Ponca City 2015 turnout

Racerx930 wrote:

What is all this talk? Moto Playground has taken over the efforts this year and has advertised it better than any race I've ever seen. Of...

What is all this talk? Moto Playground has taken over the efforts this year and has advertised it better than any race I've ever seen. Of course the fact that some people don't know about it means I'm wrong............ I expect a big turn around this year based off Playgrounds "Boom diggity" success. www.poncamx.com

kzizok wrote:

I haven't seen any advertising but heard about the fall race on here in a thread. Man, I hope you are right about the turnout, I...

I haven't seen any advertising but heard about the fall race on here in a thread. Man, I hope you are right about the turnout, I really do, but I would be surprised if there were more than 150 riders. The Branson race at that time used to get decent draws before the flooding debacle. Racing in the fall is awesome. But, people will be reinvigorating funds after LL's and planning for Mini O's so a race sandwiched between those two seems like a tall order in today's amateur climate.

Racerx930 wrote:

I want to disagree with the 150 rider thing, but there's things they are doing that make me realize they just don't understand RUNNING a race...

I want to disagree with the 150 rider thing, but there's things they are doing that make me realize they just don't understand RUNNING a race. Those guys are moto to the core no doubt about it, but they keep posting things that just make me shake my head. First it was the over 25 and over 40 classes ONLY for the vet classes, yet 5 50 classes. They were however open to input and fixed this.

Today they posted that "They are limiting it to 42 entries per class". While the novice classes of the late 90's and early 2k's had 200'ish novice riders, I'd say that's their only class with a shot at hitting 42. If I didn't pre-register I'm not driving from California if there's even the slight chance that i might not get to race when I get there. I see what they are trying to do, but it doesn't work. The big Junior moto X deal at the Lazy E tried the same thing with the riders can only race so many classes, I think they had less than 200 entries (might have been slightly over 200 but can't remember). They are trying to make it sound exclusive but it's not going to help.

JuniorMotoX wrote:

I think that Harold and Greg have done a great job so far and are working hard to invigorate amateur motocross. I might have more reasons...

I think that Harold and Greg have done a great job so far and are working hard to invigorate amateur motocross. I might have more reasons than anyone to question what they are doing but instead love the idea that they are willing to listen to the families and racers and make adjustments as needed. Nice !

I plan to fly in for the event and support them any way I can. Good for amateur racing = good for all of us.

Not sure who mentioned that they don't know how to run a race (or something to that effect) but the point in limiting entries is to eliminate the short riding times, eliminate the over crowded classes and have a high quality event as the first priority.

We will see how it goes but they seem to have the basics nailed down pretty well.

Oklahoma is a happening moto destination these days.