Thanks for the good replies to this offer.

Ive been corresponding with Lee of LOTA and CoRe Racing about sponsoring the LOTA, and as I told him that is a possibility in the future.

But yes, the STCC is where I want to be as far as broadcasts and viewers...theres no other sim league on the net today that attracts those kinds of numbers. And like any true race fan, you go back and watch those races over and over...I know I have.

What I am surprised at is the lack of response by American drivers to my offer. I am currently only speaking with one driver about Plexus Wireless sponsorship in the STCC, so we'll see what happens.

I spoke to Dustin and Rob and they felt that their performance in the league wouldn't warrant the sponsorship, Alan Smithee I havn't seen recently - and those (other than Chris who I pressume is the one in touch) are all the North American drivers competing in the broadcast league this year.

We do have 10,000 drivers on the public server / licence system books, but only 30 get to start in the STCC league. So for a lot of our American drivers they may well want the sponsorship, but are not in a position to deliver their end of the bargain until season 2 when we replace the departing drivers.

sponsor meeeeeeeeeee, you can put any logo you want anywhere you want, and i'll get lots of camera coverage as i crash on the last corner!

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and i'll get lots of camera coverage as i crash on the last corner!

:ices_rofl

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sponsor meeeeeeeeeee, you can put any logo you want anywhere you want, and i'll get lots of camera coverage as i crash on the last corner!

Or if the MRT is ever in a sponsored event, you'll be crashing on every corner. You'd get 100% coverage!

O/t - Becky, did you recive my email's last night? I had trouble with Hotmail blocking a .Jpeg attachment, so I don't know if they got through. :thumbsdow

shaddup! I suck in slick cars, the exact reason why i barely drive them

Becky says no, btw

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Becky says no, btw

You never cease to amaze me, can you read minds? Explain...

...I just asked her...

Definatly sure? I certainly sent it. I used the STCC League Administrator's email address, from the Contact page of the STCC site. Which was under "general inquiries".

Bah, that email took about 30 minutes to type. 1 more verification before I do it all again?

Sent Items?

Nope, I saved a draft of it too but that's dissapeared. I've even got the page on history with the title "drafts" from when I checked it was there last night. Bah, i'll type it all again then unless I speak to becky before I get the chance.

Cheers

Back to my sponsorship...haha

Ive gone over a few things and there will be other incentives to flying a Plexus banner then just the top 3 finishing positions:

• holeshot award
  
• position award - how ever many cars you pass throughout the race
  
• end of season points award

Im sure I'll come up with a few more ways to reward Plexus Wireless sponsored drivers in the STCC. Details of the above incentives still to be worked out.

Hah, sorry to go off topic like I did. I won't do it again, Promise!

Since you're one driver short of your desired number of drivers I'd like to ask for what reasons exactly you only want to sponsor US drivers. As far as I can see the exposure is identical (unless Becky favors north american drivers in the broadcast, of course ).
My point is, Chevrolet has a World Touring Car team with a british, an italian and a swiss driver and I don't believe that has a negative impact on the perception of Chevrolet's achievements in the US.
(And no, I'm not asking because I want the sponsorship deal. I guess there are more exciting drivers out there. Even though... Well, more infos on the 'even though' next week. :tilt

Vain

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Since you're one driver short of your desired number of drivers I'd like to ask for what reasons exactly you only want to sponsor US drivers. As far as I can see the exposure is identical (unless Becky favors north american drivers in the broadcast, of course ).
My point is, Chevrolet has a World Touring Car team with a british, an italian and a swiss driver and I don't believe that has a negative impact on the perception of Chevrolet's achievements in the US.
(And no, I'm not asking because I want the sponsorship deal. I guess there are more exciting drivers out there. Even though... Well, more infos on the 'even though' next week. :tilt

Vain

I totally agree whit you Vain. And I'd like to know why only American drivers?

Such arrangements are common in sponsorship, it's not about exposure but brand identity. If you are targetting a Japanese audience then you sponsor a Japanese driver... This is why Honda powered teams in F1 have always had a Japanese driver in the second car even when a good Japanese driver wasn't around... Performance didn't matter, because people will support their heroes and national identity is a major part of selecting which driver to cheer on.

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Since you're one driver short of your desired number of drivers I'd like to ask for what reasons exactly you only want to sponsor US drivers. As far as I can see the exposure is identical (unless Becky favors north american drivers in the broadcast, of course ).
My point is, Chevrolet has a World Touring Car team with a british, an italian and a swiss driver and I don't believe that has a negative impact on the perception of Chevrolet's achievements in the US.
(And no, I'm not asking because I want the sponsorship deal. I guess there are more exciting drivers out there. Even though... Well, more infos on the 'even though' next week. :tilt

Vain

Plexus Wireless only operates in the United States, unlike Chevy in which can be bought in Europe and South America and North America. Just for the record, I live in Canada.

Its simple marketing; if you have Americans watching American drivers that are sponsored by an American company that you can get products for only in America, then I have a better chance of success sponsoring an all American team.

Plexus Wireless products can also be used by American drivers, unlike someone in the UK or Germany; thats incentive right there.

Basing my sponsorship in the US has nothing to do with me thinking US drivers are better, or wanting to be patriotic; which I cant being British born now living in Canada. haha

Its all about business and who I can sponsor thats going to give me the best return on my investment.

Aha, now I get the point But still I never liked Sato in Honda or some other combinations like that... but Japanese probably liked it

I hope there will be more of this stuff in season 2. (Sponsors) Finally you can earn some many on your skills and free time

btw. Becky can we all apply for season 2 (Will there be open sign ups)? Or all this drivers from season 1 stays? Have you think about it?

Season 1 is far from over isn't it? I do want to give a shot with Season 2 when it comes around, but I expect that it is a long ways away.

I have some vague ideas of what i'd like to do for season 2, but nothing is in concrete yet.

Im talking with two US drivers at the moment working out the details for next seasons STCC.

I thank all the inquiries from other US drivers, and urge them to keep coming because you never know what can happen before next season.

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Im talking with two US drivers at the moment working out the details for next seasons STCC.

I thank all the inquiries from other US drivers, and urge them to keep coming because you never know what can happen before next season.

One can only hope =)