So what do we think about the Ernee track now?

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Edited Date/Time 9/28/2015 9:26pm
I approve. Have always done.
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philG 9/27/2015 12:44pm
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It's was great.. Walked round it after and it's really soft underfoot even now. Great prep, awesome racing.
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bob567 9/27/2015 12:52pm
9/27/2015 12:52pm
Great track. Great prep. Best racing of the entire year.
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bsharkey 9/27/2015 1:41pm
9/27/2015 1:41pm
ill have to see it on tv to make a decision. from what I saw partrs of it looked like the guys had to be very careful riding it. looked like a good "everts type track" where you do a lot standing up
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h&m_cycle 9/27/2015 1:43pm
9/27/2015 1:43pm
I like how the lines changed, hard to do that here when you have to follow the deep ruts all the way around...

I liked how they were going in deep and squaring off and cutting right across that left handed rut...

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roundtheoutside 9/27/2015 1:52pm
9/27/2015 1:52pm
Didn't look as narrow and hardpacked as expected. Some deeper ruts in some places but plenty of lines. great track
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bd 9/27/2015 2:04pm
9/27/2015 2:04pm
Great track. MXDN quality track
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jeffro503 9/27/2015 2:43pm
9/27/2015 2:43pm
I liked it. The dirt seemed really good and the track itself made for some really good racing. And what a hell of a race it was!
Project 2501 9/27/2015 2:55pm
9/27/2015 2:55pm
awesome track that evolved well over the day.
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Crush 9/27/2015 5:06pm
9/27/2015 5:06pm
Really good prep on a track that can be amazing and can be awful. 2005 it licked balls. This year, that was pure MX for me... Technical, difficult, snotty shitty track that highlights just how fucking good some of these guys are.
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motomike137 9/27/2015 5:09pm
9/27/2015 5:09pm
The track was amazing! Completely worthy of this event, epic day!
Sir Roostsalot 9/27/2015 5:23pm
9/27/2015 5:23pm
Anyone who doesn't see that as an exemplary MX track has been stateside too long.
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jeffro503 9/27/2015 5:28pm
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I said this in another thread as well. But I liked it because it was " Dirt ". Not some deep sand pit track where most riders from a lot of countries don't have the privilege to practice on. On dirt , weather it be tilled , hard pack , muddy , whatever , at least it's dirt. And today they had that track prepped very well and demanded all the riders to pick and choose their lines carefully. Although being a bit narrow , it created great line choices and great racing. Big fan of the track today.
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Phillip_Lamb 9/27/2015 6:24pm
9/27/2015 6:24pm
track looked surprisingly good. the last two visits there for des nations track looked much worse.

Wish handtown was this nice and wide...
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wpark89 9/27/2015 6:30pm
9/27/2015 6:30pm Edited Date/Time 9/27/2015 6:32pm
Loved it. Great track for a great event.
Surface looked much better than 2000.

Rough
Fast
Rutty
Technical
Steep hills
Off cambers
Big safe air
Huge crowd
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Falcon 9/27/2015 9:32pm
9/27/2015 9:32pm
The event was great. The prep looked very well done. The circuit itself looks very narrow in places. Then again, like I always say, everyone had to race on the same track.
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ayearinmx 9/28/2015 5:35am
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jeffro503 wrote:
I said this in another thread as well. But I liked it because it was " Dirt ". Not some deep sand pit track where most...
I said this in another thread as well. But I liked it because it was " Dirt ". Not some deep sand pit track where most riders from a lot of countries don't have the privilege to practice on. On dirt , weather it be tilled , hard pack , muddy , whatever , at least it's dirt. And today they had that track prepped very well and demanded all the riders to pick and choose their lines carefully. Although being a bit narrow , it created great line choices and great racing. Big fan of the track today.
are you ever gonna stop whining about Lommel?
every country has the chance to practice on sand.... it's just that some riders choose not

anyway..... they prepared this track about as well as you can and it produced some awesome racing... i loved it in 2005 and i still love the place now
crusty_xx 9/28/2015 5:44am
9/28/2015 5:44am
What about the Monster trophies though?
Now RedBull athlete Musquin has a huge Monster logo trophy for his MX2 win.

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mx836 9/28/2015 5:54am
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ayearinmx wrote:
are you ever gonna stop whining about Lommel? every country has the chance to practice on sand.... it's just that some riders choose not anyway..... they...
are you ever gonna stop whining about Lommel?
every country has the chance to practice on sand.... it's just that some riders choose not

anyway..... they prepared this track about as well as you can and it produced some awesome racing... i loved it in 2005 and i still love the place now
I didn't see any comment about Lommel. Is there something I'm missing? Whistling
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mx836 9/28/2015 5:54am
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crusty_xx wrote:
What about the Monster trophies though?
Now RedBull athlete Musquin has a huge Monster logo trophy for his MX2 win.
Those trophies are stupid, especially for an event like this.
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montesagold 9/28/2015 6:05am
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crusty_xx wrote:
What about the Monster trophies though?
Now RedBull athlete Musquin has a huge Monster logo trophy for his MX2 win.
mx836 wrote:
Those trophies are stupid, especially for an event like this.
No joke, were those the individual trophies? I have won some unique awards at local hare scramble races that I am more proud of than a damn monster logo.
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DoctorJD 9/28/2015 6:18am
9/28/2015 6:18am
It looked really narrow to begin with, but every inch (or cm, in this case) seemed to be actual, viable/usable track. I thought the track was amazing, as was the racing.

crusty_xx 9/28/2015 7:12am
9/28/2015 7:12am
crusty_xx wrote:
What about the Monster trophies though?
Now RedBull athlete Musquin has a huge Monster logo trophy for his MX2 win.
mx836 wrote:
Those trophies are stupid, especially for an event like this.
montesagold wrote:
No joke, were those the individual trophies? I have won some unique awards at local hare scramble races that I am more proud of than a...
No joke, were those the individual trophies? I have won some unique awards at local hare scramble races that I am more proud of than a damn monster logo.
yeah I believe those were the individual once, for Febvre Barcia and Musquin
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DonM 9/28/2015 7:16am
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Let's hope they put the effort to prep the the GP tracks like that next year...
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Highsider 9/28/2015 8:17am
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OT, sorta:
Saw it on CBSSN and I thought the camera operators or the director should be fired!
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karsmakers 9/28/2015 8:20am
9/28/2015 8:20am
I was wrong !!!nThat was a great track and atmosphere. Originally, I thought it was too narrow and am glad they got rid of that picket fence. Well done...though it was still a little difficult to pass on.
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pilotdude 9/28/2015 8:27am
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DonM wrote:
Let's hope they put the effort to prep the the GP tracks like that next year...
Exactly.
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Damot 9/28/2015 8:47am
9/28/2015 8:47am
Hi all don't post here often but keep up to date, I have just got back from Ernee and although I thought the track was great on a riders perspective I thought it was absolutely terrible and very poorly thought out for the spectators!
Who in there right mind thought it was a good idea to put the food stalls in the walkway of the track and also create a pinch point for spectators to try and navigate.

In my opinion it was ridiculous and dangerous and with the amount of spectators on the track it could well of been a disaster. I did consider taking my kids to this event but I'm extremely glad I changed my mind as worrying about my wife was enough let alone my kids as well.

Had they of thought about the amount of fans I think they could of created a much safer layout putting the food courts away from the track (in the top field with the toilets) would of helped the flow. I spent a good 15mins sandwiched in ppl trying to get out , which had ppl of panicked would of been very dangerous indeed.

For this fact only it has made me reconsider re-visiting an event like this as it seemed like a complete money making scheme with no regard to safety.
May I say I went to mxon lommel and that was well thought out with shuttle bus's etc.


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potatoflake 9/28/2015 9:10am
9/28/2015 9:10am
10/10 would ride
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Titan1 9/28/2015 9:49am
9/28/2015 9:49am
If those hills were half as steep as they looked on TV, then its a gnarly track! I really liked it.

I'm not sure I could even ride around it...but it made for great racing, and was just so different from anything we see here in America (Glen Helen was probably the most like it, with the hills)....

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