2004

RACE SEASON

MARK RORVIK

PURE STOCK

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MY 2004 SEASON STARTED OFF WITH MY CAR NOT READY YET. I MISSED THE FIRST RACE JUST WAITING FOR PARTS. WE GOT TO RUN NEW TIRES THIS YEAR (SLICKS). YEE HA! THEY MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE. THE FIRST RACE I GOT TO MAKE, I HAD BROKE AN AXLE DURING PRACTICE THAT DAY :o( SO FAR FOR THAT RACE. WE HAD A COUPLE OF RAIN OUTS AND I HAD TO MISS THE RACE ON JULY 3RD CAUSE I HAD TO SHOOT A FIREWORKS SHOW. AND JUST WITH 3 POINTS RACES LEFT AND SEVERAL CHANGES, NOW, WITH ONLY 3 RACES LEFT, I FINALLY GOT MT TIMES DOWN TO 18.00 AND JUST BELOW. JUST GOT TO GET A LITTLE FASTER YET. NOW WITH ONLY 2 POINTS RACES LEFT, I ADDED SOME MORE SPRINGS IN THE BACK END OF THE CAR AND TOOK IT OUT FOR A PRACTICE DAY. I ONLY RAN ABOUT 20 LAPS AND BROKE ANOTHER REAR AXLE. I HAVE TO FIND ANOTHER BEFORE OUR NEXT RACE IN 2 DAYS ON SEPT. 5TH. I AM ONLY 5 POINTS FROM MOVING INTO 13TH PLACE, SO IT IS IMPORTANT TO FIND ANOTHER AXLE FAST.

ON SEPTEMBER 5th, WE=HEN I GOT TO THE TRACK I HAD FOUND OUT THAT A FRIEND HAD PASTED AWAY EARLY THAT MORNING HE WAS ALSO OF THE OFFICIALS AT THE TRACK. YOU CAN READ MY MEMORIAL PAGE TO HIM BY CLICKING THE LINK LATER IN THIS PAGE. THE NEWS HAD AN EFFECT ON EVERYONE THAT NIGHT. THEY HAD SOME MEMORIAL LAPS FOR HIM THAT NIGHT AND MY CAR WAS ONE OF THE 5 CARS THAT RAN THE MEMORIAL LAPS FOR HIM.

ON OUR CHAMPIONSHIP NIGHT I HAD QUALIFIED A 17.75, MY FASTEST TIME IN YET. THE HEAT RACE I STARTED 2nd BUT FINISHED 5th. I HAD SOME ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS. THE MAIN EVENT WAS ANOTHER STORY, THEY HAD LINED US UP BY POINTS POSITION, SO I STARTED IN 13th. I WAS DOING GREAT EXCEPT AN ASSHOLE IN THE #10 CAR KEPT RAMMING THE ASS END OF MY CAR LAP AFTER LAP ON THE FRONT AND BACK STRETCH. I WOULD GO UP TO LET HIM BY, BUT HE WOULD FOLLOW ME UP. I WOULD GO DOWN TO THE BOTTOM OF THE TRACK, HE WOULD DO THE SAME. ON LAP 14, THERE WAS A WRECK UP IN TURN 2, I CAME DOWN THE FRONT STRETCH AND JUST STARTED TO GO INTO THE CORNER WHEN THE # 10 CAR RAMMED MY CAR PUSHING IT UP IN TO THE WRECK HEAD ON. NEEDLESS TO SAY, MY NIGHT WAS DONE. MY CAR TOOK A FAIR AMOUNT OF DAMAGE TO IT. MY RADIATOR WAS TOASTED, MY WATER PUMP WAS SEIZED UP BUT NO OTHER APPARENT DAMAGE TO THE MOTOR THOUGH. THAT'S OKAY THOUGH TURN ABOUTS FAIR PLAY

I AM ONLY GOING TO RACE AT SOUTH SOUND SPEEDWAY NEXT SEASON. JUST REAL TIRED OF ALL THE POLITICS THERE. NEXT SEASON I WILL MOST LIKELY BE RUNNING AT PORT ANGELES, EVERGREEN AND WENATCHEE SPEEDWAYS. THE FIREWORKS COMPANY I WORK FOR DOES FIREWORKS AT STATELINE SPEEDWAY IN STATELINE IDAHO, SO I MIGHT GO THERE A FEW TIMES TOO...TILL THINGS CHANGE AT SOUTH SOUND, I AM GOING TO TRY THESE TRACKS OUT.

...............I WILL HAVE SOME PICS. FROM THIS YEAR UP SHORTLY...............

HERE ARE MY WEEKLY STATS FOR 2004

FINAL POINTS STANDINGS

320 POINTS

13th PLACE

SEASON STATS

AWARDS BANQUET PICS.

ON THE MORNING OF SEPTEMBER 5TH,

I LOST A DEAR FRIEND FROM SOUTH SOUND SPEEDWAY.

HE WAS ONE OF OUR OFFICIALS AND MY FRIEND.

CLICK HERE TO VIEW MY MEMORIAL PAGE TO HIM

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