The launch of Team ReSpeed Options

[bwaits]

Over the past few years ReSpeed has been working toward becoming a supplier you can trust and count on. Throughout this time we have enjoyed customer loyalty and continued growth. The last few months we have been toying with an idea. We wanted to give back to the community as well as continue to build brand recognition. We believe we have the answer.

We would like to introduce you to "Team ReSpeed".

Team ReSpeed is a program designed to help the community with product discounts as well as a fun points championship. Beginning June 1st, 2007 anyone who signs up for Team ReSpeed will be able to accumulate points and percentages based on finishing results from the races they run. Each team member will receive an automatic 5% off any purchase of "ReSpeed" brand products. Team members who currently hold the top points within their racing discipline receive 10% off any purchase of "ReSpeed" brand products. Approximately mid summer we plan to expand this to include more of the product lines we carry.

There will be a few rules to join and maintain membership status:
1) Re-Speed.com stickers must be run on the Mazda powered vehicle. One on each side of the car. The vehicle must be classified within the race series.
2) The member must create a post ( with picture ) within the "Team ReSpeed Members" section of the new ReSpeed Forum ( http://re-speed.com/forums ).
3) The members must maintain their post monthly (at a minimum) with updates.
4) Members must submit race results within 7 days of the race. The submission must be through our online submission process.

In order to maintain some form of structure we have a few things that we must dis-allow.
1) Any member found to be purchasing and re-selling will be eliminated.
2) Any member found to be ordering parts for a buddy will be eliminated.
3) Any member found to be submitting false results will be eliminated.
4) Any member who does not provide results within a 2 month period of initial sign up will be eliminated.

*Full membership status begins with the first result submission, and all 3 other rules have been met.

The points system will be accumulating for end of the year prizes. The member with the most points in each racing discipline will be rewarded with the championship at the end of the year. Sanctioning body does not matter as long as the event is recognized. At this time we are only including races run within the US and Canada.

Points will be awarded on a value system. Points for any given race will be determined by dividing the number of finishers (In your class) by your finishing position and then rounded to the first decimal point. Example: there were 7 cars that finished the race, you finished 3rd. 7 divided by 3 is 2.33333. you will be awarded 2.3 points.
This is to make sure more points "value" is awarded to a racer who beats 10 guys rather than 2. Ties in the end will be broken by number of wins, number of seconds, number of thirds and so forth.

Points will be accumulated within the following racing disciplines:

Road Racing
Drag Racing
Rally / Rally Cross
Hill Climbs / Time Trials
Autocross


So there it is. This is a way for you racers to gain just a little bit more for your racing efforts. The program will not cost anything extra other than a little bit of your time. We will update the news section @ http://re-speed.com/forums when the sign up form is ready. As always we encourage your feedback.

-billy

[bwaits]

We have been thinking about bringing back "Team ReSpeed" for 2010. How is the race season looking for everybody? Are you cutting way back or continuing forward?

-billy

[Kentetsu]

I would definitely be up for this again. It was a lot of fun competing against other fanatics, and the parts really came in handy.

The only thing I wish, is that the competition ended in like, November or something to give us Northerners an even shot against those darned Southerners that get to play year round. lol.

I'm glad to see you're thinking of reviving this again Billy.

[mazda6guy]

Bring it back because I have the money and plans to complete a full autox season and a couple of HPDEs with multiple sanctioned clubs here in VA. I still rock my decals on the quarter windows. I will post pics soon.

[[robert]]

Perfect! I'm planning on a full season of autocross AND I need to order parts from Re-speed. Sign me up!

[Keeble]

should have my car back together by mid april, so i'm in

[mazda6guy]

Any updates on if this is going to happen?

[bwaits]

Any updates on if this is going to happen?

Not sure yet. I have been trying to formulate a marketing theme to go with it. We need more people involved to make it exciting for everyone. You guys have any ideas on how to get the word out?

-billy

[Kentetsu]

I've put a couple of threads out there, but they aren't getting much attention. You could probably do better if you started a thread and laid out the plan yourself. I think people pay more attention when its coming straight from the horse's mouth, so to speak.

[orion84gsl]

I would be in for this if I could guarantee I could attend a certain number of races, but I can't. Also I'm about to buy 90% of your FB catalog so the advantage of joining seems lost to me. I asked Sam to get some stickers from you for my car so I'll still be plastering the name all over her, but I don't think I'll participate.

[darthrotary]

I would be willing to do it, but I cant make it all race season long. I average about 3-4 AutoX's a year. But still wanna play! Plus I already rock your stickers lol.

[warwickben]

ive been doing work on my car to set it up for the Newfoundland targa. i dont think ill be doing the 2010 race but im shooting for the 2011.so if you bring it back im in.

[bwaits]

I believe this will not be the year to bring it back. I have something in the works that is consuming my time currently. I hope to announce soon. It will not be for everyone across the country but it will be good for the east coast guys.