Shane Macdonald arrived at the Rockhampton showground complex with several showers passing over the city during the day, but the skies started to clear up come race time.  Being a granite based track it can take a lot of water before you cannot race on it.  There was a light drizzle all night, the first few races were a really greasy track but it come good later in the night.  This was Shane's first ever appearance at the venue but was eagerly awaiting the challenge.  Heat 1 saw Shane start from position 7.  The first few laps Macdonald held his position, finding what line he felt comfortable in.  The last few laps Macdonald caught up to 6th place but couldn't advance any further and finished in 7th.

As Macdonald drove off the track he felt a slight vibration in the tailshaft.  Back in the pits the crew checked it out and found the tailshaft c-v joint starting bind or sieze up.  We were able to re-pack it with grease to get him through the night.  Unfortunately we just missed the next heat by minutes.  The final heat of the night saw Shane start from third place.  Macdonald settled into 3rd behind Dale Grother.  Coming out of turn two Dale Grother got sideways in front of Macdonald.  The racing was that close Macdonald had little time to do anything and spun Grother.  Craig Mellor and Graham Bing then had nowhere to go and collided with Grother, which resulted in Grother and Bing forced out with damage.  Gavin Fletcher also pulled out after leading the race.  This left Macdonald out in front.  Shane drove away with the heat win with Craig Mellor not far behind until Mellor spun.  Aiden Raymont finished in 2nd.

The tailshaft has been removed and are currently chasing up another c-v joint for the car.  Macdonald is hoping for a good run tonight to get a good start in the A-main feature race.