Quote Originally Posted by TRK
Yo rainman,
Was PPIR the highest count ever? If not want was the highest rider count at any track?
To the best of my knowledge that's the highest count since I've been involved with club (1999), there may have been counts higher than that before but the stories from most of the 'old timers' indicate otherwise.

During the years that AMA ran PPIR the MRA always ran there the weekend prior to the AMA event. It was usually our best attended event because:

1) It was early in the season and people hadn't raced themselves into the poorhouse or hospital yet
2) Typically a dozen or so AMA riders would show up
3) Riders wanted to see how their times stacked up against the pros
4) PPIR was run as a 'pro' track back then and track time there was very hard to come by. They didn't have open lapping like they do now