After starting their motorsports careers separately, Bob Reynolds, Pat Reynolds and Roger Bateman joined forces to go on a successful 20-year run with their Showdown Funny Car Team. The trio got involved in the sport as owner-drivers in the early-to-mid-1960s, before Bob and Pat started working together in 1976; as co-owners of an NHRA Econo Funny Car, they spent four seasons together, with Bob as the driver.

The duo combined efforts again in 1983, partnering with Roger Bateman, as the group became co-owners of an NHRA Top Alcohol Funny Car; Bob served as crew chief, Pat as crew member/team manager, and Roger as the driver. The Showdown team went on a two-decade run, securing six Canadian NHRA Open championships, two AHRA World Championships, and the 1998 NHRA Division 6 Top Alcohol Funny Car title.

Bob won the 1998 NHRA Division 6 Jerry Verheul Memorial Sportsman Crew Chief of the Year honours during the team’s championship season. The trio also won a notable event down under, taking home the Australia Funny Car Challenge victory in 1989. The Showdown team was consistently competitive and a regular winner in NHRA divisional racing, picking up multiple track records in Western Canada and the U.S. along the way.

The team raced at many tracks across British Columbia, the Prairies and the Western U.S., while Bob and Roger also went south for roughly five races each winter in Puerto Rico and Aruba between the late-1980s and 2001. The trio went their separate ways after the 2003 season, with Bob serving as crew chief on various Top Alcohol Funny Car teams through 2010. Roger raced and crew chiefed various cars in NHRA divisions 5, 6 & 7 until 2021, winning three NHRA Division 5 Top Alcohol Funny Car championships and the 2009 IHRA Rocky Mountain Nationals.