Hey Guys,

Since most of us racers have Thursday off for Thanksgiving, We are racing Wednesday night. Open at 5:30pm racing at 7pm. We will give the winners of the a-mains a turkey.

Whos coming?:nod::nod:

Yes, the rumor's that you have been hearing are correct. Trackside has now setup a rock crawling area in the old snackside. Right now the course is not 100% done. We are looking to find more rocks and add some more areas. When finished I think they might hold some crawling events and what not. Those of you in the area make sure to come check it out. As well if you know where some good free rocks are. Feel free to ask me any questions on here and I will respond as soon as I can. I will hopefully post some pictures soon.

Peace Aaron(W-W)

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Lets try to keep this thread clean guys. this thread is set up to keep some things easier by being local, and to avoid shipping bigger items, as well as to meet new people and network tracks and races.

Hey everyone,

there is a swap meet tommorrow for the calumet flyers just south of de pere tommorrow, should be lots of plane, stuff, there was last year. But I dont know how much car stuff is there but you never know. Also the food and beer is good, and you can watch the game at the bar.

here is there flyer with directions and info. Also I have nothing to do with the calumet flyers so I cannot answer any questions about them. See ya there.

http://www.calumetflyers.com/Calumet...ion'09.pdf

Hey Everyone!!! THings are looking really good for the track and so Im trying to spread the word and get more people out here. I am open to suggestions for the track and for the Forum page!! Just let me know! Hope to see some new faces come out and also Im currently working on building another track in the next town over as well!!

Kris
RLBRC

www.RLBRCTrack.Proboards.com

There's no hot deals section and I'm not sure if this is nation wide. but I just picked up HAKKO 936 soldering station on sale for 54.99 at fry's in downers grove.

SICK deal.

This is unbelievely awesome.

One of the best investments I've ever made, at a sweet deal too.

Here is the product description

http://www.hakkousa.com/detail.asp?C...ID=1250&Page=1

get it before it sells out.

I have a few questions and I am looking for some input from fellow racers and people who are in the Central Illinois area around Peoria.

I moved to the area 2 years ago and have been into RC for 20 years on and off. My real passion is on-road electric and can’t get myself into off-road. I have experience in Virginia working at a Hobby-town and running parking lot races. I also spent a few years over in England racing on road while in the service and learned alot from them on running a club and also did a national touring series over there (BTCC) along with some 1/12 nationals. I came back to the states and moved to Peoria. I raced a few nitro on-road races last year but the travel got too much.

There is a definite lack of (or should I say non existent) on-road tracks in the area. Has there ever been an on-road program in the Peoria area in the past? I know this would be a real tough road to go down, but with the help of a few people or the interest of a few, I am looking at maybe trying to start a racing program.

I know the current top of the line touring cars are very expensive and it is not cheap to get into it. I would love to get 15 guys running 13.5 but in reality, it is not going to happen. There are some good options with RTR’s, the new Trans Am class and F-1 classes.

I am not looking at running a carpet track, but I think if I bring it back to basics, where touring cars started, find a nice 100 X 50 ft piece of a parking lot some where, grab some pvc pipe, fire hoses, get access to a lap counter, and get something going in the spring. If you build it, they will come..lol

The Vintage Trans Am class would be a great way to get new people in the hobby, and there might be a few of you that have an old touring car lying around that would enjoy something like this. We could even run some oval. I think the most important part would be to keep it simple, and don't get it so there are 10 classes with 2 or 3 people running in them, again, use the KISS method. It would be great to have a fun atmosphere, help people get into the hobby and promote the hobby etc.

I am willing to spend a-little to get this going and spend some time organizing the program. I have some ideas and I think I can make this work. If you guys have any inputs, ideas, or would like to help that would be wonderful, please let me know. You can pm me or e-mail me at jslandau321@aol.com.

Here is a link to the VTA class rules.
http://www.usvintagetransam.com/

Thanks,
Justin

Are there any indoor dirt oval tracks in or near Rockford, IL? I'm traveling up there next week for work and I'd like to experience a new track while I'm up there.

Hello Everyone!

My name is Wesley Lawrence, I am the son of Tony and we recently purchased the store/track about two and a half weeks or more ago. We are Very excited to get the place turned around and look forward to meeting you guys either online or in person at the store! We do understand that the place had been let go somewhat and that parts and new models were VERY inadequate. We are trying our absolute best to get everything going in the right direction and we encourage everyone in the area to come out and give us a real shot at meeting all of your R/C needs.

On the store side of things we want to make one thing very clear... We want everyone in the area dealing with us! We will meet/beat prices and we like to deal and keep everyone happy! It is very hard to compete with the online stores right now but we appreciate you giving us the first shot at your business and we will do everything we can to keep you happy. Also, we are very open to imput from the R/C racers/bashers out there on what parts and models you would like us to carry and what parts you will be needing in stock. We encourage you to come by, check us out, and provide some good positive imput so that we can get everyone happy again.

On the track side, there are a few exciting new things in order. For now, being fall and early winter, we will have the outdoor track open for practice, as well as a BRAND NEW oval carpet track we are putting in upstairs. I believe Larry Dean hinted at this in an earlier post, but yes we are definitely working hard on getting it going up there. We will be running 1/18th scale sliders and late models, spec and mod classes, and we intend to have A LOT OF FUN! In the spring we plan on having all new dirt hauled in that will hopefully groove a little better, as well as a more "big race" style layout.

Sorry to ramble guys, just a lot of good info and I hope to hear from you all and meet you soon!

Thanks a lot,
Wes Lawrence

The Wisconsin River Cities R/C Car and Truck club is still alive and kicking with a refreshed forum and additions to our website coming soon.

Anyone in the Plover, Stevens Point, Wausau, Wisconsin Rapids area is more than welcome to join us on our website at www.wrcrc.com.

Any racing, road trip, points announcements that are made on our website will also be posted here.

New track currently being constructed in South Vienna, OH. 35 min West of Columbus. Outdoor Offroad. Please Google our website "Area 54 RC Raceway"

125x125 Track Layout, Extreme elevation changes
Flat 4 acre property, owned by track
Camping encouraged
On site Pond for watering
4 foot by 40 ft pit lane
Driver stand is 16 feet under your feet above grade, covered.
AMBrc3 timing system with RC Scoring Pro, House transponders
And many more exclusive track features.

Grand Opening Race May 22, 2010. See RC Signup for event specifics.

Thank You

Rob Knasel
Area 54 RC Raceway
(937) 605-2578
robknasel@me.com

It's murphy's birthday today!:ha:

Some say he is fifty, he claims not! A random poll at the restaurant last night amongst patrons, all said he was older than Bill, you make the decision :lol:

Happy Birthday Rich

looking for somplace to race on my long weekend:nod:

Been wanting to go bashing on decent sand dunes. Anyone know of any in the area?

Silverlake is the only one I can think of but would be nice to have something closer.

I woke up to a surprise this morning, I had my RC18t, DX3s radio, and BC112C charger stolen out of my car in Hoffman Estates. If anyone sees these pop up for sale, or at the local track, please send me a message. I would be glad to offer a reward for information leading to its return, or even just catching the person responsible.

The truck has a fairly detailed white/yellow/green/blue Parma custom classic body, Jaco prism foams, a lot of aluminum parts (mostly silver) with the chassis being about the only thing left stock, and a Tekin mini rage brushless.

Here are a few photos I found online for reference:


body, but different color...