind, but Macdonald
bounced across a few ruts and drifted up into the fence. Falling 10
meters short of the finish line. The car was un driveable,
suffering suspension damage. Macdonald now wishing he had backed
off, but he'll add that to his collection of wall scrapes, and
hopefully learn from it. Mr consistency, Dennis Bullpitt, (due to
the misfortune of Macdonald), come in for 2nd place, with Shane
Hollyman in 3rd. Shane Langton now took out the feature win at
Charlton for the second time in a row. 1st Shane Langton 2nd
Dennis Bullpitt 3rd Shane Hollyman.

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