NMA Grand National Norman, OK

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Anybody hear how it's going in Norman? No updates on their Facebook page, or OMC track page either. Can't find any live scoring etc. I know the Ponca Nationals are giving them a hit on their entries. I got an email from OMC a couple weeks ago that because of qualifying rainouts everyone was welcome to race this year.
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j368 7/20/2014 12:01pm
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dirtbikemike wrote:
120 entries is what I have heard at Norman.
Wow, not much. Way less than an OK State race. Rodney at OMC is a great guy too. Probably the last year for that event.
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Squid-mom 7/20/2014 12:07pm
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No live timing there. I was told 156 entries, with 250C Stock being the largest class with 14 riders.
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What a shame, that race always used to get 2,000 plus every year. Then on to Tennessee.
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j368 7/20/2014 12:27pm
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Squid-mom wrote:
No live timing there. I was told 156 entries, with 250C Stock being the largest class with 14 riders.
Wow, I guess everyone one will get out of there early. Anybody hear the number of entries at Ponca?
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j368 7/20/2014 12:31pm
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What a shame, that race always used to get 2,000 plus every year. Then on to Tennessee.
I hear you, amateur entries are way down everywhere except LL's. Local races just a few short years ago would get 2-300+ entries. State races 4-500+ was the norm. Amateur racing is definitely on the decline.
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Squid-mom 7/20/2014 6:18pm
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Ponca looks like it has about 400 entries. Not great, but alot better than Norman. Back as recently as 2011 Ponca would have more entries than that in just the C classes.
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Within a few years we lost the Lake Whitney / Mosier Valley spring nationals and the Ponca City / LL tandem.

Sucks
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crusher773 7/21/2014 1:18pm
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I don't see how anyone is surprised OMC is not nearly the caliber of track it should be for a big race like that. It's alright for an OK state race or something but not for a national. I don't feel like it was even one of the better OK State race tracks.
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Forza 7/21/2014 1:20pm
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CCMX wrote:
Within a few years we lost the Lake Whitney / Mosier Valley spring nationals and the Ponca City / LL tandem.

Sucks
Lake Whitney was the best!
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MarkF 7/21/2014 1:25pm
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crusher773 wrote:
I don't see how anyone is surprised OMC is not nearly the caliber of track it should be for a big race like that. It's alright...
I don't see how anyone is surprised OMC is not nearly the caliber of track it should be for a big race like that. It's alright for an OK state race or something but not for a national. I don't feel like it was even one of the better OK State race tracks.
I had a great time racing there a couple of years back with Dennis Hawthorne and Whisperen Smith. It poured rain the days prior and the track was incredible.

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