HOT NEWS Archived Posts
Date 01-01-2007 to 06-30-2007 with the newest at the top of the page.
06-30-2007 MORE RAIN?
The rain did come today but it was very light rain and we actually did get
to see the sun for a change. What a beautiful sunset we had today. Now for
the track, things are not well. The rain has caused a huge amount of damage
and it has been to wet to work. There is a lot of washing damage but the
drainage has been keeping the track from staying underwater.
TOP OF PAGE (405) 235-3602 Track phone has info on Practice and Races.06-29-2007 STATE CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL
The announcement has been made Yukon BMX will host the 2007 Oklahoma State
Championship Final. The dates are as follows, check their website for the
most up to date info.
Sept. 7 Normal Friday race
Sept. 8 State Championship pre-race
Sept. 9 State Championship Finals Race
Times TBA
Now if we can get rid of all this rain maybe we could have a race in
Oklahoma! Sooner Pearl will be closed for the weekend. With more than 3
inches of rain falling in the last 24 hours the track is in SAD SHAPE.
Now if you are iching to race Heartland BMX in Topeka has a set of races
scheduled and last word is they are going to cover the track and race as
scheduled.
FRIDAY - RFL - sign-in's 6-7:30pm
SATURDAY - SCR - sign-in's 4:30-6pm
SUNDAY - RCQ - sign-in's 8-9:30am
785-271-1269
TOP OF PAGE 06-28-2007 MUCH MORE RAIN
The rain came again today and it was heavy several times during the day.
Not a pretty site to see roads closed and turning into rivers! Things are
not looking good and they are forecasting even more heavy rain for at least
one more day. In Oklahoma City it is starting to look like monsoon season
and the rain keeps coming down.
TOP OF PAGE 06-27-2007 BMX IN THE OLYMPICS
There has been some mention of BMX in the 2008 Beijing, China. Now you can
tell all your friends and prove it with video via the NBC web site. NBC
will broadcast the 2008 Olympics and their trailer for the Olympics is at
2008 Trailer.
This is a 3 minute 10 second video with 10 seconds of intense BMX racing
with a note this sport will be introduced in 2008. At 1 minute 25 seconds
on the countdown timer is when the racing and info on BMX start. Now this
will be seen by many and interest may start to build. CHECK IT OUT!
TOP OF PAGE 06-26-2007 MUCH RAIN, NO PRACTICE
We will cancel Practice tonight due to rain.
The official National Weather Service information shows .91 inches of rain
in the last 24 hours. Many areas in the metro area had much more and 1/3 of
the state is under a Flash Flood Warning. It looks like we may have a
somewhat drier day tomorrow but our forecast is for more rain till next
week. Things are not looking good for racing this coming weekend already.
TOP OF PAGE 06-25-2007 NO END IN SIGHT
More clouds and rain was in store for today. Most of the rain stayed away
until the evening. Things are not going to dry out for days and we have
more rain in the forecast. Most of the week is to be wet with several inches
of rain to fall this week. The track is now in bad shape and more rain will
not make things any better. We would like to mow and work on the track but
it has been to wet.
TOP OF PAGE (405) 235-3602 Track phone has info on Practice and Races.06-24-2007 NO RACE TODAY
We will cancel our race again today. This was not a good weekend for Sooner
Pearl. We had to cancel our WORK DAY yesterday, why you may ask. Seems the
power was off most of the day Saturday while the crews worked on the power
lines along Western Ave. for the highway relocation. About 5pm the power
was turned back on, just a few minutes before thunderstorms rolled across
the city.
Sooner Pearl BMX is starting a CAN DRIVE. Open to all District OK01 riders.
Bring in 10 pounds of aluminum cans and get a FREE RIBBON race, 20 pounds
gets a TROPHY or SAVER STAMP race. Help us clean up the environment and get
races and District Points for your time and work!
Our Rider Clinic at Sooner Pearl BMX have started again.
If you are interested give us a call at 405-235-3602 leave a
message with your riders name and a contact number. Dennison will call
you back.
TOP OF PAGE (405) 235-3602 Track phone has info on Practice and Races.06-23-2007 NO WORK DAY
Sorry there has been a change of plans today. We will not be able to have a
WORK DAY today as planned. As it looks we will not RACE Sunday June 24th
since the track is not in shape from all the rain we have had lately.
TOP OF PAGE 06-22-2007 NO RAIN TODAY, SO FAR....
It has been partly cloudy today with no rain to speak of so far. There is a
line of storms south and south east of town but it looks like it will slide
by town and we may have a day off. Well not a day off really since we have
a huge amount of work to be done at the track. We may have a WORK DAY
tomorrow if we don't get rain tonight, we will change this message later
today or early in the morning if we will be out working Saturday. We could
use your help, with your help we may be able to race Sunday.
TOP OF PAGE 06-21-2007 MODERATE RAIN TODAY
It started out like many days these last few weeks. Cloudy in the morning
and it looked like rain, then it hit us again. We get about 3/4 inch of
rain in a few minutes today. In the last 36 hours we have had just a little
under 2 inches and it looks like we have more on the way.
TOP OF PAGE 06-20-2007 SHOWERS TODAY
More cloudy skies and we had some light showers during the afternoon but
not any heavy rain like just south of here. This year has been a very wet
year by all means and it looks like we will have rain around for a few more
days as well. The track is getting real rough and will take a lot of work
to make it smooth enough to ride, racing is out of the question.
TOP OF PAGE (405) 235-3602 Track phone has info on Practice and Races.06-19-2007 NO PRACTICE
We will not Practice tonight due to the condition of the track. We may be
able to start working on the track Wednesday evening. There is a lot of
damage from all the rain and we will need help getting the track in shape
to use.
TOP OF PAGE 06-18-2007 SOME RAIN TODAY
We had another day of overcast skies and then the rain came later in the
day. At least it was not hard or heavy rain and it did not rain long.
We will not work on the track tonight and it looks like we may not be out
to work Tuesday evening.
TOP OF PAGE 06-17-2007 NO RACE TODAY
Again we started the day with overcast skies and rain looming. At noon we
have a line of heavy rain heading from the south into town. We will cancel
our race today. If it is not raining Monday evening we may be out to work
on the track (after 6pm) for our Tuesday Practice session.
TOP OF PAGE 06-16-2007 NO WORK TODAY
The day started out cloudy and looking like rain but that did not last long
after noon when it cleared up and things warmed up into the lower 80's. We
did not work on the track today and we did have a very light shower which
moved across town about 11am this morning but not enough rain to do much but
settle down the dust and cool it off for a while.
TOP OF PAGE 06-15-2007 MORE RAIN
The day started off dry or should we say without rain. We did have a few
showers move across town during the day but not anything like what we had
yesterday. We did go to the track late this evening and there was still a
little water standing in 2 places on the track. The drainage system did a
good job of draining the water away. Considering we the amount of rain we
have had in the last 2 days things are drained and the track is on it's way
to drying out now.
Our Rider Clinic at Sooner Pearl BMX have started again.
If you are interested give us a call at 405-235-3602 leave a
message with your riders name and a contact number. Dennison will call
you back.
TOP OF PAGE (405) 235-3602 Track phone has info on Practice and Races.06-14-2007 HEAVY RAIN TODAY
The day started with heavy rains early this morning and we had much more to
come during the day. Some areas of town have had some flash flooding since
everything is soaked and there is now where for the rain to go except into
the storm drains. We did get over 1 inch at the track during the day and
that has caused major damage to the track surface.
TOP OF PAGE 06-13-2007 DRY DAY
Even though we had a dry day today we will not be working on the track
tonight since the track is just to wet to work on currently. As it looks we
may have rain for the next several days and may not be able to have a race
on Sunday this weekend. We have rain in the forecast every day till Tuesday
of next week.
TOP OF PAGE 06-12-2007 NO PRACTICE TODAY
We will not be at the track tonight. Our hectic weekend has worn us down
and we are taking a few days to attend to other projects. If it is not
raining Thursday evening we would like to have a Work Day that evening to
get the track back in shape since our little rain storm Sunday evening.
Sooner Pearl BMX is starting a CAN DRIVE. Open to all District OK01 riders.
Bring in 10 pounds of aluminum cans and get a FREE RIBBON race, 20 pounds
gets a TROPHY or SAVER STAMP race. Help us clean up the environment and get
races and District Points for your time and work!
Our Rider Clinic at Sooner Pearl BMX have started again.
If you are interested give us a call at 405-235-3602 leave a
message with your riders name and a contact number. Dennison will call
you back.
TOP OF PAGE (405) 235-3602 Track phone has info on Practice and Races.06-11-2007 THANKS AGAIN
This last weekend was a great weekend for racing at Sooner Pearl BMX. Again
we would like to say THANK YOU to all who came out for our Race for Life
and our State Qualifier. We are working toward our donation amount and it
will be close to what we want. The Race for Life raised more donations this
year than we have in the past 3 years.
RACE FOR LIFE / STATE QUALIFIER
June 9-10, 2007
Saturday June 8th
Race for Life
Sunday June 9th
Oklahoma State Qualifier
A big weekend of racing at Sooner Pearl and things are looking good for
great racing action all weekend. The track is dry and ready to race, the
weather forecast has a very slight chance of rain and we have had some
great weather this week. Our volunteers have been working hard to prepare
so give them a big hand!
TOP OF PAGE 06-10-2007 ANNOUNCEMENT(8:00pm)
If you are interested in our announcement please click here
ANNOUNCEMENT
for those not interested in our announcement please click here
NOT INTERESTED
or wait a few seconds and this message will change.
NOTE:If this message does not change in a few seconds please click here
DID NOT CHANGE
IT CONTINUES?(8:30am)
First thing this morning is we have a large group of thunderstorms moving
toward the city. We will be leaving for the track about 8:30am and we will
update the phone message at 8:30am to say the race is still on. These
storms may move into town about 10am which is when we open Sign ups. CHECK THE PHONE MESSAGE!CHECK THE PHONE MESSAGE! STATE QUALIFIER
Sunday June 10th
Oklahoma State Qualifier
Sign ups 10-11:30am
TOP OF PAGE (405) 235-3602 Track phone has info on Practice and Races.06-09-2007 IT STARTS
The weekend of racing starts tonight at 6pm with Sign ups for the Race for
Life benefit race. The track looks good and things should go well tonight
since we were missed by the rain this morning. We have had a cloudy day
which has cooled it slightly but it is still warm. One good thing is we
have very little wind today.
RACE FOR LIFE / STATE QUALIFIER
June 9-10, 2007
Saturday June 8th
Race for Life
Sunday June 9th
Oklahoma State Qualifier
A big weekend of racing at Sooner Pearl and things are looking good for
great racing action all weekend. The track is dry and ready to race, the
weather forecast has a very slight chance of rain and we have had some
great weather this week. Our volunteers have been working hard to prepare
so give them a big hand!
TOP OF PAGE 06-08-2007 WORK DAY
We will be out working on the track again tonight from 6pm till dark. The
track is looking great from all the work we have done in the last few days.
Mother Nature has blessed us with fairly nice weather this week and we have
been out working hard to make the track look good for this weekend. We may
have some important NEWS to announce this weekend so stay tuned.
TOP OF PAGE 06-07-2007 MORE GOOD WEATHER
Today was a day to look at what we have and start looking to the future of
Sooner Pearl. As we have been saying the construction for the I-40 highway
re-location has begun. Things are changing daily in the corridor for the
and the work has been moving along well. The future will be here soon.
TOP OF PAGE 06-06-2007 NO RAIN TODAY
You just missed out on a really great day of Practice if you didn't make it
out last night. We had some great weather with very little wind but it was
a bit warm. Time is short to prepare for our races this weekend!
TOP OF PAGE 06-05-2007 $2 PRACTICE TODAY
Sooner Pearl will Practice today from 6-8pm and today only our fee is $2.
The track is dry and fast and we will be out working around the track if
you would like to volunteer to help we would appreciate your help.
TOP OF PAGE (405) 235-3602 Track phone has info on Practice and Races.06-04-2007 RACE YESTERDAY
What a day to be at the track! We had a bunch of people working very hard
before the race to get the entire track smooth and ready to race. What a
great job they did, THANK YOU! We had (for once) a great day to race with
somewhat cool temps and almost no wind, it was great.
TOP OF PAGE 06-03-2007 RACE TODAY
Sooner Pearl will race today with Sign ups from 1-2pm. The rain missed town
early this morning and we had no rain at the track. The track is dry and we
got quite a bit of work done yesterday so things are looking much better
both on and off the track. See you there!
TOP OF PAGE 06-02-2007 WORK DAY
Several of us will be out to work on the track today, we hope to complete
the track work and get ready to race Sunday. We still have rain in the
forecast for the next several days so we will have to wait till Sunday
morning to see if we will in fact race Sunday. We could use your help to
get the track smooth.
TOP OF PAGE 06-01-2007 MORE RAIN
No one went to the track to work today since we had rain moving into town
in the evening. We had a few light showers during the day but not enough
to do anything but knock down the dust and cool it off a little. The heavy
rain waited till about 6pm to come around.
TOP OF PAGE (405) 235-3602 Track phone has info on Practice and Races.05-31-2007 WORK DAY
We did get some work done today but without your help we did not do much.
Even though we have had some rain this week the areas we have been working
on is still in good shape. The track is looking much better and if the
heavy rain stays away we might be able to race this Sunday on a nice smooth
track.
TOP OF PAGE 05-30-2007 WORK DAY
We did manage to make it to the track today for a little work. We were
working on the track and not around the track. The weather was nice but we
have rain in the forecast and rain is in the forecast for the next several
days. We will be out working on the track most every evening till our
State Qualifier race on June 10th.
TOP OF PAGE (405) 235-3602 Track phone has info on Practice and Races.05-29-2007 NO PRACTICE
NO PRACTICE TODAY. We will be out working on the track tonight and you
could help. We are a volunteer organization and we could always use some
more volunteers. Your help just makes this place better. We will not be
mowing so if you would like to mowing bring a mower. Bring a rake and help
us get the track smooth.
ORANGE SHOW BMX + VH1
San Bernadino, - May 22, 2007
Set your TIVO's to record the first showing of Hollywood stars racing BMX
at Orange Show BMX on VH1. Sunday June 10th is the airing date and it will
be BMX to watch.
VH1`s Mega Hit Reality Show Celebrity Fit Club has returned for it`s 5th
Season this year and brings with it one of the wildest groups of large
celebrity`s ever. This years theme, the Men Vs. The Women and the cast
includes Maureen McCormick (The Brady Bunch), Dustin Diamond (Saved By
The Bell), Tiffany (pop star), Cledus T. Judd (country music artist),
Da Brat (Hip Hop Artist), Ross ?The Intern? Mathews (The Tonight Show),
Kimberley Locke (American Idol) and Warren G (rapper).
Sooner Pearl BMX is starting a CAN DRIVE. Open to all District OK01 riders.
Bring in 10 pounds of aluminum cans and get a FREE RIBBON race, 20 pounds
gets a TROPHY or SAVER STAMP race. Help us clean up the environment and get
races and District Points for your time and work!
Our Rider Clinic at Sooner Pearl BMX have started again.
If you are interested give us a call at 405-235-3602 leave a
message with your riders name and a contact number. Dennison will call
you back.
TOP OF PAGE (405) 235-3602 Track phone has info on Practice and Races.05-28-2007 MEMORIAL DAY
More rain today but only a few fast moving showers. Most of the day was
cloudy and we had a sprinkle here and there but for the most part it was
dry. The track is mostly dry, the turns are dry. The flat areas are still a
damp. We had a few riders out this weekend so some of the track is rough
from riding in the mud.
TOP OF PAGE 05-27-2007 NO RACE TODAY
NO RACE TODAY. The rain started at 2am this morning and at the time of this
posting it is still raining. Looking at the local radar we have several
more hours of rain still ahead of us. This month is going down in the
record books as the wettest May in Oklahoma City since records have been
kept. Looking at the headlines on the 'net' or the local papers we are not
the only area to get large amounts of rain, there has been flooding in many
states this month and several have died from the flooding.
TOP OF PAGE (405) 235-3602 Track phone has info on Practice and Races.05-26-2007 RACING AND WORKING
Another one of those cloudy days and we did get a small amount of rain
and misting rain very early this morning at the track. Not enough rain to
affect the track. By evening the track was dry enough to ride on again but
still not smooth all the way around since we did not work on the track due
to the rain. As far as racing Sunday goes that is still in the air. However
it is not looking good since we have a huge cluster of storms moving north
into the city from central Texas.
TOP OF PAGE 05-25-2007 RACING THIS WEEKEND?
NO RAIN TODAY. We made it one day without rain but it did not look good at
all. All day we had clouds but no rain. That made drying slow today but the
track is pretty dry already. It looks like we will be out working tomorrow
to get ready to race Sunday. We will see if we get any rain in the morning
before we head to work on the track.
TOP OF PAGE (405) 235-3602 Track phone has info on Practice and Races.05-24-2007 MORE RAIN TODAY
We had rain at sun up this morning. Parts of town got heavy rain for a
short time and other parts had more. After the heavy rain we did get some
very light rain which got a chance to soak in and make the track muddy.
Later in the day we went out and looked things over, the track had no water
standing on it and most of the rain had drained away. We worked on the last
straight and the finish line area. We do have rain in the forecast for the
entire weekend so we are not sure about racing this weekend.
TOP OF PAGE 05-23-2007 WHAT HAPPENED
Things went as planned yesterday and we have a great time at the track. We
did get some work done around the track. We did not work on the track as
we have rain in the forecast for tomorrow. The track looks good to the
second turn and we have worked on the second turn a little as well as the
third straight but neither are finished.
TOP OF PAGE 05-22-2007 PRACTICE TODAY
We will have a FREE PRACTICE tonight from 6-8pm. All ABA riders are welcome
to come out. We will be working on the track while you practice. The entire
track may not be smooth but we should be able to get it in shape before we
leave today. Come on out and have some fun.
TOP OF PAGE 05-21-2007 MORE CONSTRUCTION
Things are changing fast now that May 18th has past. May 18th was the day
all work on the temporary overhead lines were to have been moved on the
sides of the track. Well today the crews installed most all the poles and
started to string the new lines. This wet weather has caused the crews to
work after May 18th. The work will be done in another couple days if we can
get a few more rain free days. More construction on the I-40 re-location
project will be near as the utilities are the first items which will have
to move for the project. Below ground work will begin soon.
TOP OF PAGE 05-20-2007 RACE TODAY?
Since we will be at the track working please call the track phone for the
decision on racing today. We will update the message later today. As it
stands we will not be able to finish the track in time but we will know a
little later today. If we are not able to finish come on by and say hello
if you have time.
TOP OF PAGE (405) 235-3602 Track phone has info on Practice and Races.05-19-2007 RFL/WORK DAY
Many will be hard a work competing in racing today with the RFL at Yukon
BMX today. Some of those who are not racing will be out working on Sooner
Pearl to get the track in shape to race. Things are not looking good for
races this weekend due to the damage from our rains the last couple weeks.
We will be out working on the track today after noon.
To all the riders who have come to race this weekend 'GOOD LUCK' and THANK
YOU for supporting the BMX tracks in Oklahoma. Without YOU these tracks
would not continue to operate!
TOP OF PAGE 05-18-2007 NO WORK TODAY
This weather has caused some of our volunteers to miss WORK DAYS for many
reasons and today was another one of those days. Cold and flu season is
in the FALL but this year the RAIN we have had has caused a lot of sickness
from allergies and colds.
Don't forget Saturday Yukon BMX will have their annual Race for Life
benefit race. Signs ups are 10-11am, this is a double point race. Also
Sunday will be the second of the Oklahoma State Qualifier races at Yukon
BMX, Sign ups from 10-11:30am. See their web site for the most up to date
info on these races.
Yukon BMX Raceway
TOP OF PAGE 05-17-2007 WORK DAY
Today a few of us will be out working on the track during the day after
noon. It is a long way from getting to a point where the track is smooth
enough to race on and we have a lot of grass to mow all around.
It was a long time coming and there have been a few who have asked about
our State Qualifier race. Our official date (finally) cleared with ABA.
Sunday June 10th is the date, Sign ups 10-11:30am. Look for more info on
this race soon.
TOP OF PAGE 05-16-2007 MORE WORK
It was a productive day of work today. The track is looking a little better
since getting 6 inches of rain dumped on it in a few days. The grass is now
growing faster than ever. Even though it has not rained in a few days the
track is still damp just an inch under the surface. It has been fairly cool
since we had our last rain. Speaking of rain we have rain in the forecast
for tomorrow, a low chance but it is a chance.
TOP OF PAGE 05-15-2007 NO PRACTICE TODAY
Tonight we will cancel Practice. This is the time of year when many are
graduating from school and we will be out to attend a family member who is
finished with High School today. We will be out to work on the track
tomorrow evening after 6pm.
Our Rider Clinic at Sooner Pearl BMX have started again.
If you are interested give us a call at 405-235-3602 leave a
message with your riders name and a contact number. Dennison will call
you back.
TOP OF PAGE (405) 235-3602 Track phone has info on Practice and Races.05-14-2007 NO RAIN?
Hard to believe but we did not have any rain today for a change. It is
getting close to the time of each year when we will have no rain for some
time. All this rain has helped fill our lakes and get us out of a drought
situation. It was nice to see a day we did not get more rain. We have had
about 6 inches of rain just this month alone.
TOP OF PAGE 05-13-2007 NO RACE, MOTHERS DAY
We will not race today. It is one day which we decided to cancel to spent
time with MOM. Go spent time with MOM and have some fun while enjoying this
great weather (while it lasts). To all you Mothers out there, Have a very
happy Mothers Day and get rested up. Next year we will have a race just for
you!
TOP OF PAGE 05-12-2007 A DAY WITHOUT RAIN?
It was almost hard to believe but we had a day without rain! The track is
on its way to drying out and we like this kind of weather. The track is
in need of much work but we will not be working today. We have decided to
take a day to work on other things this weekend. This has been a terrible
month as far as weather is concerned. This month Oklahoma has had 14
tornadoes and our total for the year (so far) has been 23.
TOP OF PAGE 05-11-2007 YES MORE RAIN TODAY
This afternoon the track was on its way to be nice and dry but the rains
started again at 3:30. We had a hard rain for about 20 minutes which made
things very wet again. We have better weather in the forecast for the
weekend (if the forecast is close to right). We did have a much better
looking drain situation, since the new drain was installed. It looks like
a few of us will be out working this weekend to get the track in shape and
to get more mowing done. This rain has put the plants in overdrive and the
grass has been growing FAST everyday.
TOP OF PAGE 05-10-2007 RAIN TODAY
Well the cup is full now and we could use some nice weather for a change.
Even though it has been raining most every day the rain has affected most
everything at the track now. Since we put in the new drain most of the
rain we have had this week has already gone down the drain. Some nice dry
weather would let the track dry and we could get it back in shape for our
weekend race on Sunday.
TOP OF PAGE (405) 235-3602 Track phone has info on Practice and Races.05-09-2007 RAIN, RAIN, RAIN
The track has not been dry for many days now and it looks like it will not
break for a few more days if you believe the weather forecasters. Now is
the time of year when they seem to put rain in every day just to be safe.
They have been right to do so this week! All this rain has been good for
most everything but the track. We did get a new drain installed last night
so we have a better chance of draining the track since back before I have
been around Sooner Pearl. As the last shovel full of dirt was put back in
the ditch it started to rain!
TOP OF PAGE 05-08-2007 AGAIN MORE RAIN TODAY
We will not have Practice tonight due to the rain. The track is in fair
shape and will need quite a bit of work before we can race this Sunday.
A few of us will be out working on the track after 6pm tonight. We will be
trying to mow, weed eat and some will be working on the drainage.
ABA Announces YAMAHA WAVERUNNER
GIVEAWAY
Gilbert, Arizona - April 13, 2007
This year, the top district points earner in the ABA will win a
Waverunner. As if that's not enough, ABA is going to have a drawing for an
additional Waverunner from all 2007 District #1 riders who attained at
least 2000 points.
Sooner Pearl BMX is starting a CAN DRIVE. Open to all District OK01 riders.
Bring in 10 pounds of aluminum cans and get a FREE RIBBON race, 20 pounds
gets a TROPHY or SAVER STAMP race. Help us clean up the environment and get
races and District Points for your time and work!
Our Rider Clinic at Sooner Pearl BMX have started again.
If you are interested give us a call at 405-235-3602 leave a
message with your riders name and a contact number. Dennison will call
you back.
TOP OF PAGE (405) 235-3602 Track phone has info on Practice and Races.05-07-2007 MORE RAIN TODAY
The rain just seemed to keep coming and coming all day. Looks like we have
had near 3 inches of rain in the last 24 hours and the forecast has more
rain till Friday. The track is wet and we have a lot of water standing all
around the track. We did get some mowing done today and we will be out
tomorrow working if it is not raining.
TOP OF PAGE 05-06-2007 MORE RAIN TODAY?
We will cancel our race for today. We do this for safety since we have a
very ugly line of storms headed toward the city. It is better to be safe
and not chance it. Considering the weather we have had in Oklahoma, Kansas
and further north the last few days. With 80+ tornadoes of which more than
half came down from the sky in Oklahoma or Kansas. These storms are not
something you want to be around without shelter avaliable.
TOP OF PAGE 05-05-2007 RAIN TODAY?
While we where out working on the track today we did get some very light
rain. Just enough to pack the track without having to water forever. It was
a nice reminder that Mother Nature can help on some days. The track looks
very good and we have a lot of mowing to be done now.
TOP OF PAGE (405) 235-3602 Track phone has info on Practice and Races.05-04-2007 DID IT SNEEK UP ON YOU?
Just in case you have not been following other tracks in the area there
have been some Multi-Point and other races close by already this year.
Saturday Sand Springs BMX will have their State Qualifier race. Sign ups
are noon to 1pm. Visit their site at
Sand Springs BMX for
the latest info on this important race. GOOD LUCK!
TOP OF PAGE 05-03-2007 NO RAIN TODAY
Things really dried in a hurry today and by evening most of the track was
dry emough we would have to water before we did any work. All this rain has
made the grass grow fast, we will have to work hard to keep on top of this
stuff if the rain continues to come every few days.
TOP OF PAGE 05-02-2007 LIGHT RAIN TODAY
We did have some light rain over night at the track but things are already
starting to dry out. A couple riders wanted to ride on the wet track so we
now have a few places we will have to work on the track to get it back in
shape for racing. After the rain the track looked very good.
TOP OF PAGE 05-01-2007 NO PRACTICE TODAY
We will cancel Practice today due to the rain. We have not had much rain at
the track yet but we have more in the forecast for the rest of the week.
The track is muddy but has not had any damage from the rain since it has
been very light rain.
ABA Announces YAMAHA WAVERUNNER
GIVEAWAY
Gilbert, Arizona - April 13, 2007
This year, the top district points earner in the ABA will win a
Waverunner. As if that's not enough, ABA is going to have a drawing for an
additional Waverunner from all 2007 District #1 riders who attained at
least 2000 points.
Our Rider Clinic at Sooner Pearl BMX have started again.
If you are interested give us a call at 405-235-3602 leave a
message with your riders name and a contact number. Dennison will call
you back.
TOP OF PAGE (405) 235-3602 Track phone has info on Practice and Races.04-30-2007 VERY GOOD DAY
Don't let the BIG BOLD TEXT fool you! We will be getting rain today,
right now we don't know just how much. The BIG BOLD TEXT is for a
reason. We just want to say THANK YOU to everyone who came out to
race yesterday. So if you have not heard there was a Rider Clinic before
races Sunday, a private team clinic for the Sun Bru 'Oklahoma' team. We
must say watch out if you race against this team.
TOP OF PAGE (405) 235-3602 Track phone has info on Practice and Races.04-29-2007 RACE TODAY
We will race today with Sign ups from 1-2pm. The track is in awesome shape
with all the work from the last week. All of the track has seen someone
working to make the track smooth. We had a great day of work yesterday and
the track is really looking nice. We should have a fine day on tap to race
today. See you there.
TOP OF PAGE 04-28-2007 TRACK WORK DAY
For those who really care we will be out workng on the track today most all
day. With the rain we had Friday morning came a bunch of muddy track and
that is what we will be working on today. We could use your help.
TOP OF PAGE 04-27-2007 RAIN AND MUD
So the rain came today and for once it was a good rain. The track did get a
little muddy but we were out working on it this evening. Looks like things
are on track to have a good Sunday race this weekend. We have been looking
to get things going and it seems we have connected.
TOP OF PAGE 04-26-2007 MORE TRACK WORK
Since we had the train a couple days ago the track has dried nicely and we
were out working on it tonight. The only area we did not work on last
Sunday was the focus of our attention today. We did have to water the turn
before we worked on it as it had already dried out on the surface. Now it
is in much better shape and much smoother than it has been for some time.
TOP OF PAGE 04-25-2007 NO ACTIVITY TODAY
The rain has put on hold any work on the track today. Most of the track is
still to wet to work today so we will not be out to work tonight. The
weather is supposed to clear up and warm up in the next couple days then we
have rain on the table for Friday. Since the track will be dry if it rains
Friday we will be able to race on Sunday. Our track should be in good shape
even if we have an inch of rain of Friday.
TOP OF PAGE (405) 235-3602 Track phone has info on Practice and Races.04-24-2007 NO PRACTICE TODAY
Once again we have had rain moving around town and the track is wet. We
will cancel our Practice session for today. Make sure and remember you can
now practice at Sooner Pearl on Tuesday evenings. Practice will be 6-8pm
for a meer $3. We now have the track looking very well and with a little
more work we will have it in great shape.
TOP OF PAGE 04-23-2007 MANY THANKS
So what can one say when others pitch in like yesterday? THANK YOU
With all the work this last weekend most of the track is now in good shape.
Since we did nothing to the second turn (yet) the entire track is not so
bad. Most everything was watered and hand raked then packed. We just can't
thanks enough to those who helped. It sure made a big difference to the
track!
TOP OF PAGE 04-22-2007 RACE TODAY
Sooner Pearl will race today with Sign ups from 1-2pm. We will be out early
to work on the track today before our race, we could use your help. The
rain did not make it to town early this morning so the track is dry. It
will be nice today after the clouds move off this morning but we have rain
in the forecast for most of the coming week.
TOP OF PAGE 04-21-2007 WORK DAY
A few of us will be out working on the track today after 2pm. We have a
couple flat tires on the 4 wheeler that need to be fixed before we head to
the track to work today. As always we could use your help around the track.
We would like to have the track clear and smooth to race tomorrow if we
don't get much rain today.
TOP OF PAGE 04-20-2007 NOT MUCH WORK TODAY
Once again the weather was nice today with no rain but we had wind. More
wind than we wanted and hats had to be held on today. It was a gusty day
with some gusts grabbing hats and other items that were not tied to
something heavy. We did go to the track for a few minutes but did very
little work.
TOP OF PAGE (405) 235-3602 Track phone has info on Practice and Races.04-19-2007 DRY TRACK
We have had another nice day today and the track is ready to have some work
to get it back is shape to ride. We will be there after 6pm working if you
would like to help we could use your help. We have had some good work
sessions this last week and the place is looking good. Now we need to get
the track back in shape for riding.
TOP OF PAGE 04-18-2007 NICE DAY
We had a great weather day today and the track did a lot of drying and is
almost dry. Since we did work Sunday the little rain we did have was not
enough to do any real damage to what we had just worked on. If we have
good weather tomorrow some of us will be working Thursday evening after
6pm. Check back tomorrow we will post something then about working Thursday
eveing.
TOP OF PAGE 04-17-2007 MORE RAIN?
We have more rain in the forecast today and the sky is cloudy. It looks
like the rain will arrive around noon to 1 o'clock this afternoon then more
heavier rain a couple hours later. If things don't get to wet a few of us
may be out working on the track later this evening. Things are looking very
good now and with our new volunteers we will have the place nice with a few
more WORK DAYS like last Sunday.
TOP OF PAGE 04-16-2007 GREAT DAY
What a GREAT DAY we had at the track yesterday, the weather was very nice.
We had a few volunteers out who helped to get a huge part of the track both
mowed and all the weeds knocked down. The place looks very different after
a good mowing job. We did work on the track some but most of it was to wet
to do much so a majority of the work was around the track. THANKS to all
our kind volunteers for all their help!
TOP OF PAGE 04-15-2007 NO RACE
We will cancel our race today due to wet track conditions. We will be out
working around the track today, mostly mowing but the track is to wet to
ride or race on. We will be out mowing after noon and we will be there till
near sundown so we could use your help mowing or working around the track.
Your help would make Sooner Pearl a better place for everyone.
2007 Regular race schedule
Sunday Races Sign ups 1-2pm
Tuesday Practice : Cancelled till our lights are fixed...
TOP OF PAGE (405) 235-3602 Track phone has info on Practice and Races.04-14-2007 WET TODAY
It started in the 30's this morning and at 5pm it had made it all the way
to 55° but the skies are still overcast. In a few hours we will have clear
skies and the temp is going to fall like a rock tonight, They did take the
possibility of snow or rain out of the forecast for tonight. Still it does
not look good for Sunday. The track is still very wet and without the sun
we will not have much drying.
TOP OF PAGE 04-13-2007 RAIN TODAY
The day started with rain, about 4am we were awakened by lightining and the
sound of thunder. The heavy rain didn't start till later in the day. We will
not be out working on the track today due to the rain. Our forecast is for
clearing skies Saturday but it don't look like the track will have enough
time to dry to race Sunday, we will keep an eye on the track and post about
Sunday racing on Sunday morning.
TOP OF PAGE 04-12-2007 MOWING TODAY
It was finished today, the mowing of the track that is. Now we get to start
mowing about 10-15 acres of grass around the track and between the track
and Western Avenue. The grass mowing should take about a week to week and a
half if the weather stays nice. We have rain and snow in the forecast for
weekend so we may not be working or racing this weekend.
TOP OF PAGE 04-11-2007 FAIR WEATHER TODAY
There has been work at the track most of this week. All the work has been
to start mowing the area around the track. We have mowed the front of the
property and have been working on getting the track clear of grass and the
turns and jumps mowed. We should have the track finished tomorrow if the
weather is again warm enough to bear being out.
TOP OF PAGE 04-10-2007 WORK TODAY
Overcast skies again today but we will be out working (mowing) on the track
after 6pm tonight and the rest of this week we will be out to work. The
evenings we will be there after 6pm we are not sure when on Saturday but if
it is not raining we will be working.
ABA Announces Multi-Year Agreement With
Disney’s Wide World of Sports®
The ABA and Disney’s Wide World of Sports to Hold BMX Nationals and
Cup Races
Gilbert, Arizona - April 5, 2007
The American Bicycle Association (ABA) has signed a multi-year agreement
with Disney Sports Attractions to host National bicycle motocross (BMX)
race events. The events will be held at Disney’s Wide World of
Sports® complex in Lake Buena Vista, Florida. The first event, the
Fall Nationals will be held October 25-28, 2007 and is just the first of
several events planned for the Disney Sports complex.
Sooner Pearl BMX is starting a CAN DRIVE. Open to all District OK01 riders.
Bring in 10 pounds of aluminum cans and get a FREE RIBBON race, 20 pounds
gets a TROPHY or SAVER STAMP race. Help us clean up the environment and get
races and District Points for your time and work!
2007 Regular race schedule
Sunday Races Sign ups 1-2pm
Tuesday Practice : Cancelled till our lights are fixed...
TOP OF PAGE (405) 235-3602 Track phone has info on Practice and Races.04-09-2007 MOWING TODAY
It was not a pretty sight but thats what happens some days. The weather was
cool again today and it was cloudy and overcast all day, just looked like
rain but it never came. We still had that bitter north wind again but
things are supposed to change tomorrow. More rain in the forecast now with
chances half of the days this week for rain, at least (maybe) it will warm
up again.
TOP OF PAGE 04-08-2007 NO RACE TODAY, HAPPY EASTER
Sooner Pearl will not race today. Due to the cold weather and the fact we
have a chance of rain/snow today. Have a Happy Easter holiday and be safe.
During the next week we will be working to repair our lighting to return
night events at the track. We may be able to have a Practice session
starting April 17th, we will keep you posted on our progress.
TOP OF PAGE 04-07-2007 COLD AGAIN
Our skies were beautiful today but is was very cold again today. Our high
was only 45° today, with the wind it was very cold outside. Since we did
not work on the track today due to the weather we will not race Sunday. It
is a holiday and a family holiday. Our weather will not be better tomorrow.
We are working to get the lights repaired so we can have night sessions
again. As always these things take time.
TOP OF PAGE 04-06-2007 WHAT WEATHER TODAY?
OK..OK, so we didn’t get rain yesterday. Actually we did get snow,
it was light snow. So light the ground was not wet or even damp but it got
cold again. With the wind came an outstanding north wind. A wind you did
not want to be out standing in! Just another day in our crazy weather. We
did not work on the track today due to the cold weather.
TOP OF PAGE 04-05-2007 RAIN TODAY?
Rain is back in the weather forecast, it seems to creep in all of a sudden
when we are not looking. Some of us will be out at the track working today
after 6pm. Lot’s of grass to mow and weeding to be done for the next
8 months.
2007 Regular race schedule
Sunday Races Sign ups 1-2pm
Tuesday Practice : Cancelled till our lights are fixed...
TOP OF PAGE (405) 235-3602 Track phone has info on Practice and Races.04-04-2007 MOWING TODAY
It is the time of year when it gets to be a huge job mowing the track and
keeping the trash picked up. Those are full time jobs on top of keeping the
track in good condition. But the mowing has begun and it is looking good
after the rain. It has been some time since we have had nice green grass.
Here's a link to a new website ABA has started. They have thousands
of pictures from nationals dating back to the mid 70's for sale. If you
have raced a national or would like a picture of you favorite racer, I bet
you can find one on this site.
www.ababmxphotos.com
Sooner Pearl BMX is starting a CAN DRIVE. Open to all District OK01 riders.
Bring in 10 pounds of aluminum cans and get a FREE RIBBON race, 20 pounds
gets a TROPHY or SAVER STAMP race. Help us clean up the environment and get
races and District Points for your time and work!
2007 Regular race schedule
Sunday Races Sign ups 1-2pm
Tuesday Practice : Cancelled till our lights are fixed...
TOP OF PAGE (405) 235-3602 Track phone has info on Practice and Races.04-03-2007 SUPER WEATHER
After one day of good weather it looks like we are to have several nice and
dry days of weather. We could not have asked for much nicer than today
which saw a high in the 80's and some clouds but no rain. Looks like it may
be dry until next week, that is a good thing for us.
TOP OF PAGE 04-02-2007 ROUGH TRACK
All the rain has caused some real damage to the track. We did manage to
keep the water off the track but it was close. All we needed was a little
more rain and some parts of the track would have been underwater. It looks
like it is time for some heavy construction equipment will be needed to get
some of our drainage problems under control.
TOP OF PAGE 04-01-2007 NO RACE
Sooner Pearl will not race today due to the track condition. With all the
rain we have had from the last few days the track is heavily damaged. We
did have a little luck since none of the track was under water from the
rain. Now the results from the SUPER NATIONAL should be posted now and we
will be able to see how the local riders have faired in Dallas this weekend.
Here's a link to a new website the ABA has started. They have thousands
of pictures from nationals dating back to the mid 70's for sale. If you
have raced a national or would like a picture of you favorite racer, I bet
you can find one on this site.
www.ababmxphotos.com
2007 Regular race schedule
Sunday Races Sign ups 1-2pm
Tuesday Practice : Cancelled till our lights are fixed...
TOP OF PAGE (405) 235-3602 Track phone has info on Practice and Races.03-31-2007 LITTLE RAIN TODAY
We did have a tiny rain early this morning but for the most part it is over
and we have clearing skies and no rain till Monday. We will cancel our WORK
DAY for today due to the rain and the fact most everything is still wet
from the rain. We have had just a little over 3.5 inches of rain in the
last 24 hours so the track, driveway and everything around is a muddy mess.
Here's a link to a new website the ABA has started. They have thousands
of pictures from nationals dating back to the mid 70's for sale. If you
have raced a national or would like a picture of you favorite racer, I bet
you can find one on this site.
www.ababmxphotos.com
TOP OF PAGE 03-30-2007 MORE RAIN TODAY
More rain most of the day again today, yesterday it was mostly light rain
today it is hard rain. At 4pm the track was still getting rain and most of
the infield was under water. Lake Sooner Pearl made an appearance today
and it will be around till it quits raining hard. So it looks like we will
cancel our WORK DAY for Saturday due to rain. We have had over 2 inches of
rain so far and we have more coming tonight.
Here's a link to a new website the ABA has started. They have thousands
of pictures from nationals dating back to the mid 70's for sale. If you
have raced a national or would like a picture of you favorite racer, I bet
you can find one on this site.
www.ababmxphotos.com
2007 Regular race schedule
Sunday Races Sign ups 1-2pm
Tuesday Practice : Cancelled till our lights are fixed...
TOP OF PAGE (405) 235-3602 Track phone has info on Practice and Races.03-29-2007 RAIN TODAY
It has been raining for most of the day today. At 6pm we have had .9 inches
of rain in town and it is still raining. Looks like we have had about 5
tornadoes so far but most have been in rural areas. The areas hit were hit
hard and they have major damage.
It looks like we have more rain headed this way for tomorrow and possibly
Saturday. Forecasts are for up to 2.5 inches through tomorrow. There will
be major damage at the track from this rain.
Here's a link to a new website the ABA has started. They have thousands
of pictures from nationals dating back to the mid 70's for sale. If you
have raced a national or would like a picture of you favorite racer, I bet
you can find one on this site.
www.ababmxphotos.com
TOP OF PAGE 03-28-2007 MOWING TODAY
Later today we will be out mowing around the track. It has been warm enough
for the grass to start growing so we will attempt to keep it mowed. Lots of
mowing and we could use your help. It looks like we will have a WORK DAY
Saturday so bring a mower, weed eater and helping hands to get the track
area looking good. We will post the time for the WORK DAY Friday when we
have a better idea what the weather is going to be.
TOP OF PAGE 03-27-2007 RAIN TODAY
Early this morning we did get some rain and it is back to the wet track
conditions we had a few days ago. It looks like we may get a break from the
rain for a couple days then we may get more rain around Thursday or Friday.
We also have the SUPER NATIONAL coming up this weekend and we have not
determined if we will race Sunday.
TOP OF PAGE 03-26-2007 RACIN' N RAININ'
We did race yesterday and the track was in good shape and dry. Things are
starting to look good and we now have more rain ahead. It looks as if we
will be getting more rain today and tomorrow so the track will be wet for
a few days. One good thing about the rain is it has been coming down very
slow so the track has not had much damage yet.
TOP OF PAGE 03-25-2007 RACE TODAY
We will race today with Sign ups from 1-2pm. We have not had any rain today
and the track is dry. We will have cloudy skies all day and our high is
forecast to be 75° with a 20% chance of rain. We will NOT have a porta
potty today for races so make sure to adjust for this.
2007 Regular race schedule
Sunday Races Sign ups 1-2pm
Tuesday Practice : Cancelled till our lights are fixed...
TOP OF PAGE (405) 235-3602 Track phone has info on Practice and Races.03-24-2007 DRY TRACK
The track dried out nicely today but it looked bad for a while early this
morning. At about 7am we have a line of storms headed for the city but it
slipped north of town and we missed out on any real rain. If we don't get
more rain we will race tomorrow. Our message will change around 8am in the
morning but things look good at 10pm.
TOP OF PAGE 03-23-2007 RAIN TODAY
Early this morning we did get some rain and it was heavy rain but flew
through town at about 50mph. We had a little standing water but the track
did very well and we had very little damage. Looks like we may have more
rain on the way again early tomorrow morning and it looks bad. We may have
to cancel our Sunday race if we get more rain.
TOP OF PAGE 03-22-2007 CAN'T STAND STILL
The rain missed us again today but the wind was back in force. Late in the
day we did have rain moving toward the city area but it looks like it won't
be here till after midnight. We may have some brief hard rain but this line
is moving at 50mph so it won't last long. If we don't get more rain before
Sunday we may be able to race this weekend.
TOP OF PAGE 03-21-2007 NO RAIN TODAY
Well this is getting a little old already. It was cloudy today...
The rain was no where to be found but the wind was here with a vengence. It
was so windy there was not a flag in the state which was not standing out
straight all day. The dust was bad in places where there is bare dry dirt,
it was windy today and they say it will be more of the same tomorrow.
TOP OF PAGE 03-20-2007 DODGING BULLETS
With rain on the table for the entire week we have been able to dodge the
bullet of rain so far this week. We did get some light showers today but
it was only a few minutes and very light, not even enough to settle the
dust. Now it is time for things to come together for racing and having
some fun. Remember we have a National race just around the corner and now
is the time to get ready!
2007 Regular race schedule
Sunday Races Sign ups 1-2pm
Tuesday Practice : Cancelled till our lights are fixed...
TOP OF PAGE (405) 235-3602 Track phone has info on Practice and Races.03-19-2007 GREAT DAY
It was nice to get the year started yesterday. We had some great weather
and the track was in top shape for our first race of the year. Nothing makes
a good race better than having new riders who came to race for their first
time. Many THANKS to all our volunteers and to those who came out for a
great day of racing.
TOP OF PAGE 03-18-2007 RACE TODAY
Race today with Sign ups from 1-2pm. The track is pretty smooth and packed
so the racing should be good. Our weather is forecast to be great and we
should have a nice day to get out and race. The rest of next week looks
like rain, really we think the weather guys must be betting on rain. We
have rain in the forecast every day till next Sunday. We will have to wait
and see.
TOP OF PAGE 03-17-2007 WORK DAY
We will be out working on the track today so we can race tomorrow. It looks
like we will be able to race since we have repaired everything but our
lights and have all our equipment in working order now. The track does need
some work due to the rain the other day. Some of us will be there most of
the day working and we could use your help.
TOP OF PAGE 03-16-2007 MORE BIG POINTS
We have been ask to post info on races for other local tracks and here is
a great bunch of races which are not that far away. Fort Worth Texas on
April 13, 14 and 15 at Cowtown BMX will be a great set of races. Friday
Single point race, Saturday REDLINE CUP QUALIFIER and Sunday State
Championship Qualifier. You may even squeeze a race in at DeSoto as well to
increase that number a little. Thanks to Shawna Werner, Track Operator at
Cowtown for the info on their race set. Visit their web site at
www.fortworthbmx.com. If you want to race these races you may want to book
lodging soon as that weekend is busy with many other major events and rooms
will be in demand.
TOP OF PAGE 03-15-2007 SUPER NATIONAL
During each year we here in the middle USA have a few National races that
are within a few hours drive of the Oklahoma City area. The next close
National would be the SUPER NATIONAL which is at DeSoto Texas. Mark your
calendars for March 30 - April 01. This is one National race you don't
want to miss if you are an ABA BMXer.
2007 Regular race schedule
Sunday Races Sign ups 1-2pm
Tuesday Practice : Cancelled till our lights are fixed...
TOP OF PAGE (405) 235-3602 Track phone has info on Practice and Races.03-14-2007 BIG POINTS AROUND
We will have some info on local races coming soon. Things are already
starting to heat up for the 2007 season. We also have a National in the
Dallas area very soon. A short drive to some big points and great racing.
The Super National is a very fun race to attend so make plans to be there.
TOP OF PAGE 03-13-2007 MORE DRY WEATHER
Just plain damp today. With very little wind and overcast skies we will not
get much drying at the track. Things are not looking good for the weekend
ahead as we now have a forecast for rain Thursday and Friday. We will have
to wait another 45 days or so before track will dry enough in 48 hours to
use. If we do get much rain Sunday will once again be a lost cause.
2007 Regular race schedule
Sunday Races Sign ups 1-2pm
Tuesday Practice : Cancelled till our lights are fixed...
TOP OF PAGE (405) 235-3602 Track phone has info on Practice and Races.03-12-2007 NO RAIN TODAY
Once again rain has spoiled another weekend for Sooner Pearl. The track is
very wet since we had over 1 inch of rain. There was not much damage from
this stormso the track is not in bad condition just real muddy. It looks
like we have a few dry days but more rain is just around the corner.
TOP OF PAGE 03-11-2007 MORE RAIN TODAY
We will cancel again today due to rain. At 10am the heavy rain has stopped
but it is still raining a little. We have more rain coming and this is
getting to be very old as Mother Nature has once again stopped us from
having some fun on the track again today.
TOP OF PAGE 03-10-2007 GREAT WEATHER
It was a day that could have been a nice Summer day but it is only Spring.
The rain is headed to town and things are going to get real wet overnight.
From looking at the local weather radar we will be getting slammed with
rain very early in the morning and we may have another storm hitting later
in the day.
2007 Regular race schedule
Sunday Races Sign ups 1-2pm
Tuesday Practice : Cancelled till our lights are fixed...
TOP OF PAGE (405) 235-3602 Track phone has info on Practice and Races.03-09-2007 SOME RAIN TODAY
Very early this morning we had some rain. It sounded loud and rough but
it was just a front moving through with very little rain and a lot of
noise with high winds for a few minutes. Things hardly got wet and it looks
like we will be OK for today as far as the rain goes. Now we have to make
through to Sunday races without much more rain.
TOP OF PAGE 03-08-2007 RAIN IN THE FORECAST
Even though the weather has been nice for the last few days we still have a
chance for rain later today and tomorrow along with chances for Saturday
and Sunday. We could not ask for better weather this week and we hope that
will the case for the weekend. The track is dry and packed now. We will
need to sweep and water for racing Sunday but the track looks great now.
TOP OF PAGE 03-07-2007 ANOTHER NICE WEATHER DAY
Our weather has been just down right great this week. Not to cool and very
little wind has made the week a nice one in deed. We hope this is the case
for our upcoming weekend. We would like to get racing kicked off here since
we have not been able to race yet this year for many reeasons. Most of the
canceled races has been due to Mother Nature although we have had our share
od equipment problems as well. We hope this will turn around this weekend.
TOP OF PAGE 03-06-2007 NICE WEATHER THIS WEEK
With all the bad weather we have had so far this year things are very nice
this week. Today was a little cloudy but nice and warm with a little wind.
Our weather forecast has a chance of rain for Thursday, Friday, Saturday
and Sunday. Only a small chance of rain so we will have to wait to see
but the chance is low and maybe Mother Nature will be nice to us this
weekend.
TOP OF PAGE 03-05-2007 HOW THINGS CHANGE
After many things have caused us to cancel races for many weeks it looks
like we are going to be able to race on Sunday if the weather permits. It
has been a bad year to get things started at Sooner Pearl. Mother Nature
has caused us to cancel most every week this year with technical problems
causing cancellation of the last 2 weekends. Now we are finally on the road
to getting off our first race of the year.
2007 Regular race schedule
Sunday Races Sign ups 1-2pm
Tuesday Practice : Canceled till our lights are fixed...
TOP OF PAGE (405) 235-3602 Track phone has info on Practice and Races.03-04-2007 NO RACE TODAY
Bad luck must be working against us, we will have to cancel again today.
We were unable to get the track packed for racing today. We are working to
get our lights functioning again this week and hope to have the track
ready for night practices and racing after March 12th. We are looking for
some dirt to repair the track if you know someone who has dirt they want to
give us let us know. Use the email link at the bottom of the page if you
need to contact us.
TOP OF PAGE 03-03-2007 SOONERPEARLBMX.COM
What a story we have for this domain name. Seems years ago we purchased
this domain as well as okbmx.com for Sooner Pearl BMX Raceway. The original
domain is okbmx.com and this is our main domain. The soonerpearlbmx.com
domain is a name only and 'points' to the Sooner Pearl portion of okbmx.com.
About this time last year we contacted our hosting company to make sure
both domains would work for another year as we use a yearly service. For
some reason the soonpearlbmx.com name was allowed to expire. Looks as though
it has not worked since April of 2006. Now after a few calls and emails we
have this corrected. If you wish to enter the Sooner Pearl section of
okbmx.com now you can enter using soonerpearlbmx.com.
TOP OF PAGE 03-02-2007 MORE WEB SITE PROBLEMS
In the past few days there has been a number of problems with our web site.
Must of you have not had or seen what has been changing but there were a
few times you may have gotten an error or been sent to a different page
than you thought you clicked on. We hope this has all been corrected now
and things will settle down at okbmx.com. There will be some changes in the
next few weeks so watch for announcements as we add items to the site.
TOP OF PAGE 03-01-2007 COOLER WEATHER HAS ARRIVED
Things got a lot cooler today with a strong north wind and a drop of about
30 degrees for our high today. The good thing is we have a forecast of
warmer weather for the weekend and the rain just missed us by miles. We
were missed by the weather but it hit many places north and east of
Oklahoma City real hard. Time will tell what happens but that was a bad
weather front moving through here.
2007 Regular race schedule
Sunday Races Sign ups 1-2pm
Tuesday Practice : Cancelled till our lights are fixed...
TOP OF PAGE (405) 235-3602 Track phone has info on Practice and Races.02-28-2007 COOL WEATHER AHEAD
It looked like we could get rain in the very early morning but things
cleared out just before noon and the day was nice with a moderate wind.
We do have a cold snap ahead but the weekend still looks good.
A few of us will be out working on the track Saturday afternoon. Things
should look better late in the day. Most of our work will be packing the
track as most everything is smooth. Water, pack.....
Sooner Pearl BMX is starting a CAN DRIVE. Open to all District OK01 riders.
Bring in 10 pounds of aluminum cans and get a FREE RIBBON race, 20 pounds
gets a TROPHY or SAVER STAMP race. Help us clean up the environment and get
races and District Points for your time and work!
2007 Regular race schedule
Sunday Races Sign ups 1-2pm
Tuesday Practice : Cancelled till our lights are fixed...
TOP OF PAGE (405) 235-3602 Track phone has info on Practice and Races.02-27-2007 NICE WEATHER FOR WEEKEND
Now it looks as if we will have decent weather for the weekend. We still
have a chance for rain tomorrow. If the wind keeps up we would have to get
of a half inch of rain to make us look at the weekend race. The track is
still in need of some packing before we race again but we should be able to
get things in shape for Sunday.
2007 Regular race schedule
Sunday Races Sign ups 1-2pm
Tuesday Practice : Cancelled till our lights are fixed...
TOP OF PAGE (405) 235-3602 Track phone has info on Practice and Races.02-26-2007 3 THINGS
1. We are sorry for the canceling of races Sunday. As said yesterday we had
a problem with our water well plumbing. Since we could not water the track
to pack it we canceled for safety reasons.
2. The well has been repaired.
3. Thanks to all who contacted the track about racing Sunday. We plan to
get this started next weekend if Mother Nature is fair and we have good
weather.
4. (Just for grins) Keep an eye out because we will have a Rider Clinic in
the near future.
More NEWS in the near future...Stay tuned......
TOP OF PAGE 02-25-2007 NO RACE TODAY
It seems like a broken record, NO RACE TODAY. While working on the track
Saturday afternoon we had some mechanical problems and we were not able to
finish prepping the track for racing today. We will be out working on our
newest problem tomorrow. We hope the weather is better than Saturday as the
wind was terrible, it was down right cool about sundown with the wind just
cutting through.
2007 Regular race schedule
Sunday Races Sign ups 1-2pm
Tuesday Practice : Cancelled till our lights are fixed...
TOP OF PAGE (405) 235-3602 Track phone has info on Practice and Races.02-24-2007 WINDY WORK DAY
We will be out working on the track today after noon. Our plan is to race
tomorrow afternoon and get the racing started here for 2007.
This morning it looks as though the rain has come and gone for the day. We
did get rain late last night and early this morning but very light rain.
Mother Nature watered the track for us, THANKS for the HELP!
Sooner Pearl BMX is starting a CAN DRIVE. Open to all District OK01 riders.
Bring in 10 pounds of aluminum cans and get a FREE RIBBON race, 20 pounds
gets a TROPHY or SAVER STAMP race. Help us clean up the environment and get
races and District Points for your time and work!
2007 Regular race schedule
Sunday Races Sign ups 1-2pm
Tuesday Practice : Cancelled till our lights are fixed...
TOP OF PAGE (405) 235-3602 Track phone has info on Practice and Races.02-23-2007 NICE BUT WINDY
It is now Friday evening. We have had some rain today and now we have more
to arrive about midnight. What we have had so far tonight was light rain
which would be nice for the track, we wouldn't have to water as much. Now
as for working on the track tomorrow it looks like a long night and then we
will wait to see how much rain we get later. Some of us will be there come
rain or shine, if it is to wet to work on the track we may be working on
lights and a couple other things around the track.
TOP OF PAGE 02-22-2007 MORE SPRING WEATHER
If the wind was a little slower this would have been a great day, it was
really nice today. Even though we have had some real nice weather the
weekend is starting o look like rain. Now we have rain forecast for the
day Saturday and overnight with clearing on Sunday. We will be out to work
Saturday if we don't get much rain. It is not looking good.
TOP OF PAGE 02-21-2007 NO RAIN TODAY!
So the track is bone dry today and some of it is so dry we are seeing some
cracking. When it is cracking it is dry which is something we don't usually
this time of the year. That might mean we will have a lot of rain ahead.
Daily high temperature doesn't matter much if things are wet and we have
the early rainy season at hand. This year is looking like 2 years ago when
didn't race much till the middle of April due to wet conditions.
TOP OF PAGE 02-20-2007 MUCH BETTER WEATHER
We had much better weather today and things are forcast to get better till
next week now, of course that will change at least once before the weekend
but that is weather in Oklahoma. It was nice and warm today with some high
winds this morning. If it was not nailed down it was blown north a few feet
today. The hign winds camled down later in the day so it wasn't that bad in
the end.
2007 Regular race schedule
Sunday Races Sign ups 1-2pm
Tuesday Practice : Cancelled till our lights are fixed...
TOP OF PAGE (405) 235-3602 Track phone has info on Practice and Races.02-19-2007 TRACK NEARLY DRY TODAY, NOW
After a nice day today the track is totally dry. Yesterday the 2nd turn was
still very wet since it don't get much sunlight during this time of the
year and most everything needed to be packed. We did a bunch of packing 8
days ago so the track was smooth before our last little bout of falling
moisture last week.
TOP OF PAGE 02-18-2007 NO RACE TODAY
We will not race today due to wet track conditions. It is just to wet again
today for racing and will not dry enough to do much work. Some of us MAY be
out at the track later in the day to check on things and see what the track
looks like. Since we did much packing last Sunday most of the track is still
smooth and we did not have much damage from the moisture this week. Our
weather is looking good for next weekend.
TOP OF PAGE 02-17-2007 SOMEWHAT NICE DAY
It was much warmer today but the winds stayed around and will be here again
tomorrow. The strong winds did more drying today but still not enough to
allow us to race Sunday. It looks like some of us MAY go to the track
Sunday to check things out and possibly work on the track but it is still
very wet in most places. If we do go to the track it will be later in the
day around 3pm.
TOP OF PAGE 02-16-2007 COLD AGAIN TODAY
Our light snow job was melting today since we bearly made it above freezing
but it was melting. We had some hard winds today which made it feel colder
and you had to hold on to your hat today. The track did a very little bit
of drying today but is still very muddy in most places. It is not looking
good for racing this weekend.
TOP OF PAGE 02-15-2007 MORE SNOW TODAY
We had light snow late last night and overnight after the temps moved below
freezing yesterday. We may have more today and things are cold today here.
With a high temp of 25° we will not have much drying today at the track but
we should have clearing skies today and about 45° for a high tomorrow.
Since we have had very little moisture things should start drying out after
we move above freezing.
2007 Regular race schedule
Sunday Races Sign ups 1-2pm
Tuesday Practice : Cancelled till our lights are fixed...
TOP OF PAGE (405) 235-3602 Track phone has info on Practice and Races.02-14-2007 LIGHT SNOW TODAY
Its Valentines Day and it will be cold today and colder tomorrow. We have
had very light snow flurries intermittently during the daylight hours. With
cloudy skies and falling temps it is WINTER again here in Oklahoma
keeping our fingers crossed for no moisture this weekend and warmer weather.
It looks like we may have warmer temps and no moisture for the week ahead
and maybe nice weather for next weekend. This is the longest Sooner Pearl
has not raced at the beginning of the year for as long as we can remember.
TOP OF PAGE 02-13-2007 COLDER TODAY
Rain moved in today and we have no better weather ahead with dropping temps
and more Winter weather ahead. After spending most of the day Sunday
working on the track for races Sunday all that work was slowly washed away
today. With the dropping temps we are forecast to have more snow and/or ice
Wednesday and Thursday so things are not looking good for the rest of the
week.
TOP OF PAGE 02-12-2007 WARMING UP?
After a somewhat nice day yesterday the weather is again going downhill
with moderate winds and cooler temps today. Things are not looking good for
the week ahead as we have more snow and ice in the forecast for mid week.
It is looking better for the weekend ahead with 50's for both Saturday and
Sunday but if our weather forecast is even near close it is doubtful we
will have enough nice weather for the track to dry again before next weekend.
TOP OF PAGE 02-11-2007 LETS RACE TODAY
It looks as if Mother Nature is going to spare us from below 40° temperatures
this afternoon. We will have some wind but we will be above 40° at race
time and the track is dry enough to race. We will be working on the track
before racing to fix the damage we have had from all the Wintery weather
we have had for the last few weeks. We will see you there!
Sooner Pearl BMX is starting a CAN DRIVE. Open to all District OK01 riders.
Bring in 10 pounds of aluminum cans and get a FREE RIBBON race, 20 pounds
gets a TROPHY or SAVER STAMP race. Help us clean up the environment and get
races and District Points for your time and work!
2007 Regular race schedule
Sunday Races Sign ups 1-2pm
Tuesday Practice : Cancelled till our lights are fixed...
TOP OF PAGE (405) 235-3602 Track phone has info on Practice and Races.02-10-2007 COLD WITH CLEAR SKIES
The clouds are gone this morning but our temperature is in the mid 20's
at 10am as this page is updated. The Wintery mix is still in the forecast
for this afternoon. At least we have a little sunshine this morning! We are
keeping our fingers crossed for no moisture this weekend and warmer weather.
It looks like we may have warmer temps and no moisture for the week ahead
and maybe nice weather for next weekend. This is the longest Sooner Pearl
has not raced at the beginning of the year for as long as we can remember.
2007 Regular race schedule
Sunday Races Sign ups 1-2pm
Tuesday Practice : Cancelled till our lights are fixed...
TOP OF PAGE (405) 235-3602 Track phone has info on Practice and Races.02-09-2007 MORE WINTER WEATHER
The clouds stayed around here again today and we had just a little more
wind today so it didn't change much from yesterday. It was again just above
freezing late in the afternoon but still cold enough to put a damper on
most outdoor activities. Our weather forecast still has a Wintery mix for
the weekend. Things are not looking good for any racing this weekend but we
will wait to see what happens.
TOP OF PAGE 02-08-2007 MORE CLOUDY AND COLD
Today was cold with a blanket of clouds all day but no precipitation. The
winds were low speed and things are still in the drying mode. The high
tempreature was above freezing but just above freezing. With the light
winds today it still seemed to be cold enough not to be outside for very
long periods. We are supposed to be a little warmer tomorrow and our
local forecast still has a Wintery mix coming for the weekend.
TOP OF PAGE 02-07-2007 WINTER WEATHER AHEAD
Our weather has started to turn more like Winter today but it was not bad
and things are drying out at the track for a change. We have not worked on
the track since back before the first of the year. Since then even though
we have had very bad weather the track is in good shape today with very
little damage from the moisture we have had (which we needed badly). Today
the track is dry enough to walk on without damage, if we don't get much
moisture before the weekend we have a chance to race.
Today our weather forecast is not looking good for the weekend. With
rain/sleet/snow and or ice forecast for tomorrow and again on the weekend.
Now this may sound bad but the daytime highs are forecast to be well above
freezing. If this is true we will not race this weekend but we can't bank
on many races this time of the year anyway.
Sooner Pearl BMX is starting a CAN DRIVE. Open to all District OK01 riders.
Bring in 10 pounds of aluminum cans and get a FREE RIBBON race, 20 pounds
gets a TROPHY or SAVER STAMP race. Help us clean up the environment and get
races and District Points for your time and work!
2007 Regular race schedule
Sunday Races Sign ups 1-2pm
Tuesday Practice : Cancelled till our lights are fixed...
TOP OF PAGE (405) 235-3602 Track phone has info on Practice and Races.02-06-2007 SPRING LIKE WEATHER
It was not hard for us to welcome the really nice weather we had today and
if you had been here you would have thought it was Springtime in Oklahoma.
Along with the nice weather there was still snow and ice left over from the
storms we have had in the last few weeks. Now the track is again clear of
frozen stuff and is drying nicely.
2007 Sooner National
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TOP OF PAGE 02-05-2007 BETTER WEATHER
After the nice weather we had for the final day of the Sooner National we
had better weather today. Not to say it was bad yesterday. The end of the
National is a moment in time now and there will be many stories to be told
by those who attended this great race. It may be hard to top this year when
ABA comes rolling in for the 2008 race. Yes there will be another so start
making plans to attend next year.
2007 Sooner National
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2007 Regular race schedule
Sunday Races Sign ups 1-2pm
Tuesday Practice : Cancelled till our lights are fixed...
TOP OF PAGE (405) 235-3602 Track phone has info on Practice and Races.02-04-2007 FINAL DAY - SOONER NATIONAL SOONER PEARL BMX WILL BE CLOSED TODAY
The FINAL day of the Sooner National today will be a barn burner both on
the track and off. With near 50° high for the day we may not need any
heaters this afternoon. We want to say THANK YOU to everyone who came to
race this great National and hope all have a safe trip home later today.
Sooner National track pictures and a video.
2007 Sooner National
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TOP OF PAGE 02-03-2007 SOONER NATIONAL
The weather man changed the weather forecast at the least minute for the
weekend. Today started out with cold and cloudy skies but ended with clear
skies and 44°. Not bad for February in Oklahoma. Tomorrow is lined up to
be better with a high around 50° and clear skies.
The races started out a little slow this morning but things get moving fast
after a few minutes and the racing was hot! With just under 180 motos there
was plenty of racing for everyone. Things are looking good for a strong day
of racing on Sunday as well.
Sooner National track pictures and a video.
2007 Sooner National
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TOP OF PAGE (405) 235-3602 Track phone has info on Practice and Races.02-02-2007 SOONER NATIONAL It is time to 'load up and move out'.
The roads are clear and dry, the sky is clear (there is NO SNOW etc. for
200 miles) and it is 20° but the heaters are on at the Lazy 'E' arena!
Some say this is the best track they have ever seen even better than the
double turn track here last year and YES it has a double turn this
year. It is awesome, exciting, BIG and a few other things we won't repete.
Things are starting to wind up here and tonight will be the start of a
great ABA National race.
Sneek peek of the Sooner National track both still pictures and a video.
2007 Sooner National
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For info on local lodging look below at the post for January 27th.
For info on the arena and the local weather forecast see the post below for
January 28th.
TOP OF PAGE 02-01-2007 NO SLICK ROADS TODAY
My how things change in Oklahoma. From the very dangerous roads yesterday
to clear and dry roads today. The drive to the Lazy 'E' was a much
different story today. With warmer weather today we had much better
conditions today from the conditions last night.
OK... the Sooner National track is complete and there are several pictures
now available to look at now on the web.
Want to see a sneek peek of the Sooner National track which is now complete.
Have a look at these and see what you think about the track for 2007. 2007 Sooner National
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For info on local lodging look below at the post for January 27th.
For info on the arena and the local weather forecast see the post below for
January 28th.
2007 Regular race schedule
Sunday Races Sign ups 1-2pm
Tuesday Practice : Cancelled till our lights are fixed...
TOP OF PAGE (405) 235-3602 Track phone has info on Practice and Races.01-31-2007 SLICK AND HAZARDOUS
As the day progressed the weather and driving conditions deteriorated in
central Oklahoma. We had many accidents which involved drivers driving to
fast for the conditions of the roads. The end of the day saw most of the
major highways and city streets starting to clear from salting and sanding.
Want to see a sneek peek of the Sooner National track as it is being built.
Have a look at these and see what you think about the track for 2007.
2007 Sooner National
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TOP OF PAGE 01-30-2007 DROPPING TEMPERATURES
At 10pm the temperature is currently 24° and we have clouds moving into
town. We are forecast to get about 3 inches of snow tomorrow and a
possibility of more snow or sleet on Thursday. The forecast shows clearing
skies for Friday thru Sunday but the temperatures are forecast to be COLD,
well below freezing for highs and wind chills of -10° for Saturday and
Sunday. So as we stated a couple days ago you better prepare for very cold
weather for the weekend.
For info on local lodging look below at the post for January 27th.
For info on the arena and the local weather forecast see the post below for
January 28th.
Sooner Pearl BMX is starting a CAN DRIVE. Open to all District OK01 riders.
Bring in 10 pounds of aluminum cans and get a FREE RIBBON race, 20 pounds
gets a TROPHY or SAVER STAMP race. Help us clean up the environment and get
races and District Points for your time and work!
2007 Regular race schedule
Sunday Races Sign ups 1-2pm
Tuesday Practice : Cancelled till our lights are fixed...
TOP OF PAGE (405) 235-3602 Track phone has info on Practice and Races.01-29-2007 GETTING COLDER AFTER TODAY
We had some decent weather today for Winter with light winds and somewhat
warm temps. The sky was clear and we did not have any precip today so the
track is drying nicely. Today we had about 95% of the track clear of
ice/sleet/snow from a couple weeks ago. Now it looks as if we will be
getting some real cold weather for the weekend.
For info on local lodging look below at the post for January 27th.
For info on the arena and the local weather forecast see the post below for
January 28th.
TOP OF PAGE 01-28-2007 NO RACE TODAY
Sooner Pearl will again cancel our race for today due to our weather and
the fact the track is not dry from the ice/sleet/snow storm we had 2 weeks
ago. Maybe we will dry out soon and the weather will warm enough for us to
get to start racing this year.
If you are looking for info on the SOONER NATIONAL please look at the post
below dated January 27. There are links to local hotels/motels and a link
to the Lazy 'E' Arena. We want to wish everyone who comes to race 'GOOD
LUCK' AND BE SAFE. Our weather forecast for the weekend of the National is
looking like below freezing temps and a slight chance of snow Friday and
Saturday. It may be a good idea to pack a Winter coat, gloves and prepare
for cold weather. We will keep an eye on the forecast or you can look at it
7 DAY FORECAST
Lazy 'E' Arena
Come up to the Lazy 'E' Arena to watch or race. Remember parking and
watching are FREE. If you don't know where the arena is located
HERE
is an area map (courtesy mapquest.com).
TOP OF PAGE (405) 235-3602 Track phone has info on Practice and Races.01-27-2007 SOONER NATIONAL February 2,3,4
It seems the interest in the Sooner National is starting to wind up now. We
are getting many 'hits' on the site looking for information on the National
and local info. along with a few emails looking for info on lodging etc. If
you are looking for lodging you could try these links for hotels/motels which
are in the area of the Lazy 'E' Arena.
Guthrie Yellow Pages - Hotels Oklahoma City Yellow Pages - Hotels
As far as distance from the arena goes understand the arena is in the
country away from any city. The closest cities are listed with the closest
first, Guthrie, Edmond, Oklahoma City, Del City, Midwest City, Yukon, Moore.
Guthrie about 10 minutes, Edmond about 15 minutes, Oklahoma City is from 20
to 30 minutes, Del City - Midwest City - Yukon about 40 minutes, Moore about
1 hour away.
Lazy 'E' Arena
Come up to the Lazy 'E' Arena to watch or race. Remember parking and
watching are FREE. If you don't know where the arena is located
HERE
is an area map (courtesy mapquest.com).
TOP OF PAGE 01-26-2007 BETTER WEATHER WOW is all that can be said about today. It was
SPRING like weather today with our high at 62°, clear skies and very little
wind. Most all the ice/sleet/snow has now melted. The track is now clear of
all the stuff and is trying to dry, some areas are dry already. Things do
not look good for racing this weekend as our weather forecast has below
40° temps and a chance for rain/snow for Saturday and colder on Sunday.
TOP OF PAGE 01-25-2007 NICE WEATHER TODAY
Mother Nature is going from one extreme to the other this week. Today we
had great weather for Winter and tomorrow is likely to be as good if not
better than today. The track is drying and almost all the ice/snow/sleet
has melted of the track today, if it is nice tomorrow we will have a clear
track.
The weather for the weekend is not looking good today. We have a chance of
rain Saturday and cold both Saturday and Sunday, we will have to wait to
see what happens. The track still has some ice/snow covering but it may be
able to dry before the weekend.
2007 Regular race schedule
Sunday Races Sign ups 1-2pm
Tuesday Practice : Cancelled till our lights are fixed...
TOP OF PAGE (405) 235-3602 Track phone has info on Practice and Races.01-24-2007 WARMER WEATHER It was much warmer today and the forecast is for better
weather till the weekend when things will once again go downhill. Seems like
we will not get a race in this January which is most unusual for Oklahoma.
It has been many years since Sooner Pearl has not had 1 race in the entire
month of January. Much of the track is now clear of the ice/snow/sleet we
started getting 2-1/2 weeks ago but we will have to have more warm weather
to get it all melted and the track dried enough to race.
TOP OF PAGE 01-23-2007 2006 DISTRICT POINTS FINAL
All ABA points for 2006 have been proccessed and are FINAL. Local riders
may be able to find their number plate number from the ABA website under
District Points. Congrats to all the local riders and 'job well done'.
The weather for the weekend is not looking good today. We have a chance of
rain Saturday and cold both Saturday and Sunday, we will have to wait to
see what happens. The track still has some ice/snow covering but it may be
able to dry before the weekend.
TOP OF PAGE 01-22-2007 BETTER WEATHER Another day of above freezing weather today and things
really getting thawed out now. The roads are good except in the
mornings and things are getting back to somewhat normal. The track is still
mostly covered with ice/snow. Since we got rain after the layers of sleet
and freezing rain the track has not washed much. Since it was in good shape
before the bad weather it is still looking nice what has thawed now. If we
get more sun and wind it may be dry enough to ride on for the weekend.
TOP OF PAGE 01-21-2007 NO RACE TODAY
Sooner Pearl will not race today. The track is still covered with ice,
sleet and snow from last weekend.
Our weather has changed again and we missed the majority of the bad weather
since the air temperature stayed above freezing yesterday. The weather we
had been told would roll over was just to the north of town due to the
'warm' temps we are having. Today we are a few degrees above freezing and
tomorrow 'ICE STORM 2007' will be gone and we will be left with a very
muddy track.
TOP OF PAGE 01-20-2007 MORE BAD WEATHER
At noon the weather was again going downhill fast. Although the temperature
is 1 degree above freezing we have been getting freezing rain and sleet
since 3am this morning. The roads have not completely frozen over yet but
our temperature is going lower and this will not be pretty! It looks like
we are getting 'ROUND 2 of ICE STORM 2007'. From looking at the local radar
the city is setting on the border between the freezing rain/sleet (south
and east of town) and heavy snow (north and west of town).
As it has been in many years before Sooner Pearl will cancel our race for
Sunday January 20 due to weather, this time of the year is at best 50/50
for racing due to our weather.
2007 Regular race schedule
Sunday Races Sign ups 1-2pm
Tuesday Practice : Cancelled till our lights are fixed...
TOP OF PAGE (405) 235-3602 Track phone has info on Practice and Races.01-19-2007 ABOVE FREEZING AGAIN TODAY
What was started yesterday was back again today with the heavily traveled
streets now clearing so they are somewhat safe to drive on. The morning
was a danger as the melting from yesterday was refrozen and we had a few
accidents from people trying to drive 60+mph on spotty frozen highways.
After the temp raised above freezing things got slushy and the hazard was
keep the windshield clear from the mess off the roads.
Due to the weather Sooner Pearl will not race this weekend. What a shame as
we have the Sooner National in a couple weeks and local riders need to be
able to get some track time in before this huge National event.
TOP OF PAGE 01-18-2007 ABOVE FREEZING
OK things are getting back to a little like normal here. At about 9am we
made it above freezing and things started thawing in a hurry. The morning
drive to work today through Midwest City was like driving on an old farm
road after a light rain. Slick, rutted, pot holes and people who just got
stuck in the piles of stuff (sleet, snow and ice) left in intersections and
drives to business' everywhere they plowed the streets.
The drive home today was slush, mud, salt, sand and everything else left on
the roadway getting splashed on your vehicle and making it hard to keep a
windshield clear enough to see to drive. At least it is thawing! The roads
were much better if you disregard the messy part.
TOP OF PAGE 01-17-2007 ICY AGAIN TODAY
We did see a very little thawing today but that was short lived. Most of
the streets are now rutted and cover with a slick glaze. The highways are
much better but watch out when you exit. Anything off the highway including
exit ramps are glazed and very slick. Today we did see some workers out on
the Midwest City streets working but they were causing traffic jams since
they were loading the mess on trucks and not just pushing it to the side.
Oklahoma City streets at least the major streets are much better now but
everywhere are those spots which are slick and hazardous.
TOP OF PAGE 01-16-2007 NO THAWING TODAY!
With no close end to the freezing temps not much has changed today. The
Interstate highways are somewhat cleared, if you like one lane each
direction. In Midwest City there has been almost no one working to start
clearing the streets although there were many working in Oklahoma City and
on the highway system. With a total of at least 3 inches and most places in
town had twice that there is alot of clearing to do.
TOP OF PAGE 01-15-2007 CLOSED TODAY
Today was quite a day all around. We had a National Holiday and everything
else is covered with ice, sleet and frozen rain. Since it was a holiday
many business' were already closed but with the conditions we have here
most of the places planning to open today were closed. The streets are
in bad shape for driving, most people stayed home today and had good reason
to do so.
2007 Regular race schedule
Sunday Races Sign ups 1-2pm
Tuesday Practice : Cancelled till our lights are fixed...
TOP OF PAGE (405) 235-3602 Track phone has info on Practice and Races.01-14-2007 MORE FREEZING RAIN AND ICE
At 9am the ice once again started to fall. If you don't know by now there
will not be any racing at Sooner Pearl today. Things are glazed with ice
already, we have about 3/4 inch of ice, sleet and snow already. Now we are
getting the second round and we have thunder and lightning in the mix this
time as the freezing rain comes down.
TOP OF PAGE 01-13-2007 MORE ICE AHEAD
It was a day when we never got much above 25° but the precipitation was
not coming down today. The major roads started to get cleared off and
it is really possible to drive however at very slow speeds. The ICE was not
heavy enough here in town to knock down the power lines as we had been
warned would happen. Not that bad for the today but we have more on the way
qhich is supposed to arrive tomorrow.
TOP OF PAGE 01-12-2007 ICE
Our wind has died down and changed directions now. The wind is from the
north and the ice and freezing rain have been coming down since about
11am this morning. It looks like we will be getting much more even though
we have about a quarter inch now (5pm). It is safe to say we will not
race this weekend and next weekend is not looking good if you go by the
forecast. We may be able to dry out, we will see.
TOP OF PAGE 01-11-2007 ROUGH RIDE AHEAD
The wind was a little lighter today and it was warm and a nice day for near
the middle of January but that is about to change. Already the wind has
started to change direction and clouds are moving in from the north. The
weather forecast is for the cold weather to arrive here about midnight.
After that the moisture will start fall, then it will change to ice. We
could get up to 2 inches of ice over the next 3 days.
TOP OF PAGE 01-10-2007 OK WEATHER
We still have strong winds today but it was almost warm if you could keep
your feet on the ground the outside weather was OK. For those wondering
about the track it is now dry enough to start cracking now. It is smooth
but riding would have been dangerous due to the wind.
2007 Regular race schedule
Sunday Races Sign ups 1-2pm
Tuesday Practice : Cancelled till our lights are fixed...
Thursday Races Sign ups 6-7pm
TOP OF PAGE (405) 235-3602 Track phone has info on Practice and Races.01-09-2007 NO PRACTICE TODAY
Sooner Pearl will not have Practice on Tuesday evenings until we get the
lights and associated wiring repaired. If you want to help us get this
done let us know be cause we need some help.
The coming weekend may be a wash for racing. All the weather forecasts
have cold and possibly bad weather for the weekend and maybe into next week.
It is Winter so be prepared for the worst, it pays here in Oklahoma to be
ready for the worst.
TOP OF PAGE 01-08-2007 YOU MISSED A GREAT DAY
It was a little windy and cool but not bad for January at the track
yesterday. We did not have enough riders to race but the track got very
much attention most of the day. Things are dry and smooth, much of the
track was packed along with some grass removed. Thanks to all our helpers
we all had some great fun and helped the track look much better.
TOP OF PAGE 01-07-2007 RACE TODAY
Sooner Pearl will race today with Sign ups 1-2pm.
We look forward to seeing everyone out to race today to kick of the 2007 at
Sooner Pearl. Come out and have some fun in the sunshine, it will be a nice
day to be outside but it will be on the cool side. ONLY 3 WEEKENDS till the SOONER NATIONAL, after today we only have 3
weekends to prepare for this very important National race.
Sooner Pearl BMX is starting a CAN DRIVE. Open to all District OK01 riders.
Bring in 10 pounds of aluminum cans and get a FREE RIBBON race, 20 pounds
gets a TROPHY or SAVER STAMP race. Help us clean up the environment and get
races and District Points for your time and work!
2007 Regular race schedule
Sunday Races Sign ups 1-2pm
Tuesday Practice : Cancelled till our lights are fixed...
TOP OF PAGE (405) 235-3602 Track phone has info on Practice and Races.01-06-2007 TRACK WORK TODAY
The track got a good shot of dragging today and looks much better than the
last few weeks. The surface is dry but only the surface, this is the way
a track needs to be to make it easy to work. After today things will be
smooth, clean it up and pack for a smooth track.
Sooner Pearl will kick off the 2007 season tomorrow. Our regular Sunday
Sign up time 1-2pm. We look forward to seeing everyone out on a nice
Winter afternoon to have some racing fun.
TOP OF PAGE 01-05-2007 COOL AGAIN BUT SUNNY
Well today it was nice weather for a change. We had sunshine and somewhat
of a northerly wind but is was cool. The track did get some sun today and
is dry enough to ride on. It is still damp under the surface so working on
the track is real easy now. A couple of us plan to go out and work tomorrow
so we can race Sunday. All looks well for the weather and getting this
new year of racing started on Sunday at Sooner Pearl.
TOP OF PAGE (405) 235-3602 Track phone has info on Practice and Races.01-04-2007 NO RAIN
Again today we had a very cloudy day and dense fog most of the day so any
drying was out of the question today. Late in the days the sun did make it
through the clouds and it was pretty nice at sunset. Friday is supposed to
be windy and cool so maybe we will finally get the track dried out for the
weekend.
TOP OF PAGE 01-03-2007 NO RAIN
The sky is overcast but the rain never made it to the ground so it was very
light as we had wished for earlier in the week. Still with no sun today
there was only minor drying today maybe it will be nice tomorrow. The
weekend forecast looks good with highs in the upper 40's or lower 50's
both days. Let us cross our fingers!
TOP OF PAGE 01-02-2007 RAIN AHEAD?
Since we cancelled yesterdays race because of the wet track is seems we got
a little sunshine today which finished getting the track dry enough to
really ride on but still not dry enough for working or racing. We have more
rain in the forecast for Wednesday. We hope it is only very light rain so
the track can dry in time to race Sunday, we will have to wait and see.
TOP OF PAGE 01-01-2007 NO RACE TODAY
We will cancel today due to muddy track conditions. We have a 90% dry track
but there are several places the sun will not shine on which we believe
will not dry out enough to race today. Sorry folks we were there this morning
to drag and pack but with mud it would be in vain.
Sooner Pearl BMX is starting a CAN DRIVE. Open to all District OK01 riders.
Bring in 10 pounds of aluminum cans and get a FREE RIBBON race, 20 pounds
gets a TROPHY or SAVER STAMP race. Help us clean up the environment and get
races and District Points for your time and work!
2007 Regular race schedule
Sunday Races Sign ups 1-2pm
Tuesday Practice : Cancelled till our lights are fixed...
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