With NOPI having problems and BOTI catering to the other classes,where does this leave the PRO classes?

 

Why do you say Boti catering to the other classes?

I'm sure those guys will be taken care of next year

 

BOTI has a class for PRO FWD and Modified!! All motor will never have a problem...i think those that are racing the class will be back next year. there are not too many places a 9sec all motor can race outside of sport compact. I dont know what the numbers per class were at Vegas, but the most important thing was i heard the stands were packed.


Modified by Clayton at 11:54 AM 7/14/2008

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by texasvtec &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">With NOPI having problems and BOTI catering to the other classes,where does this leave the PRO classes? </TD></TR></TABLE>

the pro class's all have their own spot in BOTI.

 

IMO..... the pro classes bring the sponsors and fill the stands while the sportsman and bracket classes pay the bills.

 

I hope that BOTI is the only series so that everyone has to run it.

 

I just would like to know where the pro fwd cars are?
Rhodes?
Leevon?
Tom J?
Jolly?
im sure there are more I really thought we would see some of these cars at Vegas

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by 4piston &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I hope that BOTI is the only series so that everyone has to run it. </TD></TR></TABLE>

 

The events that happened with Ed Bergenholtz vs. the PSCA cars is a taste of the excitement of what is to happen in 2009 with PROFWD.
(What do you guys think of mixing MOD with PROFWD?)

The PROIMPORT class is doing just fine with 7 entries in MD and a total of 9 entries in Vegas. (The class is doing better.)

ALL MOTOR is something that might need to be addressed. (???????????)

 

if so can they make the classes 16 car fields Pretty Please!!!!

 

we could have 2 cars out there for " pro import/ hotrod" if we had the help and budget. 2 man & 2 car

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by bergenholtzracing &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">The events that happened with Ed Bergenholtz vs. the PSCA cars is a taste of the excitement of what is to happen in 2009 with PROFWD.
(What do you guys think of mixing MOD with PROFWD?)

(???????????)</TD></TR></TABLE> i think it would be awesome like back in the day

 

Just having the cars and competing them locally is 110% of your efforts. Just stick with it and we at Battle will do our very best efforts to bring the marketing dollars to the sport.

 

We just decided to remember our roots. If I'm not mistaken, Frank and I from our era built our import cars back in the 80's to go to the street races to attempt to whoop up on the V8's. We are brainstorming this possible marketing scenario for PROFWD. The Las Vegas event was a proof of concept for this. Rado too, was also going to be matched up against some PSCA cars but unfortunately broke something on his front hubs during the qualifying rounds.

 

first, thanks for all your kind words and support. it means a great deal to us and frank here at battle. we are already working on 09 for you guys. it will be one serious year to show that drag racing is at its prime.

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by AllMotorRandy &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">IMO..... the pro classes bring the sponsors and fill the stands while the sportsman and bracket classes pay the bills. </TD></TR></TABLE>

i beg to differ

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by DaveF &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">we could have 2 cars out there for " pro import/ hotrod" if we had the help and budget. 2 man & 2 car </TD></TR></TABLE>

cotorres, we are already would like to move to a 16 car field. we love too, so we are working on our time tables for the rest of the season and 09 will be at 16. you have to understand, sometimes we dont get 29 cars trying to qualify
lol<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by sportfwddc2 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I just would like to know where the pro fwd cars are?
Rhodes?
Leevon?
Tom J?
Jolly?
im sure there are more I really thought we would see some of these cars at Vegas</TD></TR></TABLE>


dave you have an immpressive car, you just have to know where to look, soon enough, youll be right there. (stick with the companies that stick with sc drag racing) <TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by cotorresgee &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">if so can they make the classes 16 car fields Pretty Please!!!! </TD></TR></TABLE>


for a year that was transitioning, i believe some of these racers lost sponsors..... nhra/ pro stock truck.....hint

 

These were the days http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4bkZ3Pn1R8M

 

will BOTI be including the awd cars in a sportman class? Are there plans for any races closer to the southeast?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by SpeedDreamz.com &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">will BOTI be including the awd cars in a sportman class? Are there plans for any races closer to the southeast?</TD></TR></TABLE>

if not im sure they will, look what boti has done already this season .

 

like what we talked about earlier in the week, we are trying to cater to everyone.
by the time sema has come around we will be able to see some regional areas we will be covering.

please pm me what you would like to see in a awd/rwd street class . and i will carefully look them over with frank and get with everyone that will follow the class
anyway back to the thread!

 

As an added note to the PRO categories, the sportsman classes were packed.

Street Comp (Turbo): 29 entries

Street Performance (All motor): 26 entries

Grassroots racing is alive and well.

Having 16 car fields will be definately be addressed.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by bergenholtzracing &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">As an added note to the PRO categories, the sportsman classes were packed.

Street Comp (Turbo): 29 entries

Street Performance (All motor): 26 entries

Grassroots racing is alive and well.

Having 16 car fields will be definately be addressed.</TD></TR></TABLE>
damn 26 cars for S/P thats what i like to see...cant wait for next season already

 

whats wrong with the pro all motor class?

 

what about pro rwd, and dragsters... i think it would be nice to see the pro future grow too not just the sportsman ranks. those guys will be around no matter what...

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by widebodyeclipse &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote"> i think it would be nice to see the pro future grow too not just the sportsman ranks. those guys will be around no matter what...</TD></TR></TABLE>

Gotta take care of the sportsman to keep this going. pros arent built overnite. They all started out at the bottom.

 

Thanks for the replies, the future looks interesting for the PRO ranks. So if I understand correctly BOTI would like to race PRO against other classes? The PROs are running sub 8 second times, what other classes are going to be competitive with that? Mixing PRO RWD and FWD would be interesting.

And what about TV exposure Mr. Parks? Is BOTI working on that too? SPIKE TV or Speed (ESPN is probably out of the question)? Would like to see the next years exciting action on TV.

BOTI seems to have their hands around this thing pretty tightly, more so than NOPI.

GM,Honda,Toyota, and Mazda have put alot money and marketing into the PRO ranks, it would be a shame to see it go away.