Sponsorships

The sponsorship system is one of the main week-to-week operating systems in the plugin.

It is not a single season-long sponsor page. It is a race-by-race car sponsorship system.

For each upcoming race, a car can be covered by:

• one Primary sponsor
• one Secondary sponsor
• one Tertiary sponsor

That means sponsorship management is not just about signing one deal and forgetting it. You are constantly reviewing race coverage, comparing offers, filling open slots, and building longer-term relationships with sponsors that have already worked with your team.

What the Sponsorships Page Is For

The Sponsorships page is meant to help you answer four practical questions:

1. Which upcoming races still need sponsors?
2. Which sponsor slots already have active offers?
3. Which sponsors have I already worked with?
4. Can I make an emergency call to fill an opening before race week?

This is why the page is split into two working views:

• Schedule
• Relationships

Those two views cover different parts of the sponsorship workflow.

Where Sponsorships Live

Sponsorships are managed from:

• Dashboard > Organization > Sponsorships

This is an organization-controlled workflow, but sponsorship access is still permission-based.

In practice, users will usually need one of these:

• organization-wide sponsorship permission
• car-level sponsorship permission for the specific entry

If you do not have sponsor access to the organization or car, the Sponsorships area will either be unavailable or much more limited.

Sponsorships Are Car-Based

The sponsorship system is built around the car, not around the driver profile by itself.

That matters because sponsorships are being managed for a specific entry. The system needs to know:

• which organization owns the car
• which car is being sponsored
• which race is being covered
• which driver is assigned to that car for that event, if one exists

This is why sponsorships connect so closely to race assignments.

If the driver is not assigned correctly, sponsorship behavior can look weaker or more confusing than expected.

Before You Expect Sponsorship Activity

Before the Sponsorships page becomes useful, the car needs to be in a valid operating state.

As a rule, make sure:

1. the organization has an active car
2. the car is in scope for your permissions
3. the car has upcoming season races available
4. race assignments are in place if you want stronger driver-specific sponsor behavior

If the car has no upcoming assigned races in scope, the Sponsorships page will have very little to work with.

Choosing the Car You Want to Manage

At the top of the Sponsorships page, you select the car you want to work on.

That selector matters because each car carries its own sponsorship schedule.

The sponsorship engine does not treat the entire organization as one shared sponsor board. Each car has its own race-by-race sponsor coverage.

If the selected car still needs sponsor work, the car selector shows an alert indicator to make that more obvious.

The Two Sponsorship Views

Schedule

The Schedule view is the operational sponsorship board.

This is where you:

• review each upcoming race
• see which sponsor slots are filled
• see which slots have offers waiting
• identify races that still need sponsor coverage
• open a race and slot to compare offers
• accept the package you want

If you are doing normal weekly sponsor management, this is the page you will use the most.

Relationships

The Relationships view is the long-term sponsor management page.

This is where you:

• review sponsors you have already worked with
• see relationship strength by sponsor
• see how many races you have signed and completed with them
• review bonus completion history
• see your next and last partnered races
• use the emergency sponsorship workflow when a slot is still open

If the Schedule page is the week-to-week execution page, the Relationships page is the memory of your sponsor history.

Understanding the Schedule View

The sponsorship schedule is a table of upcoming races for the selected car.

Each row represents one race. That row shows:

• race date
• race name
• assigned driver
• primary slot status
• secondary slot status
• tertiary slot status
• bonus summary for currently accepted deals

The race name can also show an alert marker. That usually means the race still needs sponsor attention.

What the Slot Statuses Mean

Each slot on the schedule can be in a few practical states.

Filled

A sponsor has already been accepted for that slot.

The table shows the sponsor name instead of an offer count.

Offered

There are active offers available for that slot, but nothing has been accepted yet.

The table shows the number of offers currently available.

Open

The slot does not have an accepted sponsor and no active offers are currently waiting.

This means the slot still needs coverage, but there is nothing to review in that slot yet.

How to Review a Race

To work a specific race:

1. Click the race name in the schedule table.
2. Review the three slot cards for that race.
3. Open the slot you want to work on.
4. Review any available offers for that slot.
5. Accept the package you want.

This is the core sponsorship workflow.

Understanding the Race Detail Area

When you open a race, the lower section of the page becomes the working detail area.

That area shows one card for each slot:

• Primary
• Secondary
• Tertiary

Each slot card tells you whether the slot is:

• already locked by an accepted sponsor
• holding active offers
• still open with no active offers yet

If the slot is already filled, the card shows the accepted sponsor and the locked amount.

If the slot has offers, the card tells you how many are available.

If the slot is open with no offers, the card makes that explicit instead of pretending the race is complete.

Reviewing Sponsor Offers

When you select a slot that has offers, the page loads the offer list for that slot.

That list is where you compare the actual deal packages.

In practice, each offer can include:

• the sponsor name
• the slot type
• the package length
• the payout being offered
• any attached bonus terms

This matters because not all offers are equal. Some are short, simple filler packages. Others are longer or come with better upside through bonuses.

Package Length

Sponsor offers can cover:

• one race
• or multiple races

The live sponsor engine supports multi-race packages, and package length is shaped by sponsor budget, sponsor tier, remaining inventory, and relationship context.

That means an offer is not just about the race you are currently looking at. A single acceptance can cover multiple events if the package includes them.

What Happens When You Accept an Offer

When you accept a sponsor offer, the system converts that offer into active sponsorship commitments for the races in the package.

In practical terms, that means:

• the selected sponsor locks that slot for the included races
• the accepted amount becomes the payout for those commitments
• any competing offers for that same slot/race coverage are expired
• the sponsor's remaining inventory is reduced

This is why sponsor acceptance should be deliberate. You are not only choosing a single number. You are choosing how that sponsor inventory gets used over the schedule.

Bonuses on Sponsor Deals

Sponsor packages can include performance bonuses.

Those bonuses attach extra payout conditions to a sponsored race.

Depending on the package, a bonus may be tied to goals such as:

• top-five finish
• top-ten finish
• race win
• qualifying target
• lead-lap outcome
• fastest lap outcome

The schedule table also summarizes bonuses on already accepted sponsor packages so you can see what extra incentives are attached to each race.

Why Some Races Still Show Alerts

A race can still show as needing attention even after some sponsor work has already been done.

That is correct behavior.

The system now keeps the race flagged if:

• one or more slots are still open
• one or more slots still have active offers waiting for review

So if a race has a Primary sponsor locked but Secondary and Tertiary are still open, the page should still treat that race as needing sponsorship work.

Understanding the Relationships View

The Relationships page is not a list of all sponsors in the system.

It only shows sponsors that the car has already worked with before.

That is an important distinction.

A sponsor enters the Relationships table only after your team has signed with them at least once.

What the Relationships Table Shows

The Relationships page is designed to give you a compact history of real sponsor experience.

For each sponsor in the table, you can review:

• relationship bar
• tier
• archetype
• races signed
• races completed
• bonuses completed
• next race
• last race
• perceived budget

This is meant to be operational, not decorative. It tells you who has real history with your car and how useful that relationship may be going forward.

Relationship Strength

Relationship is shown by a bar rather than a raw number.

That keeps the page easier to read at a glance.

Under the hood, relationship strength is built from completed sponsor history. In practical terms, that means the relationship improves from things like:

• completed sponsored races
• achieving sponsor bonuses
• positive sponsored-race outcomes

The important behavior is this: relationship does not snowball immediately just because you signed the sponsor. The stronger gains come from completing the actual sponsored races.

Races Signed vs Races Completed

These two columns are not the same.

Races Signed

This is the broader history of how many times that sponsor has been attached to the car.

Races Completed

This is the more meaningful execution history. It reflects the sponsored races that have actually been completed and settled.

That distinction matters because relationship is supposed to reflect performance and delivery, not just the act of signing paperwork.

Perceived Budget

The Relationships page also shows a perceived sponsor budget field.

This is intentionally a fog-of-war system.

The sponsorship system supports budget intelligence, which means budget visibility can be hidden or only partially known.

If you do not have useful intelligence on that sponsor yet, the page may show:

• Unscouted
• or a limited budget description rather than a clean exact read

That is expected. The budget field is designed to leave room for future marketing/scouting depth instead of exposing everything perfectly by default.

Emergency Sponsorship

The bottom section of the Relationships page is the emergency sponsorship tool.

This exists for last-minute slot recovery.

It is not a general replacement for the normal offer engine.

What the Emergency Tool Does

The emergency workflow lets you select:

• a Race
• a Sponsor
• then submit Make Call

This creates an emergency sponsorship request for the currently selected slot.

The sponsor list is limited to sponsors already shown in your Relationships table. In other words, you can only make emergency calls to sponsors you have already worked with.

When Emergency Sponsorship Is Available

Emergency sponsorship is only valid when all of the following are true:

1. the slot is still open
2. the race is within seven days
3. you have prior relationship history with that sponsor
4. the sponsor still has inventory available for that slot
5. you have not already contacted that same sponsor for that same race and slot

If any of those checks fail, the request is blocked.

What an Emergency Call Produces

A successful emergency call creates a new offer package for that slot.

Important current behavior:

• it is a single-race package
• it still depends on sponsor interest and relationship context
• it is generally discounted compared to normal offer value
• it sends you back to the Schedule view to review and accept the created offer

So an emergency call does not directly lock the sponsor. It creates the offer, and then you still review and accept it through the normal workflow.

How Sponsorships Connect to Driver Assignment

Sponsorships work best when the platform knows who is actually driving the car for that event.

That is why Race Assignments matter so much here.

The assigned driver influences sponsor qualification and scoring. If no driver is assigned, the organization context can still carry some of the sponsor logic, but the results are usually less precise.

If sponsor behavior looks weaker than expected, the first thing to verify is whether the correct driver is assigned to the correct car and race.

How Sponsorships Connect to Finances

Accepted sponsorships are not just visual labels on the schedule.

Once the race is completed and settled, sponsor commitments feed the finance system.

That includes:

• base sponsor payout to the car account
• bonus payout when the sponsor bonus is achieved
• related sponsor settlement history for relationship tracking

This is why sponsorships, results, and finances all need to stay aligned.

Recommended Weekly Workflow

For most organizations, this is the cleanest sponsorship routine:

1. Confirm race assignments are correct first.
2. Open Organization > Sponsorships.
3. Select the car you want to manage.
4. Review the Schedule table for races still marked as needing sponsor work.
5. Open the next race that needs attention.
6. Review each slot separately.
7. Accept the packages you actually want instead of blindly taking the first offer.
8. Move to Relationships when you need context on who has history with the car.
9. Use Emergency Sponsorship only when a real last-minute opening still exists.
10. After results post, review finances and relationship history again.

That order keeps the system clean.

Common Issues

I do not see any sponsorship activity for a car

Check:

1. whether the car is active
2. whether you have sponsorship permission for it
3. whether there are upcoming races in scope
4. whether race assignments are in place

No car context usually means no useful sponsor workflow.

A race still has an alert even though I accepted a sponsor

That usually means another slot on that race is still open or still has offers waiting.

The race alert is race-level, not single-slot only.

I accepted one sponsor, but other offers disappeared

That is expected.

When an offer is accepted, competing offers that overlap the same slot/race coverage are expired so that the slot cannot be double-booked.

I cannot use Emergency Sponsorship

The most common reasons are:

• the race is not within seven days
• the slot is already filled
• you have never worked with that sponsor before
• the sponsor has no inventory left
• you already contacted that sponsor for that race and slot

The Relationships page is missing a sponsor I expected

Sponsors only appear there after the car has actually signed with them at least once.

If the car has never had a real package with that sponsor, they will not appear in the relationship list.

Final Reminder

The Sponsorships page is one of the main weekly operating pages for any active organization.

If you want a car to be financially healthy race to race, this page needs regular attention.

The most important habits are simple:

• keep race assignments correct
• review open sponsor slots early
• compare packages instead of blindly accepting them
• build real relationships with sponsors you want to keep working with

Related Guides

• Race Assignments
• Organizations
• Contracts
• Finances