February 1, 2004

The team

FifteenDegrees-North is currently sponsering 15dn Endurance kart racing team in the British Endurance Championships.

We will be following their progress avidly within the 15dn blog on a month by month race report basis :) Not least because I am one of the drivers :)

The Team:

Mark Nenadic / Driver, Team Manager and Head Mechanic

Team Owner who lives in Vienna although can be found in Peterborough at the weekends (mostly) Has way to many hobbies and was only allowed to do this because he bought a nice Paddock jacket for his missus :) Owns a web design agency and Internet marketing company called FifteenDegrees-North www.15dn.com

PS Has a passion for Ferraris and Ducatis

Jon Dundee / Driver and mechanic number two

Jon is the pretty boy of the team. The most competitive person I know by far! who hates losing :) Needs some anger management otherwise will be dead by 40 from stress related illness :) He also has too many hobbies and is a mad Kite Boarder. Works in National sales.

Chris Hughes / Driver

Chris is a Nutcase and a Bruiser. A sort of shaven headed turbo nutter barstard type. Owns a Kitchen fitting business in Peterborough several acres of land and a cat called Alan!

Adam (Mobile Chicane) Sargeson Driver (God help us)

Adam. Hmmm what can I say? At the moment allow two track widths when overtaking epsecially in the wet. Liable to be going round the track the wrong way at any time! We are attaching a flashing lite to his helmet so you can see him coming!!! A Manager at the Peterborough ET newspaper.

Paul Nenadic' (My Bro) Team pit coordinator (Ross Brain)or is that Braun

The most opinionated person we know and love. Bro is the Ross Brain of the team! he handles radio comms with the drivers and tactics, although as we are always last our tactic is just to finish in one piece at the moment :) Bro also gets in the way when we are trying to fix the kart as do Chris and Adam! We wouldnt be without him though :)

The series consists of...

Rounds:
Eight rounds - Seven to count

Tyres:
Tyres are Bridgestone YDS and YDK with NFA stamp

Duration:
Rounds are all 6 hr except the 12 hr at Milton Keynes

Weight:
Weight limit 180kg minimum weight (kart and driver)

Gearing:
Gearing will be 20 tooth at the front and free at the back

Fuel:
There will be three mandatory fuel pit stops for the 6 hr events

Drivers:
There is no mandatory number of drivers in a team

There is no mandatory number of driver changes all drivers must hold MSA Licences or KCB warrant cards


POINTS:

1st = 40 points
2nd = 38 points
3rd = 37 points
4th = 36 points

Etc

38th = 2 points
39th = 1 point
40th = 0 points

Qualifying will determine the grid positions for the start of the race.

For those ‘up and coming’ teams (us), a Clubman Cup Series will be run within the overall Championship. The top twenty (20) teams will not be eligable for this status. Any team entering late in the season will be assessed on a similar basis.

Mark...

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