LISMORE SPEEDWAY: NATHAN MACDONALD WINS NSW MODIFIED SEDAN STATE TITLE

Feature photo by: Tony Powell…Victory dais, from left to right: Shane Macdonald, Aidan Taymont, Nathan Macdonald, Greg Worling, Quinton Clarke.

By Dennis Newlyn

Nathan Macdonald took out the 2025 New South Wales Modified Sedan Championship at Castrol Lismore Speedway Saturday night, March 15.

NSW Modified Sedan Champion  for 2025 Nathan Macdonald. Photo by Tony Powell.

Second across the line was Aidan Raymont, while third placing in the 25-lap title decider was filled by Greg Worling.

Macdonald started at the front of the field and was never headed, however he did not have an easy run for the win as he was pressured by Max Clarke for most of the distance.

Clarke was one of the hard luck stories of the championship after his bonnet flew off with only three laps remaining. He pulled to the infield where officials also removed the car’s front bumper, but his attempt to rejoin the event – for one final shot at victory – was thwarted after a flat left rear tyre ended his race.

Earlier, Clarke had recorded the fastest lap of the title when he put down a time of 15.208 seconds (94.687 km/h) in pursuit of Nathan Macdonald.

The entertaining title was highlighted by some intense racing in the battle for the minor placings. Worling, Raymont, Shane Macdonald, Darren Lester and Quinton Clarke were all in strong contention.

Despite a race stoppage in the initial part of the championship, the cut and thrust dicing for positions again picked up at the green light – and this was the trend right to the chequered flag! Raymont made his move into second when he went around Worling as the race entered its latter stages for the top three final order in the run to the chequered flag.

Nathan Macdonald set the scene earlier in the night when he took out the opening heat and followed up with another victory in heat five. Other heat winners were Max Clarke, Greg Worling and Madison Harkin.

The final top ten NSW title read out was: Nathan MacDonald, Aidan Raymont, Greg Worling, Shane Macdonald, Quinton Clarke, Will Roeser, Leonie Knight, Brett Schmidlin, Chris Blackburn, (as finishers in the 16 car field), while Max Clarke was credited with tenth in lap running order.

The V8 Dirt Modifieds were also programmed as Seiton Young emerged the feature race winner. This was another exciting main event as there was little between the top finishers with Brayd Stevenson runner up and David Clarke third. Fourth placegetter Kyle Armstrong deserves credit for his impressive drive in the latter stages which almost earned him a top three placing. V8 Dirt Modified heats were won by Brayd Stevenson, Scott Quirk, Luke Dunn and Young.

Other main event winners on the night were Liam Guymer (Junior Sedans New Stars), Lawson Clarke (Junior Sedans – Top Stars), Michael English (RSA Sedans – listed as Nathan Forbes on transponder info).