Saturday the 3rd of November saw the running of the Brisbane 1000 at Brisbane International Speedway. Shane got off to a good start for the night leading his first heat from start to finish. The car was set up almost perfectly, as Shane had made nearly half a laps lead. We made a few small adjustments after the race for heat 2.

Shane started from the rear in his next heat and was locked in a battle for 3rd, 4th and 5th with fellow Toowoomba driver Robert Trapp and Gary Maroske, Trappy ended up in 3rd with Shane in 4th and Maroske in 5th.

Heat 3 saw Shane have another great run starting from 3rd, making his way to the front, it wasn't all smooth sailing though as hard charger Todd Doyle was charging through the field along with Greg Worling challenging Macdonald for the lead, Macdonald holding everyone out to take the win While Doyle received the black flag for an incident with another car.

With 2 wins and a fourth, Macdonald found himself the highest point scorer for the night. Shane was extremely happy with how the night and car was going. The meeting was running ahead of schedule so they put on a 6 lap dash for the top 6 point scorers, (three of the 6 were from Toowoomba, Go Toowoomba!!) this would determine the starting positions for the feature. Highest point scorers were 1 Shane Macdonald, 2 Steve Price, 3 Robert Trapp, 4 Greg Worling, 5 Rodney Pammenter, 6 Colin Hockley. The 6 lap dash turned into an 8 lap dash as we were driving onto the track, Price got the jump on Macdonald, Shane following closely all race waiting for a mistake from price, Trappy lost his right front wheel halfway through the race as his stub axle broke, bringing on the yellows for a restart. In the end it was Price, Macdonald, Worling, Hockley and Pammenter.

In the feature Shane got off to a good start slotting into 3rd position until on the second lap Worling almost lost it in front of Macdonald, Macdonald just clipping Worling spinning him around. Macdonald got put rear of field for supposedly causing the incident, Macdonald furious with the decision had to try and settle down and do his best from the rear, but with 23 cars in front of him wasn't going to be easy. Shane Managing to get past a couple of cars until contact with another car saw Macdonald's right front strut break ending Shane's night. Todd Doyle ended up pushing his way past to take the win from Price, and Worling. Other local Toowoomba drivers Trappy got a flat right front tyre after contact with Doyle, and Pammenter pulled infield on the second lap also after suspension damage, Dennis Bullpitt had a good night finishing 6th in the final.

Shane Would like to say thanks to Dennis Bullpitt from Toowoomba Steering Service for all the help he has given us and also to Rodney Pammenter for his advice and help with the new pannard bar setup in the car which seems to be working a treat. Shane's next race is the 10th November at Maryborough for round 2 of the G & W racing series in which Shane sits in 5th spot.