It’s sad for me to hear this news from NOPI Motorsports. They have been a major partner to the automotive industry for many years. Like everything - times change. The market is maturing and people are moving forward. The automotive industry and the aftermarket industry is doing very well. In fact it is giving us time to finally see the markets focused and moved toward a strong environment for enthusiasts for years down the road.

I wish NOPI the very best. No matter what anyone says, they have been here a long time, and have provided events that many of us have extremely found memories of!

Get ready to see some great things in the market. The focus will take place here very soon - and top industry leaders will help step up and push the market where it needs to go. The future is bright - and full of promise. It’s going to be exciting to see who comes forth and helps shape the industry and help build it - like its meant to be built. Read the rest of this entry »

In an effort to better serve all of NOPI’s sponsors, racers, spectators and enthusiasts, NOPI has compiled a list of frequently asked questions regarding the unfortunate cancellation of the NOPI Colorado and NOPI Utah events. NOPI prides itself on presenting the best automotive racing and car show series available and is deeply committed to all of its sponsors, fans and racers.

When will the enthusiasts that have pre-registered for the car show be refunded?

Pre-registrants started to be refunded on 6/11/08. It takes up to 14 days to show on statements.

When will drag racers and drifters that have pre-registered be refunded?

Competitors started to be refunded on 6/11/08. It takes up to 14 days to show on statements.

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Theory works close with NOPI Motorsports and NOPI Motorsports has just released this news to the public.

Effective immediately, NOPI Motorsports is forced to cancel two upcoming NOPI Events located in Colorado (Drag Race and Car Show) previously set for June 21^st and 22^nd as well as the Utah event (Drag Race, Drift and Car Show) previously set for July 18^th and 19^th of 2008. NOPI Motorsports has faced extreme weather at their past 8 events, which has affected NOPI events in a great way. Each event the NOPI staff has pushed through these adversities to accommodate all of its sponsors, racers and fans in the best way possible given the circumstances. Many times events have been postponed and made up at a future event due to weather shutting down tracks and making it unsafe to run on.

This unfortunate turn of events has placed a major financial burden on NOPI Motorsports, which already faces an extremely challenging economy. With fuel costs at a record high, people are watching all of their extracurricular activities, and taking a chance at attending an event that would possibly be affected by weather plays a negative roll. “We have been running top notch events for years now,” said Michael Meyers, President of NOPI Motorsports. “I have never been faced with anything like this. We are having incredible support from racers and fans this year, in fact some of the best action we’ve ever seen has taken place here in 2008. There was no way to forecast any of this. We are working through all of it to see how we can make these events up. I apologize for the inconvenience this has caused to everyone. This is a major setback for NOPI Motorsports and new territory for all of us.”

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This weekend, for the first time ever, NOPI came to Old Bridge Township Raceway Park in Englishtown, NJ. For NOPI’s inaugural event in New Jersey, NOPI sure pulled off an outstanding event. The 2008 season hasn’t been the best for NOPI when it comes to weather and this weekend was no different. Saturday the weather was cold and misty for most of the day which meant that the action would have to wait and hope for a more forgiving Sunday. The forecast looked much better for Sunday though and by 11AM the skies had cleared up and the event was filling with spectators.

There were over 21,000 people in attendance to check out variety of events that NOPI Motorsports has to offer. Englishtown is known for great racing action and this weekend didn’t disappoint. Racers from all over the country and Puerto Rico came out in full force to see who would take home top honors this weekend. NOPI had 201 drag racers show up to compete this weekend and also had 25 drifters show up to contend for the top prize in NOPI Drift. Car show competitors also arrived from all over to see who had the hottest car. There were cars on display for every type of motorsport fan, from old school Honda’s to supercharged Hummer’s. In total there were 550 entrants that registered to show their rides in the car show.

NOPI is all about motorsports, so of course there was incredible Drag Racing and Drifting all weekend long. Here are the Drag and Drift results from this weekend.

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Theory worked with our client GM on the 2nd event this year, which went great! Theory organized the ECOtec Owners meet for the May 5th event at Old Bridge Raceway in Englishtown, NJ. All went according to plan even with forecasted rain storms for the weekend. The ECOtec owners came out and force and Theory got people to come from as far as New Hampshire to attend the event. Theory even stood outside the venue and gathered ECOtec owners that weren’t planning on attending the meeting to come inside and be a part of the festivities. A great time was had by all and all the GM VIP Owners got an exclusive look at the GM Racing program and a sneak peak at the new HHR SS and Cobalt SS.

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