Todd Doyle raced to victory in his Tracwell sponsored VY Commodore at Round 4 of the HDS Modified Production Series at the Barter Card Lismore Speedway.  Doyle was under pressure later in the race from Michael Hally in what was an action packed main event.

As the cars rolled out in the evening sun for heat one, Brendan Randall streaked away to win the first heat of the night, and fended off a late challenge from Greg Worling.  Worling come in for second place and Jason Campbell 3rd.  After a front row start for the next heat, Matty Swarbrooke looked to have a good package for the night, until he ran a bit too high and fell victim to the concrete wall.  Swarbrooke tearing the suspension out of his car which saw him park the car on the trailer for the night.  Dale Grother was the big mover, coming from 8th on the grid to take heat two honours, while Aiden Raymont clipped the fence and pulled on the infield with a flat right rear tyre.  Steve Downes also put his car in the fence after another restart, which made for a very sad looking race car.  Downes would now drive the car of Gerry Flood's for the rest of the night.  Mark Ferguson finished in second and Shane Langton 3rd.

Local Lismore ace and former National Champion Jason Jolley started from pole position in heat three.  Jolley jumped straight to the lead, as Todd Doyle moved into second place and was challenging Jason Jolley for the lead.  Both VY Commodores were neck and neck but Doyle pulled on the infield suddenly as a spark plug lead had jumped off the engine, leaving it running on only a few cylinders.  Jolley went on to win heat three with Greg Raymont second, Michael Hally third and Shane Macdonald fourth.  Steve Price's night wad over before it started after engine troubles after the first heat which saw him park it on the trailer for the night.

Current NSW Champion Michael Hally crossed the line in first place for heat four, but was relegated to third for jumping the start.  Brendan Randall officially finished first and Shane Langton second.  Mark Raymont came through for a win in heat five ahead of Greg Raymont, Todd Doyle and Troy Ware.

Craig Mellor drove an unfamiliar car to a heat six win.  Mellor was driving the Travis Barron Falcon as he had other racing commitments, whilst Mellor awaits his commodore for repairs to the engine.  Mellor would take no further part in the race meeting after breaking a rocker in the Falcon.  Gavin Fletcher greeted the chequers in second and Jason Jolley third. 

Heat seven was won by Michael Hally, while a fast finishing Todd Doyle come in for second, Jason Campbell third and Shane Langton 4th.

Series leader Greg Raymont looked to have heat eight wrapped up, but smoke poured from the #29 racer which saw the car slow and drifted back towards the back.  Raymont's steering rack had let go which forced Greg not to compete in the A-main.  At the same time Jason Jolley went underneath both Greg and Mark Raymont to clinch the lead.  Jolley's car was unbelievably quick as he come from position six on the grid to take the heat win, followed by Mark Raymont and Gavin Fletcher.  Aiden Raymont did not finish after a flat left front tyre.

The final heat of the night saw a five car pile up after Neil Coomber and Darryl Neisler come together and stopped on the track, which left no room or time for anyone else as they all tried to avoid it.  Brendan Randall was the first casualty, suffering major front end damage, Brian Learoyd also got caught up in the action, which saw him finish in fifth but could only turn the car left.  Shane Macdonald was involved as well but was able to keep going with minor damage to the suspension.  In what was a sprint to the line, Dale Grother and Greg Worling were the ones to watch, putting on a daring display of driving as Grother fought hard on the outside of Greg Worling.  The two cars side by side as they crossed the finish line, but Grother was just ahead, Worling second and Shane Macdonald finishing 3rd.

Noel Clarke won the B-main, followed by Steve Downes, Allan Irwin and Darryl Neisler grabbing the final transfer spot.

As the 22-car field lined up for the A-main, it was Jason Jolley to start from pole position with Dale Grother out of position two, followed by Michael Hally, Shane Langton, Greg Worling and Todd Doyle.  The feature race got underway with Jason Jolley leading the way.  Michael Hally moved into second with Todd Doyle third.  After 10 laps there was a stoppage after a car had stopped on the track.  In surprising circumstances Jolley was relegated back to third as a penalty for a racing incident, which put Todd Doyle in the lead and Hally in third.  In what was turning out to be a captivating race between the top three cars, the green flag waved as it was three cars wide on several occasions.  Each driver not backing off.  Jason Jolly was very unlucky to drop out of contention after a flat left rear tyre saw him pull out of the race.  Michael Hally squeezed all he could out of his XF Falcon, as he made a sensational move around the outside on Todd Doyle in turn one to clinch the lead.  Unfortunately there was another caution period, Hally then got sent back to third place for a racing penalty.  Hally not happy at all with the decision, which moved hard charger Mark Ferguson into second.  Dale Grother was in fourth with the Toowoomba flyer Shane Langton in fifth. 

10 laps were left on the clock, Doyle started to put a buffer over the competition, as Hally was looking a way past on the inside of Mark Ferguson.  Coming into turn one, Ferguson and Hally bumped wheels on what was a rough track which sent Ferguson into the wall.  Mark kept it going but as he took off, the steering broke from the impact, turning his car around in front of Gavin Fletcher.  Fletcher had nowhere to go and the two collided which sent Ferguson rolling  five or six times down the back straight.  In what was a nasty incident, Ferguson was still able to climb out of the car and ok.  The race was then declared which saw Todd Doyle clean up the prize pool for Round four of the Series and grab some valuable championship points.  In what would have been a minor consolation,  Mark Ferguson was awarded second place with Michael Hally third, followed by Shane Langton, Gavin Fletcher, Dale Grother, Mark Raymont, Aiden Raymont, Shane Macdonald and Gary Maroske.

The series will now venture up north to Rockhampton Speedway for round 5 of the HDS Series over the Australia Day long weekend in what will be one of the biggest events in Modified Production history, with over $10,000 prize money up for grabs.

The series will now venture up north to Rockhampton Speedway for round 5 of the HDS Series over the Australia Day long weekend in what will be one of the biggest events in Modified Production history, with over $10,000 prize money up for grabs.

The Modified Production Entrants group would like to thank all of the following sponsors for making this seasons championship possible.   

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