NASCAR 2004 - Speedweeks Entry Lists Up

FA1L · Post by **FA1L** » 24 Mar 2014, 12:42

Samster wrote:Finally Bill Elliott would like to drive the Evernham #90 in both the Budweiser Shootout and the All-Star Race. As non-championship races, these won't count towards your entry allowance. McDonalds would sponsor these two races as well as the one they already agreed to.

We accept.

Post by **DemocalypseNow** » 24 Mar 2014, 15:23

I can't seem to find any record of him being signed by anyone - therefore, Arnold Motorsports would like to offer Boris Said $100,000 to do all the road course races in the #50.

Samster · Post by **Samster** » 24 Mar 2014, 19:17

Biscione wrote:I can't seem to find any record of him being signed by anyone - therefore, Arnold Motorsports would like to offer Boris Said $100,000 to do all the road course races in the #50.

I was surprised by that too. Boris Said accepts.

Samster · Post by **Samster** » 24 Mar 2014, 22:13

I'm still a fair way from starting the actual season but here are the new eligibility rules for the Bud Shootout.

Budweiser Shootout Eligibility
All 2003 Pole-Sitters
All Former Bud Shootout Winners (Must have competed in at least one Cup race during 2003)
All Former Cup Champions (Must have competed in at least one Cup race during 2003)
All Daytona 500 Winners (Must have competed in at least one Cup race during 2003)

Eligable Drivers
#2 Rusty Wallace (1989 Cup Champion, 1998 Shootout winner)
#5 Sterling Marlin (1994 and 1995 Daytona 500 winner)
#6 Mark Martin (1999 Shootout winner)
#10 Steve Park (2003 polesitter)
#12 Ryan Newman (2003 polesitter)
#15 Michael Waltrip (2001 and 2003 Daytona 500 winner)
#16 Ward Burton (2002 Daytona 500 winner)
#17 Matt Kenseth (2003 Cup Champion)
#18 Bobby Labonte (2000 Cup Champion, 2003 polesitter)
#19 Dale Jarrett (1999 Cup Champion, 1993, 1996 and 2000 Daytona 500 winner, 1996 and 2000 Shootout winner)
#20 Tony Stewart (2002 Cup Champion, 2001 and 2002 Shootout winner, 2003 polesitter)
#24 Jeff Gordon (1995, 1997, 1998 and 2001 Cup Champion, 1997 and 1999 Daytona 500 winner, 1994 and 1997 Shootout winner, 2003 polesitter)
#25 Dale Earnhardt Jr. (2003 Shootout winner)
#29 Kevin Harvick (2003 polesitter)
#32 Ken Schrader (1989 and 1990 Shootout winner)
#40 Terry Labonte (1984 and 1996 Cup Champion, 1985 Shootout winner, 2003 Polesitter)
#41 Elliott Sadler (2003 polesitter)
#42 Jamie McMurray (2003 polesitter)
#48 Jimmie Johnson (2003 polesitter)
#50 Boris Said (2003 polesitter)
#50 Derrike Cope (1990 Daytona 500 winner)
#77 Geoffrey Bodine (1986 Daytona 500 winner, 1992 Shootout winner)
#88 Dave Blaney (2003 polesitter)
#90 Bill Elliott (1988 Cup Champion, 1985 and 1987 Daytona 500 winner, 1987 Shootout winner)
#99 Jeremy Mayfield (2003 polesitter)
Jeff Green (2003 polesitter)
Mike Skinner (2003 polesitter)

27 drivers with Jeff Green and Mike Skinner free for teams to hire in a one-off. Meanwhile Arnold Motorsports has two eligible drivers and will need to decide who they run.

Also Bill Elliott also would like to race the #90 McDonalds Dodge in the Daytona 500

The chassis build rules will be released in detail tomorrow as well as the engine list. All teams that have works or semi-works backing are obligated to build their own cars while the satellite teams are committed to purchasing cars from their supplying team. The rest of the teams have the option to build or purchase cars, the former being the more expensive route since there will be design costs too.

TomWazzleshaw · Post by **TomWazzleshaw** » 24 Mar 2014, 22:24

BAM Racing would like to enter Mike Skinner in the #59 for a one-off entry

Salamander · Post by **Salamander** » 24 Mar 2014, 22:34

Morgan-McClure would like to offer Jeff Green a one-off run in the Budweiser Shootout.

V8fan12 · Post by **V8fan12** » 24 Mar 2014, 22:43

Richard Childress Racing/PPI Motorsports would like to offer Boris Said a ride in the Bud Shootout if he is not required by Arnold.

If possible:
RCR would also like to offer Michel Jourdain Jr. a drive in the #33 for the Mexico round.

PPI Motorsports would like to ask Tony Longhurst to drive the #32 in the Australian race.

simonracer · Post by **simonracer** » 25 Mar 2014, 06:41

Just a question, am I allowed to switch Labonte to #42 & McMurray to #40? Or would that not work for some reason?

Salamander · Post by **Salamander** » 25 Mar 2014, 08:52

simonracer wrote:Just a question, am I allowed to switch Labonte to #42 & McMurray to #40? Or would that not work for some reason?

... why would you want to do that? McMurray drove the #42 in 2003, there's no reason to switch him to another car.

Neno · Post by **Neno** » 25 Mar 2014, 13:21

Jasper offers a drive for the Bud Shootout to Jeff Green to drive the #91

Samster · Post by **Samster** » 25 Mar 2014, 13:35

Neno wrote:Jasper offers a drive for the Bud Shootout to Jeff Green to drive the #91

Jeff Green accepts the #91. Mike Skinner accepts the #59. Boris Said accepts the RCR Shootout offer and requests the #30 as long as Arnold don't mind letting him race for a different team.

Michel Jourdain and Tony Longhurst both accept their offers for their home rounds.

Samster · Post by **Samster** » 25 Mar 2014, 15:46

I've now posted up the chassis development rules in the first post. So you may begin developing or purchasing your cars.

Wallio · Post by **Wallio** » 25 Mar 2014, 19:22

Yates will design a Tier 1 for 5mil, focusing on Chassis and Reliability.

roblo97 · Post by **roblo97** » 25 Mar 2014, 19:27

Hendrick will have 4x tier 4 chassis.
Edit if that is to much, we will design 4 times tier 7 chassis and have a huge upgrade pack sorted by mid season

Samster · Post by **Samster** » 25 Mar 2014, 19:36

roblomas52 wrote:Hendrick will have 4x tier 4 chassis.
Edit if that is to much, we will design 4 times tier 7 chassis and have a huge upgrade pack sorted by mid season

4 Tier 4 chassis would cost you $4,900,000 in total then $2,000,000 for your four engines so you'd have nearly $2,000,000 left. I forgot to mention that you are allowed to go into debt as long as you make that money back by the end of the season. Also I'd recommend having at least one spare car handy.

roblo97 · Post by **roblo97** » 25 Mar 2014, 19:42

Samster wrote:
roblomas52 wrote:Hendrick will have 4x tier 4 chassis.
Edit if that is to much, we will design 4 times tier 7 chassis and have a huge upgrade pack sorted by mid season

4 Tier 4 chassis would cost you $4,900,000 in total then $2,000,000 for your four engines so you'd have nearly $2,000,000 left. I forgot to mention that you are allowed to go into debt as long as you make that money back by the end of the season. Also I'd recommend having at least one spare car handy.

Thanks for the figures, after some maths, I have come to the conclusion that Hendrick can afford 5 times tier 3 chassis with the engine cost as well.

Samster · Post by **Samster** » 25 Mar 2014, 19:49

roblomas52 wrote:
Samster wrote:
roblomas52 wrote:Hendrick will have 4x tier 4 chassis.
Edit if that is to much, we will design 4 times tier 7 chassis and have a huge upgrade pack sorted by mid season

4 Tier 4 chassis would cost you $4,900,000 in total then $2,000,000 for your four engines so you'd have nearly $2,000,000 left. I forgot to mention that you are allowed to go into debt as long as you make that money back by the end of the season. Also I'd recommend having at least one spare car handy.

Thanks for the figures, after some maths, I have come to the conclusion that Hendrick can afford 5 times tier 3 chassis with the engine cost as well.

I'd also like to point out that the price for tier 3 that I quoted there is a typo, its meant to read $4,000,000 not $4,050,000. Remember you can also make more cars available to customers at a price you set. So you can potentially make a small profit from building extra cars and selling them.

roblo97 · Post by **roblo97** » 25 Mar 2014, 19:53

Please P.M me if you want a high quality Hendrick chassis. From $410,000!!

Price is negotiable on a case by case basis

Salamander · Post by **Salamander** » 25 Mar 2014, 20:10

Team Penske will develop a Tier 1 chassis focusing on Aero. We will then build 5 of them, with 5 engines to go along with them. This should cost us a total of $9.75 million.

V8fan12 · Post by **V8fan12** » 25 Mar 2014, 20:18

Chassis and Engines

RCR:
Develop tier 1 chassis ($5,000,000), focus on Aero.
Build five tier 1 chassis for themselves ($2,500,000)
Build five engines for themselves ($2,250,000)
Build two engines and sell to PPI ($0)
Build two tier 1 chassis and sell to PPI ($0)
Build three tier 1 chassis/engine combos to sell to other teams ($2,850,000)
Total cost of everything - $12,600,000
Sold two chassis/engines to Morgan-McClure (-$2,250,000)
Total cost now - $10,350,000 (1 chassis to sell)

RCR have built ten cars:
4 mains for themselves
1 spare for themselves
2 for PPI, 1 main and one spare
2 for Morgan-McClure, 1 main and one spare
1 for another team

PPI:
Buy two chassis from RCR ($1,000,000)
Buy two engines from RCR ($900,000)
Total cost - $1,900,000

So PPI have a main and a spare.

Boris Said will drive the #30 in the Bud Shootout if Arnold are ok with it.

Samster - do Menard, Jourdain, Fellows, and Longhurst bring any sponsorship dollars?

Salamander · Post by **Salamander** » 25 Mar 2014, 20:21

Morgan-McClure Motorsports is interested in purchasing 2 chassis/engine combos from either RCR or Hendrick.

go_Rubens · Post by **go_Rubens** » 25 Mar 2014, 20:26

Wood Brothers Racing will build a Tier chassis focusing on aero, adding a spare car onto that, plus 2 Roush-Yates engines, one as a spare.

Victory in Jesus Racing will purchase a car, but will decide after further examination as to whose car we'll purchase.

V8fan12 · Post by **V8fan12** » 25 Mar 2014, 20:31

Salamander wrote:Morgan-McClure Motorsports is interested in purchasing 2 chassis/engine combos from either RCR or Hendrick.

RCR can offer you two tier 1 chassis/engine combos for $2,500,000.

SeedStriker · Post by **SeedStriker** » 25 Mar 2014, 20:47

In prepare to speedweeks, MB2 will develop 1 tier 1 chassis, focused in aero, and build 6 with their respective Nissan engines (3 mains, 3 T-cars). Two of the cars (one main, one T) will be bought and used by Haas.
Any team interested in accuire an Altima, can speak with us.

TomWazzleshaw · Post by **TomWazzleshaw** » 25 Mar 2014, 20:50

In terms of chassis development, Gibbs will conduct the following operations:

Design a tier 1 chassis with a focus on both aero and chassis: $5 million
Build a total of 8 Gibbs cars to be shared across Gibbs and BAM Racing: $4 million
Sell two of these cars to BAM Racing at cost: $1 million from BAM to Gibbs
Build six engines for Gibbs: $2.7 million
Buy two engines for BAM Racing from Gibbs: $900k
TOTAL: Gibbs: $10.7 million; BAM: $1.9 million

EDIT: Whatever happened to the $1 mill from Old Spice for signing Stewart?

Salamander · Post by **Salamander** » 25 Mar 2014, 21:10

V8fan12 wrote:
Salamander wrote:Morgan-McClure Motorsports is interested in purchasing 2 chassis/engine combos from either RCR or Hendrick.

RCR can offer you two tier 1 chassis/engine combos for $2,500,000.

Morgan-McClure accepts the offer.

Post by **DemocalypseNow** » 25 Mar 2014, 21:12

Given Cope will be driving for the 500, we feel he's the best choice to drive the #50 car for the Bud Shootout.

V8fan12 · Post by **V8fan12** » 25 Mar 2014, 21:13

Salamander wrote:
V8fan12 wrote:
Salamander wrote:Morgan-McClure Motorsports is interested in purchasing 2 chassis/engine combos from either RCR or Hendrick.

RCR can offer you two tier 1 chassis/engine combos for $2,500,000.

Morgan-McClure accepts the offer.

Thanks. I still have one chassis/engine combos that are available for $1,250,000 if anyone wants it.

Peteroli34 · Post by **Peteroli34** » 25 Mar 2014, 21:42

Roush Chassis

1) Design A Tier 1 Chassis focusing on Aero and Reliability ($5,000,000)
2) Build 10 Chassis (5,000,000)
3) Build 10 Engines (5,000,000)
4) Roush will keep 7 Chassis/Engine combos for themselves
5) Will sell 3 chassis/engine combos for $1,100,000 per package

Phoenix Racing Plans

Interested in buying 3 chassis and engine from anybody

TomWazzleshaw · Post by **TomWazzleshaw** » 25 Mar 2014, 21:46

peteroli34 wrote:
Phoenix Racing Plans

Interested in buying 3 chassis and engine from anybody

Gibbs can sell two car/engine combinations for $1 million each, but that would require the 76's entry for the Fosters 300 being moved to another race

V8fan12 · Post by **V8fan12** » 25 Mar 2014, 21:51

peteroli34 wrote:

Phoenix Racing Plans

Interested in buying 3 chassis and engine from anybody

We (RCR) can sell you one Chevrolet Tier 1 chassis/engine combo for $1,250,000 but you'll have to source two others from someone else.

Samster · Post by **Samster** » 25 Mar 2014, 22:33

Salamander wrote:Morgan-McClure Motorsports is interested in purchasing 2 chassis/engine combos from either RCR or Hendrick.

As a semi-works team, MM are obliged to build their own cars but they can purchase Childress engines.

V8fan12 wrote:Samster - do Menard, Jourdain, Fellows, and Longhurst bring any sponsorship dollars?

Menard brought $200,000 from Menards and Jourdain brought $100,000 from Telmex.

go_Rubens wrote:Wood Brothers Racing will build a Tier chassis focusing on aero, adding a spare car onto that, plus 2 Roush-Yates engines, one as a spare.

Victory in Jesus Racing will purchase a car, but will decide after further examination as to whose car we'll purchase.

Which tier is that?

Wizzie wrote: EDIT: Whatever happened to the $1 mill from Old Spice for signing Stewart?

Sorry forgot to add the Old Spice money. I'll put it in your budget next time I update.

Salamander · Post by **Salamander** » 25 Mar 2014, 22:48

Samster wrote:
Salamander wrote:Morgan-McClure Motorsports is interested in purchasing 2 chassis/engine combos from either RCR or Hendrick.

As a semi-works team, MM are obliged to build their own cars but they can purchase Childress engines.

Can we simply drop our semi-works status then?

Otherwise, we will buy one Childress engine and design and build one Tier 2 chassis.

V8fan12 · Post by **V8fan12** » 25 Mar 2014, 22:51

Salamander wrote:
Samster wrote:
Salamander wrote:Morgan-McClure Motorsports is interested in purchasing 2 chassis/engine combos from either RCR or Hendrick.

As a semi-works team, MM are obliged to build their own cars but they can purchase Childress engines.

Can we simply drop our semi-works status then?

Otherwise, we will buy one Childress engine and design and build one Tier 2 chassis.

One Childress engine will be $500,000 if you want to go with that.

Samster · Post by **Samster** » 25 Mar 2014, 22:56

Salamander wrote:
Samster wrote:
Salamander wrote:Morgan-McClure Motorsports is interested in purchasing 2 chassis/engine combos from either RCR or Hendrick.

As a semi-works team, MM are obliged to build their own cars but they can purchase Childress engines.

Can we simply drop our semi-works status then?

Otherwise, we will buy one Childress engine and design and build one Tier 2 chassis.

I guess you could but you'll have to pay that money back.

go_Rubens · Post by **go_Rubens** » 25 Mar 2014, 23:00

Samster wrote:
go_Rubens wrote:Wood Brothers Racing will build a Tier chassis focusing on aero, adding a spare car onto that, plus 2 Roush-Yates engines, one as a spare.

Victory in Jesus Racing will purchase a car, but will decide after further examination as to whose car we'll purchase.

Which tier is that?

This is what happens when you are confused and in a rush to edit something. I'm fine now

That tier will be 2 for Wood Brothers Racing. I don't think that puts us in debt.

Salamander · Post by **Salamander** » 25 Mar 2014, 23:14

Samster wrote:
Salamander wrote:
Samster wrote:As a semi-works team, MM are obliged to build their own cars but they can purchase Childress engines.

Can we simply drop our semi-works status then?

Otherwise, we will buy one Childress engine and design and build one Tier 2 chassis.

I guess you could but you'll have to pay that money back.

Sure, we'll just drop our works status then.

Post by **DemocalypseNow** » 26 Mar 2014, 01:15

Are we allowed to temporarily go into debt? If I can...

Arnold wants to purchase the Gibbs chassis/engine combo for $1M. If Phoenix ends up with the remaining Gibbs cars, we'll go for the Roush-Yates combo at $1.1M instead.

simonracer · Post by **simonracer** » 26 Mar 2014, 05:09

Ganassi will purchase 4 Evernham engines, and build 4 second-tier cars, with a focus on both the aero & chassis.

Neno · Post by **Neno** » 26 Mar 2014, 10:06

Jasper Racing

1) Design Tier 1 chassis ($5,000,000), focus on reliability
2 ) Build 4 chassis ($2,000,000)
3) Build 4 engines ($1,600,000)

SCORE Motorsports

1) Buy a Mazda chassis and one engine($1,000,000)

The mazda chassis is available for teams for $600,000