The final race of the season arrived, that being the QLD Modified Production Title at Maryborough Speedway over the June long weekend (7th & 8th).  With action aplenty and the racing fast and furious as ever, Shane Macdonald was back to have another crack at a title and so were 59 other entrants.

The weekend not starting out too well for Macdonald, as heat one resulted in Shane having a flat tyre.  Not the start the team would have liked but Shane just put that behind him went out for heat two.

Starting from 4th position, Macdonald saw an opening and squeezed between Gary Brown and Shane Dennis in the first corner to take the lead.  Dale Grother followed through and challenged Macdonald all the way.  Macdonald crossing the line in first with Grother second and Shane Dennis third.

Heat three was a thriller with Macdonald starting back in 7th, Shane moved forward running in 5th behind Darryl Etherden.  Macdonald went up high and moved around the outside of Etherden and Steve Thomsen to snare third place.  Gavin Fletcher took the heat win with Glen Pagel 2nd in his brands new VS Commodore and Macdonald finishing in third place.

After night one, the car hardly had a scratch on it, a few slight improvements to the power steering was all that was on the agenda before night two.

After three heats, Macdonald was tied on points with Gavin Fletcher and Rodney Pammenter in 15th place.  A front row start for his final heat and Macdonald jumped into lead, stretching out to a 10 car length lead until half way through the 12 lap heat the yellow lights come on as Shane Dennis and Ashley Barron come together.

Macdonald lead the field away with Gavin Fletcher in 2nd.  Fletcher made a pass up the inside of Macdonald to take the lead, Macdonald trailing Fletcher all the way to finish in 2nd place and Travis Hutchinson 3rd.

With another second placing this bolstered Macdonald into 12th place for the feature race.

The feature race got underway, Macdonald having a keen eye for any trouble up ahead, as the key to the opening laps is staying out of trouble.  Macdonald settled himself into 10th place behind Greg Worling.  30 laps to go and Greg Raymont went into the wall and Greg Worling having nowhere to go collecting Raymont, both car retired with suspension damage.

Shane Macdonald was now up to 8th behind Johnno Collins.  Todd Doyle was out in front followed by Darryl Etherden and Gavin Fletcher.  The green lights come back on, and another few laps there were cars everywhere up the back straight, four cars were taken to the infield with damage, including Darryn Brims, Mark Raymont, Gavin Fletcher and Glen Pagel.  Another restart got underway and Macdonald made a move on the high line around Johnno Collins to grab 5th.  Macdonald then seemed to struggle all of a sudden falling back two spots to 7th.  Macdonald and Dale Grother then having a great battle between the pair. 

Aiden Raymont come to a halt whilst running in 3rd which brought on the yellows.  Shane now sitting in 5th place, Grother and Macdonald continued their battle swapping positions, until Grother slowed with a flat right rear allowing Macdonald into 4th, but a freak accident saw a piece of mud thrown up and hit the power line on the track shorting out the lights after a shower of sparks.  After waiting on the track for over 30 minutes, the race was declared with 13 laps to go.  Todd Doyle won the event with Johnno Collins 2nd, Mark Ferguson 3rd, Dale Grother 4th, Shane Macdonald 5th and Rodney Pammenter 6th. 

Grother and Pammenter both lucky to have been credited a finish as both had flat tyres at that stage, but the race being declared went back to the previously completed lap which then both cars were still running.

The official results are pending an outcome from the Australian Title as Todd Doyle received a ban for 12 months for allegedly using illegal fuel at the Australian Title.  Doyle has appealed the decision and was allowed to race until the appeal is heard.  If Doyle is found guilty, he will be excluded from both the Australian Title results and the Queensland Title, which would move Macdonald up to 4th.