How many people

[pitbtch#1]

Hey I am wondering how many of u guys and girls think we should run Blackhawk backwards next yr?  They have been talking about running it the normal way for the first three races of the season and backwards the last three races.  What are your guys and girls opinion?

Heath

[EM JAY]

  That would be weird, might be nice to try it before commiting to something....

[KBOlsen]

If they can get some more runoff in 2, it would be a great idea!

[Baltobuell]

I've never run Blackhawk, but alternating direction would really showcace rider ability as long as the runoffs/walls/pit out and such aren't a problem. Most tracks though, it would add to safety issues.
 It would be cool to go to the same ol track and have it completly different.

[tzracer]

It would take a hugh amount of work and money to make the track safe to race in reverse. Take a backwards track walk. Note how much faster you will be entering corners such as 6 gate, 5 and 4.

I rode the track reverse, the first time through 6 gate took the wind out of my sails. Good view of the end of an armco barrier and the cement wall of the corner worker station. 5 and 4 would both require walls to be moved significant distances. 3a would probably require the corner station and all the walls in the area to be moved. Exit of 3 (backwards) needs more run off as does 2 and 1.

[mj]

 A few years ago I did a track day at Blackhawk that was put on by Gohr Power ( now Lake Country ) and we ran the  track backwards for part of the day.

It was fun at lower speeds and was good practice for street riding but to run races going the wrong way at Blackhawk would not be a good idea.

The track is designed with runoff in certain areas and going the wrong way defeats their purpose.

Anyone who thinks that this is a good idea should try the Isle of Mann    

  ???

[am_#65_john_deere]

racing the island is my fantasy.

my brother just did the manx grandprix there the last two weeks of august.it's run over the same course as the tt.

i would like to try blackhawk the opposite way around,i think it would be fun,

as for me and the island, i've only been there six years in a row and it is an awesome race track.

some day i will race it, hopefully in the next two years, if the finances allow me.

run blackhawk backwards,  pleeeaaassseee. :)

[the_weggie_man]

Race tracks are designed to be run in one direction.
Simple as that.

I've been doing my best to get the owners of Blackhawk to make changes to make the track safer in the direction it was designed for. That job isn't finished yet.

Now some of you want to try running it backwards?  I'm losing faith in the sanity of you guys.  

You're very simply looking to get someone killed with this stupid idea.