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Macdonald
makes it 4 in a row!
Posted:
23/11/03
Macdonald Racing Team
along with Rodney Pammenter, travelled up to Bundaberg to race with
the East Coast A Grade. A track with long straights, provided the
cars with tremendous speed. East Coast A Grade were allowed hot
laps, to get a feel of the track and ensure their cars are working
properly. The first race produced a tacky track, which provided for
some good racing. Rodney in #8, started off of pole, with Nathan
beside him, and Shane starting from the rear. The first few laps
saw Rodney pull a 10 car length lead over Nathan, while Shane drove
from the rear to be behind Nathan. After coming up to some lap
cars, Rodney lost ground, allowing Nathan to close the gap in the
final few laps. But nothing could be done. Final positions for
heat 1 were- 1st Rodney Pammenter 2nd Nathan Macdonald 3rd
Shane Macdonald.
Heat 2 saw Shane on
pole with his brother Nathan beside him, and Rodney bringing up the
rear. Nathan was able to beat Shane around the first corner. Shane
was close behind Nathan all the way, until a few laps to go, Shane
attempted going underneath Nathan, but drifted wide which allowed
Pammenter to move into second place, That's the way they finished
heat 2- 1st Nathan Macdonald 2nd Rodney Pammenter 3rd Shane
Macdonald.
For heat 3, Shane was
on pole again, with Rodney the Rocket along side him, Tony Blacker
from 3, Nathan from 4, and Tanya Blacker from 5. Shane was able to
get the jump around the first corner and take the lead, with Rocket
following him and Nathan getting in on the action too. A last lap
touch up between Rocket and Shane saw both cars drag racing up the
straight, with Rodney in front over the finish line, but was later
relegated back to 2nd place. The final heat was- 1st Shane
Macdonald 2nd Rodney Pammenter 3rd Nathan Macdonald.
The points from the
night were tallied, and found Rodney to be highest points scorer,
which put him on pole, Nathan out of 2, and Shane from 3. When the
green flag dropped, the three Toowoomba cars led the way. Rocket
was first into the corner, but Nathan was able to switch back
underneath him as the #8 car drifted wide, taking the lead. Shane
then passed Rocket the next lap on the inside. Nathan was being
shadowed by Shane, after he attempted numerous times to pass Nathan
on the inside. But Nitro Nathan ended up taking out his 4th
consecutive feature race win, along with his passenger Sheridan
Craig(Shotgun Sherry) while Shane made a mistake which saw the car
push wide, allowing Rocket to pass him and into 2nd place. The
feature saw Nathan Macdonald 1st, Rodney Pammenter 2nd,
Shane Macdonald 3rd, Tony Blacker 4th, Tanya Blacker 5th,
Chris Duffel 6th. A strong running saw the 3 Toowoomba cars take
1st 2nd and 3rd in every race.

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