3LikesOld school RC Tracks...
12-07-2006, 05:20 AM
#46
Glad to hear somebody remembers the old Antioch RC Raceway. Home of the 1988 ROAR Nats. 608 entries. That was before there were trucks. Just stock and mod buggies. Gil Losi ran the prototype JRX2 and just lost to Cliff Lett. I really miss that place. It was like one big family. Wednesday nights we would get 75 buggies and not get done until 1am. I have raced a lot of places since Antioch and nowhwere has it been the same. Owner was Jack Hanson. It has been gone for years. There are homes build there now. Ahh... memories!
12-07-2006, 06:55 AM
#47
Originally Posted by Tag
hum..like me think, anyone remember mile squarepark in westminister?, huge track perfect for 1/8 buggies back in the days..also californiarc center somewhere in orange county i forgot the name of the city, yeh those were the good ol'days
12-07-2006, 06:58 AM
#48
Originally Posted by rto997
CalRC in Anahiem??
Massies in the San Gabriel Valley
hobby Masters in Rowland Heights
Also there was Ultimate Hobbies with the track at the park behind the shopping center, then they started racing behind the Walmart with Charlie Suanka!! That was a great program!!
Massies in the San Gabriel Valley
hobby Masters in Rowland Heights
Also there was Ultimate Hobbies with the track at the park behind the shopping center, then they started racing behind the Walmart with Charlie Suanka!! That was a great program!!
12-08-2006, 01:35 PM
#49
Originally Posted by wild gopher
I started racing RC at AJB in Covina, Ca. It was behind the burger king off vincent and san bernardino.
There was also a mexican restaurant next to it that had a walk-up window that i'd get burritos at inbetween heats. Good times.
12-08-2006, 02:54 PM
#50
Originally Posted by Stratus Racer
Ascot R/C Raceway in Gardena,CA
and
One Stop Raceway in Los Alamitos, CA
were where it started for me.
and
One Stop Raceway in Los Alamitos, CA
were where it started for me.
Ascot... hahh.. where I had a rc10 chain drive 2wd conversion running dirt oval. Heck I think I even have a BETA video my dad took of me doing dirt oval in novice... HAHAHA. I loved the "standing pits" to the right of the track.
Hmm.. my only memories were the "gold dust twins" who had JG Truck bodies on thier JRX-T's who always ran against the customwork wedges...
ahhh... the memories.
Last edited by RCMits; 12-08-2006 at 03:16 PM.
12-08-2006, 05:51 PM
#51
One Stop
One Stop Hobbies in Los Alamitos California. I ran gearbox oval stock which was an RC10 gold tub with a graphite chassis on foam tires. I remember staying up all night filing down all the gears in the gearbox. The track was just like Socals bullring but we drove in circles except for the Iroc series.
10-21-2008, 03:46 PM
#52
Glad to hear somebody remembers the old Antioch RC Raceway. Home of the 1988 ROAR Nats. 608 entries. That was before there were trucks. Just stock and mod buggies. Gil Losi ran the prototype JRX2 and just lost to Cliff Lett. I really miss that place. It was like one big family. Wednesday nights we would get 75 buggies and not get done until 1am. I have raced a lot of places since Antioch and nowhwere has it been the same. Owner was Jack Hanson. It has been gone for years. There are homes build there now. Ahh... memories!
LOL! I even posted in this thread about Antioch RC Raceway 5 years ago I raced at Hobby Haven in Livermore and RC City in Milpitas too! Hobby Haven was offroad only, but the track in Milpitas was a dirt oval, then when new owners took over it switched over to offroad only. I remember seeing Jimmy Jacobson win there all the time before he ran for Associated.
I was at the 1988 ROAR Nats at Antioch! I had just started racing and came out to watch. In fact, I think that's still the biggest race I've ever seen to this day! I remember seeing this little kid race there that was as fast as the pros named JD Beckwith
Mike Swauger started racing at the original Antioch RC track too
10-21-2008, 06:01 PM
#53
I never raced there but I remember seeing magazine articles 12 years ago about the Insane Speed Runs being done at the "Thunderdome." Anyone remeber that? I don't even know where it was but I remember reading about speed runs in the 80mph range with brushless motors back then.
NOW - Everyone is running BRUSHLESS motors on the 'drome. How things have changed.
The track in Dominguez Hills was torn down to build a SOCCER Field for the L.A. Galaxy.
MITS, I hope you get to get YOUR car out here SOMEDAY
10-21-2008, 06:04 PM
#54
Ultimate did have a nice track back there. Coincidently that is where Bending Corners Raceway is now. Not the exact location but very close. Check out the website at www.bcraceway.com .
10-21-2008, 08:32 PM
#57
Anybody have any pictures from the Ranch Pit Shop?
10-21-2008, 09:36 PM
#58
spearmint rhino in the city of industry. 
10-21-2008, 09:58 PM
#59
