Shane Macdonald proved he was a man on a mission at Charlton Raceway on Saturday night, coming from 7th on the grid in the 25 lap final to finish a solid 3rd.  The racing was close and the competition was fierce as Shane stepped up to the challenge.

For heat 1 Macdonald started from position 7.  Macdonald moved up to 5th place as he began to find a line, trying to make a move on Wayne Miles, Shane was then being chased by Rodney Pammenter. Pammenter and Macdonald raced side by side for a few laps with Macdonald on the outside.  Shane ran a bit too high in turn 1 which let another car through as Shane ran out of tear-offs.  Shane ended up in 6th place, with Robert Trapp taking the heat win

Shane started out of 2nd place in heat 2 beside Dale Grother.  Macdonald slipped into 2nd around turn 1, as Shane pushed his lightning quick car to the limit, right on the tail of Grother.  Macdonald looked for a way past, getting up the inside on a few occasions, then switching to the outside.  Shane tried to make his move on the final lap, working the high line as he moved alongside Grother with the race being a photo finish.  Macdonald clipped the wall on the way through, but Grother won the heat by a milli-second, with Macdonald in 2nd.

Heat 3 saw shane start from position 6 as Macdonald moved forward into 4th place, and fighting the rough track.  On a few occasions the car was on two wheels as Macdonald pushed it to the limits. 

Macdonald qualified out of position 7 for the 25 lap main event, with a 20-car field all up.  Todd Doyle won all his heats to start on pole with Robert Trapp on the outside front row.  After suffering a sore shoulder from the demanding Charlton surface in heat 3, Macdonald wasn't sure if he would last the distance, but Shane took the challenge and drove his Linmac Automotive VS commodore through the field, picking off the cars one by one.  Robert Trapp was unlucky to have an ignition relay jump off after recieving a tap from another car which shut his engine down in the first lap.

Shane Macdonald found himself into 4th place as he reeled in Aiden Raymont who was suffering from a broken Shockie.  As they come around turn 4 Raymont spun, with Macdonald narrowly missing him.  Shane moved into 3rd place which is where he finished.  Todd Doyle won from Mark Ferguson and Macdonald.

Macdonald was exhausted but overwhelmed with how good the car is going after only a few races under his belt.

The next race for Shane will be the 18th November at Brisbane Speedway for round 1 of the Hydraulic Drilling Services.