For the first time in history, a team will allow its fans to build and manage it throughout the season, as Team Partners. Now, don't go on imagining ART's paddock will be crammed with 1,000+ fans trying to have their say on how the race should go, 'cause that's not going to happen.
ART will instead offer those interested the opportunity to have their say via the Internet, and mobile applications. To make the process easier to understand it's enough to say ART will ask its Team Partners this or that, the partners vote and, as in any democracy, the majority wins.
The trick is that if you want to own, at least partially, a NASCAR team, you will have to pay for it. ART developed several membership thresholds, based on the age of the Team Partners. And yes, children too may take part...
Team Partners will have to pay annual fees, as follows: $44.95 for children to $49.95 for teens to $299.95 for adults. For that money, you get the chance to tell the team what you do (by voting, as said above), but also benefit from discounts on race tickets, accommodations and merchandise.
ART also thought of small companies which may want to take part in running the team, so they've set up a $1995.95 in annual fee.
"This is the opportunity for fans to be with a team from its first chassis purchased to the last lug nut tightened before rolling onto the track," the team's competition architect, Elton Sawyer, said in a statement. "For the first time in NASCAR, fans can be a part of a true launch, the most exciting experience in racing."
For more info on ART and how to become a member, you can follow this link.
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