October 28, 2004

Pro Kart Endurance Champs October 2004

Sandown park Round 8

For several reason we decided not to do round 8.

1.Two drivers would be absent due to weddings.

2.We had an awful lot of damage to repair from round 7!

3.We are allowed to drop one race for the series so this will be the one.

So there ends our first season racing Pro-karts! I thought we didnt do to bad for complete novices :) although next year we will be a force to be reckoned with! famous last words I know, but we do feel very confident with all we have learnt in 2004.

Season starts March 2005 so watch this space!

Mark...

Posted by Mark at 8:32 AM | Comments (0) | The 2004 Season

October 15, 2004

Season Wrap up 2004

Well what a year!

We have learnt so much from this little venture im not sure quite where to begin to be honest! We know we will be able to contend in the 2005 season which starts in March 05 (cant wait)

These are the final results from the 04 season..

Overall Championship results:

Position: Points: Number: Team:
1 318 54 Team X
2 282 32 Fabcar.co.uk
3 266 41 Misfits
4 256 3 Eau Rouge
5 251 85 Focus Racing
6 246 33 Gas'n'Go
7 235 7 Lakeside Karting
8 233 51 Chatburn Challengers
9 213 35 Spin Doctors
10 209 46 Team Zaremba
11 205 29 Kartoon
12 200 24 JKP Racing
13 196 23 Pogue Mahone
14 193 18 Westco
15 173 5 Grassroots
16 170 70 Appliance Maintenance
17 162 17 GTR
18 160 55 Lost Boys
19 156 67 JM Sport
20 153 77 Team TGSR March of Anger
21 152 81 Europelaw.com
22 145 48 Teamworx
23 142 63 Team Velocity
24 141 71 Rogue Racing
25 110 88 Teamtec Juniors
26 104 15 15DN
27 100 94 SCC Racing
28 93 8 Teamtec
29 88 20 Auctionmyigloo
30 82 62 Sixty Two
31 78 111 1-Eleven
32 73 27 Ambrose Racing
33 64 11 Palmer Racing
34 61 117 Stormy Normans
35 52 97 CJV Racing
36 40 21 Red Flag Racing
37 38 98 Baron Racing
38 38 57 SZR
39 37 44 DBR-McGee
40 31 47 Jerkyboyz
41 23 60 Condor
42 17 99 Meltdown
43 15 56 Noahs Ark Racing
44 15 96 Exe Racing
45 13 76 Screamincat Racing
46 13 38 Moulti-Skilled Motorsport
47 12 31 Zone Rouge
48 9 115 K.R.E. Motorsport
49 0 101 AJ Bayliss 2
50 0 118 Westco 2
51 0 75 BIZ
52 0 58 RHC Racing
53 0 34 Q
54 0 45 Team X2
55 0 43 DBR-Howland Racing
56 0 16 Roadrunner
57 0 19 Pro-Gem
58 0 12 TKR Racing
59 0 4 Bizzin Hornets
60 1 AJ Bayliss
61 74 Amego Racing
62 120 Escape

Clubman results:

Position: Points: Number: Team:
1 292 51 Chatburn Challengers
2 277 35 Spin Doctors
3 273 24 JKP Racing
4 267 23 Pogue Mahone
5 267 18 Westco
6 250 55 Lost Boys
7 246 17 GTR
8 246 70 Appliance Maintenance
9 236 81 Europelaw.com
10 231 71 Rogue Racing
11 201 48 Teamworx
12 189 15 15DN
13 184 63 Team Velocity
14 170 94 SCC Racing
15 136 111 1-Eleven
16 126 62 Sixty Two
17 121 27 Ambrose Racing
18 117 97 CJV Racing
19 109 11 Palmer Racing
20 106 20 Auctionmyigloo
21 76 117 Stormy Normans
22 60 21 Red Flag Racing
23 42 38 Moulti-Skilled Motorsport
24 35 60 Condor
25 29 99 Meltdown
26 26 56 Noahs Ark Racing
27 25 76 Screamincat Racing
28 24 31 Zone Rouge
29 21 115 K.R.E. Motorsport
30 0 34 Q
31 0 58 RHC Racing
32 0 16 Roadrunner
33 0 118 Westco 2
34 74 Amego Racing
35 43 DBR-Howland Racing

As you can see we came a credibal 12th in Clubman and 26th overall! So not a bad result for complete novices :) In 2005 we aim to win clubman!!

Mark...

Posted by Mark at 2:50 PM | Comments (0) | The 2004 Season

September 28, 2004

Pro Kart Endurance Champs September 2004

Milton Keynes Round 7

Disaster

I have to say that for round seven we were probably the most optimistic we have been for any round. The kart has been running well all season and the tuned motors are getting stronger. We arrived at the track and I thought I would set the front end geometry up with our laser alignment tools. This would haunt us later but its all a learning curve I guess. Without getting too technical we can alter both castor and camber. I noticed that these were not lining up so added some camber one side of the kart only. The problem with doing this (I didn't know) is that it alters the castor and the castor is what makes the kart turn round corners :)

Qualifying

Amazingly considering the kart was handling pants and sliding all over the track (due to my adjustments) Chris managed to qualify us in 12th place!!!! We and the rest of the field couldn't quite believe it :)

Race

I was elected to start the race as I seem to have a knack of staying out of trouble! Sitting on the grid at the back is one thing! Sitting in the middle of 40 karts is quite another I can tell you :( I was feeling very nervous about the start because you are right amongst it and I wasn't happy with the serious lack of grip we were experiencing either. Race away and we do 2 rolling laps to warm the tires up then we are off. Coming round the bottom left a kart shot up my inside whilst at the same time one came round the outside. Both karts hit my front wheels which snapped BOTH track rods. I went off the track with no steering :( This on the first lap.

The quad came and picked the kart up and towed it back to the pit and I ran all the way back 200 meters. I arrived back at the pit to chaos. 6 hands none of which knew what they were doing all trying to change the front track rods! Jon and I finally took over and got it repaired and I rejoined the track some 15 mins later well pissed off at our turn of luck. The kart was awful to drive and I was glad when my session was over to be honest. Chris went out and didn't fair any better. He put in a good effort but we just couldn't live with the lack of grip. Chris pits and Jon goes out for the third drive.

About 20 mins into Jons drive he was coming round the pit corner before the pit straight and the rear wheel came off and bounded along the track (I did laugh) and you would too if you knew Jon! Fortunately this happened just before the pit entry so he came straight in and we had to change the rear hub and also the wheel, both of which were mangled! Out he goes again to get back into the thick of it. After another 10 mins the front left wheel stub axle snapped off leaving him on 3 wheels again! We wait for the trolley to bring him back in. Back in the pits a very dejected team decide that we would retire :( We were running in last place and 4 laps down on the next team in front of us and we still had to repair the kart. We called it a day and had an early one.

In hindsight we all learned a lot again and it is our first season so we are not to hard on ourselves. In saying that to go from 12th to last is a bummer :(

Roll on round 8..

Mark...

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August 11, 2004

Pro Kart Endurance Champs August 2004

Sandown Park Round 6

Another hot one

Once again Chris and I went very early to Sandown. I think we left Peterborough at 6am again but this time I didn't leave anything at a service station so we were much more relaxed when we arrived and got set-up for the day. I am getting much better at setting the kart up now (practice makes perfect I guess) so we were all happy again with the way the kart handles. We were also sporting our new custom made carbon bits and bobs and nice blue anodising all over the place :) at least we look good I guess!

Qualifying

Qualifying was performed yet again by Chris (he is the fastest driver we have) Chris finally qualified us in 23th place which again is not bad but we still feel we are under performing.

Race

Race on then and Jon has been selected to start with me running in second spot for the day. Jon makes a good start and makes up some places from the off. It soon becomes apparent that there is a timing problem and karts are not being timed correctly by the computer equipment. A race halt is called and it is decided to re-start the race with the last good timing results and then run just 4 hours. This sees us restart the race in exactly the same place we were in at the start. I do the restart and quickly settle in for my drive.

A quite uneventful drive for me sees us change over to Chris in 15th place clubman and about 25th overall out of 40 karts. Chris drove really hard again and managed to gets us to 10th in clubman before he pits for Adam to bring home the chequered flag for us again.

Adam once again does us proud and stays out of trouble for the most part, although at the moment our slowest driver he is getting much much better and finally brings us home in 13th place clubman, so we score points again although not as many as we would like to be honest! Still after 6 rounds we have finished 6 times and that for a new team is an achievement in itself I guess

Roll on round 7..

Mark...

Posted by Mark at 2:24 PM | Comments (0) | The 2004 Season

July 20, 2004

Pro Kart Endurance Champs July 2004

Sandown Park Round 5

Getting better

For round 5 Chris and I decided to go really early so we could get the awning set-up and be more relaxed. This plan was working just great until we stopped on the A1 at a service station to get some food and fill the van with petrol. I took out my kit bag and the awning bag and put then next to the fuel pump. Then we merrily got back in the van after filling up and drove off leaving them there! We didn't realize until we arrived at the circuit and started to setup. PANIC! Fortunately my brother and the rest of the team were coming later and had not left yet. We found the garage by looking at the receipt for petrol and gave them a ring. The man had found the bags and put them in the office thankfully. My bro then picked them up on his way down so disaster averted :)

Qualifying

Qualifying was performed by Chris again and was a massive team effort. The kart setup was excellent and the new tuned motors from JJ were keeping us with the better teams (at last) Chris finally qualified us in 20th place which is a massive improvement for us. To put this in perspective from 40 karts on the grid the difference between position 1 and position 40 was only 1.3 seconds! Anyway we were mid-field for the race start and more than happy with the kart set-up

Race

Race on then and Chris has been selected to start with me running in third spot for the day. This is nice because you get several hours off relaxing but also it plays on your nerves as your drive approaches too! Race off and Chris settles down to a very steady pace and starts to pick of places. After a stonking 1.50 min drive with some great passing he has taken us to 16th overall.

Chris pits and makes a fuel stop and Jon takes over. Once again Jon does us proud with a great drive. Moving steadily through the field he manages to make up some more places and at one point we were running in 10th overall. Sadly during an overtaking maneuver he clips the rear wheel of another kart bounces up and when the kart lands it bends the rear axle. This is on his in-lap to the pit for me to take over for my drive.

Jon into the pits and I jump in looking forwards to a solid drive. I fly out of the pits and what's this the whole kart is shaking up and down and I can hardly see. I quickly radio to the pits to check the kart out as I come past as something is very wrong. They radio back that the rear left wheel is bouncing due to the axle being bent that side and not running true. GREAT! They get ready for me to pit so we can try and straighten it out. I should point out that it is blue sky and 31 degrees and we are all sweating buckets! Anyway I pit and sit down while the lads and Pete start trying to bend the axle back to something like straight with a 6 foot scaffold pole (high tech eh) It looks better but I am so tired after fighting with the kart for the 30 mins I was out that we decide Adam will do a long stint.

Adam out then for what turned out to be a 2 hour 25 min massive drive with one fuel stop in between. The kart sadly was not handling its best with the bent axle so we gradually dropped places, but even so we managed to finish 9th in clubman and 22nd overall so quite a good result. Endurance racing is all about being quick but keeping out of trouble. We are quick but we do get into trouble and this has to change for us to improve.

Roll on round 6..

Mark...

Posted by Mark at 9:55 AM | Comments (0) | The 2004 Season

June 15, 2004

Pro Kart Endurance Champs June 2004 (12 hour)

Milton Keynes R4 12 Hour!

Big Pants!

For this race we were not as well prepared as I or indeed we like. This was due to me having to attend a wedding on the Saturday and also being a driver short too. We are learning fast and each time we make an improvement though. We have managed to finish all rounds which I guess for a new team is not to bad. I think we expect to much from ourselves though to be honest! Still its all learning.

Qualifying

Qualifying was performed on the Saturday night and with some mega help from Pete again, the lads between them managed to get the chassis nicely setup. I think we qualified in or around the 25th mark (our highest yet) But we still all feel we can do so much better. I know we can. I wish I had been there.

Race day

Race day came and I look out the window to see sun and more sun (again). It going to be a hot one. We arrive at the track early because I want to do some pre-kart prep before the race. As such we didn't have time to do a proper weigh in which would haunt us later in the day :( well me anyway! I checked everything over and was happy with the state of the kart. So Chris off to the grid as he has been elected to do the start for the first time. So there we are. All formed up on the grid and nice and relaxed. Gentlemen start your engines. Pull and ping the handle comes off the right hand motor and it fails to start! knot to small in the pull start rope me-thinks! Talk about stress. I just looked at the rope as it disappeared inside the casing and could of cried! FRANTIC activity saw us join at the back of the field (just) Someone gave us a spare pull starter. I don't know who it was or even if they got it back? I love the helpful spirit in this series.

Race

Race on then and Chris joins the back of the field. A mega first stint from Chris saw us clime to 20th place overall woot. Chris is at the moment our strongest driver and put in a great performance. He comes in the pits and its me out. I managed to get on pace and was doing steady low 1.11's most of my stint which is about 1.3 seconds off the pace of the top teams so we still have some speed to find. Most of which we feel is the engines to be honest. This is being remedied for round 5 :) As we are fed up catching people and then not being able to get past :( So im back in and Adam goes out with a badly bruised rib from Saturday practice. He lasts about 45 mins and then comes in unable to carry on :( This means we now have only three drivers and still 8 HOURS to go! Nick out and does us proud with a very steady drive keeping us in 8th place I think in clubman.

7 hours of running and with 5 to go and its my second drive. Chris had done a 3 HOUR stint before mine and was suitably fucked to be honest! A great drive for him though with a splash and dash of fuel in between. He comes in and I go out again. About half way through my stint I get a bad shunt just before the pit straight and this knocks off one of our fuel pumps that was mounted on a pathetic bracket to be honest (this will be changed). Down to one engine I crawl to the pits for a hasty repair. It also un-coupled my radio and then the end of the lead dragged along the track and broke it :( The pit stop involved me getting out and getting my hands dirty as I am head mechanic (Hot stress with sweat thrown in) then getting back in to finish my stint!

Fix it and back in to settle down again. Another 30 mins and a chain throws. The chain was probably a consequence of the shunt with delay thrown in. Oh pooo crawl to the pits for another me out and get my hands dirty again :( back out again (getting used to this now) and then settle back down. Hurray my stint is finally over and I come back in only to be told im under weight. I had forgot to put my one weight on which cost us 10 laps and dropped us to 15th in clubman! This is the consequence of not doing a weigh in in the morning. I made an entry in my diary about this later on, it simply said Bugger!

So Nick out for our last stint of a very very long day. A good drive again from him saw us coming home in 14th and 25th overall. We all felt that we had grafted our hearts out and the result didn't reflect this. I still feel like ive been beaten up. Still a 6 hour will be a doddle now and at the next round we are going to try even harder to get into the top ten in clubman. With our new tuned motors this should be possible (we hope) The kart apart from the silly problems performed very well and does handle nice although lacks speed still!

Roll on round 5..

Mark...

Posted by Mark at 3:06 PM | Comments (0) | The 2004 Season

May 18, 2004

Pro Kart Endurance Champs May 2004

Sandown Park Round 3

Improvement!

For this race we were much better prepared, and I guess with motorsport its all in the preparation. We actually had an itinerary of what we wanted to achieve for Saturdays practice session and I was very surprised that we stuck to it like glue. We arrived on time with the sun shining and set about getting the kart handling correctly. About half way through the session it was decided that we would change the gearing from 74's to 73 rear sprockets.

So John and I started to change the sprockets in the pits. Once this was done I was checking chain tension with my fingers while Chris was putting the rear wheel back on with Adam holding the brake. Brake slips axle spins and my index finger disappears into the small gap between a chain and sprocket :( I yanked it out as fast as I could but sadly left half of it behind! My pit crew not being the best at first aid all felt sick so I walked off to get some attention. The daytona first aid lad promptly said eeeeurrggghhhh I cant look at that. That must really hurt. This in hindsight was a very good observation as I was as white as a sheet sweating profusely and about to spew in his face :)

Anyway I got a plaster on it and we carried on with setup. At this point one of JJ's drivers went out in the kart to check our setup. Came back in and told us the kart was actually better than his but with less castor. Our problem was the motors. JJ said we could have some of his better ones which we fitted for the race. All in all a great days setup and practice from which we learned loads. I have decided to check chain tension with a screwdriver in future :)

Race day

Race day came and I look out the window to see sun and more sun (at last). This is going to be a nice hot day which makes a change from the miserable race before.

Qualifying

We arrive at the circuit and get signed in and setup in the pits. So out we go for qualifying with Chris doing the whole stint and qualifying us in a very (for us) respectable 31 st place! So its back of the grid for me again!! I appear to be getting nominated to start the race as I have a knack of making up 10 places and staying out of trouble. So once again its me to do the first stint of the day.

Race

Race on and its me who is out first. So we are away and as usual there are a couple of pile ups and I do my duck and dive and make some places. About 3 laps into the race I go wide on the bottom right and end up in the hole. Bounce up about a foot and crash down on my rib (again) After this my pace went right off as its difficult driving hard when your in pain. I managed to get myself back together and started to put in some 46 second laps consistently. My Bro who is now our Ross Braun in the pits decided to pit me after 1.30 so Chris could go out. Im glad he did as my finger was killing me and so was my rib. Anyway Chris goes out and has a very strong drive of 1.45 mins drive making us up some places to around 22nd I think.

Chris back in quick fuel stop and Adam out. My bro now knows not to lean his hand on a hot exhaust whilst pitting :) He had a massive blister which I am sure by now is very sore. Adam managed not to kill anyone or do more than a modicum of damage to the kart and overall didn't drive too bad at all. By this time we are still hovering around 21st place and were eager to make the top 20 which was our target for this meeting. Adam pitted and out goes John for the last 2 hours. Great drive from him and with a quick splash and dash of fuel he made us up some places to lead us to a very respectable 19th overall and 7th in Clubman.

This has opened up Clubman for us with us moving upto 14th place. We are 28th overall so I don't think there is any danger of us threatening the big boys of this series. Still all the same they need to watch out :) Especially JJ as I am going to offer Shaun 250 quid a race to drive for us (only joking) After all he did say our kart was better than his :) Our next target is to get into the top ten.

Im hoping for another strong improvement at MK and with double points on offer we want to do well. The kart is driving very well and will be sporting our new dyno motors and graphics, so we will have to see what we do as last time we were doing low 70's at MK. Im hoping with all the improvements we have made we can change that to 65's ha ha ha ha ha ha ha We will see ehhh

Roll on round 4..

Mark...

Posted by Mark at 2:42 PM | Comments (0) | The 2004 Season

April 19, 2004

Pro Kart Endurance Champs April 2004

Sandown Park Round 2

Well I was thinking that things couldn't get worse for us until round 2 at Sandown Park came along!

All was going rather well for me this weekend! All rather relaxed actually. I decided to use the horse box this weekend as I have yet to buy a van for the kart team. So we loaded it all up and set of for practice on Saturday afternoon! Finally arrive at the circuit some 2.30 mins later to be told that practice was at 10am till 4pm (I thought it was 6pm till 10pm) and we had missed it. Suffice it to say that you could have cut the atmosphere in the truck on the way home with a knife :) So no practice for us, no set-up nada, niet, nothing . I decided we would still race as we NEED the practice and the kart needs time on the engines. The worst that can happen is that we will come last I said! (famous last words)

Race day

Race day came and I look out the window at home to see clouds, clouds and rain. The wets I had ordered had not arrived which left us with one set of intermediates. The slicks I had ordered had also not arrived which left us with one set of slicks. Here we go again. Off we set at 6.30am quite optimistic (mad fools). I am a glass half full type of guy I guess.

Qualifying

We arrive at the circuit and struggle to get our new awning up in the rain and wind. I get us all signed in and the kart is ready to go on our intermediate wets. So out we go for qualifying with me doing the whole stint and qualifying us in a very respectable second from LAST place! So its back of the grid for us AGAIN!! At this point we should have sought advice on kart set-up as we were experiencing massive understeer after the long straight which was quite scary :) Flat out down the main straight and the turn in and go straight on is not a good feeling I can tell you!

Race

Race on and its me who is out first. Half the field decide to opt for slicks at this point with frantic activity in the pits. We did our normal what shall we do, what shall we do headless chicken routine and decided to stay on wets (well intermediates) So race is away and its mad. I thought to myself I can do this and just went for it. In the first few laps there seemed to be quite a few snags, tangles and pile-ups and I ducked and dived and made up some places. Then it started to rain and I picked off all the slicks guys who had to pit as they were sliding all over the place. Woohoo I am in 7th place from the back of the grid. That felt good. Sadly it is raining harder and harder. My nice shiny wet suit is in the pits along with my overboots too! Why didn't I put them on I don't know :( In the kart I am now experiencing increasingly a lack of grip due to my very worn wets. We are dropping places hand over fist. I decide to pit and put Chris out while I try and source (borrow) some better wets.

So anyway I come in and Chris goes out whilst I run around the pits in search of a set of wets. I finally got some from JJ although again they were intermediates. So Chris back in, change tires and John out in very very heavy rain. By this time the kart is a nightmare to drive with major understeer. I have been told this is due to a lack of centripetal forces twisting the chassis and lifting the rear wheel! Although what centipedes have to do with my R2 I don't know. Next time I will give us a bit of castor and maybe some negative camber too! So much to learn. An hour to go and John comes in and the mobile chicane goes out (Adam)! I think the less said about that hours drive the better :)

Suffice it to say Adam crashed no less than 9 times :) he managed to break 3 wheels and totally wrote of the kart of team number 11 (sorry guys) We did finish however (again) and we did get some points. I think we would have done so much better if I had been on new wets at the start, and we had had some spare new wets in the pits. Perhaps I could have held a top ten place, who knows. Still the fact that I got us to 7th place shows me that we can do much better. I still think we need another gear as we only hit 5000 rpm max at the end of the straight on 20/72 gearing but thats another issue I guess!

Roll on round 3..

Mark...

Posted by Mark at 1:44 PM | Comments (0) | The 2004 Season

March 28, 2004

Pro kart Endurance Champs March 2004

Milton Keynes Round 1

What a day. Actually what a weekend :( I caught my normal flight back from Vienna on friday night all set to drive down to Ted Poole and pick up our new Wright R2 Pro Kart on the Saturday morning. So the plane is delayed (as usual)!! Whatever you do in life Don’t get into international commuting as it sux big style! I Finally land 1.30 mins late and what’s this no missus to greet me :( she is stuck in traffic on the M25 car park! (again) I finally get picked up to then get stuck in the same traffic on the way back home (again).

I know lets go down the M4 and up through Maidenhead and then across country on all the little back roads. Oh yes 5 hours and 124 miles later arrive at home! Up at 6am (tired) to drive down to see Ted in Southampton and get the Kart. All was going smooth until I got in the seat and did'nt fit :( I’m big boned see! No Probs Ted fits a new seat for me and we finally get away and head for MK to test Saturday night.

lets fire it up and put in some 66sec laps then! We are going to be so good at this I can feel it! I jump in and promptly go strait off at the first corner (Can you remember your first drive?) Anyway we soon settle down and start doing 1.14s (74 sec laps) only to be told that the best teams can do 66sec Pooo. Where are we going to find 8 seconds. Oh well perhaps we ain't that good then! Pack up and drive home and then realize we have just lost an hour as the clocks went forward (why do they do that)? So I finally get into bed at 1.45 and then get out again at 5.30 to drive back to MK for a hard long days racing. I am reminding myself all the time that this is
A. Fun
B. Fun
C. The cheapest form of motor sport (so I'm told)

So we get to the track, get setup and qualify last (oh this is so humbling)

Race away and I start at the back of the grid on a decidedly damp track. We plod round and start to pick up a few places and then a few more. I think I spent the whole of my stint waving merrily as teams passed me (didn’t want to upset anyone see) The track dries up and we go onto slicks and change drivers. Then it rains and we decide to stay on slicks as it looks brighter over wilfs mothers way! Bad choice as it rains harder and we drop and drop and then finally change to back to wets. John spins at the hairpin and tangles with another kart. A kart then rams John and that’s the stub axle gone :( another pit stop to change the broken stub and we are back out.

Finally finishing in 31st place. We did Pick up some plastics for 31st place ta very much. I drive home and plonk into bed at 9pm only to get up at 3am for my 0630 Monday morning flight from Heathrow :) pheww what a hectic weekend!!

What did we learn?
A. We are realy shit
B. A mans natural Tendency to think he is Ayrton Senna is a delusion
C. My 550 Maranello is easier to drive than my R2
D. We will try harder

What did we achieve?
A. We had a great time and met some very nice people (even if they do gesticulate at you on the track sometimes):)
B. We kept going for 6 hours
C. We will get better

Lets hope Round 2 is dry ehh Cant be doing with to much slippy sliders in the wetty grippers again !!

Roll on round 2

Mark...

Posted by Mark at 8:37 AM | Comments (0) | The 2004 Season