With 41 cars nominated for round 1 of the HDS Modified Productions Series at Archerfield it was always set to be a huge event with plenty of action.

With 3 heats to qualify for the A Main with 14 cars in each heat the pressure was right on from the 1^st heat of the night.  Heat one of the night was full on straight up with Darryl Etherden leading from pole position ahead of Greg Worling, Steven Zahl & Greg Raymont.  Etherden was winning in his 2^nd race meeting in Modified Production until the engine blew up in his cortina.  This gave way for Greg Worling to take the win.

The second heat was again action packed with an accident half way through the heat ending the night for both Allan Irwin & Troy Ware with major damage to their cars.

The next two rounds of heats were full of action with the spectacular rollover of the new car of Rodney Pammenter, which was it's 2nd ever outing, as well as numerous incidents seeing damage to other cars.

The cars to beat from the heats were Craig Mellor in his new Commodore with Aiden & Greg Raymont both hot on Mellor's heels.  After some early damage Todd Doyle was not to be discounted with some good heat finishes as well as the quiet achiever Shane Langton from Toowoomba.

With heats completed the starting positions were decided for the A Main with Craig Mellor & Aiden Raymont off the front row.  Michael Hally & Greg Raymont off the 2^nd row.

With the top 18 A Main positions decided the B Main was to be run to decide who the remaining 4 positions were to go to in the A Main.  Paul Hussey started the B Main from pole & led all the way to the chequered flag with Shane MacDonald, Mark Ferguson & Steve Downes going through to the A Main.

Now that the remaining positions are determined we were set for a start.  Unfortunately Craig Mellor couldn’t have got a worse start & being shuffled down through the pack.  Todd Doyle & Shane Langton pounced with Doyle looking to take the win but it wasn’t to be with mechanical problems taking him out of the race.  This left the door open for Shane Langton to take the lead from the rest of the field. 

Robert Trapp moved through the field mixing it amongst Aiden & Greg Raymont until a driveline problem forced him to retire.  Shane Macdonald made the final transfer spot from the B-main and moved his way up the order to 9th until and engine misfire made him pull infield.

But the night belonged to Shane Langton as he drove the wheels of his Ford Falcon to take out round 1 of the prominent HDS Series, followed closely by a great drive from Gavin Fletcher who came from 15^th position, Aiden Raymont, Greg Raymont, Greg Worling & big mover Travis Barron taking 6^th from starting 17^th.

This was Shane Langton's second ever appearance at Brisbane International Speedway and both times he has taken out feature events.

Overall the night was filled with a lot of mixed results for all drivers.  Now we have round 2 this weekend the 25th November in Kingaroy.  With some drivers with work to do on their cars it will be a busy week for them all to get to Kingaroy.