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From wet - to dry
Sunday February 12, 2006

The running of the Australian Super Sedan Title was plagued with rain on Friday night, no races had been run when the rain come down and the night being washed out.  The 2-night meeting was to be crammed into Saturday night.  Dark clouds loomed out in the horizon but the rain held off for the event to be run.

The track seemed fairly good for the first race, until it was watered down before our first race.  The water lay on the track making it extremely slippery, with several cars spinning out before the race started, including Nathan Macdonald!  Macdonald started out of position 3, getting a good start and up the inside up the straight into first place ahead of Norm Townsend.  The yellows lights come on as Townsend had looped his commodore.  This brought a single row restart.  Macdonald got going again, but as soon as the lights had come on the yellows were on again, Nathan Macdonald was put to the rear of field, not knowing what he had done wrong.  Peter Campbell was leading the race comfortably when he got off line and spun in the wet.  This left Peter Rodgers out in front.  Rodgers won the heat with Macdonald moving into 2nd.  Nathan later discovered he was put to the rear of field as officials say on the restart he started racing halfway around turn 3 and 4, which from video reference, Macdonald clearly started once he was on the front straight.  Macdonald was disgusted with the decision but had to cop that one on the chin.  1st-Peter Rodgers  2nd-Nathan Macdonald 3rd-Peter Campbell

Heat 2 Macdonald started out of pole position, winning from start to finish.  After a round of Super Sedan heats the track was already blowing dust and going slick.  Peter Rodgers in his #44 Cortina wasn't far behind in 2nd place and Peter Campbell 3rd.  1st-Nathan Macdonald  2nd-Peter Rodgers 3rd-Peter Campbell 

An extra 3rd heat was thrown in to give the Super Sedans time to get ready for the B-main.  Macdonald started from pole position, taking the lead, while Peter Rodgers come through from 4th into 2nd place after Peter Campbell had to pull out after only having first gear in his car.  1st-Nathan Macdonald  2nd-Peter Rodgers 3rd-Norm Townsend 

Macdonald qualified on pole with Peter Rodgers beside him, Peter Campbell out of 3 and Norm Townsend out of 4.  Nathan Macdonald stole the lead into the first corner, with Rodgers taking chase after Macdonald.  Rodgers kept with Macdonald but didn't quite have enough to get around him.  Peter Campbell come in for 3rd and Norm Townsend 4th.  Very little was left of the track as the whole track ended up dry and slick.  1st-Nathan Macdonald  2nd-Peter Rodgers 3rd-Peter Campbell

Nathan is off to Lismore in New South Wales for the NSW Title for East Coast A Grade.


 

 

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