News & Results 2004
"Remember... any finish is a good finish"
April 16th. - Not good. The car wouldn't turn and as a result, Steve is replacing the chassis, as hitting the rocks at the pit exit destroyed the car.
April - Beanless Motorsports is ready for test and tune.
April 21st. - Well, we had to get another chassis, picked it up Sunday morning, the crew went to work on it, and had the car together Sunday night, few little things to do, but it's ready, good work guys.
April 23rd. - Rained out, didn't want to see that happen after all the work to get the car ready.
April 30th. - Opening night, had to draw for position, drew 68, started 6th in the heat, and finished 4th. Got to re-draw for the feature, and drew 12th. Finished 14th.Not bad for the first time running the car.
We did not get to run the car at all in hot laps, because the shifting lever came off, so still had no pratice at all with the new chassis!
May 7th. - Got 5th. in the heat, and started 14th. in the feature, and ended up 4th. not bad.  Still have a few changes to make.         
Points
4/30 - 14th
5/ 07 - 8th
5/14 - 10th.
5/21- 13th.
5/28 - 14th.
6/04 - 13th
6/11 - 12th
6/18 - 12th
6/25 - 13th.
7/02 - 11th
7/09 - 15th
7/30 - 13th.
8/6 - 14th.
8/13 - 13th.
8/27 - 12th
9/03 - 12th.
May 14th. - Started 6th. in the heat, got 5th.  Started 14th. in the feature and finished 12th.  still have changes to make.
May 18th. - Pratice, had a few things to try, and it was worth the trip. The starter went, so have to replace that.  And we learned another thing, do not put the dog  in the truck without taking the keys out.
May 21 - The track was totally different, they put wood chips in it to keep the dust down, and the set up from Tuesday pratice did not work. Did not qualify in the heat, had to run the consi. Started 20th. in the feature, and on lap 2 a car came down and left me no where to go, and another car that had all kinds of time to miss me, ran in to me full speed, broke and bent alot of parts on the car.
May 28 - Did not qualify in the heat, started 20th. in the feature, and finished 17th. Still haven't hit on the right setup yet, we'll get it!
June 4 - Got 6th. in the heat.  Started 16th. in the feature, and finished 5th. Not bad, finally got the car working.  Fan autograph night.
June 11 - Qualified 4th. in the heat, and finished 11th. in the feature.  The car still needs some tuning, but we'll get it figured out.
June 15 - Penn Can had pratice tonight, got to try a few things out, as always learned a few things, and did not take the dog!
June 18 - Started 10th. in the feature, and finished 9th., got done late, it rained twice, but finally stopped.  Tires did not work so well, seems like they gave up about half way. But the car was working.
June 25 - Did not qualify in the heat, started 16th. in the feature, finished 11th. The track is full of stones, and hard to get ahold of. The car is running good.
June 26th. - Irv Heath memorial race at 5 mile pt. 54 laps., Hit the uke tire in the heat, ran the consi. did really good, the car was fast. Started 22nd.in the feature, finished 11th.  The car was good, tires went away, but we had a good time, lots of old timers there.
Want to also say congratulations to Brandon Buck on his sportsmen win.
July 2nd - Fireworks Extraveganza Night, 40 Lap feature for the mods.  Started 15th, got in a jingle early on in the feature finished the race with a bent tie rod.  Finished 16th.
July 9th - Finally got a handicapped position in the heat for the feature.  Started 6th and was running 7th for the whole race, but on a lap 28 restart the rear end came apart rendering an 18th place finish.
July 16 - Mid Season Championship night.  We'll have to wait til next week as Mother Nature decided she was going to take the Checkerd Flag on this night. Looking forward to trying set up #15
July 23 - Mother Nature wins again !
July 24 - Went to 5 mile pt., did not qualify in the heat, made a few changes to the chassis, had to run the consi. The right rear shock was not working, then I got hit pretty hard, did not qualify for the feature.  Hope we have better luck there next time.Thanks to  all the family and friends that went to support the team. It's always nice to see so many of you there for us.  
July 30 - Well the night didn't start out so good, had a blow out on one of the trailer tires, got that fixed. Then got the car unloaded, and the rain came, loaded it back up.  Qualified in the heat, got re-handicapped, that's a good thing.  Started on the pole in the Feature, car worked good, ended up 4th. Not a bad run, little adjustments still needed, but much better. The Sprint cars were there, and it still rained off and on, so it was a long night.
August 6th - Qualified in the heat, car was pretty good. Went out for the feature, and the car started leaning to the left, the torsion bar gave up, and the shock broke. Finished 15th.
August 10th - Tuesday night special. Rain delayed the race for about an hour, drew for the heat, started 2nd. Got to re-draw for the feature, drew 9th. The car wasn't bad, but pushed in the corners. Finished 14th.
August  13th.- Wow, can't belive it didn't rain. Put chassis set up # 20 in it,and 3 new tires, ran 3rd. most of the feature, and on the last lap, went to wide in turn 2, and finished 4th. good run for the Beanless Motorsports team.
August 20th. - Finally won a heat, car ran well, then just got out on the track for the feature, and the rain came. Double features next week.
End of season !
We would like to thank our fans, sponsors, and pit crew for all thier support in the 2004 season. And to the Owner...for hanging in there druing a rough season, starting with pratice, totaling the chassis, and all the rest of the season trying to make an ill handling chassis go.  Thanks Steve !
Looking forward to the 2005 season, and the new race car.