Nathan's Season Wrap
Wednesday July 25, 2007
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Nathan Macdonald had one of his best ever seasons of racing over 2006/2007.  Only three events were cancelled due to rain, with one of those being Mackay which Nathan had travelled to but had to turn around and come home. 

Nathan came away with 9 feature race wins, 4 second placing's, 1 sixth place and 2 DNF's for the season.

Macdonald got off to a great start to the season, winning the QLD Title at Kingaroy, which was re-run from the season before.  Some axle failures early on at Brisbane International Speedway saw Nathan have a few DNF's, but the problem was rectified later on.  A trip to tropical north QLD in Mackay for the North QLD Outlaw Title saw Nathan claim victory in the 40 lap final, which was a great result for the team for the amount of traveling that was done.

Another win at Kingaroy saw Nathan take out the QLD Title for the third time in his career.

Nathan won 4 out of 5 features at his home track, Charlton Raceway.  The final ever meeting for Sprint Sedans at Charlton was held in April, Nathan was going well through the night, until a broken axle on the left hand side broke which hurt his chances of a good starting position for the final.  The car was repaired and Nathan got back out there, having to start from the rear.  Macdonald fought his way to the front, and wrestled the lead from Darran Lester to claim the win as the flag flew for the last time.

The week after saw Nathan make the trip back to Mackay, for the Australian Outlaw Sedan Title.  The 50 lap feature was going to put a lot of cars to the test, with a prize purse of $2000 to the winner.  The feature race saw a tremendous battle between Jason Boss and Macdonald, dicing in and out of lapped cars.  Boss managed to cross the line first just ahead of Macdonald in 2nd.

Another trip to the tight circuit of Kingaroy saw Nathan Macdonald given the opportunity to forfeit his points after qualifying on pole for the feature, and start at the rear of the field by the track promoter, and if he come through to take the win, would pocket an extra $100.  Macdonald took up the challenge and managed to pull it off, making his way into the lead on the final lap, in what was a race that had the very appreciative crowd all on their feet.

To finish the season off Macdonald claimed his first win for the season at Brisbane Speedway, and this being the Australian Title for East Coast A Grade.  Macdonald was overwhelmed with the win, as he had never won the title before and was one he had been chasing all his career.

Nathan also ran consistent the whole season to win the Charlton Raceway seasonal point score as well as the East Coast A Grade point score.

Nathan is reluctantly selling his car, and will be building a commodore for the Modified Production category.  Nathan is unsure on when it will be done, but any news will be posted on www.macdonaldracing.com