racers and royals 8,734 Posted November 2, 2019 Date announced for the danish GP Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SPEEDY69 1,260 Posted December 31, 2019 Will be going to this - second time I've been, first was 1994. Few days break for us & staying in Haderslev. Taking a brolly! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
False dawn 2,298 Posted December 31, 2019 1 hour ago, SPEEDY69 said: Taking a brolly! Why is it that Vojens makes Manchester look like a warm dry place? It's always put me off going there (Vojens, not Manchester) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SPEEDY69 1,260 Posted January 1, 2020 Not that many rain offs though. 94 was a good event, didn't want TR to win but that's speedway. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
iris123 20,993 Posted January 1, 2020 (edited) 19 hours ago, False dawn said: Why is it that Vojens makes Manchester look like a warm dry place? It's always put me off going there (Vojens, not Manchester) Think Vojens is in a known wet region. I remember going up for a Saturday afternoon 1. Division meeting. The whole way up from Hamburg was relatively dry and sunny until about 5 miles from the track the road was wet and got worse the closer I got. Rode into the car park heard the meeting was called off and headed straight back to Hamburg. A week or so later a friend of mine from Germany told me he was in the cafe and saw me ride in and out, but I was gone before he had a chance to say hello !!! Did see the area described as wetter than most on a site that had nothing to do with speedway. Just like I saw that Nordhastedt where a North German track is, is colder than the surrounding area Edited January 1, 2020 by iris123 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
False dawn 2,298 Posted January 1, 2020 44 minutes ago, iris123 said: Did see the area described as wetter than most on a site that had nothing to do with speedway. Thanks for the intel. There are many factors where a track can be placed, but you do have to wonder why anyone would build a track there! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
iris123 20,993 Posted January 1, 2020 (edited) 3 minutes ago, False dawn said: Thanks for the intel. There are many factors where a track can be placed, but you do have to wonder why anyone would build a track there! Always remember a Denmark v Rest of the World meeting where I narrowly escaped a major crash on my bike coming home on the soaked motorway aquaplaning and doing a broadside !! It poured down during the meeting and I gave up and left, and shortly after it was called off anyway Edited January 1, 2020 by iris123 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
erinil1 7 Posted January 1, 2020 1 hour ago, False dawn said: Thanks for the intel. There are many factors where a track can be placed, but you do have to wonder why anyone would build a track there! Wasnt the track in Vojens built with purpose in that specific area since the area is an industrail area and not an area filled with residential houses. Would seem to be a good match, with a loud sport in a "loud" industrial area och not beside residential houses. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
False dawn 2,298 Posted January 1, 2020 4 minutes ago, erinil1 said: Wasn't the track in Vojens built with purpose in that specific area since the area is an industrial area and not an area filled with residential houses. Not too surprising. No bu**er wants to live there. It's too bloody wet. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Neila 1,162 Posted January 1, 2020 Can remember going to a world final there and said they put up fighter jets to spray clouds with chemicals to try and stop the rain coming Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
False dawn 2,298 Posted January 1, 2020 23 minutes ago, Neila said: Can remember going to a world final there and said they put up fighter jets to spray clouds with chemicals to try and stop the rain coming Don't they spray clouds with silver iodide to actually make it rain? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Neila 1,162 Posted January 1, 2020 11 minutes ago, False dawn said: Don't they spray clouds with silver iodide to actually make it rain? Yea that's it, but to make it rain before it got to tokens, can't remember if it worked or not Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
False dawn 2,298 Posted January 1, 2020 3 minutes ago, Neila said: Yea that's it, but to make it rain before it got to tokens, can't remember if it worked or not Funny that. I typed tokens into the satnav on my phone and the predictive text sent me to Vojens 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites