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Solved NIC#745 - Roskilde Ring - June 1955
« on: January 28, 2017, 05:21:10 AM »
Where is this photo taken?
« Last Edit: March 11, 2017, 03:09:06 PM by nicanary »
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Re: NIC#745
« Reply #1 on: January 28, 2017, 05:25:28 AM »
Where is this photo taken?
From the side of the track! Sorry, I couldn't resist!  :lmao:
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Re: NIC#745
« Reply #2 on: January 28, 2017, 05:27:30 AM »
Where is this photo taken?
From the side of the track! Sorry, I couldn't resist!  :lmao:

If it had been the late Maurice Rowe, he would probably have been standing in the centre of the track.
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Re: NIC#745
« Reply #3 on: January 28, 2017, 05:18:31 PM »
Germany?

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Re: NIC#745
« Reply #4 on: January 28, 2017, 05:20:56 PM »
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Re: NIC#745
« Reply #5 on: March 11, 2017, 05:05:01 AM »
Experts - should not take long!
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Re: NIC#745
« Reply #6 on: March 11, 2017, 09:01:08 AM »
In Europe I presume, but I'm not familiar with the place. From the mix of vehicles I'll try Scandinavia.
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Re: NIC#745
« Reply #7 on: March 11, 2017, 10:11:28 AM »
Mexico?

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Re: NIC#745
« Reply #8 on: March 11, 2017, 10:25:12 AM »
In Europe I presume, but I'm not familiar with the place. From the mix of vehicles I'll try Scandinavia.

Not Mexico, because it is indeed in Scandinavia.
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Re: NIC#745
« Reply #9 on: March 11, 2017, 02:19:36 PM »
I'm not very sure about Scandinavian circuits. Google tells me a couple exist in Norway but I don't think they are old enough, so perhaps it's in Denmark. The Wikipedia entry for Roskilde Ring includes this description "Because the track was built in an old gravel pit it looks like an amphitheater"  so that's my guess.
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Re: NIC#745
« Reply #10 on: March 11, 2017, 03:06:37 PM »
I'm not very sure about Scandinavian circuits. Google tells me a couple exist in Norway but I don't think they are old enough, so perhaps it's in Denmark. The Wikipedia entry for Roskilde Ring includes this description "Because the track was built in an old gravel pit it looks like an amphitheater"  so that's my guess.

Got it in one. Well solved. The Roskilde Ring was built in 1955, as you say in a gravel pit, which explains the more or less oval shape with banked sides. It was a massive 670 metres for a lap, although in 1957  the owners used more land alongside the oval which stretched the length to 1.4km, approx. 0.87 miles.

The Danish motor sport authorities used to hold a pukka Formula 1 race there, surely the shortest circuit ever used for the top echelon cars. Here's Stirling Moss and Jack Brabham in 1961.
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