The History of RMF<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
2019 – celebrating 100 years of danish beachracing.<\/b><\/p>\n
August 23rd 1919. On the beach of Fan\u00f8 a mixed pack of drivers, teams, spectators and hopped up vehicles were lined up on the beach in front of Fan\u00f8 Badehotel.
\nFor the man behind the race, Svend Simmelkj\u00e6r, this was the crowning of the idea he had forstred while walking on one of the many amazing beaches on the westcoast of the danish peninsula of Jutland.
\nBut in 1917, when he first envisioned a race for bikes and cars on one of the beaches, pasttime excesses like a race was out of the question. The world was engulfed in The Big war, and using precious fuel on having fun was a no go.
\nBut Svend never stopped dreaming. And in 1919 everything was ready for the first race on Fan\u00f8. Or more like..almost. Before the first heat one of the volunteers removed a mine that had drifted in with the tide by hand. And then it was time for the first go!<\/p>\n
The races from the beginning drew some of the fastest daredevils in it\u00b4s time, and was THE place to race if you wanted to be the fastest man or woman on the planet.
\nIt all came to a sudden stop, when Sir Malcom Campbell (to this day still the fastest man on the beach with a speed of more than 240 kph reached i the 1923 race) in 1924 was trying to set another of his many records.
\nDuring the attempt his vehicle lost a tyre that hit and killed a 15 year old spectator.<\/p>\n
The five glorious years could have ended as an exotic and somehow forgotten chapter in the history of danish racing, were it not for R\u00f8m\u00f8 Motor Festival.
\nThe very idea behind the festival is to honour and commemorate the history of the races on Fan\u00f8.
\nWe have done so since 2016. From humble beginnings with 40 vehicles raced by good friends of the festivalfounders, the festival has grown into a worldclass vintage beachrace on a worldclass beach.
\nIn 2018 more than 100 vehicles with drivers and teams from 11 countries raced Lakolk Beach.<\/p>\n
In 2019 we honored and celebrated the 100 years of danish beachracing in words and action.<\/p>\n
And in true R\u00f8m\u00f8-style it will be Fun, Free and Fantastic.<\/p>\n
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