2006 Fantasy Racing Series - OPEN FOR ENTRIES

The 2006 season of the Fantasy Racing Series is open for entries. (Unless there are major objections to the rules outlined below. I’m sorry it took me this long to get this done but I’ve been swamped and just noticed that we have less than a week to get this rolling. My fault.)

I’ve read over the suggestions thread and taken what I believe to be the set of rules that will work the best for everyone.

You must select three drivers from the list below whose salaries must be equal or less than the cap of $5 million per team:

$2.3 million – Sebastien Bourdais
$2.1 million – Paul Tracy
$2.0 million – Justin Wilson
$1.9 million – Bruno Junqueira
$1.8 million – A.J. Allmendinger
$1.7 million – Oriol Servia
$1.6 million – Mario Dominguez
$1.6 million – Alex Tagliani
$1.2 million – Cristiano da Matta
$1.1 million – Jimmy Vasser
$0.9 million – Nelson Philippe
$0.8 million – Will Power
$0.7 million – Antonio Pizzonia
$0.6 million – Andrew Ranger
$0.6 million – Charles Zswolman
$0.5 million – Nicky Pastorelli/Jan Haylen (whoever Coyne hires for Long Beach)
$0.5 million – Dan Clarke
$0.5 million – Katherine Legge

(NOTE: These salaries are arbitrary and are based on past results, experience, and just my general guess about how they’re going to do this year.)

The team that you select can be changed at any time, as long as you abide by the $5 million salary cap. It is therefore possible to enter a different team at each race if you want. Also, if your driver is replaced, injured, or for whatever reason doesn’t race, it is YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO ANNOUNCE YOUR SUBSTITUTE. The deadline for changes is the start of 1st practice at any given event. If you do not announce your change before this deadline, your driver will score no points. (Point structure is outlined below). If in the unlikely event your driver is replaced mid-event, (ie. Due to injury/illness) the replacement driver will score in their place.

It is not necessary to announce anything if you will not be making any changes. It will be assumed that your team from the last race will carry over to the next.

NO DUPLICATE TEAMS ARE PERMITTED. Driver combinations will be awarded on a first come first serve basis. (Whoever posts first gets the team). There are plenty of strong combinations possible under the cap so I don’t think this should cause a problem.

POINTS:

Drivers will score points based on their finishing position and the current champ car point structure.

1st = 30
2nd = 27
3rd = 25
4th = 23
5th = 21
6th = 19
7th = 17
8th = 15
9th = 13
10th = 11
11th = 10
12th = 9
13th = 8
14th = 7
15th = 6
16th = 5
17th = 4
18th = 3
19th = 2
20th = 1
+20th = 0

From this your team’s total points is equal to the sum of your three driver’s points. (1 bonus point will also be awarded for provisional pole/pole positions)

Example: If your drivers finish 2nd, 5th, and 15th you get 27 + 21 + 6 = 54 points

Once all of the total points for all f the teams have been determined they will be ranked from highest to lowest. Any ties will be broken by the highest finishing driver on each team. (ie, Team A has a 2nd place which beats Team B which has a 3rd place). Once the ranking is complete, the actual fantasy championship points for the event will be awarded once again based on the new points structure. The first place team gets 31, second gets 27, etc. Teams that finish outside the top 20 score no points for an event.

(Hopefully this points system will help tighten up the championship battle and prevent the enormous gaps of the past system from opening up)

And there’s one more way to score points: Qualifying. Each driver’s best lap time in a qualifying session will be recorded. Each team will then have the lap times of their driver’s added up and the lowest total will score a fantasy championship point for provisional pole or pole position. If a team has forgotten to replace a driver for a weekend and is running only two drivers, they will be given a time of 10 minutes for their absent driver (ie, they will not be qualifying well ;))

Is that clear enough? If not read it again, then ask any questions you still may have.

ENTRY FOR LONG BEACH CLOSES AT THE START OF FRIDAY PRACTICE ON APRIL 7th.

Good Luck to all!

PINNACLE MOTORSPORT ANNOUNCE THEIR LINE UP FOR 2006

$1.8 million – A.J. Allmendinger
$0.8 million – Will Power
$0.7 million – Antonio Pizzonia
= $3.3 Million Can I have Change please :):)

The only thing i don't agree with in this year's championship is the fact that teams can be changed every race...that seems a little shaky right there...

But in any event...
NYM Racing announces:

Sebastien Bourdais
Paul Tracy
Andrew Ranger
for a total of $5 Million

Good luck to us this year!!!

Crunkalicious Viva Mexico Racing

1st. Paul Tracy
2nd. Mario Dominguez
3rd. Nelson Philippe

4.6 million

CROOKS MOTORSPORT 06

Nelson Phillipe $0.9M
AJ Allmendinger $1.8M
Bruno Junqueira $1.9M


IMO The cap should be $3M and you can have however many cars you want under that :) Would make things a little more challenging I think.

ANDREW DENMAN RACING
OFFICIAL PRESS RELEASE

Andrew Denman Racing is proud to announce Will POWER, Justin WILSON and Alex TAGLIANI as the 3 drivers to drive our unlimited supply of Lolas for this season.

Mick Jeffrey
Owner/Co-Founder
Andrew Denman Racing

Team Effort's line-up for '06

2.0 Justin Wilson
1.7 Oriol Servia
1.2 Cristiano da Matta
4.9

Underwood Racing Enterprises would like to annouce its 2006 lineup:

Paul Tracy
Jimmy Vasser
Katherine Legge

We hope the team performs well and is in contention for the title.

Nomad Racing (formerly Maple City Racing) has enlisted:

Sebastien Bourdais
A.J. Allmendinger
Nelson Philippe

Champcar World Series "News Just In"

Team DBK Knowlesy Racing (snappy nomenclature!) is delighted to announce the signing of three drivers sure to catch the eye in 2006.

Justin Wilson (Race winner)
Sebastien Bourdais (Double champion)
Dan Clarke (New to the series)

The signing of two of the best drivers in the series, including the reigning champion, and a promising rookie is something of a coup for this new team and eyebrows have been raised. Team manager David Knowles denied cynical rumours of funding from the recent bank robberies in England.

The drivers have all expressed their delight at their choice of team, despite the fact nobody has got round to asking them yet.

Team Eurosport

Justin Wilson
Cristiano da Matta
Will Power

Boehm Racing Press Release:

Our drivers for the upcoming season wil be:

Oriol Servia Returning for the seconed year, Antonio Pizzonia will be our teams Rookie, and Justin Wilso will be returning for our team.

1.7
2.0
0.7
4.4 million

PINEAPPLE RACING RETURNS TO CHAMP CAR

Pineapple Racing is proud to announce its return to the Bridgestone Presents the Champ Car World Series Powered by Ford.

Team owner mac today announced a three car effort supported by long-time backers Golden Circle, in conjunction with QANTAS, Serengetti Eyewear, Puma and Blue Tongue Beer.

"This is the strongest line-up we have ever had," said mac.

"Obviously we are disappointed that Craig Gore stole our green and yellow "pineapple" livery, but we've come up with a much classier look this year."

Pineapple Racing will run a combination of experience and youth for its three cars:

#1 - Sebastien Bourdais (FRA)
#3 - Oriol Servia (CAT)
#7 - Will Power (AUS)

mac was forthright about his choice of drivers.

"Look, whenever we've entered Champ Car in the past, I have gone with characters and sentimental favourites - and look how well that theory has gone for us!" said mac, referring to the team's failure to EVER win a race or come within the top half of the championship.

"This is where Bourdais comes in. I don't like him much, and under our old practices I would not have hired him - but we need results, and he is the fast frog that will get them for us, as much as I would have preferred Tagliani."

"As for his lack of character, we have had it written into his contract that he will sit in the corner and not speak at the track and at the workshop - he is to communicate only by hand gestures."

"Oriol is a known quantity to this team. He has been involved here for a long time. He is just great comic value for us - he could be slow as a tree, but he's a funny guy so we would hire him anyway. And we were able to work a deal around his Running of the Bulls campaign later this year."

"As for Will, we have been trying to include an Australian in our team for a long time and Will is fast as well - we are confident that we have the willpower - get it? - for the 2006 season."

Pineapple Racing's 2006 season kicks off at the Long Beach GP this weekend.

Pineapple Racing

Bourdais no.12
Willson no.14
Legge no.28

Livery coming soon for Bourdais, Wilson and legge will drive the car shown in my profile, Click on my avatar to have a look!

Hazard Sport Europe announces it's season line-up

1. Paul Tracy
2. Oriol Servia
3. Will Power

Team Prodrive

1:Sebastian Bourdais
2:Justin Wilson
3:Antonio Pizzonia

Team Smersh is proud to announce its return for a third season to Champ Car FRL.
Driving for the Team this year will be
– Paul Tracy
– Oriol Servia
– Katherine Legge
with a total salary budget of $4.3 million.

Team Smersh would like to thank Magna Powertrain, Home Hardware and Brick Breweries for their support of this race season

Club 27 Racing Press Release

Fresh from their success in the V8 Fantasy Championship, Club 27 Racing is proud to announce their Champ Car world Series debut. Driving for the team will be:

Sebastien Bourdais
Justin Wilson
Andrew Ranger

Bellof Rennsport proudcly announces its line-up for the 2006 Champ Car season:

- Sébastien Bourdais, car number 37;
- Justin Wilson, car number 38;
- Antônio Pizzonia, car number 39.

The team's budget is 5 MUSD (drivers' salary only, my earnings not included :) )

Cheers,


Muzza

Having registered my team, I would like to second dredawg727's complain about the fact that the teams can change line-up in between races.

Sincerely I cannot understand this and I believe it is detrimental to the concept of a championship - if teams can be changed from one event to the next this is not a championship, but a collection of races instead.

My criticism is meant to be constructive.

Has first practice started? I hope not.... I'd feel pretty dumb...

Omega Motorsports

1. Sebastien Bourdais
2. Bruno Junqeira
3. Will Power

In regards to the complaint, I think I should explian why I made this a rule. It's really more of an option than a rule.

It's difficult for me to keep on top of changes in the actual race teams driver lineups. For example, Pizzonia has a one race contract and Vasser and Ranger are only doing certain events as of now. In the past substitute drivers have been allowed in the fantasy championship. It's real difficult to chase people around to get their substitute drivers when these changes occur so I either have to inform everyone, or no one. So this new rule makers it the responsibility on the team owner to make their changes.

Also in the past there've been huge gaps developing in the championship ponts very early in the season and I think a lot of people lost interest when they started doing poorly. This way you can change your team in an attempt to fight back in the points. Real CC teams change their lineups during the season so I don' think this is unrealistic at all

This rule really is intended to maintain interst and make it more competitive.

Perhaps as a compromise we should limit a team to 2 changes during the season where they can change as many of their drivers as they like. They can use either of their changes whenever they want. Of course, we'd have to say that if a driver is injured or loses their ride you can chose your substitute and it doesn't count towards this 2 changes rule. And to make it fair to the teams that have already been submitted on the basis of the original rules, this new ammendment won't take effect until first practice at Houston. That measn you can make all the changes you wnat until then, and only 2 changes after that. Once again, making changes is optional.

What does everyone think? I'd like to hear more input and suggestions. I really want everyone to enjoy participating because we have much smaller numbers so far this year than in the past.

Ok, it looks like I missed the deadline for entry.... Farily embarassing. So anyone who enters a team from my post onwards won't score for Long Beach. But entries are still open and catching up is definitely possible with the new points structure.

so JOIN NOW!!!!!

Team Effort will be happy to sign this new "limited change" agreement amendment. Of course we have every confidence in our current line-up (unless Manning becomes available) and expect others to invoke this change in order to catch-up. :)

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Hi Omega99,

Two changes in team roster per year, as you suggested, maybe indeed a good compromise between running the Champ Car Fantasy Racing Series as a championship and maintaining the interest of the "team owners" high throughout the season. Good idea.


Muzza

P.S.: The drivers' salary remained capped at 5 MUSD along the year, correct? (I mean, a team could not make a change such that the team budget would go to raise to more than 5 MUSD).

That's correct. The cap applies all year.

Oops... I just realized that SALEEN S7R beat me on assemblying a team with Bourdais, Wilson and Pizzonia! Thence my team, Bellof Rennsport, is not as per the rules. What happens now?

1.) Can I change a driver immediately?

2.) Did Pizzonia scored points for Bellof Rennsport at Long Beach or our third car "was found to be illegal in the par fermé during the post-racing inspection"?

3.) If indeed our third car is illegal, can our third driver "retro-score" points at Long Beach? For example, if I choose Jan Heylen as our third driver, would the points he scored at Long Beach replace those than Pizzonia scored (but shouldn't could for Bellof Rennsport) at Long Beach?

Sorry for causing trouble - I should have better checked the teams already assembled before filing an entry.

Thanks,


Muzza

Domenech Mecagondena Racing PR

New name for team in 2006

Domenech Mecagondena Racing changes its name following the missed deadline for Long Beach (idiot!). Introducing Mecagondena as as form of Catalan complain :)

Our lineup is made of:

1- Sebastién Bourdais
9- Nelson Philippe
17- Oriol Servià

Numbers being their cost (except Seb)= $2.3 + $0.9 + $1.7 = $4.9

Nickyf1 was very happy with the results of his three drivers, Bourdais and Wilson came home in a one - two finnish and legge on her Debut finnished 8th, Nickyf1 awaits the results.

But if you are awaiting the results.....how can you be happy with them? ;)

Come on Omega, get online and give us some scores! :rotate: :)

But if you are awaiting the results.....how can you be happy with them? ;)

Come on Omega, get online and give us some scores! :rotate: :)

Cut him some slack guys... Ask Macdaddy how long it takes to figure the scores out... Give him time.

I'm only Playing. :rolleyes:

Bad start for Crooks Motorsport :(

SRM Racing would like to announce their team for 2006

1. Sebastien Bourdais
2. Justin Wilson
3. Andrew Ranger

Since I didn't pay attention to the rules I have to change one of my drivers so I don't have the same team as someone else. I wish to change Justin Wilson to Oriol Servia. Thanks Omega for catching my error and sending me the PM!

Since Jimmy Vasser is only running select races ths year, I would like to replace him. I would like Justin Wilson to be his replacement. Therefore, Underwood Racing Enterprises new team is:

Paul Tracy
Justin Wilson
Katherine Legge

OK due to the fact that I had Pizzonia on my team in Long beach I have to make a change for the next event.

so can I add Paul Tracy to my team please ?

that would make Pinnacle Motorsports

Paul Tracy
Will Power
AJ Allmendinger

Ive had a quick search and it seems no one else has that combo but I could be wrong.

That has me at 4.7 Million under the 5 million limit , so hopefully series management (Omega :)) are happy with that :)

Team Prodrive are pleased to announce that Dan Clarke as their 3rd driver due to unforseen circumstances with Antonio Pizzonia. Here is Team Prodrive's revised driving line up.

Justin Wilson
Sebastian Bourdais
Dan Clarke

Team DBK Knowlesy Racing is lodging a protest over the multiple team entry. ;)

Any chance I can exchang Pastorelli for Pizzionia?

has anyone heard from Omega yet ??

well its almost a week since the last race. Results?.... no.

It's a bunch-o-work. I'd not be surprised to see the results "bundled" with this weekend. As Team Effort's results were less than stellar, we're willing to wait. :)

Yes, I suspect Omega will just save the results for after monterrey....why do twice the work after all?

If anyone wants to make any changes in light of the recent driver movements please post them soon as I will be publishing results for Round 5 at the beginning of next week

No changes, hopefully P.T. will be able to finish at Portland.

Are you going to be allowing people to pickup Tonis Kasemets, and will a value be assigned to him?

You can select any driver that is scheduled to compete. If they were not included in Omega99's original price list then their value is set to $0.5 million.

Due to unforseen circumstances Team prodrive's new driving line up is.

Justin Wilson
Christiano Da Matta
A.J Allmendinger

Hazard Sport Europe is sad to announce the departure of Will Power from the team. Hazard Sport's Operations Manager, Henri Pescarolo, decided he didn't want him in the car in the first place and has released him from his contract.

Cristiano da Matta will replace Will from Portland onwards, alongside the teams regular drivers Oriol Servia & Paul Tracy.

Is it too late to enter? or can i still lauch a team and run it 4 the rest of the season? (even though i know that i will be well and truly out of the running for the championship)

Entries are welcome at any time of the season. Whilst you won't have much chance of the championship you can still show up the rest of us by winning plenty of rounds :)

Okay, my new team is:

SEBASTIEN BOURDAIS
JUSTIN WILSON
A.J ALLMENDINGER

only get $5m dude, that's about $6m

Team Smersh is pleased to announce that they have hired Cristiano da Matta for the remainder of the season. It is believed that a new driver will revitalize this team, and bring more podium finishes. Due to this hiring Team Smersh has had to let go Katherine Legge, who although holds much talent and promise has not produced the results Team Smersh was looking for.

Our new revitalized lineup now features:

Paul Tracy, Oriol Servia and Cristiano da Matta

Okay,

BOURDAIS
WILSON
CLARKE

OKAY,

BOURDAIS
WILSON
LEGGE

back where I started!

Team Smersh's new Lineup in order to create an unduplicated lineup is:

Paul Tracy (2.1M)
A.J. Allmendinger (1.8M)
Andrew Ranger (0.6M)

Total of 4.5 Million, and I believe a unduplicated team.

Yep. Thats OK

Domenech Mecagondena Racing has announced the departure of its two Frenchmen: Sebastien Bourdais and Nelson Philippe are to be replaced by A.J. Allmendinger and Cristiano da Matta. Toghether with Oriol Servia, the value of my new team is:

AJ - 1.8
Oriol - 1.7
Shorty - 1.2

total: $4.7 million, and a unique team :) Leagueman Woodbine has been informed ;)