Header Template Help

[Basscat]

I am working on a new skin for a new site I am building for our racing team. I am using a few .gif's to get the banner to have "the look" I am trying to achieve at the top of the page. I almost have it.....but I have two issues I am need to resolve.

1. For some reason my link to click on to bring members to the home page is on the ends, instead of my image in the center.

2. I have a tiny space between the header and the start of my forum that I would like removed.

This is the link to my forums. www.heckmanracing.com/forum/index.php

I am using vb3.8.5. This is my header tempate.

<!-- logo -->
<a name="top"></a>
	<table border="0" width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" align="center">
  <tr>
<td>
	<table border="0" width="$stylevar[outertablewidth]" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" align="center">
  <tr>
	<td align="left" valign="top"><a href="$vboptions[forumhome].php$session[sessionurl_q]"><img src="$stylevar[titleimage]/header_end.gif" border="0" alt="$vboptions[bbtitle]" /></a></td>

	<td align="center" width="100%" height="300" valign="top"><a href="$vboptions[forumhome].php$session[sessionurl_q]">
	<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="background: url($stylevar[titleimage]/header_fill.gif) repeat-x top left;" valign="top">
<tr>
	<td align="center" border="0" valign="top">
<img src="$stylevar[titleimage]/quarter_midget.gif" border="0"/>
</td>
  </tr>
	</table>
</a></td>

	<td align="right" valign="top"><a href="$vboptions[forumhome].php$session[sessionurl_q]"><img src="$stylevar[titleimage]/header_end.gif" border="0" alt="$vboptions[bbtitle]" /></a></td>
  </tr>
	</table>
<!-- /logo -->

<!-- content table -->
$spacer_open

$_phpinclude_output

$ad_location[ad_header_end]

Where did I screw up?

I still have alot of other work to do on this skin.

Thanks,

Mike