Ponca 2016 rain

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Ponca got dumped on. Anyone have an update?
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kzizok 10/6/2016 7:23am
10/6/2016 7:23am Edited Date/Time 10/6/2016 7:44am


Tonkawa is the town just East of I 35 on the highway going into Ponca. About 10 or so miles away. Got a lot of rain in that area but looks to dry out quick and weather should be awesome moving forward. Plus, people are so used to bad weather in Oklahoma, flash flooding means they get to break out the two man bass boat in the neighborhood.

Looks like one of the Ponca traditions is still active!
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steveyd 10/6/2016 8:12am
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Yep. In July or in October, schedule a race and batten down the hatches. Long night for the hundreds in motor homes parked outside the track for today's entry, with many making an exodus to nearby WalMart and Lowe's parking lots.
Have pictures of the new lakes on site, but too depressing to post.
On the flip, the sun is out and Harold Martin has a big crew on hand -- Tracy Freeman and Chris Frye of MX343, Luke Stinson from Midwest Extreme Park, Tommy Eaton from Compound 77, others -- and if anyone can pull it together, Moto Playground can.

Fingers crossed, tall boots on.
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crusher773 10/6/2016 10:11am
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I got an email that they postponed opening until 3 today. Once this clears out tonight looks like it will be good. We decided instead of going out tonight and camping in storms to just leave early in the morning.
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kzizok 10/6/2016 12:11pm
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crusher773 wrote:
I got an email that they postponed opening until 3 today. Once this clears out tonight looks like it will be good. We decided instead of...
I got an email that they postponed opening until 3 today. Once this clears out tonight looks like it will be good. We decided instead of going out tonight and camping in storms to just leave early in the morning.
Let us know how it goes, if you can.

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steveyd 10/6/2016 3:36pm
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crusher773 wrote:
I got an email that they postponed opening until 3 today. Once this clears out tonight looks like it will be good. We decided instead of...
I got an email that they postponed opening until 3 today. Once this clears out tonight looks like it will be good. We decided instead of going out tonight and camping in storms to just leave early in the morning.
kzizok wrote:
Let us know how it goes, if you can.
Water all pumped off and draining and pits are starting to fill up. There's a line right out into the street and up and around the block and on and on, just like it was 1989 or something.
Fantastic job by Moto Playground and track crew in getting the place back together so well and so fast.
Looking forward to an epic next three days.
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kzizok 10/6/2016 4:17pm
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crusher773 wrote:
I got an email that they postponed opening until 3 today. Once this clears out tonight looks like it will be good. We decided instead of...
I got an email that they postponed opening until 3 today. Once this clears out tonight looks like it will be good. We decided instead of going out tonight and camping in storms to just leave early in the morning.
kzizok wrote:
Let us know how it goes, if you can.
steveyd wrote:
Water all pumped off and draining and pits are starting to fill up. There's a line right out into the street and up and around the...
Water all pumped off and draining and pits are starting to fill up. There's a line right out into the street and up and around the block and on and on, just like it was 1989 or something.
Fantastic job by Moto Playground and track crew in getting the place back together so well and so fast.
Looking forward to an epic next three days.
Man, that really is good news to hear. Perhaps this is the beginning of a new tradition?
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Cygnus 10/6/2016 5:03pm
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kzizok wrote:
Let us know how it goes, if you can.
steveyd wrote:
Water all pumped off and draining and pits are starting to fill up. There's a line right out into the street and up and around the...
Water all pumped off and draining and pits are starting to fill up. There's a line right out into the street and up and around the block and on and on, just like it was 1989 or something.
Fantastic job by Moto Playground and track crew in getting the place back together so well and so fast.
Looking forward to an epic next three days.
kzizok wrote:
Man, that really is good news to hear. Perhaps this is the beginning of a new tradition?
Yea no doubt.
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kzizok 10/6/2016 5:35pm
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Hell, I got a new camera and a free weekend?
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crusher773 10/6/2016 6:33pm
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Hope there are still some decent parking spots left in the morning.
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Big Poppy 10/6/2016 8:12pm
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Pretty sure there wont be over flow parking like in the past. Plus you no longer have to walk your bike everywhere!
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crusher773 10/7/2016 5:34am
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Anybody heard if practice is being delayed lots of people still in line trying to get in.
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Panic_Rev 10/7/2016 8:40am
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crusher773 wrote:
Anybody heard if practice is being delayed lots of people still in line trying to get in.
Practice set for 12.
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steveyd 10/7/2016 1:25pm
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kzizok wrote:
Let us know how it goes, if you can.
steveyd wrote:
Water all pumped off and draining and pits are starting to fill up. There's a line right out into the street and up and around the...
Water all pumped off and draining and pits are starting to fill up. There's a line right out into the street and up and around the block and on and on, just like it was 1989 or something.
Fantastic job by Moto Playground and track crew in getting the place back together so well and so fast.
Looking forward to an epic next three days.
kzizok wrote:
Man, that really is good news to hear. Perhaps this is the beginning of a new tradition?
At 3:20 local time that's how it looks.

Vendors, name brand semi trucks, race support, full gates lining up for practice on a well prepped track that was literally underwater about 28 hours ago.

Couldn't possibly overstate what Moto Playground has brought to the table in recently starved Ponca City tradition.
neverwasfastenuf 10/7/2016 1:41pm
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steveyd wrote:
Water all pumped off and draining and pits are starting to fill up. There's a line right out into the street and up and around the...
Water all pumped off and draining and pits are starting to fill up. There's a line right out into the street and up and around the block and on and on, just like it was 1989 or something.
Fantastic job by Moto Playground and track crew in getting the place back together so well and so fast.
Looking forward to an epic next three days.
kzizok wrote:
Man, that really is good news to hear. Perhaps this is the beginning of a new tradition?
steveyd wrote:
At 3:20 local time that's how it looks. Vendors, name brand semi trucks, race support, full gates lining up for practice on a well prepped track...
At 3:20 local time that's how it looks.

Vendors, name brand semi trucks, race support, full gates lining up for practice on a well prepped track that was literally underwater about 28 hours ago.

Couldn't possibly overstate what Moto Playground has brought to the table in recently starved Ponca City tradition.
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OleTex 10/7/2016 1:49pm
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kzizok wrote:
Man, that really is good news to hear. Perhaps this is the beginning of a new tradition?
steveyd wrote:
At 3:20 local time that's how it looks. Vendors, name brand semi trucks, race support, full gates lining up for practice on a well prepped track...
At 3:20 local time that's how it looks.

Vendors, name brand semi trucks, race support, full gates lining up for practice on a well prepped track that was literally underwater about 28 hours ago.

Couldn't possibly overstate what Moto Playground has brought to the table in recently starved Ponca City tradition.
neverwasfastenuf wrote:
Smile
Great news and awesome work by the crew.
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neysbo 10/8/2016 5:01am
10/8/2016 5:01am
Is there live timing for this race ?
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neysbo 10/8/2016 11:28am
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neysbo wrote:
Is there live timing for this race ?
kzizok wrote:
Ive never understood why these links are so hard to find.

http://live.escoremx.com/liveresults.asp
I don't think it was up earlier this morning , now when you go to escore they have a big logo for it to click on

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Krallang 10/8/2016 1:37pm
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Do they still make you push your bike a mile uphill to the starting line?
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kzizok 10/8/2016 3:14pm
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Krallang wrote:
Do they still make you push your bike a mile uphill to the starting line?
That died with the NMA.
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kzizok 10/8/2016 3:56pm
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Looks like a class that would be fun to watch.

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B-EVANS 10/8/2016 5:10pm
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kzizok wrote:
[img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2016/10/08/155058/s1200_image.jpg[/img] Looks like a class that would be fun to watch.


Looks like a class that would be fun to watch.

It was! Marley got into lead at end of 1st lap and was gone. His corner speed is still crazy. 2nd-5th was good race. Track was best I've ever seen it, especially after the flood. Lot of new dirt, disked deep, deep ruts and rough. Disappointed I didn't get to race. I heard MotoPlayground has 3yr contract for this race and Ponca may ask them to run the Oklahoma State series race. Not sure if that's true or not but hope so, cause the track was much better today than it has been the last few years at state race.
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Stuntman949 10/8/2016 5:31pm
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Greg Albertson ripping!
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mxwrench66 10/9/2016 3:38pm
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I might have to save that result sheet
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Anyone know how the masterpool bros did?

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