The 2011 Lovia Racers Cup season was the first edition of Lovia's racing season, which was entirely based at the Lovia International Circuit. The final selection for the 32 participating drivers was made in the middle of November of 2010.
Advertising[]
Official poster of the 2011 Season, with the finalized motto: Be There.
While players were being established, advertising to gain spectators began (see right for example), but it would not be until later November, as teams were making their selections, that the process of gaining popularity for the sport would take action. The official motto for the 2011 Season was debated heavily by marketers, the most popular ones being:
- Be There.
- Speed is Beautiful.
- Turning on a Dime. At 200 Kilometers an Hour.
The decision was made to use the first motto due to the fact that it was most likely to attract a larger amount of people viewing it live, which was planned to be the greatest source of revenue, according to Edward Hannis (who incidentally also owned ZAM TV, which would have a majority of broadcasting rights to the Lovia Racers Cup).
Pre-Season[]
Multiple months before the beginning of the season, many racers, especially from Lovia, were pre-selected to be a participant. In mid-November of 2010 the final racers were officially selected.
The first team to request rights to a team in the cup was Pinas Automobile, and was accepted. Being the first team, they quickly bought rights to four of the top ten favorite players, those expected to do best. However, they would later sell the rights to two of these players, keeping only Hans Anderson and Neil Olberding. They would buy rights to two other Lovian racers, assuring support from their base country and from the host of the cup.
Quickly, many other teams bought themselves into the cup, hoping to possibly expand influence into a nation that was largely self-sufficient in the automobile industry. Many teams bought rights to players from their own base nations. Examples of this were Citroën (France), SEAT (Spain), Ford (USA), Chrysler (USA), Lada (Russia), and Alfa Romeo (Italy). The only exception to this was Fiat (Italy-based), who though originally bought rights to an Italian player (Emilio Garrabrant), quickly expanded into a multinational team, having Italian, Lovian, Spanish, and American racers.
Players and teams were officially established and exchanges concluded in the end of November.
Participants and results[]
Regular Season[]
| Participant | Nation | Team/Sponsor | Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 | Week 7 | Week 8 | Week 9 | Week 10 | Week 11 | Week 12 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hans Anderson | 
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Team Pinas | 10 | 25 | 21 | 21 | 18 | 25 | 4 | 15 | - | |||
| Johnathan Groanan |
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Team Ford | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | - | 15 | 1 | - | 0 | |||
| Henri Deschamps | 
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Team Citroën | 8 | 10 | 25 | 18 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 0 | |||
| Richard Alan |
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Team Lada | 25 | 0 | 6 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 15 | |||
| Darryl Bahka | 
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Team Ford | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Eric Rissi | 
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Team Alfa Romeo | 0 | 0 | 8 | 10 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Max Williams |
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Team Chrysler | 6 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Tyrone Oros | 
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Team Fiat | 0 | 8 | 0 | - | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | |||
| Neil Olberding |
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Team Pinas | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 21 | 0 | 18 | 25 | 18 | |||
| Fernando Jorstad |
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Team SEAT | 0 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Clayton Lauria |
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Team Chrysler | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Alain Marrachant |
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Team Citroën | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 4 | |||
| Neil Primer |
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Team Pinas | - | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Nelson Molander |
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Team Citroën | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Cody Deskin |
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Team Fiat | 21 | 0 | 18 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | |||
| Ted Seidman |
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Team Chrysler | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 10 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Kurt Zucco |
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Team SEAT | 3 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 5 | 0 | |||
| Jerald Longobardi |
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Team Alfa Romeo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Abel Seroka |
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Team Lada | 4 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 4 | - | 0 | 10 | |||
| Chris Delligatti |
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Team Alfa Romeo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jerald Kupcho |
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Team Alfa Romeo | 0 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 12 | |||
| Aubrey Colan |
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Team Pinas | 18 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | |||
| Yvan Moura | 
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Team Lada | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 18 | - | |||
| Elijah Wallace |
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Team Lada | 5 | 0 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 25 | |||
| Emilio Garrabrant |
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Team Fiat | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Darrin Kirschman |
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Team Ford | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Emmanuel Santos |
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Team SEAT | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |||
| Randal Giammona |
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Team Fiat | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 0 | |||
| Gregroire Pignon |
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Team Citroën | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||
| Domingo Pellecchia |
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Team SEAT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Timmy Pomponi |
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Team Chrysler | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 8 | |||
| Winston Manton |
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Team Ford | 12 | - | 12 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 15 | 21 | - |