Use these links to navigate our race coverage. Click on any picture to see a larger version of it.

		Coverage Sections Page 1: Cover Page Page 2: Results: All Mains Page 3: Results: Rounds 3-4 Page 4: Results: Rounds 1-2 Page 5: Photos: Pre-Race & Around the Track I Page 6: Photos: Pre-Race & Around the Track II Page 7: Photos: People I Page 8: Photos: People II Page 9: Photos: Cars on the Track & Racing Page 10: Photos: Cars on the Starting Grid Page 11: Photos: Drivers Page 12: Photos: Winners Page 13: Photos: Cars I Page 14: Photos: Cars II

		Related Links S&N's Trackside Hobbies Novak Electronics

		Coverage this year courtesy of futureal.

Photos from Around the Track

			The new track gets broken in on the first day of practice. Trackside installed brand new boards for this race, replacing their old foam islands.

			The Novak race draws huge crowds every year, and 2004 was no exception: Trackside was absolutely packed for the mains on Sunday. In fact, even with the Packers in a playoff game, all eyes were watching the track and not the TVs!

			The pit area, of course, was bustling! With close to 200 racers, Trackside was bursting at the seams. Next year, pit areas will be available in a basement area as well.

			You know that Mike Reedy must be nearby when a pit table has this many low-wind Reedy motors sitting on it!

			Also new at Trackside is RC Scoring Pro, a brand-new scoring software. Still in development, RC Scoring Pro was run alongside Autoscore for the duration of the race, providing everybody with ultra-cool scoreboards (like the one on this track-side monitor) and a BetaBrite board that flashed lap times as cars crossed the loop.

			The tech inspection at this year's USTC was second to none, both in consistency and speed. The line never got backed up, cars were inspected both before and after races, and it wasn't just for the fastest heat. Tech will never be perfect, but this was about as close as anyone can get.

			Sets of Take Off CS27 rubber tires, used as handouts in the Brushless, Stock Rubber and Sportsman classes.

Continue to Page 6 for more photos...