Shane Macdonald won the Westco Trucks, QSCA State Modified Production Title, by a staggering 0.099 in a thrilling finish at the Cairns International Motor Speedway tonight.

The race started at a hectic pace with Johnno Collins taking the lead from the commencement of the event, and started to open a gap on the field.

Six laps in, the first stoppage saw Troy Ware sent to the rear of the field for spinning.

Collins again opened his lead on the restart, with Darryl Etherden, Shane Macdonald, Todd Doyle, Dennis Shallcross and Rodney Pammenter in hot pursuit. The pace continued to be furious, with a second stoppage with twenty six laps to go when Shane Mitchell stopped on the back straight.

Macdonald and Etherden had a great battle for second place in the middle stages of the race, with Macdonald trying several times to pass Etherden on the inside, all unsuccessfully. Meanwhile, Raymont, Pammenter and Steve Price were involved in a great battle behind Todd Doyle, for fifth, sixth and seventh place.

With nineteen laps to go, a multi car pile up on the back straight, involving Brett Baxter, Ross Bullimore and Troy Ware would bring on the red lights.

On the restart, Johnno Collins continued to lead, with Etherden, Macdonald and Doyle behind him. Doyle went to the outside and took on Etherden and Macdonald, moving into third, when another stoppage occurred when Raymont and Pagel tangled on turn four.

The green lights came back on for another lap, before another caution was called when Steve Price lost a wheel.

Todd Doyle quickly went into second place after the restart, but a mistake in the main straight, saw Doyle lose track position. Dennis Shallcross joined the battle for second with Macdonald, and Etherden with the drivers making it three wide in the back straight. Dennis Shallcross would suffer a flat tyre with eleven laps to go, as the caution lights came on again.

Collins continued to lead with ten laps remaining, with Etherden and Macdonald still fighting for the minor placings in a brilliant battle for the second place. In an extraordinary move Shane Macdonald hit the front, with a move on the outside of Johnno Collins with two laps to go, with Etherden right with the pair in what was going to be a grandstand finish.

With a lap to go the yellow lights came on for a two car collision at the back of the field, which would result in a two lap race to the title.

Macdonald would win the event by a staggering 0.099 in a thrilling finish from Johnno Collins, Mark Raymont and Darryl Etherden filling the minor placings.




Night 2:

Round 4 - Heat 13 - 10 Laps:
1. BB81 Dennis Shallcross, 2. T15 Chris Jensen, 3. M46 Steven Zahl, 4. SC86 Darren Pearson, 5. RK12 Ross Welby, 6. SC37 Rodney Midolo, 7. SC17 Lee Steffans, 8. C24 Dale Grotherr, 9. RK11 Darryn Etherden, 10. CN21 Johnno Collins.

Results:
1. BB81 Dennis Shallcross, 2. RK11 Darryl Etherden, 3. CNS21 Johnno Collins, 4. M46 Steven Zahl, 5. SC86 Darren Pearson, 6. C24 Dale Grotherr, 7. SC37 Rodney Midolo. DNS T15 Chris Jensen, RK12 Ross Welby, SC17 Lee Steffans.


Heat 14 - 10 Laps:
1. CN81 Shane Mitchell, 2. B42 Mark Ferguson, 3. CR8 Rodney Pammenter, 4. CN99 Ray Marshall, 5. T66 Ross Bullimore, 6. G28 Aidan Raymont, 7. G5 Brett Baxter, 8. SC22 Steve Price, 9. CN69 Graham Kleinhans, 10. CN8 Scott Vella

Results:
1. G28 Aidan Raymont, 2. CNS81 Shane Mitchell, 3. CR8 Rodney Pammenter, 4. T66 Ross Bullimore, 5. B42 Mark Ferguson, 6. SC22 Steve Price, 7. CNS69 Graham Kleinhans, 8. CNS99 Ray Marshall. DNF G5 Brett Baxter, CNS8 Scott Vella


Heat 15 - 10 Laps:
1. T19 Wayne Gilroy, 2. L6 Steve Downes, 3. SC0 Paul O’Neill, 4. C14 Trent Humphries, 5. G4 Glenn Pagel, 6. MK2 Jason Boss, 7. SC71 Troy Ware, 8. G11 Gavin Lorensen, 9. CN5 Max Bennetts, 10. CN34 Troy Gerchow

Results:
1. T19 Wayne Gilroy, 2. G4 Glenn Pagel, 3. G11 Gavin Lorensen, 4. SC71 Troy Ware, 5. MK2 Jason Boss, 6. L6 Steve Downes, 7. CNS5 Max Bennetts, 8. C14 Trent Humphries, 9. SC0 Paul O’Neill, 10. CNS34 Troy Gerchow


Heat 16 - 10 Laps:
1. Q1 Todd Doyle, 2. B3 Garry Maroske, 3. CN76 Tony Anderson, 4. G27 Mark Raymont, 5. C13 Steve Cook, 6. CN9 Russell Equinox, 7. C10 Warren Lawrence, 8. CR27 Shane McDonald, 9. MK55 Adrian Aslette, 10. CN4 Dave Manly

Results:
1. Q1 Todd Doyle, 2. G27 Mark Raymont, 3. CNS76 Tony Anderson, 4. C13 Steve Cook, 5. B3 Garry Maroske, 6. CR27 Shane McDonald, 7. CNS4 Dave Manly, 8. MK55 Adrian Aslette. DNF C10 Warren Lawrence. DNS CNS9 Russell Equinox

Points after Round 4:


B MAIN - 20 Laps:
1. G28 Aidan Raymont 70, 2. M46 Steven Zahl 66, 3. CNS99 Ray Marshall 63, 4. B42 Mark Ferguson 57, 5. MK2 Jason Boss 54, 6. G5 Brett Baxter 52, 7. SC37 Rodney Midolo 49, 8. C10 Warren Lawrence 44, 9. SC86 Darren Pearson 43, 10. CNS76 Tony Anderson 43, 11. B3 Garry Maroske 40, 12. CNS4 Dave Manly 39, 13. C24 Dale Grotherr 38, 14. C14 Trent Humphries 32, 15. MK55 Adrian Aslette 31, 16. CNS69 Graham Kleinhans 29, 17. L6 Steve Downes 28, 18. SC0 Paul O’Neill 27, 19. CNS34 Troy Gerchow 23, 20. CNS8 Scott Vella 11

Results:
1. G28 Aidan Raymont, 2. MK2 Jason Boss, 3. G5 Brett Baxter, 4. M46 Steven Zahl, 5. B42 Mark Ferguson, 6. SC37 Rodney Midolo, 7. SC86 Darren Pearson, 8. B3 Garry Maroske, 9. MK55 Adrian Aslette, 10. SC0 Paul O’Neill, 11. CNS34 Troy Gerchow. DNF: CNS76 Tony Anderson, CNS4 Dave Manly, C24 Dale Grotherr, CNS69 Graham Kleinhans, C14 Trent Humphries, L6 Steve Downes


A MAIN - 40 Laps:
1. Johnno Collins 123, 2. RK11 Darryl Etherden 117, 3. BB81 Dennis Shallcross 109, 4. Q1 Todd Doyle 98, 5. SC71 Troy Ware 95, 6. CR27 Shane McDonald 92, 7. CR8 Rodney Pammenter 91, 8. T19 Wayne Gilroy 85, 9. SC22 Steve Price 82, 10. G27 Mark Raymont 77, 11. G4 Glenn Pagel 77, 12. C13 Steve Cook 76, 13. G11 Gavin Lorensen 75, 14. T66 Ross Bullimore 74, 15. CNS81 Shane Mitchell 72, 16. CNS5 Max Bennetts 70, 17. G28 Aidan Raymont, 18. MK2 Jason Boss, 19. G5 Brett Baxter, 20. M46 Steven Zahl

Results:
1. CR27 Shane McDonald, 2. CNS21 Johnno Collins, 3. G27 Mark Raymont, 4. RK11 Darryl Etherden, 5. CR8 Rodney Pammenter, 6. G4 Glenn Pagel, 7. MK2 Jason Boss, 8. G11 Gavin Lorensen, 9. SC71 Troy Ware, 10. C13 Steve Cook, 11. CNS5 Max Bennetts. DNF: T19 Wayne Gilroy, Q1 Todd Doyle, G5 Brett Baxter, BB81 Dennis Shallcross, SC22 Steve Price, G28 Aidan Raymont, T66 Ross Bullimore, CNS81 Shane Mithcell, M46 Steven Zahl