Marc Peters to redesign and build Byron tracks

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Edited Date/Time 1/26/2012 3:46am
Looking forward to it.

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grover738 1/26/2011 8:13pm
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Great to hear. I rode there two years ago, it was just ok. Memory could be fading but I remember a crazy dangerous start - bends to the right around a tree, with a drop off on the left after the turn? Locals, correct me if I'm wrong but it seemed really sketchy.

Cool to have the nuclear power plant dome right over the track - gives the place a mad max feel. Hopefully Peters does it right, the trifecta of Sunset, Mt. Carroll and Byron would be a great 3 day weekend.

And well done on having a separate quad track, the only way to go.
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ATKpilot99 1/26/2011 8:24pm
1/26/2011 8:24pm Edited Date/Time 1/26/2011 8:26pm
I raced the Racerx vet race there last season and the start went into a left hander but they said they were running the track in the reverse direction. I can't wait to see the changes.
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Highsider 1/27/2011 8:38am
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Bring back the 24"-deep sawdust, like Daddy Joe had and I will be happy.
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moto314 1/27/2011 9:39am
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It's been over 12 years since I last raced at Byron, always liked that track. Marc Peters does good work.

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JM21 1/27/2011 9:44am
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I grew up racing Byron and the place is awesome! We used to do Friday night Lake Geneva, Saturday night Mendota and sunday Nuke series at Byron, so Fun!! Aaron vincer and his late father have been keeping that place alive and 1 of the best midwest tracks EVER!! My dad raced there back in his day and I am sure my son will race there one day also!!
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Blake 1/27/2011 10:04am
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Anyone glowing from that place.........it rocked in the 80s.



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neysbo 1/27/2011 10:05am
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excellent news, Byron needed this so cannot wait.
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JIM256 1/27/2011 10:16am
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nobody builds a better track than peters, period!
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Highsider 1/27/2011 10:30am
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Blake wrote:
Anyone glowing from that place.........it rocked in the 80s.



Oh, yeah. I slept in a tent many times!
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grover738 wrote:
Great to hear. I rode there two years ago, it was just ok. Memory could be fading but I remember a crazy dangerous start - bends...
Great to hear. I rode there two years ago, it was just ok. Memory could be fading but I remember a crazy dangerous start - bends to the right around a tree, with a drop off on the left after the turn? Locals, correct me if I'm wrong but it seemed really sketchy.

Cool to have the nuclear power plant dome right over the track - gives the place a mad max feel. Hopefully Peters does it right, the trifecta of Sunset, Mt. Carroll and Byron would be a great 3 day weekend.

And well done on having a separate quad track, the only way to go.
I started racing there in 1990 and it was always a left hand turn leading into right from the start. If you had as full gate it was easy to get caught in a mess. Sketchiest was the downhill right hander before the finish line. Few fatality's on the tree at the bottom of the hill.
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grover738 1/27/2011 2:55pm
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Looking at the awesome tracks on Marc's website, then comparing them to my memory of Byron, I think they're in for some major changes. The Foster County and Costa Rica tracks he did look awesome. Someday......
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MBBadgers 4/5/2011 12:41pm
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I heard this is the week Byron get's it's facelift, my buddy SuperDave lives right by there, he's been drooling for weeks waiting for this.
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Mstock 4/5/2011 12:52pm
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Many fond memories and lots of trophies from Motosports Park. Will make it a point to check out the new track this season.
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mxr102 4/5/2011 2:04pm
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Highsider wrote:
Bring back the 24"-deep sawdust, like Daddy Joe had and I will be happy.
F yes!!!! That is when that place was Awesome. The layout has pretty much been the same for the last 20 years. Give or take a turn or jump here and there. Sawdust made Kahoka Missouri Gods Country......
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wardy 4/5/2011 2:35pm
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I don't think joe is "late" i think he just is in florida?

Yea all the trees are cleared out and I suspect they are working on the track now. Be interesting to see what marc brings to the midwest. That property has great elevation changes, and well it's a very nice facility. I personally have raced at byron since 1975........ Actually would have been considered a "byronite" one time or another.

We will be there to check it out sometime this year, not the first race LOL let it work in, but we will do some byron racing this year.

It actually looks pretty wierd with all those trees gone. I think they are damn near scrappping the whole track and building a new one. after 40 some years of mx at byron, thats simply amazing.

What is ever more cool. it's 40 minutes away. Smile
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wardy 4/5/2011 2:36pm
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oh and we miss Lake Geneva AND Maplehurst!!!!! Mendota is our track and many riders used to pull three nights/days of racing all summer long.

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grover738 4/6/2011 8:46pm
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WOW are they making some major changes. Looks like he's getting a little $ from the logs, and pouring it right back into the track. I'm guessing the new track will be a LOT longer and wider.
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wardy 4/7/2011 7:11am
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I think the "sleeping giant" in IL has awaken!!!! Hell i may just race some MX again this year.

real "dirt" track with great elevation changes. We have raced a HS there every year and it's one our favorites.

AJ you have to save some time for my 500 mx project LOL........
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SuperDaveIL 4/7/2011 10:20am
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MBBadgers wrote:
I heard this is the week Byron get's it's facelift, my buddy SuperDave lives right by there, he's been drooling for weeks waiting for this.
This SuperDave is Salivating!
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JM21 4/7/2011 11:16am
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wardy wrote:
I don't think joe is "late" i think he just is in florida? Yea all the trees are cleared out and I suspect they are working...
I don't think joe is "late" i think he just is in florida?

Yea all the trees are cleared out and I suspect they are working on the track now. Be interesting to see what marc brings to the midwest. That property has great elevation changes, and well it's a very nice facility. I personally have raced at byron since 1975........ Actually would have been considered a "byronite" one time or another.

We will be there to check it out sometime this year, not the first race LOL let it work in, but we will do some byron racing this year.

It actually looks pretty wierd with all those trees gone. I think they are damn near scrappping the whole track and building a new one. after 40 some years of mx at byron, thats simply amazing.

What is ever more cool. it's 40 minutes away. Smile
I think you are right, I stand corrected. This must be Gerhard I presume. I have not seen you in 10+ years since I moved to Cali. I used to ride with the kopecky family at megacross every race. How ya been?

Man those phots of Byron look awesome, going to have to hit a race this year for sure.
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czernik 4/7/2011 11:43am
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sweet ........get some shots of the cooln towers...they always freekd me out...
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chase383 4/7/2011 12:38pm
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Great news! I'm looking forward to heading back to Byron for the Racer X series
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chase383 4/7/2011 1:01pm
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czernik wrote:
sweet ........get some shots of the cooln towers...they always freekd me out...
Prepare to be freaked...

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