Race Team Introductions [part 1]: Gulf and Sunoco

 Now that I have enough race teams to make the racing interesting, I thought I'd introduce them, focusing first on two of the strongest groups on the list, the Gulf Team and Team Sunoco. 

An all-NSR field for the Gulf Team.

It should come as no surprise that I would have a well-stocked Gulf Team, since I'll never get over how good the livery looks. And that they're all NSR cars makes them quite competitive. It should be a good team to race for and against. 

HOW MY SCORING WORKS

It could be done with a single race, but it's more intended to be done with a series. But either way is possible. 

Team scoring is carried over from the individual points the cars got in the race. For example, if the 908 Porsche #1 comes in 4th and gets 16 points, those points are carried over to the Team score. 

A "Team" is a minimum of two cars sharing the livery or primary sponsor. The maximum eligible cars scoring for any Team would be two, no matter how many cars are on the Team. Teams with more than two cars would have an advantage of being able to field more competitors, which would offer better points opportunities. But to keep the competition even, only the two fastest cars a team has for a race would be eligible to transfer their points over. 

The rest of the field of cars that are not Team eligible run as lone entries. There are plenty of lone entries that can win any race, and they would certainly act as spoilers for any competitive team.

Team Sunoco - A smorgasbord of manufacturers. [I just noticed that the T70 seems to be on the verge of losing a wheel insert.]

With Team Sunoco, the question here becomes, can a team made up of three different manufacturers outrun a team made up of one? Team Sunoco consists of an NSR Porsche 908, a McLaren M6A and a Lola T70 [both from Thunderslot], and a Slot.it Ferrari 512M. There are all kinds of questions this lineup provides. I know the two Thunderslot cars are fast AF, and it's certain that the 908 is fast, and the Ferrari is right up there with them all with a few tweaks. It could very well turn into a manufacturer's war at the very top between the Sunoco Thunderslot cars and the NSR Gulf cars. I might be running a manufacturer's championship as well, but it will be informal. I don't think the outcome of that would be as interesting as having various manufacturers working with each other to win. 

Once a championship series starts, any new car will be added to a team if eligible, regardless of when in the season it joins. So while they may not come out with a high overall points total for the championship, they could step in and contribute to Team points right away. If the addition of a new car forms a new race Team, they will have to start from when they were first a team. No aggregate or retroactive scoring for any cars that might have started the series as a solo entry and suddenly find themselves on a Team. 

I'll be doing an introduction to the smaller teams coming up. There are just as many potential surprises there as there are in these two teams. I fully expect the Sponsor Championship to be a good one.