Ponca City is Back!

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Glad to see motoplayground reviving the Ponca City, OK National. Looks like a majority of the top amateurs are in attendance.

http://motoplayground.escoremx.com/class.asp?s=&c=&e=15
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lostboy819 10/16/2020 7:33pm
10/16/2020 7:33pm Edited Date/Time 10/19/2020 2:03am
Once NMA got the boot and moto playground took over it gets stronger every year and now that riders are pickier and choose fewer races to hit the rider turnout grows every year. Even though its not cheap to go its less money than LLs. But when it comes down to it, both races are worth going to. I likes it when you would do Ponca then drive all night to LLs and do both races.
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dboivin 10/16/2020 7:47pm
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was my favorite place in the world in the 80's. glad to see it come back
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lostboy819 wrote:
Once NMA got the boot and moto playground took over it gets stronger every year and now that riders are pickier and choose fewer races to...
Once NMA got the boot and moto playground took over it gets stronger every year and now that riders are pickier and choose fewer races to hit the rider turnout grows every year. Even though its not cheap to go its less money than LLs. But when it comes down to it, both races are worth going to. I likes it when you would do Ponca then drive all night to LLs and do both races.
Ponca is half of what LL is. Multiple reasons.
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xrmark 10/17/2020 7:07pm
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How many more times is Ponca going to come back? Seems every year “Ponca is back!” Still is nothing what it used to be.
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numbers 10/17/2020 7:09pm
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lostboy819 wrote:
Once NMA got the boot and moto playground took over it gets stronger every year and now that riders are pickier and choose fewer races to...
Once NMA got the boot and moto playground took over it gets stronger every year and now that riders are pickier and choose fewer races to hit the rider turnout grows every year. Even though its not cheap to go its less money than LLs. But when it comes down to it, both races are worth going to. I likes it when you would do Ponca then drive all night to LLs and do both races.
bama205 wrote:
Ponca is half of what LL is. Multiple reasons.
But twice the track.
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crusher773 10/17/2020 8:01pm
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Yeah we went the first year and haven't been back since. Way over priced for what it is. Much better races to go to for less money. Ponca used to be awesome. It wasn't awesome when we went.
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lostboy819 10/17/2020 8:17pm
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NMA had a great race for years and then they started to suck it dry and stuck it to the riders so they quit coming, even AC when he was the king of the minis told them he would not come back. Finally NMA went all but out of business and a few different attempts to get Ponca going and then they had competing races in OKC but they fell flat too.Then Moto Playground came in and it took a few years but the classes are full again and they treat the riders right, looks like people are hitting both LLs and Ponca again and it helps that its not in August when its so hot and nasty.
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B Gotti 10/18/2020 1:53am
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Haven't they had a few LL regionals there in the last few years?
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MotoChris 10/18/2020 2:26am
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B Gotti wrote:
Haven't they had a few LL regionals there in the last few years?
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lostboy819 wrote:
NMA had a great race for years and then they started to suck it dry and stuck it to the riders so they quit coming, even...
NMA had a great race for years and then they started to suck it dry and stuck it to the riders so they quit coming, even AC when he was the king of the minis told them he would not come back. Finally NMA went all but out of business and a few different attempts to get Ponca going and then they had competing races in OKC but they fell flat too.Then Moto Playground came in and it took a few years but the classes are full again and they treat the riders right, looks like people are hitting both LLs and Ponca again and it helps that its not in August when its so hot and nasty.
Not sure what you looked at but those classes weren't full.
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crt32 10/18/2020 7:38pm
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Kitchen, Leblanc, Amerine, Romano, Reynolds, Bennick, Deegan, Jarvis, Dunn, and many more fast amateurs were in attendance. It might not totally be back to the glory days but it's almost there, and it's exciting to see the transformation over the past few years thanks to motoplayground!
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crt32 wrote:
Kitchen, Leblanc, Amerine, Romano, Reynolds, Bennick, Deegan, Jarvis, Dunn, and many more fast amateurs were in attendance. It might not totally be back to the glory...
Kitchen, Leblanc, Amerine, Romano, Reynolds, Bennick, Deegan, Jarvis, Dunn, and many more fast amateurs were in attendance. It might not totally be back to the glory days but it's almost there, and it's exciting to see the transformation over the past few years thanks to motoplayground!
Any results.
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Zoom 10/18/2020 8:09pm
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It's definitely gaining some traction. Harold and the Moto Playground crew are doing a great job.

Yes, they had a LL Regional there this year.

BTW, there is only 1 AMA National and of course that is LL. A lot of people call these AMA "Major Events" or "Featured Events" nationals, but they are not. The only way a rider can be an AMA Amateur Champion is to win Loretta's. Just sayin'...
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xrmark 10/18/2020 8:11pm
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Zoom wrote:
It's definitely gaining some traction. Harold and the Moto Playground crew are doing a great job. Yes, they had a LL Regional there this year. BTW...
It's definitely gaining some traction. Harold and the Moto Playground crew are doing a great job.

Yes, they had a LL Regional there this year.

BTW, there is only 1 AMA National and of course that is LL. A lot of people call these AMA "Major Events" or "Featured Events" nationals, but they are not. The only way a rider can be an AMA Amateur Champion is to win Loretta's. Just sayin'...
It used to be a big deal to win ponca...
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Dutch348 10/18/2020 8:13pm
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Haiden Deegan won two titles. Gonna be fun to watch him move up to big bikes.
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Zoom 10/18/2020 8:29pm
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Zoom wrote:
It's definitely gaining some traction. Harold and the Moto Playground crew are doing a great job. Yes, they had a LL Regional there this year. BTW...
It's definitely gaining some traction. Harold and the Moto Playground crew are doing a great job.

Yes, they had a LL Regional there this year.

BTW, there is only 1 AMA National and of course that is LL. A lot of people call these AMA "Major Events" or "Featured Events" nationals, but they are not. The only way a rider can be an AMA Amateur Champion is to win Loretta's. Just sayin'...
xrmark wrote:
It used to be a big deal to win ponca...
True.

Its was the NMA National Championship. Riders that won that race were considered an NMA National Champion.

My point was that a lot of people including in the "industry" call AMA Featured Events, and AMA Major Events a national. Like the Spring Championship at Freestone, Mini O's and a few others. No where on those events awards or advertising will you see the word "national."

Because there is only 1 AMA Amateur National and that is Loretta's.
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Dutch348 wrote:
Haiden Deegan won two titles. Gonna be fun to watch him move up to big bikes.
He should be racing against Ferry and not cherry picking.
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WVHick 10/19/2020 9:29am
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He should be racing against Ferry and not cherry picking.
I don't think he's cherry picking is he? Haiden doesn't have a 125 race bike. He races superminis. Ferry doesn't race superminis.
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WVHick 10/19/2020 9:32am
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I suppose Deegan and Ferry could battle in Schoolboy, but Haiden would be on a lesser bike.
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WVHick wrote:
I suppose Deegan and Ferry could battle in Schoolboy, but Haiden would be on a lesser bike.
I just seen a video where Bryan talks about his kid riding national tracks to get use to them. You gotta stary racing your future completion sooner or later. Id say the sooner the better.
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Dutch348 wrote:
Haiden Deegan won two titles. Gonna be fun to watch him move up to big bikes.
numbers wrote:
He should be racing against Ferry and not cherry picking.
He's always been a year behind Ferry and he's still pretty small...
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Dutch348 wrote:
Haiden Deegan won two titles. Gonna be fun to watch him move up to big bikes.
numbers wrote:
He should be racing against Ferry and not cherry picking.
DonM wrote:
He's always been a year behind Ferry and he's still pretty small...
Getting your driver's lisence before riding a big bike seams like a joke.
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bama205 11/30/2020 9:00pm
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lostboy819 wrote:
Once NMA got the boot and moto playground took over it gets stronger every year and now that riders are pickier and choose fewer races to...
Once NMA got the boot and moto playground took over it gets stronger every year and now that riders are pickier and choose fewer races to hit the rider turnout grows every year. Even though its not cheap to go its less money than LLs. But when it comes down to it, both races are worth going to. I likes it when you would do Ponca then drive all night to LLs and do both races.
bama205 wrote:
Ponca is half of what LL is. Multiple reasons.
numbers wrote:
But twice the track.
and plenty of tracks are twice that yet of Ponca

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Dutch348 wrote:
Haiden Deegan won two titles. Gonna be fun to watch him move up to big bikes.
numbers wrote:
He should be racing against Ferry and not cherry picking.
The kid is racing on the bike size and age group that he fits in. What is not fair? That is not cherry picking. Get a clue.
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