Sarasota Going With New Race Organization/Series In 2015
10-20-2014, 02:26 PM
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So at some point SBI had approached the APBA race sites to run them under the newly formed SBI sanctioning body? What orgs raced in Key West and when ? SBI states it's their 34th annual event but SBI wasn't even formed 34 years ago ?
10-20-2014, 03:27 PM
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Want a professional national series for offshore? Here is my 2 cents. (And yes I race with OPA). You need 1 sanctioning body for a 6-8 race schedule, with races in east/west/north/south with 4 pro classes. Supercat, SS, SV, SVL. Pro class races on Sunday, GPS "sportsman classes" race on Saturday. It is a loose copy of what IMSA does with sports car racing. How to get there? No idea.......
10-20-2014, 04:45 PM
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When a Real pro series ONLY ! comes to pass there is NO room for (sportsman , p-class ,1-7 class ,)
So I hope youre in the upper range , cause the NEW org. doesn't include you lower classes.I mean lower as in rank .
So I hope youre in the upper range , cause the NEW org. doesn't include you lower classes.I mean lower as in rank .
10-20-2014, 08:19 PM
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Well, we are class 6, so we would not be among the big boys. Thing is, there aren't enough big boys to make much of an event themselves. And as any major pro series has, you need a feeder system/series. It would be a shame for the new org. to pass on increasing their boat counts and therefore, the entertainment value, by ignoring the smaller boats. Hey, what do I know? Been participating in pro road racing for 20+ years.
10-21-2014, 03:44 PM
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Well, we are class 6, so we would not be among the big boys. Thing is, there aren't enough big boys to make much of an event themselves. And as any major pro series has, you need a feeder system/series. It would be a shame for the new org. to pass on increasing their boat counts and therefore, the entertainment value, by ignoring the smaller boats. Hey, what do I know? Been participating in pro road racing for 20+ years.
As time goes by they will need money and then fit you in .
Remember this is oss all over again .
same tactics . come in from behind , wait till its dark and take what you can .when that's used up ,do it all over again , and here we are .
10-21-2014, 04:06 PM
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Today, SBI's supporters attack any new group because of a "lack of credibility"??????
You really can't make this sh*t up!
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10-21-2014, 05:11 PM
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If you never raced at a OSS event then your opinion means nothing about them. As far as I remembered EVERY racer was paid at the race site at the awards, Safety was 2nd to none, the staff was professional, race meetings were organized and on time, the rules were held to the highest standards, and it and the APBA LLC was as close to a professional org as I have ever been a part of. Yes it fell apart because it cost more money to run that type of org VS the hobby style racing we are all doing today. We can all just take the word professional out of what we are all doing now. Its a fun hobby !!!!
