I just found out there was one, and it's pretty close to home for me. Do they even have a 1/4 mile strip? Test and Tune nights? Does anyone else know of this place? Thanks...

-Reno

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I live in Rockford, and the rockford speedway is an oval track for stock cars

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I'm guessing your talking about Byron. I haven't been there but I have a good friend that raced the NMRA there last year. He said it was a decent track. It is a 1/4 mile and he was pretty sure it ran down hill. His Mustang did run about a tenth faster, there, then any where else also.

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I'm pretty sure it's not Byron, it's near Mechesney (sp?) Park.

-Reno

 

Rockford speedway and Byron are two totally different tracks. Rockrord speedway is an oval track for stock cars and such. Byron is a dragstrip in Byron (not Rockford).

 

The Rockford Speedway is really in Machesney Park. Right off of highway 173 about 1 mile east of 251. Byron is the closest 1/4 mile about 45 min south, if you are on your way north from Normal on I-39 take the hwy 72 west exit and you'll drive right past it.

 

I actually live in Palatine, I just go to school in Normal. Thanks for the directions, I"ll have to check it out. Which nights are test and tune there?

-Reno

 

www.byrondragway.com
By the way me a few friends will be there April 1st day after opening day.
One 3rd gen, one 11 sec 4th gen, and some other slower cars.

[This message has been edited by new87 (edited March 15, 2001).]

 

New,

If it takes you 45 minutes to get to Byron, that new cam is not working very well for you....

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Thats driving civilized down 2. But, I take Meridian and its a bit quicker.

 

i think either tuesdays or thursdays are test+tune.i think you have to let them know your coming,and i dont know if theyll let a non-season racer run there

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