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Pammenter
greets the Chequered Flag
Posted: 29/12/03
The Macdonald Racing
Team raced at their home track, The Clive Berghofer Charlton Raceway
on Friday night. The first heat saw Shane on the front row with
Brett Raabe on the inside and Nathan starting at the rear. After
the green, coming into the first corner Rocket was trying to go
around the outside, when he found a wet patch and went straight into
the wall, damaging the suspension work which put him out for the
first heat. On the restart Shane got straight into the lead with
Shane Langton finding his way into 2nd behind Shane Macdonald.
Brett Raabe held onto 3rd with Dennis Bullpitt followed Nathan
Macdonald. After 3 or 4 laps Shane was slowing, only to discover
that his right side axle broke which made him retire. Shane Langton
won heat 1 comfortably with Brett Raabe 2nd, Dennis Bullpitt 3rd and
Nathan 4th.
Shane's broken axle
put him out for the second heat as well as he couldn't repair his in
time. Heat 2 saw Nathan from pole and Shane Langton beside him.
Langton was able to get around the outside around the first corner
and take the lead, with Nathan following closely behind. Macdonald
was challenging Langton all the way, getting on the inside of him a
few times, until about lap 6 when Macdonald got past Langton after
he pulled out after feeling loss of power. This showed Macdonald in
1st, followed by Rodney Pammenter and Dennis Bullpitt. Rocket was
closing the gap in the last few laps but wasn't enough to get past
Macdonald. 1st Nathan Macdonald 2nd Rodney Pammenter 3rd
Dennis Bullpitt.
The final saw Rodney
on pole with Raabe beside him, Shane Langton off of 3, Shane
Macdonald off of 4, Bullpitt from 5, Nathan Macdonald from 6 and
Peter Campbell from the rear. From the start Rocket jumped straight
into the lead, with Shane Langton following him. Shane Macdonald
was able to get into 3rd, with his brother behind him in 4th.
Coming into turn 3 and 4, Nathan gave Shane a slight tap. Nathan
was hoping to challenge his brother Shane for the podium position,
But Nathan nearly spun out on the drying track, losing valuable
time, but was able to keep his position. The Feature race finished
with - 1st Rodney Pammenter 2nd Shane Langton 3rd Shane
Macdonald.

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