| (Tony \ Savannah, NY) |
| Question: Hello Chad wow what an improvement in the 2013 season I'm glad to see you doing well in the standings. Do you have any plans on running Brewerton for a weekly race once or twice or any other tracks? Also are you going to super dirt week this year? Thanks Chad and best of luck on 2013 |
Chad:Tony, Thanks for the kind words. I am also quite excited about how well we have started off in 2013. I am even more optimistic as to what the rest of the season will bring, because I feel like we are still making progress with the car handling on the slick feature tracks we have been seeing lately. Most likely the only appearance I will be making at Brewerton with the car this season is for the Hurricane 100 in October. I would love to run at Brewerton weekly, but it is just too hard to get the car and my crew there on time with our current work schedules. However, we may make a few more runs on Sunday nights at Utica Rome Speedway for their bigger money shows. I learned a long time ago to never say never, but as of right now it looks like our Super Dirt Week this year will include Brewerton's Hurricane 100 on Thursday night and the Win-And-You're-In race at Rolling Wheels on Saturday night. Of course, if we are lucky enough to win the Rolling Wheels race like we did last year, I will definitely start the race at Syracuse on Sunday. If that scenario were to happen again this year, you can be sure I will be more prepared this time to make a longer run in the 200 at Syracuse. Take care! |
| (Antonio \ South Butler, NY) |
| Question: Hello Chad. What do you think of your motor so far in 2013 and have you made and big race plans yet? |
Chad: Hi Antonio. The new ERD engine has been outstanding so far in 2013. I can't say enough about Terry, Carl, and the whole crew at ERD. Their levels of craftsmanship and support are second to none as far as I'm concerned. The power that the engine is putting out is outstanding, and I think it is definitely showing in our heat race finishes, when the engine plays a huge part. Two heat wins and a second place in the heat this past week is a huge improvement to our finishes over the past few years. Because of the vast increase in power, I have struggled a little bit once the tracks have slicked over for the features. We have pretty much had to throw away the setups that we used to use, but I feel like we have made a lot of gains on it in the past few weeks. We are off to our best start in quite a few years and I credit a lot of that to the new ERD engine under the hood. Right now, the plan is to run all of the larger paying shows at Utica Rome, along with the first Super DIRT Series race at Rolling Wheels Raceway. I am planning on running the Hurricane 100 at Brewerton and the Outlaw 200 at Fulton at the end of the year. We may throw in a couple more of the big shows at the end of the year, but mostly we are going to focus weekly on Canandaigua Motorsports Park. Take Care! |
| (Tony Ramos \ Wolcott, NY) |
| Question: Hello Chad I was wondering what are the plans for 2013 the same as last year? good luck next year Tony |
Chad: Hi Tony. Yeah, I think we are pretty much going to do the same schedule as we did in 2012. We will be at Canandaigua Speedway for sure every Saturday night. I would love for Weedsport to open back up so I could get back to racing two nights a week. I really felt that it was helping my driving by running two nights a week. We did receive a new engine late in the season in 2012, and we enjoyed some immediate success with it, which included a top 10 at Fulton's Outlaw 200 and a win at the Rolling Wheels Raceway "Win-And-You're-In" race. I anticipate an improvement in our performance at Canandaigua as well, as I am positive we have been giving up a lot with our engine program in the past few years. If all goes well, I might throw in a few Super DIRT Series, ROC tour, and BRP tour shows along the way. See you at the races in 2013! Take care! |
| (Julian Roberts \ Pittsburgh, PA) |
| Question: Hey Chad, It was nice seeing you run at PPMS this past weekend as we usually don't get to see the NY cars run. Will you be at the $3000 to win BRP race at Lernerville Oct 21-23rd ? |
Chad: Hi Julian. The team and I had a great time running our 3-race stint with the BRP Series over the past couple weekends. The fans and officials all made us feel very welcomed and we were lucky enough to come home with 3 very strong finishes. As of right now we are taking it one race at a time, as I have a couple more races to run in NY to finish the season up here. To be honest, a Lernerville trip is still up in the air. If the racecar is still in competitive shape and the weather looks good, I might just make the trip. Keep posted to this website and if I decide to come to Lernerville I will add it onto my schedule a week or so beforehand. Our plans for next year are also up in the air, but I'm not counting out a full BRP Tour Series schedule for 2011. I'm glad that I was able to put on a good show for you at PPMS. Take care! |
| (Bobby Wilson \ Avon, NY) |
| Question: What is 1UP MOTORSPORTS? |
Chad: 1Up Motorsports is the name of the race team that was organized in late 2005 when I joined up with the owners of Bytronics Inc. to start a new Northeast Big Block Modified team. Since then, the 1Up Motorsports name and logo have been used on all of our racecars, haulers, apparel, and team marketing information. Besides my Modified team, 1Up Motorsports also currently operates a 270 Micro Sprint race team with driver Bob Dreste, who competes at Paradise Speedway in Geneva, NY. |
| (Bobby Wilson \ Avon, NY) |
| Question: How much stagger do you run at Canandaigua? |
Chad: At Canandaigua we typically run between 1/2 inch to 1 inch of stagger in the front and between 5 and 7 inches of stagger in the rear depending on track conditions. When the track gets slick we will be on the lower side of those stagger ranges. |
| (Brian Powley \ Kingston Ont) |
| Question: Chad ,I'm the big Canadian guy. Did the driveshaft loss cause much damage at cayuga county?Are you going to run the end of the season? Best of luck! |
Chad: Hi Brian. What we thought was a driveshaft (universal) failure on Sunday night actually ended up being a rearend failure. We believe that a bearing froze in the rearend, which locked it up and spun all of the teeth off of the quick change gears. This must have momentarily locked the drivetrain, and the stress from the motor broke the U-bolts holding the driveshaft to the transmission. This allowed the driveshaft to whip around and bend the side cover of the transmission, in turn pulling the shifter linkage out of the back of the transmission. We think that the crunching that I heard after the fact was the rearend and not the engine, as I had first suspected, but the engine did still turn 8800 RPM and it's going to have to be thoroughly checked out by our engine builder before put any more stress on it. So, we are looking at a new driveshaft, yokes, universals, a rearend rebuild, and a transmission rebuild. Assuming that the engine checks out ok, we are going to run the final race at Weedsport on October 6th. Other than that, I think that I'm going to save up my resources so that I can really have good quality equipment and spares for next season. It has been a pleasure meeting you this season, and I'll see you at the races! |
| (Doug \ North Tonawanda, NY) |
| Question: Now that Marilou is a one attempt, one feature winner any thoughts of putting her behind the wheel of the big block? Just kidding, I hope. |
Chad: At this time there are no plans to put Marilou behind the wheel of the Big Block. However, the 1 race, 1 win record is impressive. Just after the race I was standing with Cory Reed from DIRT and I jokingly mentioned that my ride may now be in jeopardy. He assured me that 1 Minivan win should not warrant myself getting pulled from the Modified. However, the pressure is now on because we each have 1 win this season, and if I finish the season with the same amount of feature wins as Marilou, it may be a long winter. Joking aside, she did a good job in the race. Maybe there is untapped talent there. Thanks for the question! |
| (Sheldon Hall \ Rushville, NY) |
| Question: Chad, What is one of your most embarassing moment while racing? Have you ever flipped your car over (including when you raced pro-stocks)? If you did, what was going through your mind as you were flipping over? Hope to meet you in person this Saturday at Canandaigua! I will be hanging around with Blane Smith most of the time. P.S. you can tell if its me because I am really short and I will most likely have a camera around my neck. |
Chad: If you race long enough, you're bound to have some pretty embarrassing moments. The one that I will probably never live down was the night that I borrowed Fred Srock's street stock, and proceeded to destroy it in a crash. If I remember right it was in 2001 when we had a rearend problem that put us out of the event after the heat race. We were in the midst of a championship points battle, so we were offered Fred's car in order to start the race and gain valuable points. Well, we put our Pro Stock tires on his car and started the feature. On the first or second lap, some of the body's sheet metal cut down one of the tires, which sent me into the first turn wall and I ended up rolling the car over. So that has to be the low point of my racing career so far. They did a really nice deed in allowing me to run their car, and due to unfortunate circumstances I ended up trashing it. It doesn't get much more embarrassing than that in my book. That story also leads me into your next question. Unfortunatly, I've flipped my racecar over a bunch of times. In total, I've rolled racecars twice when I raced Microds, four times at Canandaigua in a Pro Stock, and one spectacular flip at Syracuse in a Pro Stock. To be honest, when people ask me about rolling a racecar, I tell them that it is no worse then riding the wooden roller coaster at Darien Lake. In my mind, it feels very similar. The thing is that most times it is over before you even realize it is happening. However, the more cars that I have rolled over, I've gotten to know that light sensation in your stomach and try to prepare for what is coming. The main thing that goes through your mind is how to keep yourself as safe as possible and just be aware of your surroundings. Mainly, you want to make sure that your hands and arms don't get caught in the steering wheel, and things of that nature. Then after it is all over you get the thought of "Man, that is going to cost me a lot of money." I've had my fair share of flips, but hopefully all of that is in my past. I've been pretty fortunate over the last couple of years not to have been involved in any wild accidents. Let's hope it stays that way for a while longer! Thanks for the question, Sheldon, and make sure to stop by the trailer and introduce yourself. See you at the races! |
| (Butch \ Burt, NY) |
| Question: Chad, Thank you for taking the time to answer my question so fully. You are right and I'm not sure that the race fans, & some racers, understand what it takes to be successful in racing. (You could also use a shock specialist!) Although to me, this is what makes racing interesting. You will have fun racing at Ransomville. This brings me to my question. Is there any chance you will be bringing the Big Block to the July 6th BB show? |
Chad: You are right. A shock specialist would be another great addition! Just like the tires, the shocks seem to have a much greater impact in the Modifieds than they ever seemed to in the Pro Stocks. The recommended Cannizzaro shock package served us well with the Pro Stock, and we never had to mess around too much, which made things a lot easier. Since the time that I responded to the last question, the NYMM series has cancelled the April 27th sprint race at Ransomville. So, that unfortunately means that my Ransomville Speedway debut is going to have to wait until the NYMM race on July 13th. As of right now, I'm scheduled to run in the NYMM race at Black Rock Speedway on July 6th, so it doesn't look like I'm going to be able to run the Super DIRT Series show at Ransomville on July 6th. I'm certainly not going to say that it couldn't still happen, but at this point I don't see it working out. Even if the Black Rock NYMM race were not to occur, that is already going to be a tough week since we are planning on running the Super DIRT Series race on Tuesday, July 3rd at Rolling Wheels. I just think that with only one Modified, trying to race it Sunday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday could be a little too ambitious of a week for Dad and I to tackle. But, hey, I'm a racer, and my options are always open... Thanks for the question! |
| (Butch Miller\ Burt, NY) |
| Question: Heard that you are getting a Tire Specialist. Initials are N H. Any truth to this? |
Chad: Well Butch, you bring up an interesting question. Probably one that I could lament about for a good while. Back when we were running in the Pro Stocks there was some tire maintenance, but for the most part, it was minor work that only took a little while during the week, and then all our tires were set for the weekend's race. Fast forward to 2006 and there is a naive Chad thinking that the workload isn't going to be too bad by not only stepping up to the modified ranks, but also adding in a second night of racing to my schedule. One of the major things that I didn't expect was the amount of effort it takes to keep the tires in good shape. That is one of the aspects of the sport that I don't think many of the normal fans understand. We were basically putting laps on 8 tires on Saturday night, and then either had to recondition or replace them for Sunday. That same cycle would repeat itself after Sunday for the following week. Siping and grinding of upwards of 8 tires for 1 person could easily chew up a good hour, and that is if they are working fast. Not to mention that the work can be pretty physical. Now throw in the fact that we didn't have the tire and wheel resources that are probably necessary, and we ended up having to turn some tires around between the heat and features (Or in some cases the 5 minute span between the consi and feature during the televised weedsport races). I definitely think that this was one of the things that really hurt us last year. While the tires weren't mission critical in the Pro Stocks, they sure are in the Modifieds. This is one of the problems that I've been trying to address over the winter. We now have 16 rims that I plan to have fully mounted and at my disposal on any given night. I'm hoping that this will not only give me a greater tire choice, but also give us the ability to have tire sets ready to go beforehand, so we don't end up spending the majority of our time at the track working on tires. However, this doesn't fix the time problem on Sunday mornings, and during the week. This is where the tire specialist comes into play. If you walk around the pits at Canandaigua and Weedsport (and I have to believe that the same thing is going on at Ransomville where you guys are racing) you will find that the top teams have designated tire specialists. Dad and I have had great success working together on setups over the years and it pains me to have to spend our time on menial tire work, instead of being able to spend time putting our knowledge to work. So, the offer is out there for anyone who would like to be a tire specialist for our race team. The job has been offered to a few people. At the end of last year we had our car owner, Bob, starting to do some of the tires. This year he's going to be spending his Saturday nights pursuing a micro sprint championship, so we lose some of his services. I thought about offering to teach Marilou and mom (NH), but it's such a nasty and demanding job that I would feel bad even asking them to try, because I know that it wouldn't be a good fit. So the search is still on. In a perfect world, I would love to have a person that we could count on to have that job taken care of each and every week. But, if we don't find the right person for the job, I think we've got ourselves set up to handle it as efficiently as it can be done for the upcoming year. As always, thanks for the question. I look forward to seeing all of you guys on April 27th for the NYMM race at Ransomville. I'm definitely excited about turning my first laps at Ransomville in the Habeck Racing Micro Sprint. |
| (Doug \ North Tonawanda, NY, NY) |
| Question: I just read the latest "news post" where you were talking about a mini series and wondering how that might affect your racing schedule this year. Any idea when you will be posting a tentative schedule for 2007? |
Chad: Well, the scheduling is certainly up in the air right now. As soon as DIRT releases the schedules for Canandaigua and Weedsport, I will try to sift through everything and figure out what I'm going to do. I have an idea of what I think I'm going to do, however. The easiest aspect of the schedule is that we are going to run full schedules at both Canandaigua and Weedsport again this year. The weeks that come into question, are the two Saturday nights where the 5-race mini series closes Canandaigua down for the Modfieds. At this time, I have no ambition to go and run the mini-series races at Fulton and Can-am. Based on the current purse of those races, it is just not economically sound for a team like ours to show up. If DIRT decides to give out tow money for those races, I might be inclined to change my mind. However, in the meantime, my plan for those two weekends is to race Brewerton on Friday night, and Weedsport on Sunday night. That leaves two Saturday nights free that I may try to enter the 600cc sprint car race at Paradise Speedway. I will probably end up trying my hand at Rolling Wheels at least once this year. Since we are having our engine upgraded, it will be a good test to take it there and see if we have made progress with our engine program for the long straightaways. Other than that, I was going to try to run a few of the New York Modified Midget Series races as time allows, and as long as the ride that I had last fall is still available. Stay tuned to the website, and as soon as the schedules are released by DIRT, I'll have my tentative schedule posted soon after. Thanks for the question! |
| (Chris \ Farmington, NY) |
| Question: Hey Chad...at this point in the season, are you happy with your position in points and your season thus far?? Continued Good Luck and Success!! |
Chad: Thanks for the question, Chris. I would say that we are now entering the 4th quarter of the season and it's time to really step up the racing program if at all possible. From a driver's standpoint, I'm never really happy with the way things are going unless I'm winning. However, those goals are pretty unrealistic for a modified rookie. I guess my answer to the question is both yes and no. There have been times when we have run really good and I've felt like the car was capable of posting good finishes. I've already won a couple heat races, which is also a good start. I also can't say enough about how hard the people that support my racing program have worked. Even through the hard times this year, they've always stuck with it. There have been glimmers of brilliance throughout the season, and for sure we are a lot better off now than we were when we started in April. For that aspect of things, yes, I'm happy with the way the season has gone. As for overall on-track performance, I'm certainly not satisfied. I was hoping for a top 10 points finish at Canandaigua, but I think that is probably out of reach now. I've definitely been struggling with setups for the last couple months and I haven't reached the level of consistency that I think I should be at during this part of the season. I knew going in that this season would be a tough one, and that has certainly held true. All I can do now is to keep working hard and I have to believe that the results will come in due time. Thanks again for the question! |
| (Pam Blauvelt \ Williamson, NY) |
| Question: If there was one thing you could go back and change as it pertains to this year, what would it be? |
Chad: That is a tough question because the majority of the things that have hindered our race team this year have been things that were out of our control. Due to this fact, I haven't really been able to pin down one thing that if I had done differently, things would be a whole lot better off. Now, I definitely know more about modified racing than I did in April when I started this new endeavor. Looking back now, it would have been nice to be a little more prepared for what we were trying to tackle, but at the same point, in April I thought we were as prepared as we could be. The things that have really hurt our progress were the accident in May that took out our rearend, and then the motor failure in June. I'm not sure that either of those could have been avoided, but they were definitely a detriment to our season. However, the motor failure cost us a couple of competitive weeks, as well as a bunch of money, but I do feel that we are better off with the new engine that we have, so I guess that falls more under a building experience. I've definitely been struggling this season, but I figured that would be the case from the start. I knew that modified racing was going to be tough, and it is still even tougher than I had imagined. We have had some glimmers of brilliance, with a heat win and a couple top 10 finishes. I guess the thing that I would like to change right now is the length of the season, because even though our finishes may not represent progress as of late, we are getting better with each race, and we'll probably be doing pretty good by the time October rolls around and the season is over. |
| (Jim Pearsall \ Fairport, NY) |
| Question: Stupid question... what is "piston skirt" that you found when you tore down the engine? |
Chad: Jim, that's not a stupid question at all. To be honest, I'm not even sure that my terminology is correct and I'm going to have to go and check it out. What I was refering to was the side of the piston, mainly below where the wristpin connects it to the rod. The piston hangs down over the rod and creates a "skirt" over the rod. In any event, the pistons got pretty chewed up with all the rod debris flying around inside the engine when it let loose. Thanks for the question! |
| (Jeff Wood \ Wayland, NY) |
| Question: April 29 racing was a little hard to see. How was it on the track. Things were going well until the accident in the feature. |
Chad: I've talked with a few fans that sat in the stands on Saturday night and they all told me that they had trouble seeing due to all of the dust that was kicked up during the feature. From a driver's standpoint, I didn't think the dust was that bad down on the track, and visibility for the drivers was about normal. I was having more of an issue with the track surface. There was only one decent lane and that was fading away quickly near the midpoint of the race. On the restarts, if you were on the inside, you were going backwards no matter what you tried to do. The track conditions set the stage for these bonzai slide-job passes that got a little crazy at times. Especially since I was on the receiving end of most of them, as the big name drivers shuffled me to the back of the top 10. Overall, I thought we were doing awesome up until the wreck. After starting 4th, I couldn't believe that around lap 6 I found myself up to 2nd place. Granted, as the race went on I started to slip back, but I really thought we had a good chance at our first top 10 finish until I got caught up in the big wreck. Unfortunately, our night ended early, but we'll be back next Saturday to give it another try. I'm really excited about the progress that our team has been able to make in just a few short weeks, and I look forward to seeing where we are at around July and August. |
| (Butch Miller \ Burt, NY) |
| Question: Well? What did ya think for your first time? Cool or what!! |
Chad: I don't think the word "cool" does justice to how awesome the modified class really is. I knew the car would have a lot more power, side bite, forward bite, etc. than what I was used to. However, what I didn't realize was how comfortable these cars are to drive. I always figured that with all the power that the modifieds have, that it would be really easy for it to snap around on you when you jump on the throttle. How wrong I was. These cars are just an absolute dream to drive. The biggest thing that was kinda throwing me off over the weekend was how soft the cars are, and how much they lean over when you throw them into the corners. After driving the Pro Stock for so long it was almost instinct to lift out of the throttle when the car started to lean way over. I'm finding that I'm going to have to teach myself the opposite which I'm sure will come in time. Overall, I had a blast at Weedsport over the weekend. Even though we failed to qualify for the feature, we ve than I thought we were going to be. I'm just very pleased that I've been given the chance to make this move with really good equipment, which I think is going to really speed up the learning process. Knowing what I know now, I wish I would have made this move a long time ago. |
| (Chris \ Buffalo, NY) |
| Question: Who will be building your motors? |
Chad: The big block engine that we purchased to run during the 2006 season was originally built by Sonny Barron. However, for any maintenance/rebuilds that we need in the future, Campbell's Engines will be doing our work. Over the years, we have had nothing but good luck with Campbell's Engines. All of their work has always produced really good horsepower, and I'm proud to say that we have not had a motor failure in 8 years of racing. We've had a great experience working with Billy and Betsy Campbell, and they'll be doing our engine work for as long as they want it. |
| (John \ Canandaigua, NY, NY) |
| Question: Hi Chad. Is there anything you are nervous about going into your rookie year in the modified division? Are you really excited about anything, like maybe the longer, "bigger" race? Good luck this season! |
Chad: I wouldn't say that I'm overly nervous about anything going into this year. If you think about it, this jump has been 8 years in the making. Now, I'm not saying that it's going to be a seamless jump into the modifieds, but I'm very confident in the equipment that Bob Dreste and 1Up Motorsports has given me. We're going out there with equipment that I believe an experienced modified racer could win with. I'm a firm believer that bad things happen when you don't have top-notch equipment, and I wouldn't have made this move if I didn't think that we had that. Granted, I have to believe that we are going to struggle for a while and we probably won't even qualify for every race that we enter this season, but the good thing is that there is no pressure to go out there and win every race. Those who know me know that I'm very competitive and I love to challenge myself, and this year should be a fun challenge. As for being excited about anything, sure those longer races are going to be a lot of fun. I have loved racing in the Pro Stock 50 lap races at Canandaigua, and the long races have been good to me in past years. Overall, it's just going to be a very new experience for myself and everyone involved with my race team. I've got a brand new car owner, I'm making a substantial class jump, and I'm not sure that either of us really know what to expect this year. However, it's going to be very gratifying when it all comes together and we start making progress. Despite all that, I also get to go out there and compete against some of the guys that I grew up watching from the stands. This season is just going to be a really neat opportunity for everyone involved. |
| (Doug \ North Tonawanda, NY) |
| Question: Will you be running a 91c or 91h when Billy Decker is around? |
Chad: To be honest, I never really thought about that until I read your question. It's inevitable that Billy Decker and I will end up at the same race track sometime this season. I'm not really sure how that works anymore. I knew that it used to be that the first guy to the race track got the number in question. Maybe with the use of the transponders it isn't even an issue anymore. However, if it comes down to it, I have no problem putting a letter after the 91. You have to respect what Billy Decker has accomplished over the years, and he's come a long way since the days of the yellow Wheels Auto Parts #91. So there is no sense in trying to "steal" the number from him. I think I like 91c a little better than 91h though. It flows off the tongue a little better, lol. We'll have to see what happens. |
| (Phil Sykes \ Palmyra, NY) |
| Question: Just wondering where you came up with 1 Up Motorsports? Your website is great. It's nice to be able to get update at any time. |
Chad: That's a good question. I would like to say that there is a story behind where the name came from, but there really isn't one. Over the years, I have been running my race team under Homan Motorsports. A couple months back when Bob Dreste and I were discussing the potential of teaming up for 2006, we needed a new identity to distinguish his new racing operation from my own. For a couple days we threw around potential team names before we came up with 1 Up Motorsports. When we started the team, we wanted to make a serious push for sponsorship and we thought that 1 Up Motorsports gave off the marketing message that we were looking for. It really fits all venues, not only meaning that we could be 1 Up on the competition at the racetrack, but potential sponsors could also be 1 Up on their competition by sponsoring our raceteam. That's basically how the 1 Up Motorsports name came about. It grew out of the two of us tossing out potential team names and that's the one that ultimately grew on us and has now been put into place as the name of our race team. |
| (Chris Miller \ Olcott, NY) |
| Question: What's up chad! What chassis are you racin?? hope its a bicknell!!lol. Good luck in that cuz it is a big jump but i know u got the talent and the racing knowledge to go for the win!! see you soon. |
Chad: As a matter of fact, it will be a Bicknell chassis that I'll be driving for 1 Up Motorsports in 2006. We picked up a 2003 Bicknell that only had 15 small block races on it. The car is really in excellent condition and is pretty much brand new. The engine that we purchased was a big block that was originally built by Sonny Barron and is top of the line. We certainly won't be lacking when it comes to the quality of our equipment. My car owner, Bob Dreste, has spared no expense on giving me the equipment that I believe I need to be successful at the next level. Thanks for the words of encouragement! |
| (Butch Miller \ Burt, NY) |
| Question: Will you be posting pics. of the BB soon? |
Chad: I just posted a couple pictures of the modified that have been recently taken. You can find them in the modified section of the picture gallery. |
| (Doug and Kathi \ North Tonawanda, NY) |
| Question: Is the 2005 Homan Motorsports crew going to be intact for 2006? |
Chad: It sure will be! Even though I will have a new car owner in 2006, the 2005 crew will remain together in 2006. However, we're all going to have to work a little bit harder to overcome the new challenges that await us this coming season. |