Actually, the demise of the PS Expo was aptly surnised
by David Green:
> Part of the problem is that the event was on the same day as our Solo II
> here in Wichita (at McConnell AFB, our best site
It seems that OKC also had a regional event. Both were point
events that could have cost a competitor from either region their
class standings not to attend. Scheduling an event on the same
weekend as BOTH of the larger neighbor regions was not the best
way to promote a "don't count for anything" type event such as
this, IMO.
The NeOkla Region has held a ProSolo format event in the late fall
as one of their scheduled events for the last coupla years, a well
attended event. So, I don't feel it is the ProSolo style that was
the issue. Rather, the scheduling. And the non-points format - -
(a neccesity only because of the late scheduling of the event by
the National Office).
Had this been a real ProSolo - - - - - - - - -?????
Davis Field is an awesome site, but McConnell and Lloyd Noble in
OKC ain't bad neither. Actually, any of the 3 could support a large
PS course. Davis could have been up to 40 seconds per side,
a size that most of the more recent "real" ProSolos could not match.
That is one reason the site was chosen.
I can't speak for my fellow members of the NeOkla Region - -
My personal feelings are that this cancellation may be some kind
of loss, but the loss is not NeOkla's. We will still have an event at
Davis next weekend.
The loss is to those that would rather make Oklahoma jokes than to attend
an event at one of the flattest, smoothest, and best concrete
sites in the Midwest Division.
George
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In a message dated 4/15/99 2:57:57 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
brnrubr@midusa.net writes:
<< Sam I beieve the reason it came about is due to the great Divisional
turnouts we have had, and due to the Oklahoma people really working on
SCCA
thinking the midwest would support it. >>
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