Shane Macdonald

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Macdonald claims 5th in Ian Moncrieff Memorial
Sunday November 2,  2008

Saturday night saw the running of the Ian Moncrieff Memorial at Charlton Raceway.  Shane never had a great start to the night after starting off the front row for the first heat and being the first event out, the track caught everyone off guard as they all slid up into the fence in turn one, Macdonald hit the concrete wall hard and bent the lower control arm.  Macdonald restarted on the front row but fell back through the pack to finish 8th whilst struggling to steer the car. 

Heat two Macdonald started out of position 7, and after slight contact with another car Macdonald once again bent the bottom control arm and then struggled with the car falling to 9th place.

The car was repaired and a few more set-up changes made.  Shane started from position 3 in the final heat, Macdonald held down third place behind Steve Price and Aidan Raymont but pushed up towards the wall in turn 4 which allowed Brett Baxter past.  Macdonald went on to finish in 4th place.

Qualifying in 13th place for the 25 lap final, Macdonald had a job ahead of him.  Shane pressed on and made his way up to 8th place until a restart saw Shane put back behind Brett Baxter who broke a driveshaft.  On the restart Baxter couldn't go anywhere which blocked the cars behind him and put Macdonald back about 10 car lengths.  Shane made up the ground and moved his way past Darran Lester.  Shane moved into 6th place behind Robert Trapp when Aidan Raymont come to a halt bringing on the yellows.   With a couple laps to go Macdonald held onto 5th place to finish behind Trappy.  Steve Price won every race he competed in taking out the final with Mark Raymont in 2nd and Gavin Fletcher 3rd.

Shane's next race will be Brisbane International Speedway this weekend the 8th November in support of the World Series Sprintcars.


 

 

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