FPR looking for a new naming rights sponsor?

**GTRMagic** · 11 Dec 2005, 08:48 (Ref:1481515)

It seems the much lauded partnership with OzJet is no more....

On sponsorshiphq.com, Ford Performance Racing has available a sponsorship opportunity is for co-naming rights of the number 5 Falcon with Ford Credit

The Investment: Mid-to-high six-figure sum p.a which is interesting in the sense that the team seems to some extent to be subsidising the sponsorship opportunity....

I think Mark Winterbottom will do well in this car next season, especially since the team have nailed together a new chassis to replace the donald ducked #5 unit of this season... but it seems an odd way for the 'Ford Factory Team' to be advertising for sponsors.... shouldnt they be falling over themselves to get onboard??

James63 · 11 Dec 2005, 09:04 (Ref:1481520)

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Originally Posted by GTRMagic

but it seems an odd way for the 'Ford Factory Team' to be advertising for sponsors.... shouldnt they be falling over themselves to get onboard??

If they were getting half respectable results yes.

Average Punter · 11 Dec 2005, 09:42 (Ref:1481535)

Another great example of Mr Stoddart's business acumen.

With apologies to John Laws; "When you're not on a good thing, get off it..........."

cavvy · 11 Dec 2005, 10:01 (Ref:1481538)

Just Henry's boys trying to make a dollar go further - why do both factories have so much trouble getting sponsors ?

WebberForWDC · 11 Dec 2005, 10:31 (Ref:1481554)

A team that shafts Lowndes and Seton, and that is still essentially totally hopeless deserves no sponsors nor very many fans !!!

Surely HRT don't need any sponsors with their mega bucks budget. If so much of the car didn't have red and white HRT logos using up all the space then they might do a bit better with actually having a prominant position to negotiate a signage deal with Jill and Pete's Dog Wash or ICS SmartCard for example?

Grimace · 11 Dec 2005, 10:40 (Ref:1481561)

OZJET is just not attracting the passengers it anticipated according to news clips i heard and even had to cancel some flights though lack of patronage-sad when Stoddart has been such a strong supporter of motorsport and giving Webber his first go at F1.

WebberForWDC · 11 Dec 2005, 10:45 (Ref:1481568)

OzJet's promotional scheme is extremely daggy to say the least!

A classy ad about the luxuries of business class... OzJet? No that would be Qantas.

Murray Walker screaming "OzJet is Go, Go, Go!" however...

Just Do It! · 11 Dec 2005, 11:17 (Ref:1481586)

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Originally Posted by WebberForWDC

A team that shafts Lowndes and Seton, and that is still essentially totally hopeless deserves no sponsors nor very many fans !!!

Surely HRT don't need any sponsors with their mega bucks budget. If so much of the car didn't have red and white HRT logos using up all the space then they might do a bit better with actually having a prominant position to negotiate a signage deal with Jill and Pete's Dog Wash or ICS SmartCard for example?

Hate to tell you, but FPR and HRT have two of the biggest - if the the absolute biggest - budgets of any teams on the grid. HRT can basically spend whatever. FPR probably don't even spend all that they receive as it is pretty big.

Then there is merchandise.....!

The OzJet deal was only ever til the season's end as a trial run. Wonder where they might pop up next??

peckstar · 11 Dec 2005, 11:24 (Ref:1481594)

The deal was only ever to the end of the year. thought that was quite common knowldege, obviously it wasn't.

It was just a deal put together for bathurst and the final 3 rounds

http://www.v8supercar.com.au/news/la...nd=M&gid=20076

**GTRMagic** · 11 Dec 2005, 20:06 (Ref:1481815)

It was, but the FPR brainstrust were ever hopeful of attracting Mr Stoddart as a key member of teh FPR team, and indeed were alleged to have discussed an equity position....

WebberForWDC · 11 Dec 2005, 23:52 (Ref:1481961)

[QUOTE=Just Do It!]Hate to tell you, but FPR and HRT have two of the biggest - if the the absolute biggest - budgets of any teams on the grid. HRT can basically spend whatever. FPR probably don't even spend all that they receive as it is pretty big.

Then there is merchandise.....!
QUOTE]

Yes and FPR are a disgrace. And forunately HRT have plently of stuff ups to keep them away from winning the championship.

Why not triple SBR's budget, and make cuts slash FPR as they are a waste of time and space!

Instead of being a winning, happy force with fan-favorites Seton & Lowndes.. building on the heritage of a double championship winning team What do we have? An IMHO-unpleasant team Jason Bright, who manage a fantastic effort of spending a gazillion dollars to battle with low-budget Garry Rogers Motorsport for a similar spot in the championship!

WebberForWDC · 11 Dec 2005, 23:55 (Ref:1481964)

Maybe OzJet could sponsor Team Dynamik? Presuming cut-cost sponsorships are still all the rage at Dynamik among many others, that could be good value!

racer69 · 12 Dec 2005, 02:01 (Ref:1482006)

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Originally Posted by GTRMagic

.....the 'Ford Factory Team' to be......

At the risk of sending this thread off topic, why do many insist on calling the entries from FPR and HRT factory teams? Neither team is owned by the factory (well in HRT's case, not publicly at least

) or based at the factory headquarters, you could certainly call them works teams with factory backing, but not all-out 'factory efforts.

The last factory team in Australian touring car racing would have been Toyota Team Australia when they pulled out after 1990, or depending on how you viewed it, BMW Motorsport Australia in Super Touring in 1997 after Frank Gardner gave up the reigns.

Raglanparade · 12 Dec 2005, 02:10 (Ref:1482009)

Last time i checked FPR was based at Broadmeadows, which is the same place where the Ford Factory is

peckstar · 12 Dec 2005, 02:20 (Ref:1482011)

last time i checked HRT were based in australia, which is the same place holden is. Please !!!!!

Silver GT · 12 Dec 2005, 03:21 (Ref:1482036)

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Originally Posted by peckstar

last time i checked HRT were based in australia, which is the same place holden is. Please !!!!!

have you walked down the main street of Clayton lately....it could be anywhere in the world but Australia

IMHO there would not be to many companies wanting to throw money at FPR. Managment is a big issue down there. For example The big fella comes over from England making promises to everyone then disappears.....Roland Dane is on deck and leading from the front.....the boys at Prodrive could learn a thing or two from these guys

minty · 12 Dec 2005, 05:04 (Ref:1482054)

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Originally Posted by GTRMagic

On sponsorshiphq.com, Ford Performance Racing has available a sponsorship opportunity is for co-naming rights of the number 5 Falcon with Ford Credit

Whats the story with FPV then?

Razor · 12 Dec 2005, 06:58 (Ref:1482088)

http://www.fpv.com.au/fpr/index.asp?link_id=5.900, this is about Winterbottom driving the #5 car. Anyway, Prodrive is one of the most richest teams in the V8's, so, why lose the main FPV title for someone else and off topic for a little bit, Alex Davision might become a co driver for the Blue Oval team

WebberForWDC · 12 Dec 2005, 07:27 (Ref:1482095)

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Originally Posted by peckstar

last time i checked HRT were based in australia, which is the same place holden is. Please !!!!!

Hehe. Works or Factory.. In both cases money goes in and someone makes race cars with the car brand plastered on the side.

Unless it's FTR where crappy underfunded budget goes in! Boo, no Lowndes and Seton in 2001 shame shame shame ford

, only to scamper back over your tracks two years later and then turf out Seton & Lowndes, go backwards with mega bucks (how?) and turn it into a team which is very awful and unsupportable IMHO.

Onlooker · 12 Dec 2005, 08:43 (Ref:1482129)

Well you best hope that there were not any potentual sponsors at the big sponsor /fan 2 day festival held at Phillip Island last week, rumour has it that both cars expired and they had to apply to change the permit to allow running in road cars on the final day..........

Camaroz · 12 Dec 2005, 09:19 (Ref:1482152)

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Originally Posted by Onlooker

Well you best hope that there were not any potentual sponsors at the big sponsor /fan 2 day festival held at Phillip Island last week, rumour has it that both cars expired and they had to apply to change the permit to allow running in road cars on the final day..........

FPR. Failure to Produce a Racecar.... now add....

Failure to Produce a Ridecar!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Full of Pommy Rejects!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

F J Nedos · 12 Dec 2005, 09:50 (Ref:1482166)

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Originally Posted by WebberForWDC

Maybe OzJet could sponsor Team Dynamik? Presuming cut-cost sponsorships are still all the rage at Dynamik among many others, that could be good value!

This could be a match made in heaven. Dynamik with an airline industry sponsor. They could use this angle when doing their testing at an airfield!

**GTRMagic** · 12 Dec 2005, 10:09 (Ref:1482179)

They actually already have one...

F J Nedos · 12 Dec 2005, 10:20 (Ref:1482187)

Oh well, they can test at 2 airports then!!

Rombles1 · 12 Dec 2005, 10:29 (Ref:1482192)

Not that anyone who wasn't at that round (Hidden Valley wasn't it?) would know about it; that car certainly didn't get shown on the TV. In fact it seems the only time the Dynamik/Longhurst/whatever-they-are-this-week cars get shown on TV is when they are upside down or Mr Longhurst is parking them in a wall.

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