Road Racing is a european style of racing. It consist of tracks that simulate winding country roads. They are asphalt and have both left and right turns and sometimes elevation changes. Some curves are fast and can be taken "flat out" (at full speed) while others are very tight and might require brakeing down from well over a hundred miles an hour to less than thirty miles an hour to make a corner. Road racing requires a high degree of braking, shifting and cornering skills unlike oval track racing. The fastest path around a race track and specifically through a corner is known as the racing "line" and in a small engined car like mine, hitting the line precisely every time is essential to going fast.
directions to Blackhawk Farms Raceway are found below.
(This will take you off the Curt Fisher Racing site)
Blackhawk Farms
is located near Rockton ILL. (near the Wisc. border, north of Rockford).
Directions: Interstate 90 to the Rockton Exit, then west. Pass through the town
of Rockton to Prairie Road then turn north to the track. There are road signs on
Rockton Road and the route to the track to help. watch closely for the signs or,
the same thing, in other words: Take I-90 west to the Rockton Road exit (about
15 miles north of Rockford.) Go west on Rockton Road, through town, cross over 3
bridges. After the 3rd bridge, take the 2nd right onto Prairie Road. We are
about 1 1/2 miles on the left. When towing I take I-39 up to I-90. Otherwise I
usually just drive up along the river to bypass 20 then take it to I-90.
Road America is a world famous and highly respected race track that hosts many international proffesional races. It is an extremely fast track with long straights. It's dangerous "kink" is well known as test of a drivers comitment. It is set on over 600 acres of beautiful, hilly Wisconsin country side.
More information and directions to Road America (Elkhart Lake Wisconsin) are at the link below: (This will cause you to leave the Curt Fisher Racing site however):
www.roadamerica.com/
We will run the North track in June, and the South track in October
