I am working on the new OMRRA Pocketbike website and am requesting photo's of riders for the gallery and the header for the new site. If you have good photos, please bring them to me at the PIR race this weekend on a CD. ALL the riders pictures will be on the new website, no one will be left out. I am hoping to get each rider's picture posted with their bike number and age.
I know its short notice but I met with the new web guy Monday night.
If you are unable to make it to the race, please feel free to email me and I will give you my mailing info.
Sounds like you have a very cool page in the works for us Jenette
Your geekness is very appricated and so is your lead on the Scoring team. Thank you for everything you do in helping OMRRA have the best PB racing organization in the country!
See you this weekend.
Edit NOTE: To answer your question.... The results from the last two races are currently posted at the OMRRA.COM website
I am working on the new OMRRA Pocketbike website and am requesting photo's of riders for the Gallery and the header for the new site. If you have good photos, please bring them to me at the PIR race this weekend on a CD. ALL the riders pictures will be on the new website, no one will be left out. I am hoping to get each rider's picture posted with their bike number and age.
I know its short notice but I met with the new web guy Monday night.
If you are unable to make it to the race, please feel free to email me and I will give you my mailing info.
Edit NOTE: To answer your question.... The results from the last two races are currently posted at the OMRRA.COM website
Mark, I checked the 2005 OMMRA pocket bike results from a couple computers to make sure. The results are only listed for Mar 26-27 and April 8-9-10. May 28-29 and June 11-12 are not available on the site.
Mark, thanks for the kudos but I truly couldn’t do it with out all those who help out with the PB Program. I’m having a blast being so involved this year. I went and hung out at the PSSR Track day today and several of the big bike guys are talking about getting their children involved, very exciting news.
To answer your question Mitch, I know its very important to know points standings however, they will not be posted on the website before this weekend. I will try to have them (I’m getting a lesson from the big bike statistician this week) for the weekend. If anyone wants to know where he or she is in points, contact me; I will have a sheet printed out for everyone to see. Again, I apologize for the delay on getting the rules posted, were just trying to build and launch the new site soon.
The site costs for hosting are taken care of by OMRRA and is in the budget. The guy who I’m working with is a Vintage 160 racer and he is doing the new site as a volunteer. He does websites for a living and is incredibly talented. I’m very excited about it.
At the next race in July, we will have Pocketbike NOVICE green shirts just like the big bike guys.
Also, I don’t know if you guys heard, but we got the approval at the last board meeting to upgrade the track, making it bigger and a new configuration. They are being very supportive of the growing pocket bike program. We also got the go ahead to purchase meals for the volunteers that work the track in McMinville. My mom has volunteered to set that up. More info on that to come.
Tony and I will be setting up the track Friday morning, if anyone can come out and help, it would be greatly appreciated, its about a 4 hour job so we will take all the help we can get.
My mom will have her notary stamp at the track, so anyone who brings a new minor, we don’t have to bother Janice with that. Just come to our pits and we’ll get it taken care of.
We will also have radio communication amongst pocket bike corner workers with Mark and Mark will have the main radio to the tower.
I think this post is long enough, I just wanted to keep everyone updated on the great things going on with OMRRA Pocketbikes.
Since I won't have the opportunity to tangle with you on the track, remind me to slap you this weekend I didnt' say go to the omrraPOCKETBIKE site. Go to OMMRA.COM homepage, the May 29/Jun 12 Mac Track results are posted there.
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Mark, I checked the 2005 OMMRA pocket bike results from a couple computers to make sure. The results are only listed for Mar 26-27 and April 8-9-10. May 28-29 and June 11-12 are not available on the site.
At the next race in July, we will have Pocketbike NOVICE green shirts just like the big bike guys.
The big bikes use them only when Novice riders are out with Experts so they don't get hit. PB Novice riders only ride together.
I'm thinking kids being kids, the Novice kids wouldn't want to be singled out as 'lesser' kids - that being slower, less experienced or otherwise. I know novice isn't supposed to have a negative conatation, but you better believe the kids may not see it that way.
I agree on the shirt thing. It is an unnecessary complication, if you want omrra officials to know, the simple X on the back of the helmet would be fine.
On the gallery side, Don shot at McMinnville a few weekends ago, you aren't going to get better photos then those. You should ask him if its ok to use them this weekend while he is there.
Since I won't have the opportunity to tangle with you on the track, remind me to slap you this weekend I didnt' say go to the omrraPOCKETBIKE site. Go to OMMRA.COM homepage, the May 29/Jun 12 Mac Track results are posted there.
I'm thinking kids being kids, the Novice kids wouldn't want to be singled out as 'lesser' kids - that being slower, less experienced or otherwise. I know novice isn't supposed to have a negative conatation, but you better believe the kids may not see it that way.
Im not aware of this "plan" being up for vote. The shirts are ordered. It was taken to the board and voted on and passed, so obviously they are in aggreement.
The kids who are graduating novice will at some time practicing with the jr. gp kids, this is where the shirts will be worn, it IS a safety issue. It is simply so the faster jr. gp riders will know they are coming up on a graduating novice rider.
As far as having a negative conatation, they are NOVICE and practice with other NOVICE's, everyone involved and all the other kids know that. Wearing a shirt that states it changes nothing.
All of these kids started out as Novice wheather we had a class for them nor not. The program is growing so rapidly that we have to take safety into condiseration.
I highly doubt there was one big bike novice guy that had a problem with wearing their NOVICE shirt. Its part of learning, riding and racing.
I guess if anyone has a problem with it, they can attend a board meeting and state their complaint.
Safety is an issue, especially when there are high closing speeds and riders not keeping lines. Within OMRRA the yellow shirts are worn when Novices are intermixed with Experts, during races or practice. They are not used to denote a recently graduated Novice. When a rider is competent enough to graduate to Expert, there is no need to denote them as any different, the learning period is when they are Novices. If they aren't skilled enough to maintain the proper speeds (110-112% of the fastest lap is typical) and more importantly consistent steady lines, they should stay in Novice. It is a one way street, once you are up, unless your skills recind, you are an Expert for good.
I'm not totally clear on when the shirts will be worn. I assume the times the shirts will be worn is:
- mixed practice (junior expert and junior novice)
Another thought... a thing that occurs in the big side of OMRRA ... Bill (novice school lead instructor, soon to retire) deciding to move Novices out of Novice when there is a safety issue. Like in 2001 when Martin was doing 1:10s in the Novice race. Due to his incredibly fast lap times (would net him 3rd in the Open class against folks like Mike, Johnny and Alan) his closing speed on other Novices was well over 60 miles an hour. Based on this they graduated him after one afternoon of races. There is no reason to keep a fast, competent rider in Novice. If they turn times under the 110% fast lap time (not aggregate) and are safe riders (not blowing corners, riding over their heads, etc.) they should be moved up for the safety of them and the Novices they could hit at high speed due to the closing speed difference.
I'm not sure if there are any cases of that currently in the OMRRA Novice class, but something to keep an eye out for.
Another thought... a thing that occurs in the big side of OMRRA ... Bill (novice school lead instructor, soon to retire) deciding to move Novices out of Novice when there is a safety issue. Like in 2001 when Martin was doing 1:10s in the Novice race. Due to his incredibly fast lap times (would net him 3rd in the Open class against folks like Mike, Johnny and Alan) his closing speed on other Novices was well over 60 miles an hour. Based on this they graduated him after one afternoon of races. There is no reason to keep a fast, competent rider in Novice. If they turn times under the 110% fast lap time (not aggregate) and are safe riders (not blowing corners, riding over their heads, etc.) they should be moved up for the safety of them and the Novices they could hit at high speed due to the closing speed difference.
I'm not sure if there are any cases of that currently in the OMRRA Novice class, but something to keep an eye out for.
Rather valid points here, however, these bikes DONT go the speeds that Big bikes go and were dealing with kids here who dont have the learning capability of the adults. The rules were decided on before the season by several people (including a big bike racer) who felt that the novice program was sound, IF there is a kid who is considerably faster, they, or their parents can petition to be advanced and passing the "4 races" rule as stated in the rule book. Your also looking at bikes here, we have several diffrent size bikes in the Novice class, from cags to 7hp bikes. Knowing that, I think Mark will make a good decision on who to move up quicker, due to safety. I think when we all sit down to go over the rules, things like this should be brought up. Everyone's input is welcome and greatly appreciated when it comes to the rules. I know Mark would like to see some things changed (huh Mark? LOL) as would many of us, it just takes us all coming together as a group and working those things out.
and so is your lead on the Scoring team. Thank you for everything you do in helping OMRRA have the best PB racing organization in the country!
I didnt' say go to the omrraPOCKETBIKE site. Go to OMMRA.COM homepage, the May 29/Jun 12 Mac Track results are posted there. 
