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Aiden Raymont tops the tables at Maryborough
Sunday November 11,  2007. Nathan Macdonald

Queensland Champion Aiden Raymont raced to victory in Round two of the G&W Racing Modified Production Series at Maryborough Speedway, in what was a fiercely contested main event. 

Father and son duo of Mark and Greg Raymont led the field away for the thirty lap feature, but a rare event saw Mark Raymont spin in front of the field, bringing on the yellows.  Raymont was sent to the rear of the field,  which moved Todd Doyle into pole position for a full restart.  Hard Charger Matt Swarbrooke qualified his commodore out of position four, but after a restart Swarbrooke got turned around which saw a multi-car pile up.  Swarbrooke's car was taken off the track with an extensive amount of damage.

The racing got underway for the third time until lap five when Travis Hutchinson spun to a halt, meanwhile Mark Raymont had miraculously manoeuvred his way back up to seventh place.  Todd Doyle led the field away from Aiden Raymont, Steve Price and Greg Raymont. 

Aiden Raymont had the crowd on their feet as he moved past Todd Doyle for the lead, only to run wide the next turn allowing Doyle back through.  As the track started to go slick, it looked like the Maryborough circuit was only going to display one racing line, but Livewire racer Shane Macdonald proved otherwise as he started making his own line, driving around the outside of several cars on the high line, moving up to position six after starting in tenth. 

With five laps to go, Todd Doyle started to struggle with the slick track and spun in front of Raymont in turn four.  Doyle looked to have the race won but an uncharacteristic mistake saw him join the que at the back of the field.  Aiden Raymont assumed the lead up front, followed by Steve Price, Mark Raymont, Steve Downes and Shane Macdonald.

The sprint race to the end was hotting up, with the top five cars nose to tail.  Shane Macdonald went around Steve Downes for fourth, as Steve Price and Mark Raymont battled for second, the two cars come together on the final turn which allowed Macdonald up the inside to clinch second place across the finish line.  Aiden Raymont made it two starts, two wins for this season at the Maryborough circuit and couldn't be happier, while Shane Macdonald showed that some patience and hard driving can pay off. 

Mark Raymont crossed the line for third with Steve Price fourth, followed by Lismore resident Steve Downes, who drove cleanly and superbly all night for a well deserved result.

Royce Ernst was the biggest mover of the night, after starting from position eight in the B-main, Ernst moved forward to claim the win, then backed it up by finishing 6th in the A-main.

Todd Doyle re-gathered seventh place after his late spin, followed by Dennis Shallcrosse, Mark Ferguson, Luke Hollyman, Steven Zahl, Tom Johnson and Gary Maroske.

Heat race action got underway early in the evening sunshine, and Steve Downes started the night off with a win in heat 1, whilst heat 2 saw a brilliant display of clean door to door sedan action.  Luke Hollyman ran away with the heat win as Troy Ware dice his way through the field to finish second. 

Mark Raymont stormed to victory in heat 3 and Greg Raymont in heat 4.  Heat 5 saw Gavin Lorensen receive a hard fought win ahead of Aiden Raymont.  The second round of heats saw Steve Price take the win in heat 6 and Matt Swarbrooke in heat 7.  Travelling from Mackay, Ross Wellby stole the show taking out heat 8, and Todd Doyle winning heat 9.  Mark Raymont made a gutsy move around the outside of Steve Downes and Mark Ferguson on the final corner to take the win in heat 10.

The final round of heat wins went to Todd Doyle, Dennis Shallcrosse, Shane Coutts, Greg Raymont and Shane Macdonald

The B-main got underway with the top four finishers to make the transfer to the A-main.  Royce Ernst moved his way through the field to second behind Tom Johnson, while David Jacobi spun Troy Ware up the back straight at a frightening speed which resulted in several cars colliding with Ware.  Jacobi was sent to the rear, as the race got underway Royce Ernst moved around the outside of Tom Johnson to take the lead.  Ernst won the B-main followed by Tom Johnson, Jason Campbell and Gary Maroske.

Maryborough Speedway provided and excellent night of racing, with around 45 Modified Production cars in attendance, the venue is gearing up to host the 2008 Australian Modified Production Title which will be held over the Easter long Weekend.

The next round of the Series heads to Lismore Speedway on the 24th November, just over the border in New South Wales with another action packed night of racing headed their way.

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