1999 CART Championship - Season Over

Gertrand Bachot · Post by **Gertrand Bachot** » 15 Mar 2018, 18:33

Hello and welcome to the new and (hopefully) improved CART series. After a close-fought 1998 season resulted in a championship victory for Greg Moore, all teams will be the same, so there won't be any changes in that respect.

All teams will keep their possessions from 1998, but existing owners have first choice on retaining their existing teams should they choose to do so. People on the waiting list will then be contacted about open teams to select from. You have 2 weeks to respond. The teams list is as follows:

Link in case table does not work properly for you.

Waiting List:
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Wiki page

Sponsor Sheet

Gertrand Bachot · Post by **Gertrand Bachot** » 15 Mar 2018, 18:40

The Rules

General rules

- Each team can enter 1, 2 or 3 cars at all races. They do not have to be the same chassis type or use the same engine.

- Points are 20-16-14-12-10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1 and all points count to the title. There is 1 extra point for leading the most laps in a race.

- Teams that are in the red once the season has finished and all prize money distributed will be declared bankrupt. The next person on the waiting list will then have the opportunity to move up into the series.

Marketplace

- The Marketplace for 1999 will open once all team spots are filled

- Each team can purchase as many chassis and engines as they want/afford, but no team can own more than three chassis at any one time.

- New - Every manufacturer has a set number of chassis available at the start of the year, but more will become available randomly as the year goes along, so keep an eye out for them.

- There are an unlimited number of engines available from each manufacturer.

- New - There is a new (it technically doesn’t exist but hey ho) Pacific Indy Series using second-hand equipment, as well as the option of selling other teams your old kit. At the beginning and end of the season, teams can sell their chassis for the following resale values:
1999-spec: 70% of new value
1998-spec: 60% of new value

- If the car is sold in a damaged state, repair costs will be added onto the sale price.

- Teams are also free to do private sales or lease deals among themselves.

Chassis design

- Teams with enough money can design their own chassis, at a cost of $1,000,000 for a Tier C, $1,500,000 for a Tier B or $2,000,000 for a Tier A. They can choose either to base it off of a pre-existing chassis, or start a completely new design. The handling, drag, grip, reliability and random grip range will be RNG’ed. The higher the tier of a chassis is, the higher the RNG range will be. A Tier C will have a range of -50 to 200 for each area, Tier B will have a 150 to 500 range, and Tier A will have a 450 to 1000 range.

- The cost of building each chassis will be $125,000 for a Tier C, $250,000 for a Tier B and $500,000 for a Tier A.

B-Spec Chassis

- Teams who have designed a chassis can opt to do a large upgrade to it, instead of designing a new one, at a lower cost.

- B-Spec upgrades have the same Tier A, B and C options as a new design, but with the ranges and cost halved.

Upgrades

- The upgrade system works the same as last year, but upgrade slots are at the beginning and end of each official test (apart from the pre and post-season tests).

- The company representative list will be complied once CET is sorted out.

- If you wish to represent an upgrade company, then simply post on the thread and it's yours.

Testing

- Tests will now be included in the schedule.

- At each test manufacturers can choose to run an upgrade and teams can trial them at the tests.

- You can also run rookie drivers at each test and judge if they're any good and if you want to use them.

- The testing calendar is as follows:
Spring Testing: Homestead-Miami Speedway, 10-12 March
Summer Testing: Road America, 30 June-2 July
Fall Testing: Laguna Seca Raceway, 17-19 September
Winter Testing: California Speedway, 5-7 November

Part-time entries

- Teams can choose to run a 2nd/3rd car at certain user-selected races if they do not have enough funds to run one full-time.

- Part-time entries will be able to rent a chassis and engine for each race, with the cost being the amount of races entered/20 of the original cost for each component.

Damage

- A modified version of the damage system used in tommykl's Alt-F1 is in use.

- For every race-ending accident or collision that a driver is involved in, an RNG will be rolled depending on the severity of the crash. The categories are as follows:
Category 1: 0-25% the cost of the chassis
2: 20-45%
3: 40-65%, 5% of driver injury
4: 60-85%, 5% chance of a write-off, 10% of driver injury
5: 80-105%, 10% chance of a write-off, 20% of driver injury
(For reference, the vast majority of accidents will be in the 1-2 range)

- New - For each mechanical failure caused by an oil leak, water leak or outright engine failure, a similar RNG will be run. The range will be from 0-105, with any value over 100 being considered a total write-off. Any engine that is deemed a write-off will have a residual scrap value of 10% of original value.

- All damage must be repaired before each race, or a spare car can be entered in its place.

Aging

At the end of each season, chassis will undergo aging to reflect their growing obsolescence. Aging will be as follows:

1999-Spec Car
1 Year (start of 2000): -300 Downforce, +200 Handling, +200 Drag, +200 RGR, +1000 Reliability
2 Years (2001): -200 Downforce, -100 Handling, +100 Drag, +100 RGR, +1500 Reliability
3 Years (2002): Are you sure you’re doing this?

1998-Spec Car
1 Year (2000): -200 Downforce, -100 Handling, +100 Drag, +100 RGR, +1500 Reliability
2 Years (2001): See 3 years for 1999-spec cars

1997-Spec Cars
1 Year (2000): Please stop before you end yourself

Prize Money

- Prize Money Structure has been modified from 1998. The qualifying prize money has been abolished and there are more tiers. As a reminder, the following prize money will be distributed each race:

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Pos    Prize Money
1st   $200,000
2nd   $160,000
3rd   $140,000
4th   $120,000
5th   $120,000
6th   $80,000
7th   $60,000
8th   $50,000
9th   $40,000
10th   $30,000
11th   $20,000
12th   $10,000
13th-19th   $7,500
20th-26th   $5,000
DNQ $2,000
Most Laps Led: $10,000

- At the end of the season, each team will receive the following prize money, determined by their placing of each car in the driver’s championship (teams running 2/3 cars get the prize money for all of their drivers):

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Pos    Prize Money
1st   $5,000,000
2nd   $4,600,000
3rd   $4,000,000
4th   $3,600,000
5th   $3,000,000
6th   $2,600,000
7th   $2,000,000
8th   $1,600,000
9th   $1,000,000
10th   $800,000
11th   $600,000
12th   $400,000
13th-20th   $300,000
21st-30th   $200,000
31st-40th   $100,000

- There is a $10,000 bonus for every point that is scored that is added onto every team’s season prize money.

Provisional Calendar

1. Homestead-Miami Speedway (March 21)
2. Twin Ring Motegi Road Course (April 9)
3. Streets of Long Beach (April 18)
4. Nazareth Speedway (May 2)
5. Autódromo de Jacarepaguá (May 15)
6. Gateway International Raceway (May 29)
7. Milwaukee Mile (June 6)
8. Portland International Raceway (June 20)
9. Cleveland Burke Lakefront Airport (June 27)
10. Road America (July 11)
11. Exhibition Place (July 18)
12. Michigan International Speedway (July 25)
13. The Raceway on Belle Isle Park (August 8)
14. Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course (August 15)
15. Chicago Motor Speedway (August 22)
16. Streets of Vancouver (September 5)
17. Laguna Seca Raceway (September 12)
18. Streets of Houston (September 26)
19. Surfers Paradise Street Circuit (October 17)
20. California Speedway (October 31)

dr-baker · Post by **dr-baker** » 15 Mar 2018, 20:23

I will keep my team for now.

Dexter249 · Post by **Dexter249** » 15 Mar 2018, 21:10

KOOL will remain.

This Could Be You · Post by **This Could Be You** » 15 Mar 2018, 21:24

All-American Racers will continue to strain the realistic nature of this series into 1999

Gonzalez · Post by **Gonzalez** » 15 Mar 2018, 23:46

Penske returns for 1999

thor97 · Post by **thor97** » 16 Mar 2018, 01:04

Patrick remains for 1999

Bandon23 · Post by **Bandon23** » 16 Mar 2018, 12:00

Payton/Coyne will return for 1999 season.

TheFlyingCaterham · Post by **TheFlyingCaterham** » 17 Mar 2018, 00:15

I'm gonna hand the reigns at Ganassi over to somebody else this season.

Dom_Wings · Post by **Dom_Wings** » 17 Mar 2018, 11:24

I'll stay with Rahal.

Davis can be managed by someone else now.

RedEyes504 · Post by **RedEyes504** » 17 Mar 2018, 18:38

PacWest will be back

Pilot · Post by **Pilot** » 18 Mar 2018, 17:30

I'll take Ganassi

TomWazzleshaw · Post by **TomWazzleshaw** » 21 Mar 2018, 21:39

Della Penna will return for another year, and combine with Davis Racing to form the frankenteam of doom, also known as DDP Racing

Gertrand Bachot · Post by **Gertrand Bachot** » 22 Mar 2018, 20:32

Just a reminder that all existing team owners have one week left to respond to whether or not they will keep their team for 1999.

Gertrand Bachot · Post by **Gertrand Bachot** » 28 Mar 2018, 16:14

As a final reminder for existing team managers who have not yet done so, the deadline for announcing whether or not you want to continue to manage your team for 1999 is tomorrow.

Gertrand Bachot · Post by **Gertrand Bachot** » 29 Mar 2018, 13:49

Right, so with the deadline up, it's time to deal with the non-responders, and to open up the first phase of managing. So, Tasman and Hogan will disappear from the grid, and if any other team wishes to take over the assets of said teams then they are free to do so, otherwise their equipment will be sold off, and if that fails, they will be returned to their manufacturers. Forsythe, Newman-Haas, Arciero-Wells and Bettenhausen will be automatically run by me until either their previous managers turn up and state their wish to retain control of their team or new users wish to take control of them. New users can also found their own team, which I will accept as long as you state their name, nationality and provide a suitable backstory (mainly so I can give them a budget). So, lets get on with the first phase of the season, which is sponsors.

Sponsors
The market is now open to choose your sponsor goals, if you wish to of course. Here's the rules:

- Sponsors provide money in three tiers in return for goals being achieved.
- Each team has one sponsor with three goals, Tier 1 goals offering the most money (and are the hardest to achieve) and Tier 3 goals offer the least money (and are the easiest to achieve).
- You may only target one tier at a time, even if your choices fulfill all three tiers. This must be stated.
- More information is provided on the Sponsors spreadsheet.

Sponsors spreadsheet is here - I'll link it on the opening post for ease of access.

Sponsor form:

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Team Name:
User:
Sponsor:
Tier Goal:

You have one week to respond.

This Could Be You · Post by **This Could Be You** » 29 Mar 2018, 13:55

Team Name: All-American (well it is right now, I guess...) Racers
User: This Could Be You
Sponsor: Castrol
Tier Goal: Win 3 races (Tier 1)

dr-baker · Post by **dr-baker** » 29 Mar 2018, 14:11

Sponsor form:

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Team Name: Walker
User: Dr-baker
Sponsor: Valvoline
Tier Goal: tier one

Bandon23 · Post by **Bandon23** » 30 Mar 2018, 13:58

Team Name: Payton/Coyne Racing
User: Bandon23
Sponsor: Tang
Tier Goal: Tier 2

Dexter249 · Post by **Dexter249** » 30 Mar 2018, 21:31

Team Name: Team Green
User: Dexter249
Sponsor: MCI/Kool
Tier Goal: 1/2

Gertrand Bachot · Post by **Gertrand Bachot** » 30 Mar 2018, 21:34

Dexter249 wrote:Team Name: Team Green
User: Dexter249
Sponsor: MCI/Kool
Tier Goal: 1/2

So I'm assuming you want to run Arciero-Wells alongside Team Green?

Dexter249 · Post by **Dexter249** » 30 Mar 2018, 23:26

Gertrand Bachot wrote:
Dexter249 wrote:Team Name: Team Green
User: Dexter249
Sponsor: MCI/Kool
Tier Goal: 1/2

So I'm assuming you want to run Arciero-Wells alongside Team Green?

Yes, i'll run 2 teams.

thor97 · Post by **thor97** » 31 Mar 2018, 20:17

I'll assume that Patrick's sponsorship deals are good as I have already signed both Fernandez and Andretti

Bandon23 · Post by **Bandon23** » 31 Mar 2018, 20:38

Bandon23 wrote:Team Name: Payton/Coyne Racing
User: Bandon23
Sponsor: Tang
Tier Goal: Tier 2

Edited the Tier Goal for Payton now.

Also I'm preferrably going to run two teams in CART and that is Bettenhausen in hope to have something good out of a hand for me.

Dom_Wings · Post by **Dom_Wings** » 31 Mar 2018, 20:42

Team Name: Team Rahal
User: Reject_Dom
Sponsor: Shell
Tier Goal: Sign Kenny Brack (2)

TomWazzleshaw · Post by **TomWazzleshaw** » 01 Apr 2018, 02:14

Team Name: DDP Motorsports
User: Wazzle
Sponsor: Budweiser
Tier Goal: Tier 1

RedEyes504 · Post by **RedEyes504** » 03 Apr 2018, 08:59

Team Name: PacWest
User: Red Eyes
Sponsor: Motorola
Tier Goal: Tier 1

Gonzalez · Post by **Gonzalez** » 03 Apr 2018, 16:33

Team Name: Team Penske
User: Gonzalez
Sponsor: Marlboro
Tier Goal: Tier 2

Gertrand Bachot · Post by **Gertrand Bachot** » 04 Apr 2018, 18:56

Okay, with just Pilot left to post his sponsor goals, it's time to move on to the next stage of 1999, which is driver signing.
Drivers
- If a driver is sacked, you must pay him one race's wages as a severance fee.
- If a driver on a two season contract is sacked in the first year of his contract, you must pay him the rest of the first season’s wages.
- Ex-pay drivers who have been offered a wage will revert to being a pay driver after a season of unemployment
- Minimum wage for the season is $100,000 for paid drivers - That is $5,000 per race.
- An offer for a driver must at least match his asking price for the offer to be considered.
- The maximum contract length is 2 years.
- Wages deemed to be grossly unfair ($100,000 for a championship winner, for instance) will not be allowed.

Pay Drivers
- All young drivers start as pay drivers, until their success warrants a paid wage.
- A pay driver may be offered a paid wage to double your odds of securing them in the RNG. However, this transforms a driver from a pay to a normal driver for the rest of their careers.
- A RNG will be conducted once a driver receives an offer to see how much money they will bring for the season.
- If you wish to hire a pay driver for less than the full season (20 races), his/her money pot will be divided by 20, and then multiplied by the length of his/her contract.
- All pay drivers pay their money up front.
- If a pay driver is sacked, your forfeit the money they would have paid for the duration of their contract.

These drivers have already been contracted for 1999:
Greg Moore - Forsythe
Bryan Herta - Forsythe
Paul Tracy - Penske
Alex Zanardi - Ganassi
Juan Pablo Montoya - Newman-Haas
Kenny Brack - Rahal
Tony Stewart - DDP
Michael Andretti - Patrick
Adrian Fernandez - Patrick
Tony Kanaan - AAR

This means that Forsythe and Patrick do not need to bid for any drivers, and Penske, Ganassi, Newman-Haas, Rahal, DDP and AAR only need to bid for 1 driver.

Available drivers here

Format:

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---- First Driver ----
Candidate:
Offered Wage: (please put funds required from pay drivers in square brackets, e.g. [$500,000])
Contract Length:

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

---- Second Driver ----
Candidate:
Offered Wage: (please put funds required from pay drivers in square brackets, e.g. [$500,000])
Contract Length:

Dexter249 · Post by **Dexter249** » 05 Apr 2018, 12:29

Team Green
---- First Driver ----
Candidate: Patrick Carpentier
Offered Wage: (please put funds required from pay drivers in square brackets, e.g. [$500,000] 2 Mil
Contract Length: 1 year

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---- Second Driver ----
Candidate : JJ Lehto
Offered Wage: (please put funds required from pay drivers in square brackets, e.g. [$500,000] 1 million
Contract Length: 1 year

Arciero Wells
---- First Driver ----
Candidate: Alex Tagliani
Offered Wage: (please put funds required from pay drivers in square brackets, e.g. [$500,000] 1.5 Million
Contract Length: 1 year

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---- Second Driver ----
Candidate: Cristiano Da Matta
Offered Wage: (please put funds required from pay drivers in square brackets, e.g. [$500,000] 500k
Contract Length: 1 year

Gertrand Bachot · Post by **Gertrand Bachot** » 05 Apr 2018, 13:01

Dexter249 wrote:Team Green
---- Second Driver ----
Candidate: Juan Pablo Montoya
Offered Wage: (please put funds required from pay drivers in square brackets, e.g. [$500,000] 500k
Contract Length: 1 year

Montoya's already been contracted, so you'll have to choose someone else

Bandon23 · Post by **Bandon23** » 05 Apr 2018, 16:25

Payton/Coyne Racing
---- First Driver ----
Candidate: Christian Fittipaldi
Offered Wage: (please put funds required from pay drivers in square brackets, e.g. [$500,000]) 1m
Contract Length: 1 year

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---- Second Driver ----
Candidate: Mauricio Gugelmin
Offered Wage: (please put funds required from pay drivers in square brackets, e.g. [$500,000]) 1m
Contract Length: 1 year

Bettenhausen Racing
---- First Driver ----
Candidate: Oriol Servia
Offered Wage: (please put funds required from pay drivers in square brackets, e.g. [$500,000]) 750k
Contract Length: 1 year

Dom_Wings · Post by **Dom_Wings** » 07 Apr 2018, 22:06

Team Rahal
---- Second Driver ----
Candidate: Nick Heidfeld
Offered Wage: [$750,000]
Contract Length: 2 years

This Could Be You · Post by **This Could Be You** » 07 Apr 2018, 22:10

Team: Almost-American Racers
User: This Could Be You

Second Driver Choice #1:
Name: Helio Castroneves
Wage: $350000
Contract Length: 1yr

Second Driver Choice #2
Name: Roberto Moreno
Wage: $350000
Contract Length: 1yr

TomWazzleshaw · Post by **TomWazzleshaw** » 07 Apr 2018, 22:16

DDP Motorsports

---- Second Driver ----
Candidate: Memo Gidley
Offered Wage: [$250,000]
Contract Length: 2 years

Candidate: Mark Webber
Offered Wage: [$250,000]
Contract Length: 2 years

Candidate: Gonzalo Rodriguez
Offered Wage: [$250,000]
Contract Length: 2 years

Candidate: Jos Verstappen
Offered Wage: [$250,000]
Contract Length: 2 years

Gonzalez · Post by **Gonzalez** » 08 Apr 2018, 08:41

Team Penske

Candidate: Al Unser Jr
Offered Wage: $550,000
Contract Length: 1 year

Gertrand Bachot · Post by **Gertrand Bachot** » 08 Apr 2018, 10:12

Right, so at the minute I am awaiting bids from just dr-baker, Pilot, and RedEyes504. If you get a chance, then I would greatly appreciate it if you could get your bids in, so I can run the RNG. Pilot also needs to post his sponsor bids in.

Newman-Haas driver bids:
---- Second Driver ----
Candidate: Robby Gordon
Offered Wage: $300,000
Contract Length: 1 year

Candidate: Scott Pruett
Offered Wage: $300,000
Contract Length: 1 year

Candidate: Michel Jourdain Jr.
Offered Wage: [$300,000]
Contract Length: 1 year

Candidate: Alex Barron
Offered Wage: $300,000
Contract Length: 1 year

Candidate: Jan Magnussen
Offered Wage: $300,000
Contract Length: 1 year

dr-baker · Post by **dr-baker** » 09 Apr 2018, 12:14

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---- First Driver ----
Candidate: Gil de Ferran
Offered Wage: $459,000
Contract Length: 1 year
:

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Second choice of driver of we don't get de Ferran: Gonzalo Rodriguez, Offer: $209,000 for one year

Gertrand Bachot · Post by **Gertrand Bachot** » 14 Apr 2018, 15:22

Right, so Round 1 of the driver RNG has been drawn, and you can check the wiki to see who's been signed and who's not. For those teams who are still missing a driver, they can sign a driver for Round 2 using this format again:

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---- First Driver ----
Candidate:
Offered Wage: (please put funds required from pay drivers in square brackets, e.g. [$500,000])
Contract Length:

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---- Second Driver ----
Candidate:
Offered Wage: (please put funds required from pay drivers in square brackets, e.g. [$500,000])
Contract Length:

As it stands, those who are yet to sign a driver are:
Chip Ganassi Racing - #12 driver
Team KOOL Green - #27 driver
PacWest Racing Group - #17 and #18 drivers
Arciero-Wells Racing - #24 and #25 drivers

Wiki page

Dexter249 · Post by **Dexter249** » 14 Apr 2018, 17:05

KOOL

---- Second Driver ----
Candidate: Ricardo Rosset
Offered Wage: (please put funds required from pay drivers in square brackets, e.g. [$500,000]) 1.5mil
Contract Length: 1 year
Arciero-wells
---- First Driver ----
Candidate: Jan Magnussen
Offered Wage: (please put funds required from pay drivers in square brackets, e.g. [$500,000]) 1 mil
Contract Length: 1 year

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---- Second Driver ----
Candidate: Tomas Enge
Offered Wage: (please put funds required from pay drivers in square brackets, e.g. [$500,000]) 500k
Contract Length: 1 year.