Saturday night saw the running of Round 3 of the Modified Production HDS Series at Mothar Mountain Speedway, Gympie.  Shane Macdonald played with the car all night in the heats but had the setup just right for the feature, qualifying from 15th place and carved his way through the field to finish a superb 5th.  A night which was full of five's for Macdonald after he finished 4th in the first heat, and 5th in heats 2 & 3 and also the final.

Macdonald started in 6th place in heat 1, and moved into 4th place early on.  Shane was comfortably holding 3rd place until he ran wide into the bottom hairpin and bogged the car down and actually stalled the car, with the momentum of the car he got it going again and only lost one position.  Shane finished in 4th.

Heat 2 saw Macdonald start from position 3, but after a first lap incident the yellows come on and the restart saw Shane start from pole beside Wayne Miles.  As they come into the first corner, Macdonald's car pushed wide which allowed several cars through as Shane drifted back to 4th.  The next corner saw Todd Doyle push Macdonald out of the way in the hairpin, sending Macdonald back to 6th.  Todd Doyle was black flagged due to his bonnet obstructing his view which saw Macdonald finish in 5th place. 

The third and final Macdonald started in 5th.  With not even one lap being completed a few cars come together which saw a complete restart and Macdonald to start from position 3.  As the green flag waved Macdonald put the foot down, as they come into turn 2 Dale Grother threw his car into the turn when Macdonald made contact and Grother spun, an unfortunate incident which the officials deemed Macdonald's fault and put him to the rear.  Macdonald was able to re-gather a few positions to finish in 5th place.

Macdonald qualified 15th position in the 35 lap A main.  Local flyer Greg Raymont was on pole with Glen Pagel on the outside.  The feature was marred with incidents of cars coming together and spinning out, Macdonald showed patience, as well as skill to avoid everything and charge through the field.  Shane moved his Commodore into 5th place with about 12 laps to go.  Greg Raymont was leading followed by Aiden Raymont, Glen Pagel and Michael Hally.  As the laps wound down there was a stoppage after a car had spun with one lap to go.  At this stage Greg Raymont's exhaust was falling off the car and hanging out the side, but was pulled off on the infield and he was allowed to continue.  With one lap to got everyone was scrambling to make an advance in track position but all stayed as they were with Raymont taking the win from Aiden, Glen Pagel, Miachael Hally and Shane Macdonald. 

Shane will have the car ready for the next weekends race meeting at Charlton Raceway and will be chasing another podium finish at his home track.