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DNF for Macdonald, but 8th in series
Sunday March
11, 2007
 The
final round of the HDS Modified Production Series wound up at
Charlton Raceway on Saturday night (March 10). Shane come into the
event sitting in 7th place on the points table. After seven
gruelling rounds (and one roll over!), Shane dropped one place to
finish the HDS Series in 8th place. Shane was wrapped with the
effort himself and the team have done in what was his first full
season of racing in Modified Production.
Heat one saw Macdonald start from position eight, as started to
move forward he found a way past Michael Hally and into 5th spot,
only to see Macdonald run high in turn four getting caught out in
the wet track which let Hally and Travis Barron back through. Shane
hung on to finish 7th.
Macdonald started towards the front out of 3 in the second heat.
Shane struggled with the rough track drifted high after running
through several ruts which saw him drift back to 6th. Macdonald
started to re-gain control of the car but had to settle for 6th.
The
third and final heat came after a quick track grade. Shane started
from position four and seemed to have a better handle on the car as
slipped past Steve Price to snatch third place. Gary Maroske went
on to win the heat with Darryl Etherden in 2nd closely followed by
Macdonald in 3rd.
Shane
Qualified from 15th in the feature race. Shane had 25 laps to try
and get closer to the front, as the green lights come on Macdonald
went to work at the steering wheel on the #27 VS Commodore. Shane
had moved his way into 10th place, avoiding several incidents which
unfolded in front of him. Unfortunately Macdonald finish the race
on the back of a tow truck after contact between himself and Aiden
Raymont which tore the left hand strut out of the car. Raymont was
black flagged for the incident. In what could have been a solid
result, Macdonald watched the rest of the race on the infield, as
fellow racer Robert Trapp drove superbly to win the race. Shane and
the team congratulate Trappy on a job well done.
Shane
will now have to wait until Easter (7th & 8th April), to see if he
can topple the field in what will be a fiercely fought battle with
some great prize money on offer.
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