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SpeedCenter Fantasy League Examples

In case the rules were unclear to you, we have provided a brief example how this league might actually unfold.

Step 1: Driver Selection

In this example, our example player chooses a team by the name "Sample Racers" and decides to hire Oriol Servia and Max Papis, plus buy 1 spare Reynard Chassis Engine, expecting that during the the season, a replacement may be needed. The example Player also chooses to buy 1 Spare Parts Kit.

Note 1: Any equipment bought at signup and not used by the end of the season can not be sold back to boost the final budget numbers.

Note 2: Each driver is automatically purchased with 1 chassis and 1 engine. You do not need to specify these parts. Since CART no longer species "Engine" as a reason for retiring from a race, this is the only time you will have to buy an engine. Many signups in the past went over-budget assuming they had to buy engines and chassis separately for each driver. We automatically add these items to the bill (see driver price list - "Startup Total" - that's what you need to budget for each driver for a functional team without spare parts). You have $9,000,000 available to set up your two car team at the beginning of the season.

New for 2001: As mentioned above, CART no longer specifies "Engine" as a reason for DNF's. We are therefore offering a Spare Parts Kit in lieu of spare engines. The Spare Parts Kit contains enough pieces to handle two (2) "Mechanical" DNF's. Only additional spare parts you wish to buy at pre-season discount need to be selected in our signup form. If you chose not to purchase any Spare Parts Kits, you will be charged for spare parts as you need them. To make things interesting, the first (and 3rd, 5th, etc.) "Mechanical" DNF will cost you $100,000 and the second (and 4th, 6th, etc.) will cost you $50,000. Effectively, this makes in-season Spare Parts Kits $150,000. Spare Parts Kits only contain parts to fix cars that DNF for "Mechanical" DNF's. DNF's listed as "Electrical", "Fire", or other reasons incur separate charges. For our purposes, we assume a single Spare Parts Kit will be cabable of repairing any brand of engine, any brand of gearbox, etc.

Initial Cost for Team "Sample Racers"

  Driver Cost Chassis Engine Spare Parts Total
Papis $4,100,000 $500,000 $127,000 $0 $4,727,000
Servia $3,000,000 $500,000 $127,000 $115,000 $3,742,000
Total         $8,469,000

After this initial expense, Team "Sample Racers" will be listed at a budget total of $531,000 before going into the first race of the season. From now on the results reported by CART.com timing will be used to calculate how the team progresses through the season. For the sake of this example, we will assume a few race results to show how the unfolding of the FedEx Championship Series determines the budget of Team "Sample Racers.

Race #1 in Mexico and it's Financial Impact

Papis finishes 7th, Servia DNF's due to "Electrical"

For Papis's 7th place finish, the team earns $70,000. The DNF of Servia results in -$10,000. There is no deductions from the Spare Parts Kit since no one had a "Mechanical" DNF. The team's balance after race 1 is team after Race #1 is $591,000.

Race #2 in Long Beach and the cash flow stops

Papis DNF's due to "Contact", Servia DNF's due to "Mechanical"

No money is earned, due to both driver's reporting a DNF. Papis' "Contact" starts a counter in our scoring system - but doesn't cost the team anything at this point. If Papis never reports a second "Contact" in the remaining 19 races this season, the team doesn't need to replace his chassis. At this time there is no cost to the team. Servia's "Mechanical" DNF (whether the result of a blown engine, broken gearbox, fried clutch or whatever) uses some of the parts from Spare Parts Kit that was bought for him at the beginning of the season. No charges are incurred for the team, but the Spare Parts Kit has been partially depleted. Current budget for the team after Race #2 is still $591,000.

Race #3 in Texas and how it affects our sample team budget

Cowboy Papis sits on the pole, leads the most laps, but his engine lets go 3 laps from the end. He finishes 14th, while Servia brings it home in 2nd.

Mixed emotions for the team - but no expenses will be billed. Papis earns $25,000 for the Pole, another $25,000 for Most Laps Led, but nothing for finishing out of the top 12. In addition, his "Mechanical" DNF uses up what was left of the Spare Parts Kit purchased at the begininning of the season. Servia earns $200,000 for his fine second place finish. The team's budget increases after Race #3 by $250,000 to $841,000.

Race #4 in Nazareth and the financial impact of a bad weekend

Papis DNF's due to an opening lap "Contact" with a snow drift and finishes 25th. Servia has yet another "Mechanical" DNF and ends up classified in 18th place

The Second "Contact" for Papis costs the team a new Lola chassis. None was bought in advance, so the team must purchase a new Lola to continue the the season. They are billed $750,000. Servia's "Mechanical" DNF is the team's third, so it will cost the team $100,000. (Note that the next "Mechanical" DNF for either driver will be the team's 4th, so it will only cost $50,000.) Neither driver had any race earnings - $0 for the team from Nazareth. The team's budget therefore decreases by $850,000 to $-9,000. SpeedCenter and ChampCar.com team up to give the team a loan so they can continue racing in return for a modest interest charge of one percent per race (amounting to $90) and perhaps a small decal on the engine cowling. The interest will be collected in Japan at race #5.

Race #5 in Japan and Sample Racers turn the season around

Papis wins by passing Servia going into turn 3 of the tricky Twin Ring Motegi oval on the last lap. Servia scored his first pole, but missed his first win by 3 thousandths of a second.

Servia earned $25,000 for the pole and $200,000 for his second place finish. Max collects $250,000 for the team for his win. In victory circle, Max is seen handing a photographer $90 from his jackpot. The rest of the money is turned over to the team, which now has a balance of $465,910.

The season continues, but we don't want to give away ALL the results here...

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