Make Ponca Great Again

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It seems like motoplayground is putting a lot of energy into trying to make this happen Oct 7-9. Does anyone have any insight? Is it an AMA race?
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ricko 8/25/2016 8:32am
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Ponca used to be a huge deal the week before lorettas, it has certainly died off, haven't seen anything on it in years.
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mb60 8/25/2016 9:26am
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No reason it can't be a cool race again with the history. As long as NMA has nothing to do with it good luck.
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Mini Elsinore 8/25/2016 12:31pm
8/25/2016 12:31pm

The Playground crew are good folks.
Hope it does well.

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Braap19 8/25/2016 1:20pm
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ricko wrote:
Ponca used to be a huge deal the week before lorettas, it has certainly died off, haven't seen anything on it in years.
All about money is my opinion of why it died off. It got costly to go to. And then having Loretta's so close too.
lostboy819 8/25/2016 1:20pm
8/25/2016 1:20pm
Having it in October when its perfect weather is way better than having it in August.
lostboy819 8/25/2016 1:24pm
8/25/2016 1:24pm Edited Date/Time 8/25/2016 1:25pm
Braap19 wrote:
All about money is my opinion of why it died off. It got costly to go to. And then having Loretta's so close too.
The NMA screwed themselves and with the cost of racing always going up I think it made more sense for people to just do LLs where they were treated better. Now that the NMA is all but dead after losing out after the Norman races and are not involved with Ponca its a great event again they just need the riders to start coming back.
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Beast666 8/25/2016 2:43pm
8/25/2016 2:43pm
I always preferred racing Ponca over LL as there was more stuff to do in the city when you were not racing.
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mxracer239 8/25/2016 4:40pm
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Gonna be a big race at Sundance mx park in caulksville, AR Sep 17 an 18 sundancemxpark.com
TripleFive 8/25/2016 5:36pm
8/25/2016 5:36pm
Haven't they always had a fall race?
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CrGuy2T 8/25/2016 6:42pm
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ricko wrote:
Ponca used to be a huge deal the week before lorettas, it has certainly died off, haven't seen anything on it in years.
I would say a lot has to do with the price of racing and equipment now. Before it was the top Loretta kids would make the stop on the way there and the rest usually were the over flow that couldn't make it to LL. I think now it cost so much for qualifiers and regionals the over flow can't afford to make another run across the country. Also there just isn't as many people out there like there was from the mid 80's to the early 2000's. Just my opinion.
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824 Dad 8/25/2016 7:58pm
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Went to Ponca twice with my son, '03 and '04 I think, always had a great time there. The 'O4 trip was on the way to LL Race
Sr_Vet_Rider 8/25/2016 9:51pm
8/25/2016 9:51pm
mb60 wrote:
No reason it can't be a cool race again with the history. As long as NMA has nothing to do with it good luck.
Well, it's a bitchen facility and I'm pretty sure NMA is no longer, so that would be possible.
NMA screwed that race up so bad every year with overwatering and ripping it 6'deep. But Kurt was all about prepping them for the AMA tracks and his riders that he trained got special treatment for race order schedules and track prep breaks. I loved the facility, but hated driving all that way for a track that was ruined by his ways....
Sr_Vet_Rider 8/25/2016 9:58pm
8/25/2016 9:58pm
824 Dad wrote:
Went to Ponca twice with my son, '03 and '04 I think, always had a great time there. The 'O4 trip was on the way to...
Went to Ponca twice with my son, '03 and '04 I think, always had a great time there. The 'O4 trip was on the way to LL Race
Nice to see you posting buddy. I was there both years too. Ricky killed it after they moved him to Int. I got picks of him in underwear and boots, out in the rain. Tanner choked both years, not a good mud rider...
Hope all is good, miss talking to you. The Jesse Nelso accident, has made me relive the crash at Whitney. I told the story the other day and still get choked up about it all. When you both took the bikes out on the track the year after the accident, that was a feeling that I've since had. Goosebumps and a lot of tears can't come close to describing that day.
Hope you and Ricky are doing good man, I think about you both a lot, even more the last 2 weeks Sad
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kzizok 8/26/2016 1:53am
8/26/2016 1:53am Edited Date/Time 8/26/2016 1:54am
NMA has folded. Ponca has one race per year for an Oklahoma state race Thats it. The annual summer national is no longer.

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