3800 Byron Dragway

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Front of RRstar today - Byron can now opperate with longer hours and now on friday nights

Friday - 3pm-12:15am
Saturday 8am-12:15am
Sunday 9am-7:30pm

This still has to go in front of the court for final approval but atleast the board did say yes to it




http://www.rrstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/articl...00311/1004/NEWS

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[Fish]

It will probably never pass. Those residents near Byron will never give up their peace beyond 5PM on the weekends and all day on the weekdays.

Should just tell them to turn their hearing aids down.

 

[imported_Ron Vogel]

Are you kidding? The world renowned turkey testilce festival is held there!

Seriously, it will probably pass. There's another dragstrip going up nearby, and it's going to cut into Byron's business. The community will try to protect what business it has by being competitive. There is not a lot of industry in Byron that I could see. I imagine that the dragstrip contributes a substantial amount towards local taxes.

 

[imported_Theautoguy]

Originally posted by Ron Vogel@Jul 21 2005, 08:54 AM
Are you kidding? The world renowned turkey testilce festival is held there!

Seriously, it will probably pass. There's another dragstrip going up nearby, and it's going to cut into Byron's business. The community will try to protect what business it has by being competitive. There is not a lot of industry in Byron that I could see. I imagine that the dragstrip contributes a substantial amount towards local taxes.

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Any resident opposition would have been voiced through the board meeting, the judge will just formalize things, it’s 95% done. As for tax base contribution, up until a few years ago, the Byron Nuclear Power Plant was contributing just about everything until they were reassessed and their value was cut in half resulting in half the taxes paid to the city. The city can use the extra money now that the school funding is being effected by this. The community is primarily an affluent “burb” style hamlet so they had a little power to block Ron Leek for a while.

The other thing that may have prompted this is the recent crack-down on cruising, lot hanging and ricer’s over the past month or so. The main argument from the enthusiast community was that there was no outlet for us to go to for speed. I’m sure the powers that be in Rockford leaned a little on Byron to allow for the extended hours. Ron has fought for many years to get this done. Now we all can finally race at night. Now those pesky Mustang kids can slip off into the darkness after being beat by the FWD 4-door family cars!

Ron V. I have yet to hear about another local track opening, what information do you have?

 

[2KREDGHOST]

ILGPC night racing at Byron!!!!! Whose with me??


Leo

 

[imported_Ron Vogel]

Originally posted by Theautoguy@Jul 21 2005, 10:11 AM

Ron V. I have yet to hear about another local track opening, what information do you have?

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It's down 39 somewhere, I don't think it will open to next year sometime. There's a thread on the forum about it IIRC.


Edit: found the link
http://www.ilgpc.com/forum2/index.php?showtopic=8827

 

[imported_Theautoguy]

Cool, thanks. Byron is still closer to me but I'd follow done to this new track for a meet. It's a Hell of a lot closer than US41. (...for me at least.)

 

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I'm going to post a link to the I39 here in a sec. but I cant wait. has the judge finalized it yet????