2007 V8SCFC: Entries & Driver Changes

[Antrodemus]

The 2007 edition of the V8 Supercar Fantasy Championship kicks off at the Clipsal 500 in Adelaide in just under a months time in what is expected to be an exciting clash of brash new talent against the wily championship veterans.

Over 90 teams stand poised to contest the 2007 Championship. Ford's front running teams, led by defending series champion Club 27 Racing and West Surrey Racing, will be looking to carry the Blue Oval to another championship, with B.O.R.I.N.G., Scuderia Cavallo Ferro, and Autobarn Wynns Racing all out to restore the General to the No.1 position heading into the season-opening Clipsal 500 in Adelaide.

Entering its fifth year on Network Ten-Tenths, this series can guarantee close racing, dodgy officiating, and heated rivalries. The 2007 V8 Supercar Fantasy Championship Series is upon us. Gentlemen (and Gentlewomen),
Start.
Your.
Engines!

1. Drivers

You can hire up to 4 drivers to drive your cars, provided that their combined salary comes in below the $2,500,000 Salary Cap.
Here is how much they cost:

$2,100,000
Rick Kelly
Craig Lowndes

$1,800,000
Garth Tander
Mark Winterbottom

$1,500,000
Todd Kelly
Steven Richards

$1,200,000
Jason Bright
Russell Ingall
Jamie Whincup

$900,000
James Courtney
Paul Dumbrell
Steven Johnson
Mark Skaife

$600,000
Jason Bargwanna
Will Davison
Cameron McConville
Greg Murphy
Jason Richards
Max Wilson

$300,000
John Bowe
Dean Canto
Lee Holdsworth
Brad Jones
Paul Morris
Steve Owen
Paul Radisich

$100,000
Fabian Coulthard
Alan Gurr
Andrew Jones
Jack Perkins
Shane Price
Garth Walden

Other Drivers
If anyone else not listed above drives in one of the non-enduro rounds, they will be valued at $100,000.

Endurance Drivers
Specialist enduro drivers will be available for Sandown and Bathurst, same as last year. More info below.

2. Hiring & Firing

Gore… Briggs… Imrie… yesterday’s news
As Team Owner/Manager, you are permitted to sack any or all of your drivers in the lead-up to a round, and replace them - so long as you don’t blow the salary cap or 4-driver limit.

To sack/hire someone, post in the Driver Changes thread expressing your disappointment in your ex-employee(s), and your hopes for your new driver(s). You will only be charged a driver change if your team is different at the next round, so there is scope to change your mind if need be. The deadline for making changes is the start of first practise.
However, you can only do this twice during the season.

Endurance Drivers
If you wish, you may use one of your two allocated driver changes to hire some of Dick Johnson’s favourite once-a-year wonders that appear for Sandown and Bathurst. Your driver lineup, including enduro specialists, must still fit inside the $2.5M, 4-driver limits. You will automatically revert to your normal driver lineup after Bathurst, should you choose this option. Note that you do not have to pair up your drivers.

The price list for enduro drivers will be released once we know who they are (sometime after Oran Park). As an added incentive, the once-a-year brigade come with generously discounted price tags

3. Points:

Points are the same as the real series. Whatever a driver scores at each round in real life is what that driver will receive here, including penalties. Your worst round will not be dropped. You will not receive $200 for passing 'Go'.
If you notice that your team hasn't scored as many points as you think they should have (or more than they should have ), there are a couple of likely reasons for this:
1) My maths stinks;
2) I missed your driver change;
3) I've only just realised one of your drivers got penalised somewhere along the line.
Either way, let me know and I'll fix your score so its 100% correct.

4. Other Things You Should Know As Team Owner:

- One team per person, per year. You are not Tom Walkinshaw. (at least as far as I know).
- You don’t have to use all $2.5 million, but DO NOT GO OVER BUDGET!!! You will be suitably punished (ie. disqualified from the round) if I discover any creative bookkeeping.
- A driver can be chosen by more than one team - these guys are consummate professionals and are able to drive 47 cars simultaneously.
- Points are the same as the real series. If things don't seem to add up, feel free to point out my mathematical ineptitude.
- Round results and championship standings will be posted here following the conclusion of each round.
- After the results have been posted, you can report on your team’s performance (or lack thereof). Show us how good you are at distributing propaganda.

5. Team Announcements:

Once you’ve picked your driving line-up, give your team a name, announce some sponsors, racing numbers, liveries, grid girls/guys, mascots, overseas technical partners and any other stuff you can think of, and of course your manufacturer of choice, then post here giving a detailed description of the copious quantities of hide your team will kick in the forthcoming season.

To make it easy for me, could you please condense the propaganda into this sort of form following your press release:

NAME: Musical Chairs Racing
DRIVERS:
#2 Todd Kelly
#15 Garth Tander
#16 Mark Skaife
#22 Rick Kelly
MANUFACTURER: Holden

The more obvious the better

6. Forum Management:

Things got a bit messy last year with the sheer volume of stuff going on in one thread. This year I've decided to split everything up so things are a bit easier to keep track of.

This is what you should see upon entering the V8 Fantasy Champs forum:
The Rules, including the Driver Price List: For reference purposes. Please read them at least once!
Current Round Results Thread: Toast your team, or roast your team, depending on how they fare.
Entries & Driver Changes Thread: For posting proper team entries/driver changes only. I’ll allow one livery to be shown in the initial team announcement, all others go in the Liveries thread.
Fantasy Liveries Thread: For showing off your warpaint. Apart from the above, I don't want to see any liveries posted anywhere else please.

I will be dealing to any posts that wander out of their natural habitat. Please make sure I don’t have to do this too much. Like anyone, I get cranky when I’m overworked.

Reminder on Posting Images:

Originally Posted by FAQ

Keep the image to a reasonable physical and data size. Remember, not everyone has a fast internet connection! As a guideline, pictures shouldn't be much more than 400 x 400 or thereabouts. Any picture that distorts the forum display is too large! Image links that are considered to be too large may be removed by the Moderators. If in doubt, ask!

Part of the fun of this is creating and posting your own liveries. While everybody likes to show infinite detail at super-high-resolution, not everybody’s screen can take it. While I can handle going over 400x400, it's a bit rough posting images wider than the forum display. I refer you to the piece highlighted in red - 800x600 is probably the largest you can manage without having it mysteriously disappear…

7. Prizes:

Yes, Prizes!
Should you be lucky enough to emerge from PI in P1, you get to carry off the fantastic prize of a free one-year Subscription to Ten-Tenths, kindly supplied by Ten-Tenths.com – The Known and Unknown Universe’s Premier Motorsport Forum [/plug ], for winning the Championship.
There are no prizes for second. Aim higher!
(Can I also say a big thank-you to EvilPumpkin, MagnetOn and the other forum deities for providing the goodies )

Entries are open as of now, so start issuing those press releases!
Your team can be altered without penalty until Adelaide first practise.
Comments/suggestions/queries are more than welcome, either here or via PM.


May the Fords be with you (or against you as the case may be),


Antrodemus
Canis Maximus,
WOOFVESCO (World Organiser Of Fantasy Vee Eight Supercar Competitions)

[Antrodemus]

Target set for Scuderia Cavallo Ferro
After a solid third place finish in 2006, Scuderia Cavallo Ferro have retrained their sights on the top of the podium. For 2007, the team's 4 Commodores will be piloted by multiple former series champ Mark Skaife and rising stars Jamie Whincup, Dean Canto, and Shane Price. With CRC returning as major backer for a second year, the team are well placed to duplicate last years successes.

NAME: Scuderia Cavallo Ferro
DRIVERS:
#3 Mark Skaife
#51 Jamie Whincup
#55 Dean Canto
#56 Shane Price
MANUFACTURER: Holden

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Harves' entry:

Total Team Red & One Other announce their assault on the 2007 V8 Supercar Fantasy Champs. Led by the HRT duo of Mark Skaife and Todd Kelly, with Alan Gurr in the third car, the team will be looking to build on last years 41st place finish.
Reports that Alan Gurr may be on the outer have been strenuously denied by team officials.

NAME: Total Team Red & One Other
DRIVERS:
Mark Skaife
Todd Kelly
Alan Gurr
MANUFACTURER: Holden

[Biggy G]

Eagle Motorsport confirm entry for 2007.

Eagle Motorsport is proud to confirm a 4 pronged attack on the 2007 V8 Fantasy Championship. Today the team was launched in Christchurch (the teams home town) in front of a big crowd eager to see the teams new cars for this season. The team has been through a re-organization after last year’s season under the team banner of "555 Prodrive Racing". This year though the team is re-branded as “Eagle Motorsport” and will keep the team icon Eagle.

The biggest change to the team though is the cars that will be used this year, the team will run four BMW M3GTR’s, with engineering work done by Prodrive. The teams decision to run these cars was one taken after early tests of the BF falcon weren’t very favourable, so the BMW’s were made to fit the regulations of the Fantasy Championship and have been expertly prepared by G-Design, the teams livery and design specialists. The cars were built in a short amount of time by Prodrive to make sure they got off to get some testing in before the start of the season.

In what has turned out to be a very New Zealand flavoured team, the drivers for this year will be Greg Murphy, Jason Richards, Mark Skaife and Paul Radisich. These 4 drivers have a real look of experience about them and we are hoping they bring great results to the team.

Murphy Testing his car out earlier this year.



The drivers for this year, and their cars, will be

#9 Versatile / Powerbuilt – Greg Murphy

#021 Vodafone / Dell – Mark Skaife

#7 DHL / Sony Xplod – Paul Radisich

#57 Red Bull / Smirnoff – Jason Richards


So, the team rundown:

NAME: Eagle Motorsport
DRIVERS:
# 9 Greg Murphy
#57 Jason Richards
#021 Mark Skaife
#7 Paul Radisich
MANUFACTURER: BMW

[kramer]

Two Dollar Twenty Shop (including GST) Racing is back and has expanded from two cars to four, following a couple of - er - creative deals.

Our four equal number one drivers are:

James Courtney, sponsored by Roland Rollador's Rolladoors
Shane Price, sponsored by Scrutton's Old Dirigible Bourbon
Jason Richards, sponsored by Viagraforcars - a little brown pill that puts a tiger in your tank. Or a lion. Or a Kiwi. The claims are a bit confusing.
and Mark Skaife, who's brought his own sponsorship of Tom's Rhinoplasty, Nasonex, Vicks Vaporub and those little sticky nose strip thingies.

As Mark brought his own money, he doesn't have to work in our stockrooms.

Our cars will all be 2007 model Lada Glasnost Perestroikas and we expect to have them all on the grid in Adelaide.


Kramer

[Boxy]

B.O.R.I.N.G are coming....

[Razor]

Squadra Darkness is ready to go!!!

After a good 2006, Squadra Darkness is red hot to go to start the 2007 season. In a shock announcment late last year, the Australian police force have joined the team. We have grown from a 3 car team to a 4 car team enlisting the services of Dean Canto, James Courtney, Jason Richards and Greg Murphy. Long time sponsors Castrol and Dunlop have once again returned while Fujitsu have joined us. Also, there are rumors that a second title sponsor might be coming to the table for Richards' and Courtney's falcons, and we can confirm that the new sponsor is Red Bull

NAME: Squadra Darkness
DRIVERS:
#000 Greg Murphy
#00 Dean Canto
#99 James Courtney
#100 Jason Richards
MANUFACTURER: Ford



*Thanks to Chatters for making the police livery that Murphy and Canto will use this season.

[Helix]

Phoenix Motorsport throws its hat into a very competitive ring.

More to come

[carma]

TEAM TIGER RACING WOULD LIKE TO LET ALL KNOW THEY ARE HERE !!
FORMALLY KNOWN AS CARMA MOTORSPORT. 2007 BRINGS A NEW NAME AND NEW SPONSERS

DRIVERS: 1 : J.COURTNEY
3 : W.DAVINSON
13:J. RICHARDS
33:L.HOLDSWORTH

SPONSERS: RIVIERA,DELL,BP CONNECT,VODAPHONE AND TAMIYA

MANUFACTURER: FORD

[buza]

Team Name: EXSport

Drivers:
20 # Paul Dumbrell - No Fear/PWR
02 # Mark Skaife - Red Bull
32 # Jason Richards - Sony
97 # Shane Price - Alpinestars

Manufacturer: Holden

Livery later if I get around to it…

[dumbrell_fan]

Team Name: Wynns Auto Racing

25 # Paul Dumbrell - Wynns
21 # Shane Price - Autobarn
56 # Jason Richards - Beaurepairs
87 # Mark Skaife - Wynns and Red Bull

Manufacturer: Holden

Even after such a great 2006, a change in driver lineup, team sponsors and team name.

[Boxy]

B.O.R.I.N.G are back for another tilt on the 10th's Fantasy V8 Comp, largely due to the great efforts and organisation by WOOFVESCO.

After two successful years in this series, finishing in the top five on both occasions, nothing short of a championship trophy will suffice this year.

Bazil still remains as our resident axe wielderer. He only managed to use it once last year, so he has obviously tamed down. But our drivers must be aware, because the axe is always dangling....

B.O.R.I.N.G have not retained any of their drivers from last year, which is a common trait for us, as certain drivers wages seem to flucuate each year.

This year we have decided to choose a wacky blend of experience, youth, speed and flavour.

#2 Mark Skaife
#3 Dean Canto
#22 James Courtney
#33 Paul Radisich

Manufacturer: HOLDEN

Model: VE Commodores

Sponsors: CNW Electrical, Reef Oil, Hoosiers, Bolle Sunglasses and C.U.B.


Good luck all for the upcoming season!!

[liquid drano]

You got nothing. Go Cats

[liquid drano]

Team Liquid Motorsport is back for it's first full season. New season, new chances. As long as crash bandicoot dosent wreck them.
Drivers: #1 James Courtney
#4 Jason Richards
#10000 Mark Skaife

Manufacterer: FORD

Sponsers: Bundy Rum, AXN Security, 3 Mobile, Pennzoil

[Ben_Dover]

S.L.U.T Racing (Slow Learners Under Tuition)

Cars: HOLDEN

No's: Drivers: Sponsors:

#1 Mark Skaife Hooters Bar & Grill
Holden Motor Sport
#10 James Courtney Dreamworld Wild Bean Cafe
#110 Jason Richards Pink Bits Brothels N/Z

#1100 Shane Price Perkins Engineering
E B Games

I will wish everyone good luck for the season you will

need it. Were here too win, nothing less is acceptable !!!

[noiseworker]

After some more than average performances in the past 2 years, Team Noiseworker racing is back for a new look and a new driver line up in 2007. Rick Kelly, the teams long standing no.1 driver is retained following his stellar championship win in 2006 (too bad Murph didnt do better!!)

NAME: Team Noiseworker Racing
DRIVERS:
#1 Rick Kelly
#7 Dean Canto
#14 Jack Perkins

MANUFACTURER: Holden

Livery:

PS A BIG thanks to Antro, you do a fantastic job each year, much appreaciated

[Next V8 King]

Name : Total Domination Racing
Drivers : Jamie Whincup
Cameron McConville
Lee Holdsworth
Paul Radisich
Manufacturer : Ford

Good luck to everyone else. You will need it, because this Scotsman is coming down under to conquer the AUSTRALIAN V8 SUPERCAR CHAMPIONSHIP

[nickyf1]

Mousemat Racing Australia

Team Mousemat Racing Races into 07 with 3 drivers racing this year, where as the past 1 1/4 years have been with 2 drivers. The team has not had so much success in V8 Supercars, but hopefully this year will be as good as last years Champcar entry. Here is the driver line up for 07 -

#7 - Todd Kelly
#14 - Greg Murphy
#28 - Dean Canto

The team will run 3 Holden Commodore VE's with Mobil 1, Irn-Bru and TBA sponsorship for Canto could possibly be Samsung or Denso. minor sponsors are Trust, Goodyear and others. We hope to have a great year!

Cya in Adelaide!

MRA - Mousemat Racing Australia

Livery coming soon

[Sweet Hog]

Sweet Hog Racing:

#8 - Rick Kelly - Holden VE Commodore
#88 - Jack Perkins - Holden VE Commodore
#44 - Shane Price - Holden VZ Commodore
#22 - Alan Gurr - Holden VZ Commodore

Sponsors: Caterpillar, Caltex, Evil Inside, V8 Supercars For Townsville, Simulator Raceway....
BTW: as 6th Gear designed my livery last year he is doing it this year, he also will be "Sponsoring" my car as 6th Gear Race Engineering and his V8 Supercars For Townsville campain

Let the Holden's be with you (Or against you!!!)

[Average Punter]

After spending weeks over the last few years selecting my team, this year they've been pulled out of a hat...

NAME: Below Average Racing
DRIVERS:
Will Davison
James Courtney
Greg Murphy
Shane Price
Paul Radisich
SPONSOR: The Wagga Drug Emporium
MANUFACTURER: Ford

[Boxy]

With many thanks to Biggy G Liverys Inc., in the next few weeks B.O.R.I.N.G will finally (after two years of me being not trying), have it's first livery....

[M-Kart]

Chrysler 101 Racing Returns

M-Kart is proud to announce the return of the Factory Chrysler team to the V8 Supercar Fantasy Championship for its first full season.

Chrysler 101 Racing has returned with its Chrysler 300C's which made their debut mid-way through 2006. After running as Gulf Western Racing with Holden VZ Commodores for Mark Skaife & Garth Tander in 2005, the team spent early 2006 planning and preparing the Chryslers for the revitalised team's Factory Debut. After a number of strong showings in 2006, we are back for a full year - and aiming for our first championship. We are pleased to announce we have retained the services of Will Davison in car #101, again leading the team, and we are proud to say that after some time off late last year, Mark Skaife is back with the team, in car #300 - the same car number he ran last year. TREC regulations mean that we have changed the drivers of our 2 cars. Steven Johnson Joins us in car #202, and new young talent Shane Price will pilot car #010.

We are also very happy to annonuce 3 of the 4 Major Sponsors for the cars. All 4 Cars will carry Chrysler Sponsorship, but each car will have its own individual major sponsor. Mark in car #300 will carry sponsorship from MOPAR the Chrysler-Dodge performance parts company. Steven will carry signage from Hot Wheels, who we are glad to have kept with the team for 2007, after sponsoring our 4th car for the last rounds of 2007. Car #010 for Shane will show signage from Castrol.

We have a surprise in store for our Major Sponsor on Car #101 for Will, and we shall reveal this, along with the liveries of the cars, in the coming weeks before Adelaide.

Team Summary:
Team Name: Chrysler 101 Racing
Manufacturer: Chrysler
Model: 300C
Car Numbers - Drivers - Sponsors - Cost:
#101 - Will Davison - TBA - $600,000
#202 - Steven Johnson - Hot Wheels - $900,000
#010 - Shane Price - Castrol - $100,000
#300 - Mark Skaife - Mopar - $900,000
Total Driver Cost: $2,500,000

Bring on the Clipsal 500!!!

M-Kart
Team Owner, Chrysler 101 Racing.

[Antrodemus]

Originally Posted by Average Punter

After spending weeks over the last few years selecting my team, this year they've been pulled out of a hat...

All five of them?

I think I said pick up to 4 drivers as well. I see lots of people loading up on mid-level drivers, when half of them may not even score points in most rounds this year

[Micklegend]

Amid the radical changes with drivers and sponsors in the off season, TeamCrappa reveals itself in 2007 as.............

TEAM BOURBONPHONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Team manager Micklegend is proud to announce a combination of Liquor and Telecommunications sponsors to the team, these sponsors will proudly adorn the cars of the following drivers:

#911 Will Davison - Vodaphone/JackDaniels
#013 Jamie Whincup - Optus/Jim Beam
#0011 Greg Murphy - Telstra/Wild Turkey

All drivers will be driving the superior BF FORD FALCON.

[R2J2G]

Goldfinch Motorsport are proud to anounce the details behinf their 2007 campaign.
Goldfinch Motorsport is entering for the first time, and this relativly new operation are confident they can perform well this year.

Goldfinch Motorsport are proud to have DeWalt on board as title sponsor of all 3 cars as well as minor sponsors Brother, Sony, Dunlop, Classic Carlectables and reese's.

GM's 3 drivers for the upcoming season are 3 time V8 Supercar champion Craig Lowndes, 2 time Development series champion Dean Canto and runner up in the 2006 Development series Shane Price.

#12 - Dean Canto
#24 - Craig Lowndes
#48 - Shane Price

The teams livery for the coming season is this:


Goldfinch Motorsport will have its first test session early next week

[stmookeyj033]

------------------------------ANDREW DENMAN RACING-----------------------------------------
-----------------------------BATHURST CHAMPION 2004----------------------------------------
------------------------------OFFICIAL PRESS RELEASE-----------------------------------------

Despite rumours of no budget to run the team, Andrew Denman Racing will return to the V8SFC for 2007. We are excited to be running a brand new BF Falcon for this season, even though our livery launch will be done on the BA that I will drive myself in the Tubby Taylor Trophy.

DRIVERS
#33 James COURTNEY
#51 Steve OWEN

ENDURO DRIVERS: To Be named, but several are in the frame

SPONSORS: SEN1116, YouTube, Western Bulldogs FC, The Warehouse, Huntsman Chemicals and many more

TEST TRACK: Hidden Valley


Mick Jeffrey
Owner/Co-Founder
Andrew Denman Racing