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Another sad end
Sunday
March 8, 2009
 Saturday
night saw the running of round 4 of the G & W Racing series at
Charlton Raceway.
Shane was hoping for a good run after failing to finish last
meeting. Heat 1 saw Shane start from position 4. The race got
underway. A restart on the first lap saw Shane start out of position
2, the race got underway and the battle was on with the 2 Cooroy
auto Wreckers Boys in Mark Raymont and Aidan Raymont battle it out
with Shane for the lead, swapping positions a couple of times, by
the end of the 8 laps, it was Mark Raymont followed home by
Macdonald.
Heat 2 saw Macdonald start from position 5, Macdonald made his way
through the field and come home in third place. Macdonald was happy
with how the car was handling and was looking forward to the last
heat.
Macdonald started from 2 in the third and final heat. Macdonald got
the jump on Lee Steffens off the start and led from flag to flag.
With a 2nd, 3rd and a 1st,
Macdonald knew that he would be up there in the points. Shane then
found out that he had tied highest point scorer with Steve Price.
The feature was shaping up to be a good one with Steve Price off 1,
Macdonald out of 2, Pammenter out of 3, Trapp out of 4. With 3 local
boys in the top 4 and with Peter Gray and Dennis Bullpitt a little
bit further back in the pack, it was looking good for the local
cars. The race got underway and after the first lap Macdonald found
himself in 3rd position with Price leading, Pammenter in
2nd , Macdonald in 3rd, Swarbrooke in 4th
and Trapp in 5th. Macdonald dropped back to 5th
as Swarbrooke and Aidan Raymont made their way past. Macdonald
settled in and held onto 5th for a while, then Peter Gray
made his way through the field and was battling it out with
Macdonald for a couple of laps. Until Swarbrooke ended up in the
back straight wall bringing on the yellows. It was Price, Followed
by Pammenter, Raymont, Macdonald and so on. The race got under way
again with Pammenter trying to make a pass on Price for the lead on
a slick track, saw him spin bringing on the yellows. The race got
underway again with Pammenter sent to the rear for causing the
stoppage, Price led the field away until steering failure saw Price
end up in turn 1 wall, bringing on another restart, with Raymont
leading with Macdonald following waiting for a mistake. The race
wore on with Macdonald chasing Raymont until 2 laps from the end
where Engine troubles ended Macdonald's race, Macdonald coming to a
rest in turn 2 while they kept the race going with Macdonald sitting
in a vulnerable position unable to move. Macdonald Bracing himself
for a big shunt up the rear, luckily everyone managed to get by
without hitting him. Macdonald later finding that a broken camshaft
or timing chain was the cause of Macdonald's engine failure, ending
Macdonald's Season. Aidan Raymont went on to take a deserved win
ahead of Mark Ferguson, Quinton Clarke, Adrian Stott and Toowoomba
Local Dennis Bullpitt happy to have finished the final in 5th
Position after his last outing at Lismore.
Macdonald is going to take some time and get the car ready for next
season where there will be a Mack Attack on the Modified Production
scene as Nathan is looking at having his car on the track to bring
Macdonald racing back to a two car team.
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