{"id":97533,"date":"2024-09-09T16:11:31","date_gmt":"2024-09-09T23:11:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/?p=97533"},"modified":"2024-09-10T10:46:17","modified_gmt":"2024-09-10T17:46:17","slug":"2nd-pro-superstar-shootout-set-for-early-february-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/2nd-pro-superstar-shootout-set-for-early-february-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"2nd PRO Superstar Shootout set for Early February 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Erica Enders, Doug Kalitta and Austin Prock won the first PRO Superstar Shootout – Courtesy PRO<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

When the inaugural PRO Superstar Shootout was announced in 2023 for an early February 2024 date at Bradenton Motorsports Park in Florida, there were some who doubted this would be a roaring success. Thankfully, they were wrong. With practice and testing days, plus competition Thursday through Saturday, the inaugural race for Top Fuel, Funny Car and Pro Stock racers paid mountains of dollars to the three winners – Doug Kalitta, Austin Prock and Erica Enders – as well as entertaining thousands of race fans who flocked to the venue to see this new type of straight-line competition.<\/p>\n

Success breeds success and the second SCAG PRO Superstar Shootout is scheduled for February 6-8 at the same venue. \u201cThe inaugural shootout was a huge win for the fans, for PRO and its members,” said PRO president Alan Johnson. \u201cOur goal with the SCAG PRO Superstar Shootout is to give motorsports fans a unique event and to get them excited for the start of the 2025 NHRA season,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n

\u201cLast year we put on an amazing show that saw Doug Kalitta (Top Fuel), Austin Prock (Funny Car) and Erica Enders (Pro Stock) drive to exhilarating victories. This year,\u201d Johnson continued, \u201cwe will be looking to once again offer fans an unparalleled drag racing experience. We know interest in the PRO Superstar Shootout will be very high, which is why tickets re going on sale now to ensure fans from around the world can secure their entry.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Doug Kalitta won his first Top Fuel title in November 2023; he followed that with a win at Bradenton in February – Anne Proffit photo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Doug Kalitta fully realized the gravitas of winning the first PRO Superstar Shootout at Bradenton earlier this year. \u201cOn the heels of winning my first Top Fuel championship, winning the first PRO Superstar Shootout was pretty cool,\u201d he said. \u201cWe were all happy to win that race, but just making the eight-car field was incredibly tough,\u201d Kalitta reminded. \u201cThe whole deal was just really cool. It was something different for the drivers and teams, and the fans loved it. I am looking forward to getting back to Bradenton next year with our Mac Tools Kalitta Motorsports team.\u201d<\/p>\n

The successful format used by PRO will continue in 2025, with qualifying on both Thursday and Friday, and elimination round matchups of the eight-car field on Saturday determined by a chip draw, a unique feature for this event. The higher-qualified drivers will draw chips with competitor names that determine first-round match-ups. Subsequent rounds will also be decided by random draws, giving both fans and teams a thrill of uncertainty and excitement as Saturday\u2019s race day progresses.<\/p>\n

Once again, Top Fuel and Funny Car racers will face off in a fan-favorite Top Fuel versus Funny Car Chicago-style race. \u201cWe will be doing chip draws every round and we\u2019ll also highlight some strong Top Fuel versus Funny Car racing again in 2025,\u201d noted Bob Tasca III, who recorded a record-setting 341-mph run at last year\u2019s event. Unfortunately, it didn\u2019t count as a national record because the PRO event is not an NHRA-sanctioned contest.<\/p>\n

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Bob Tasca III set a milestone lap at 241mph in his Ford Mustang – Anne Proffit photo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cWe want this race to have a different feel and experience than a traditional national event,\u201d Tasca continued. \u201cThe drivers and teams like the format, because it\u2019s unpredictable and fun, and the fans let us know they loved it!\u201d<\/p>\n

Additional classes beyond Top Fuel, Funny Car and Pro Stock will be on the docket, including Top Sportsman, Stock and Super Stock. Over the three days of competition, the PRO Superstar Shootout will feature autograph sessions, driver Q&As and additional fan-friendly entertainment, as it did in 2024. Once again, the PRO Superstar Shootout is featured on FloRacing for all three days of competition.<\/p>\n

Victor Alvarez, owner of Bradenton Motorsports Park realized he had a winning event once it began and fans started streaming onto his facility. \u201cLast year was an amazing event that I couldn\u2019t imagine not doing again,\u201d Alvarez said. \u201cBradenton has a unique vibe. I take a lot of pride in that and I\u201dm extremely proud of our staff and everything that went into making last year such a success. When I bought that track,\u201d he mused, \u201ca dream of mine was to get the facility to a point where we could host special events like the PRO Superstar Shootout. I can\u2019t wait to work with PRO to make this year\u2019s event even better for the drivers, sponsors and, most importantly the fans.\u201d<\/p>\n

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After earning her sixth Pro Stock championship, Erica Enders won the PRO Superstar Shootout – Anne Proffit photo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

There will be added announcements about next February\u2019s PRO Superstar Shootout, which will include a test day on the Tuesday prior to the race, February 6. Participating drivers, added sponsors and a schedule of events will be announced shortly at www.prosuperstarshootout.com. To purchase tickets, go to: HERE!<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

When the inaugural PRO Superstar Shootout was announced in 2023 for an early February 2024 date at Bradenton Motorsports Park in Florida, there were some who doubted this would be a roaring success.<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":65,"featured_media":97537,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3470,5029],"tags":[407,8268,38,4801,9841,73,10758],"class_list":["post-97533","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-racing","tag-bradenton-motorsports-park","tag-floracing","tag-funny-car","tag-pro-stock","tag-pro-superstar-shootout","tag-top-fuel","tag-top-fuel-vs-funny-car"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Enders-Kalitta-Prock-celebrate-PRO-2024-wins-min-e1725923477832.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p42YSK-pn7","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97533","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/65"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=97533"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97533\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":97568,"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97533\/revisions\/97568"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/97537"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=97533"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=97533"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=97533"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}