Denmark WI. Track reopening

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Saw it on the Midwest VMX Facebook page. There will be a couple of off road events run there this year and I guess they will be selling rider memberships. They're on the cross country schedule.

http://www.rpaoffroad.com/2014/2015-WIXC-schedule-Printable.pdf

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ATKpilot99 wrote:
Saw it on the Midwest VMX Facebook page. There will be a couple of off road events run there this year and I guess they will...
Saw it on the Midwest VMX Facebook page. There will be a couple of off road events run there this year and I guess they will be selling rider memberships. They're on the cross country schedule.

http://www.rpaoffroad.com/2014/2015-WIXC-schedule-Printable.pdf

There is a place in Wisconsin thats called Denmark? Woohoo
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ATKpilot99 wrote:
Saw it on the Midwest VMX Facebook page. There will be a couple of off road events run there this year and I guess they will...
Saw it on the Midwest VMX Facebook page. There will be a couple of off road events run there this year and I guess they will be selling rider memberships. They're on the cross country schedule.

http://www.rpaoffroad.com/2014/2015-WIXC-schedule-Printable.pdf

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There is a place in Wisconsin thats called Denmark? Woohoo
yep, and its probably colder than Denmark right now, LOL!!!

ive heard there are some really cool sand tracks in wisconsin, but ive not got up there yet. its a bit of a drive, for me, but it would be cool to camp for a weekend.

ATK, have you been to Dyracuse???? i seem to remember they have an 8 mile track, is that right???
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ATKpilot99 wrote:
Saw it on the Midwest VMX Facebook page. There will be a couple of off road events run there this year and I guess they will...
Saw it on the Midwest VMX Facebook page. There will be a couple of off road events run there this year and I guess they will be selling rider memberships. They're on the cross country schedule.

http://www.rpaoffroad.com/2014/2015-WIXC-schedule-Printable.pdf

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There is a place in Wisconsin thats called Denmark? Woohoo
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yep, and its probably colder than Denmark right now, LOL!!! ive heard there are some really cool sand tracks in wisconsin, but ive not got up...
yep, and its probably colder than Denmark right now, LOL!!!

ive heard there are some really cool sand tracks in wisconsin, but ive not got up there yet. its a bit of a drive, for me, but it would be cool to camp for a weekend.

ATK, have you been to Dyracuse???? i seem to remember they have an 8 mile track, is that right???
Never been to Dyracuse I want to get up there though. Not sure about the 8 mile track but it is sand. Goat72 , we also have Belgium and Brussels. Smile
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Bruce372 2/21/2015 9:11am
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LOL. i live near Bristol (wisconsin), i come from Lincolnshire in the UK, but there is a Lincolnshire just down the street also.

Lots of recycled town names in the USA

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ATKpilot99 2/21/2015 9:18am
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There is, and I actually think they stole the Lake Geneva name from Switzerland, haha.
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I live in lake Geneva which is pretty close to Bristol.
Denmark was a cool track but been closed for a few years. Quite narrow, bit it always got a great turnout.
Dyracuse is a very deep sand track, but it's not 8 miles.
At least another month till we start riding.
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Bruce372 2/21/2015 11:01am
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Mx culture, I am in gurnee, but I go through Bristol quite a bit when I ride up ay friends places.

What tracks do you ride???
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As soon as the ground melts , we will be headed to LTMX in medaryville Indiana, its just over 2 hours from gurnee.

Fred bud sand track is about the same drive also, its in kankakee IL

Going nuts right now waiting for the first ride on my new bike
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MX Culture 2/21/2015 12:46pm
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I hit mt. Carroll and sunset the most. You need to come out to woodstockmx on Friday nights this summer. I announce there and it's good times.
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Denmark is the nearest town not any relationship to a sand track. Best tight natural terrain track in this area.
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ForToo 2/21/2015 12:58pm
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Awesome! That was my favorite track th race as a kid nearly 20 years ago.
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This is great news as it sucks to lose tracks! Glad this one could be saved..

According to Rick they will be holding some mx races there in 2016..

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Similiar picture but maybe 15 years later (credit for picture- yak651)

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I like this picture better, because of the scenery and I have the hole shot! I so want to join but I'm afraid of how long it will take to get it back into shape and heard the new owner doesn't plan to groom it on a weekly basis. Hopefully he will do some type of open ride so we can all see what kind of shape it can get back into after 4 years or so I growing over in weeds...
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yak651 2/21/2015 3:20pm
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And Dyracuse is a sand track that I believe even the euros would call a "true" sand track. That place looks so awesome the day of a race but by the second practice 3 foot whoops all over the place....When I raced there I wasn't much of a sand rider, I should go back there someday as I have honed my sand riding skills a little since the early '90s....
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yak651 2/21/2015 4:16pm
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You got to get that up on youtube, I would like to see it (then again, maybe not always faster in your memories than in real life!)
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yak651 wrote:
[img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2015/02/21/81187/s1200_1993_Denmark_125b4.jpg[/img] I like this picture better, because of the scenery and I have the hole shot! I so want to join but I'm afraid of how...


I like this picture better, because of the scenery and I have the hole shot! I so want to join but I'm afraid of how long it will take to get it back into shape and heard the new owner doesn't plan to groom it on a weekly basis. Hopefully he will do some type of open ride so we can all see what kind of shape it can get back into after 4 years or so I growing over in weeds...
Looks so good because of a kick ass member doing such a killer job mowing. Whistling :laugh

Which class was that anyway .... I might be in the back.
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[img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2015/02/21/81187/s1200_1993_Denmark_125b4.jpg[/img] I like this picture better, because of the scenery and I have the hole shot! I so want to join but I'm afraid of how...


I like this picture better, because of the scenery and I have the hole shot! I so want to join but I'm afraid of how long it will take to get it back into shape and heard the new owner doesn't plan to groom it on a weekly basis. Hopefully he will do some type of open ride so we can all see what kind of shape it can get back into after 4 years or so I growing over in weeds...
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Looks so good because of a kick ass member doing such a killer job mowing. :whistle: :laugh Which class was that anyway .... I might be...
Looks so good because of a kick ass member doing such a killer job mowing. Whistling :laugh

Which class was that anyway .... I might be in the back.
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As soon as the ground melts , we will be headed to LTMX in medaryville Indiana, its just over 2 hours from gurnee. Fred bud sand...
As soon as the ground melts , we will be headed to LTMX in medaryville Indiana, its just over 2 hours from gurnee.

Fred bud sand track is about the same drive also, its in kankakee IL

Going nuts right now waiting for the first ride on my new bike
All the good tracks are up north!
First time I went to LTMX I had the track to myself for a while
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yak651 2/22/2015 6:06am
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Oh, want to see the Maplehurst one, think that was the only time I beat you "straight up". The only other time I was ahead was because I would get the holeshot and you would be buried in the pack. Always like to watch you and your crew hit the plateau at Azzy, you guys had some style!
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Glad I saw this post I didn't realize there are so many Midwest guys on here. I can't believe I didn't know that sand track was only two hours away, definetly going to be making my way up there this spring
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Bruce372 2/22/2015 7:31am
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Yep, that the one what I was thinking of!!
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Maplehurst was my favorite track as a young'n. Only got to race there on minis as it was closed by the time I got on a 125. I think '95 was the last year. Big hills, REAL DIRT, and plenty of rocks. Somewhat similar to Denmark. That place was real MX. As stated in the thumper talk thread, it was a gravel pit and became one again after it closed down.
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MX Culture wrote:
I hit mt. Carroll and sunset the most. You need to come out to woodstockmx on Friday nights this summer. I announce there and it's good...
I hit mt. Carroll and sunset the most. You need to come out to woodstockmx on Friday nights this summer. I announce there and it's good times.
Yeah, I really like them tracks, but the drive for me is a nightmare since there isno easy route from me west. The southern tracks are easier since its l94 all the way.

All you guys should try and get to motoland, its awesome.

I think red bud has an open. Ride first week in april

I need to get out and watch the wWoodstock races, I went to that ktm dealer and they were nice people. Sportland2 is a really good dealer also.
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Here is a few warm up laps in worker practice at one of the races around '07-'08 I believe. Somewhere in there. It's the only decent footage I have of the track. Not sure if the video does the hills justice either. Pay no attention to the exhaust leak on decel. Unsure

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yak651 2/22/2015 10:21am
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Nice video Broc, I think they should put the drop away back when you go behind the pond. I remember one year they put a little "pre-jump" before the drop so you would land on the back side of the drop. Also should put the 3 rollers back in the back section. Those were always fun. I never seen it, but heard there were a couple of people that double one set of the 3 rollers in the back section. I also thought they should've added a section to go down the hill by the pits and then come back up the hill, right before the "spectator double". Do you have any "inside info" what he plans for the track (changes) or what type of maintenance he plans to do for members? With having a business and running a off road series I'm sure he already has his hands full.
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Nice video Broc, I think they should put the drop away back when you go behind the pond. I remember one year they put a little...
Nice video Broc, I think they should put the drop away back when you go behind the pond. I remember one year they put a little "pre-jump" before the drop so you would land on the back side of the drop. Also should put the 3 rollers back in the back section. Those were always fun. I never seen it, but heard there were a couple of people that double one set of the 3 rollers in the back section. I also thought they should've added a section to go down the hill by the pits and then come back up the hill, right before the "spectator double". Do you have any "inside info" what he plans for the track (changes) or what type of maintenance he plans to do for members? With having a business and running a off road series I'm sure he already has his hands full.
Thanks Brian. I remember the drop off with pre-jump well. Agreed on all the track changes, but as you probably know, the land owners were hard to deal with and resisted change. Someone in Rick's position could really do some good with the land. I believe a couple people were able to double the first two rollers when the first one was built up a little, but the landing wasn't much. From what I've heard there won't be much focus on the moto track for the first year. I wouldn't expect to see routine track maintenance, but this didn't come from the horses mouth. All second hand info. I think Flea might have something to do with working on the moto track.
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jakez704 2/22/2015 4:46pm
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Broke my back there, very fun track though. I hope to ride it when I'm back up north.

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