mickyp Posted September 9, 2019 Report Share Posted September 9, 2019 On 9/7/2019 at 8:43 PM, chunky said: I will admit, I've never been a huge fan of Vojens, but the fact that it is a truly purpose-built track doesn't make sense. same problem at Leicester, say no more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racers and royals Posted September 9, 2019 Report Share Posted September 9, 2019 On 9/7/2019 at 8:43 PM, chunky said: I will admit, I've never been a huge fan of Vojens, but the fact that it is a truly purpose-built track doesn't make sense. Somewhere in my memory i remember that Vojens was supposedly based on Smallmead- pretty sure they opened around the same time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iris123 Posted September 9, 2019 Report Share Posted September 9, 2019 24 minutes ago, racers and royals said: Somewhere in my memory i remember that Vojens was supposedly based on Smallmead- pretty sure they opened around the same time. Which would be a strange thing to do. Base a track on a track that hadn't even opened, so you have no idea how it rides !! No doubt that is probably what happened. But I tend to think the problem is the surface and of course the Danish weather, particularly local weather. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keepturningleft Posted September 9, 2019 Report Share Posted September 9, 2019 OK, not great racing but we should rejoice at the size of the crowd, surely the biggest there since the 1994 world final. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racers and royals Posted September 9, 2019 Report Share Posted September 9, 2019 3 minutes ago, keepturningleft said: OK, not great racing but we should rejoice at the size of the crowd, surely the biggest there since the 1994 world final. Shame that they and a few thousand more couldn`t have turned up at the Copenhagen GP to keep it going - which i loved going to 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arnieg Posted September 9, 2019 Report Share Posted September 9, 2019 32 minutes ago, racers and royals said: Somewhere in my memory i remember that Vojens was supposedly based on Smallmead- pretty sure they opened around the same time. My recollection too. But I clearly never pinned down anything definite as it is not in a certain book. I seem to remember Foxall was also cited as a template for Vojens. Both opened in 1975, Smallmead in April and Vojens in September. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob B Posted September 9, 2019 Report Share Posted September 9, 2019 I'm sure I read that Ole Olsen got Peter Adams to design the track. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Humphrey Appleby Posted September 10, 2019 Report Share Posted September 10, 2019 19 hours ago, TheReturn said: Translated.... the people running speedway don't care about the product, just the 'show' and getting people through the door? Give the fans the best possible racing and they will surely come... as would TV. So does it matter if there is 10,000 or 40,000 in the stadium if the quality of racing is there? Fans don't really come into it for the organisers. It's about finding enough venues willing to front up fees whilst taking the financial risk on the events, and ensuring there's sufficient television coverage to keep (potential) sponsors happy. And where there aren't enough willing victims to stage a GP, then a cheap venue is needed to keep the costs down even if that's in the middle of field... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djr Posted September 17, 2019 Report Share Posted September 17, 2019 On 9/9/2019 at 5:48 PM, racers and royals said: Somewhere in my memory i remember that Vojens was supposedly based on Smallmead- pretty sure they opened around the same time. I think can vaguely remember that too, but I also think I can remember Smallmead itself being based on another track ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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