paul5790

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Curtis, you nailed it. Lets just race and have fun, why should the sportsman and lower mains support the payouts and awards for the bigdogs, with less track time. Thats how it ends up in these series and cash races. Let the track keep the profits so we will have places to race at, they can have an occasional trophy hand out for all racers that attend, everybody likes to win something, once in a while. If you dont support a sportsman class, where will your furture racers come from? I am far from the top and been rc for years but its the people, RC friends, Curtis and Sherri's chicken salad sandwiches, Fanelli's wife's sausage balls, Jay "TEABAG" Millers famous pork chops, Homers campout parties and the joy of the hobby, and the competition within your heat, main, wether its the Amain or the Gmain that keeps most of us coming back. You will never recoup the cash back that it cost to race RC, I once said before, I live 4 miles from one of the best Motocross tracks in the country (Buds Creek) and it wouldbe cheaper to race a year of Hare Scramblers (50-100 mile race thru the woods)once a month, then a year of RC." Don't sweat the small stuff, lets have fun"
My 1/2 cent

gtsum

Hey strangers! it has been awhile since I seen a lot of you! Glad to see I am not the only one that has dropped off the racing front lately. Several reasons (at least for me) - I don't like traveling to race on Sundays as driving 2 hours each way and getting home at 8pm Sunday night just does not do it for me - that is too long for my 3 year old to be out there with me and then get him ready for school the next day...Saturday's are college football (Go Big Red!), and I won't miss a Husker game - combined with family, vacations, travelling, another kid on the way, etc - means I have not raced in at least 3 months - my sad, lonely STRR is sitting on the bench all cleaned up and ready to go but she has not seen dirt in ages. At this point, I am just going to build a couple new kits over the winter and get back at it in the Spring. Also, too many series with conflicting dates - racers follow other racers it seems, and sometimes a great turnout will be at one track for a series race and the next time there are none there (as they are at another track)?

Shaun

mjlawn

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Let's race buddy, and have fun, neck and neck

mjlawn

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He is alive....man what's up dude? looking forward to racing again with you always fun times, hell I enjoy just shotting the shit on here this is fun budda bing

gtsum

Mr. J...how goes it my friend?? Hope all is well with you and the family. I will catch up with you all sometime at the track..I am itching to get out there and Cameron asked me the other day when we were going back to the race track. Catch ya soon

Sims

Aahj

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Thomas Keiser, The Track (Gaithersburg, Md), will travel

1/10 rubber tire sedan
1/12 scale stock/mod
1/10 scale nitro sedan


Homer Allman, Tiltyard, Travel
1/8 nitro buggy


Brian Miskolczi, Awesome RC, Travel
1/8th nitro truggy
1/8 electric buggy

Curtis Woodyard, RC Pro, Travel
1/8th nitro truggy
1/8th nitro buggy
1/8th e buggy

Austin Woodyard, RC Pro, Travel
1/8th nitro truggy
1/8th nitro buggy
1/8th e buggy

Colin Woodyard, RC Pro, Travel
1/8th nitro buggy

Mike Jackson, RC Pro,Debbies RC On road,Travel
1/8th nitro truggy
1/8th e buggy

Jr. jackson, RC Pro, Travel
1/8th nirto truggy

AJ Nealey, The Track, Travel
1/10th rubber tire sedan
1/10th Short Course Truck

Aahj

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Great thread!

I'm just getting back into this hobby after being out of it for over a decade. Just got myself an SC10 and have run at The Track in Gaithersburg for the past two weekends for some great indoor bashing fun. I also have a TC6 on order so I can run some sedan action soon.

The Track is my closest venue but am always looking to go where the numbers are. I think this thread may just help in combining a majority of the racers in the area.

Glad someone is spearheading this and will keep on eye on the discussions!

Take care,
AJ

Landscaper

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Thomas Keiser, The Track (Gaithersburg, Md), will travel

1/10 rubber tire sedan
1/12 scale stock/mod
1/10 scale nitro sedan


Homer Allman, Tiltyard, Travel
1/8 nitro buggy


Brian Miskolczi, Awesome RC, Travel
1/8th nitro truggy
1/8 electric buggy

Curtis Woodyard, RC Pro, Travel
1/8th nitro truggy
1/8th nitro buggy
1/8th e buggy

Austin Woodyard, RC Pro, Travel
1/8th nitro truggy
1/8th nitro buggy
1/8th e buggy

Colin Woodyard, RC Pro, Travel
1/8th nitro buggy

Mike Jackson, RC Pro,Debbies RC On road,Travel
1/8th nitro truggy
1/8th e buggy

Jr. jackson, RC Pro, Travel
1/8th nirto truggy

AJ Nealey, The Track, Travel
1/10th rubber tire sedan
1/10th Short Course Truck

Steve Awesome Rc, Travel
1/8 Nitro Truggy
1/8 Nitro Buggy
1/10 Stock short course

Landscaper

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Virginia
- Awesome RC - Off Road and Indoor Mini-Z - Fredericksburg
- Tiltyard - Off Road - Dayton
- RC Pro Racing - Off Road - Gloucester
- Debbies RC World - Off Road, Asphalt On-Road and Indoor Carpet - Chesapeake (the off road track is a work in progress and should be ready for the 2011 season)
- RCRNV Club - Organized electric parking lot racing (www.rcrnv.com)
- VORRA located in Richmond
- East Coast Hobbies-Off Road- Winchester

Delaware
- Blue Diamond - Off Road and Asphalt On-Road - New Castle

Pennsylvania
- Hobby Hut Raceway - Off Road - Audubon
- RT 281 Raceway - Dirt Oval - Somerset
- Jim's R/C World - Indoor Carpet - Etters
- Horsham R/C - Indoor Carpet - Horsham
- Mushroom Bowl - Outdoor Asphalt/Indoor Carpet/Off Road - Kennett Square
-Bumps and Jumps- Indoor Offroad/dirt Oval-

Maryland
- Nuclear RC - Off Road - Keymar
- The Track - Indoor Asphalt - Gaithersburg
- Hobbytown - Indoor Asphalt - Frederick
- Hobbytown - Organized electric/nitro Parking Lot - Glen Burnie
- Middle River Hobbies - Off Road - Middle River
-Full Throttle-Off Road- Boonsburo

New Jersey
- Jackson R/C Racing Assoc - Jackson

West Virginia
- Clear Creek RC Speedway

Landscaper

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I also think some tracks need to do a better Job of Promoting, that would help them out a bit, but its not the answer to the problem, just one small peice to the puzzle

NITRO 540

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My point of view of low turn outs.The must do list to get things back on track.

1.All tracks need to have a small series for the club racers.
2.Promote sportsman class @ all tracks
3.Short coarse friendly track
4.The track owners need to respect each others race dates.
5.Need to have both some Saturday races and some Sunday races
more to come

EastCoasterVa

Thomas Keiser, The Track (Gaithersburg, Md), will travel

1/10 rubber tire sedan
1/12 scale stock/mod
1/10 scale nitro sedan


Homer Allman, Tiltyard, Travel
1/8 nitro buggy


Brian Miskolczi, Awesome RC, Travel
1/8th nitro truggy
1/8 electric buggy

Curtis Woodyard, RC Pro, Travel
1/8th nitro truggy
1/8th nitro buggy
1/8th e buggy

Austin Woodyard, RC Pro, Travel
1/8th nitro truggy
1/8th nitro buggy
1/8th e buggy

Colin Woodyard, RC Pro, Travel
1/8th nitro buggy

Mike Jackson, RC Pro,Debbies RC On road,Travel
1/8th nitro truggy
1/8th e buggy

Jr. jackson, RC Pro, Travel
1/8th nirto truggy

AJ Nealey, The Track, Travel
1/10th rubber tire sedan
1/10th Short Course Truck

Steve Awesome Rc, Travel
1/8 Nitro Truggy
1/8 Nitro Buggy
1/10 Stock short course

Jason Sneed, RC Pro Racing, Travel
1/8 E-Buggy
1/10 Mod Short Course
1/8 E-Truggy
1/10 17.5 Rubber TC

EastCoasterVa

Weekend 1
Saturday October 16th
Sunday October 17th
- Off-Road - Awesome RC 1 Day Event

Weekend 2
Saturday October 23rd
- Off-Road - THUNDER ALLEY WILSON N.C CRAZY GIVE-AWAY RACE
Sunday October 24th

Weekend 3
Saturday October 30th
- On-Road - "East Coast Halloween Bash" sponsored by Debbie's RC World
Sunday October 31st
- On-Road - "East Coast Halloween Bash" sponsored by Debbie's RC World

Weekend 4
Saturday November 6th
Sunday November 7th
- Offroad - The Track's First Annual Offroad Slam Trophy Race (mix of carpeted jumps\table tops\metal dots, masonite, and asphalt. Think of a SuperMoto course)

Weekend 5
Saturday November 13th
Sunday November 14th

Weekend 6
Saturday November 20th
Sunday November 21st

Weekend 7
Saturday November 27th
Sunday November 28th

LuisR

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Before we lost 301, I think the class that was growing the most was On-Road 1/5 scale (aside from 1/10 and 1/8) we had close to 20 local drivers!!!
not counting the racers from NY. 1/5 scale drivers were poping from everywere, but now that we dont have a place were to race I have seen some of these drivers migrate to the smaller classes.
I think one of our local drivers visited the Richmond track with his 1/5 scale and it was too small for our class. There was some rumor that we would be able to run at Blue Diamond but I think it was all rumors, or not enough interest. I think the issue of not having a track is in a way all relative. I travelled to LA for a race on a parking lot. Those guys lost a permanent track not too long ago and they kept going.
I just wished we can all get organized and start racing again.

TonyWest

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This weekend it looks like two tracks are racing on Sunday. Both these tracks are offroad 1/8th and short course. But Neither race much on Sundays and the weekend they do decide to race is the same. ????????????????????????????
P.S. These are the two closest tracks to myself. One of the tracks I have not raced at this year and the other I have raced at 3 times. Things that make you say HMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM