We arrived Saturday afternoon in Ponca City, OK for the NMA Grand National Championship. We parked in the pre parking area and were directed into the racetrack on Sunday afternoon. We parked right beside the track but with no hook up. We parked beside some friends from Mississippi and Pennsylvania, the Jenkins and Yoests. On Monday there was practice. On Tuesday we were awakened to the sound of motorbikes roaring around the track at 7am. Racing started every day at 7am and finished at 6pm.
On Monday evening we celebrated Janine’s birthday with the Jenkins and Yoests. We cannot publish Janine’s age but she was born in 1969.
On Tuesday Benjamin Jenkins broke his femur down the back straight in the last race of the day. Four other riders broke their femurs that day. Carnage. There were large braking bumps at the end of the straight where Benjamin crashed. We wish a speedy recovery for Ben.
Josiah raced in two classes at Ponca City, the 9-11 age 65cc stock and 9-11 age 65cc modified bike. Josiah rode Joel’s stock bike in both classes. Josiah did not make the 30 gate final in the modified class. It was difficult to compete with the modified 65cc bikes down the long start straight and back straight. In the stock class Josiah got 10th which was pleasing.
During the week Sarah got to spend quite a bit of time with her friend Erin Yoest. Joel made a friend at the track called Jackson. They did a lot of playing and swimming.
On Saturday morning after racing we left for Loretta Lynn’s Dude Ranch in Hurricane Mills, Tennessee. This was a 650 mile trip that took us 12 hours to travel. After consuming about 60-70 gallons of diesel, six cokes, McDonalds and pizza we finally arrived at Loretta Lynn’s 10 o’clock Saturday night. It was nice to have left Ponca City as it was extremely hot (over 100 F, 40 C) but Tennessee would prove to be just as bad.
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