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The Indoor series races have been tons of fun for our staff and I to produce. It is also an excellent platform for racer development, helping to hone and improve driving and riding skills for youth class participants, educate new racers of rules and regulations and race formats, involve local businesses and introduce them to motorsports while providing great memories for all involved. Many of the staff of the series work for other race organizations such as COMMA, SCCA, CMRA, during the summer months. The Indoor races are different and provide additional work for those involved in the production, plus provide more important seat time for the participants. We are all proud to be a part of Grass Roots Sportsman racing in the Oklahoma area.

The OK Corral Indoor Arena began hosting races in 1972, the late Randy Cleek from Shawnee, Oklahoma won the first Pro Class Motorcycle races held at the historic barn, then called Johnson’s ‘Arena. Cleek later became a factory rider for Yamaha and rode under the Bell Ray Oil banner. He and the owner of Bel Ray Oil and others were killed in a tragic traffic accident while the team was in Italy participating in an International FIM Road Race. Other stars to come out of the Indoor Winter series races included the late Eddy Daley, Scotty Adams, Charlie Smith, Billy Herndon, the late Ted Boody, the late Bret Brady among others. Folks that some of you may know that have raced in the Barn include Aaron Lemmons, Alan Lemmons, Shane Carson, Scotty Adams, Billy Boismier among a very long list of participants since 1972.

www.randycleek.com

www.tedboody.com

Since we began the new Series at the OK Corral Indoor Arena we have awarded over 40 My First Race Trophies to new racers who participated in their very first race ever at the AMP Outlaw Winter Nationals Indoor Short Track Series. This trophy was designed and devoleped and named after a young racer who entered their very first race after contemplating racing for a few months. They drove 50 miles to a track, she raced and then received no award for her efforts as the track ran short of trophies in a few classes. Tears came streaming and it was a long dirve home for her and her family. Upon learing this, we designed the "No More Tears" trophy in her honor and it became the "My First Race" trophy. Her family, the Medranos and their business Quality Landscape donated the first money to get the project rolling. The trophies are as tall as a First Place Trophy and have become a cherrished award for dozens of first race young and old participants in the series.

Because we have a 14 Round Series, I find it easier to keep one thread running on the entire series, changing the date on the top post to keep it current. I post the results, story, photo links and other information on that same thread as to keep it tied together. This avoids someone that may do a Google, Yahoo, or other search engine search on the Series from landing on an individual post and not picking up on the entire content, taking something out of context and being confused or misled. That is another reason I try to put the Year on everything we publish, write or post online. On forums that move the thread to the top based on the last post I use this system. On forums that require a new post and do not move an existing post I am forced to cut and paste all the other threads together and combine in a longer post.

I get calls regarding dates, as we have produced this current series for the past 5 years, I have been producing Indoor Short Track races since 1982, people call up wanting to know why we are producing a race on a Tuesday night, in reality they are reading a post from several years back. I constantly get phone calls regarding tracks where we have produced races from people thinking we are the track owner/promoter. I get phone calls regarding the Shoot Out, Chili Bowl, Tulsa Arenacross, Darryl Starbird Show and other motorsports related events. Mostly because I have written articles and mentioned a racer that may of placed in or won one of those events, and produced AMA Pro-AM Arenacross in one and produced the FMX programs for four events.

A few of the Forums I post on are picked up by RSS, AP, and other Press News Feeds, and are search-able by popular search engines. This can be good thing for people that have good reading comprehension and can comprehend what is written in it's entirety, but can also be a problem when read by folks that only read one sentence and don't read the paragraph or entire article or thread.

That is the reason I try to combine the Ad for the event on the top Post, along with the Results, Stories, Photo Links and Video Links all in the same thread, thus the multiple responses. I trust that helps to clarify why I do that.

The Indoor series races have been tons of fun for our staff and I to produce. It is also an excellent platform for racer development, helping to hone and improve driving and riding skills for youth class participants, educate new racers of rules and regulations and race formats, involve local businesses and introduce them to motorsports while providing great memories for all involved. Many of the staff of the series work for other race organizations such as COMMA, SCCA, CMRA, during the summer months. The Indoor races are different and provide additional work for those involved in the production, plus provide more important seat time for the participants. We are all proud to be a part of Grass Roots Sportsman racing in the Oklahoma area.

The OK Corral Indoor Arena began hosting races in 1972, the late Randy Cleek from Shawnee, Oklahoma won the first Pro Class Motorcycle races held at the historic barn, then called Johnson’s ‘Arena. Cleek later became a factory rider for Yamaha and rode under the Bell Ray Oil banner. He and the owner of Bel Ray Oil and others were killed in a tragic traffic accident while the team was in Italy participating in an International FIM Road Race. Other stars to come out of the Indoor Winter series races included the late Eddy Daley, Scotty Adams, Charlie Smith, Billy Herndon, the late Ted Boody, the late Bret Brady among others. Folks that some of you may know that have raced in the Barn include Aaron Lemmons, Alan Lemmons, Shane Carson, Scotty Adams, Billy Boismier among a very long list of participants since 1972.

www.randycleek.com

www.tedboody.com

Since we began the new Series at the OK Corral Indoor Arena we have awarded over 40 My First Race Trophies to new racers who participated in their very first race ever at the AMP Outlaw Winter Nationals Indoor Short Track Series. This trophy was designed and devoleped and named after a young racer who entered their very first race after contemplating racing for a few months. They drove 50 miles to a track, she raced and then received no award for her efforts as the track ran short of trophies in a few classes. Tears came streaming and it was a long dirve home for her and her family. Upon learing this, we designed the "No More Tears" trophy in her honor and it became the "My First Race" trophy. Her family, the Medranos and their business Quality Landscape donated the first money to get the project rolling. The trophies are as tall as a First Place Trophy and have become a cherrished award for dozens of first race young and old participants in the series.

Because we have a 14 Round Series, I find it easier to keep one thread running on the entire series, changing the date on the top post to keep it current. I post the results, story, photo links and other information on that same thread as to keep it tied together. This avoids someone that may do a Google, Yahoo, or other search engine search on the Series from landing on an individual post and not picking up on the entire content, taking something out of context and being confused or misled. That is another reason I try to put the Year on everything we publish, write or post online. On forums that move the thread to the top based on the last post I use this system. On forums that require a new post and do not move an existing post I am forced to cut and paste all the other threads together and combine in a longer post.

I get calls regarding dates, as we have produced this current series for the past 5 years, I have been producing Indoor Short Track races since 1982, people call up wanting to know why we are producing a race on a Tuesday night, in reality they are reading a post from several years back. I constantly get phone calls regarding tracks where we have produced races from people thinking we are the track owner/promoter. I get phone calls regarding the Shoot Out, Chili Bowl, Tulsa Arenacross, Darryl Starbird Show and other motorsports related events. Mostly because I have written articles and mentioned a racer that may of placed in or won one of those events, and produced AMA Pro-AM Arenacross in one and produced the FMX programs for four events.

A few of the Forums I post on are picked up by RSS, AP, and other Press News Feeds, and are search-able by popular search engines. This can be good thing for people that have good reading comprehension and can comprehend what is written in it's entirety, but can also be a problem when read by folks that only read one sentence and don't read the paragraph or entire article or thread.

That is the reason I try to combine the Ad for the event on the top Post, along with the Results, Stories, Photo Links and Video Links all in the same thread, thus the multiple responses. I trust that helps to clarify why I do that.