The Future of Offroad in Portland
09-05-2012, 04:31 PM
#1
The Future of Offroad in Portland
Well the rumors have been answered and PRCR is closing. I know I am new to the offroad scene but I am not ready to go cold turkey for the winter. Since I started racing offroad in the spring I have had one of the best RC experiences ever. I have made many new friends, had plenty of awesome battles (except those with Joey LOL), and traveled to some killer 3 day events. The offroad scene in Portland is currently alive a thriving. Last week there were 76 entries at Dave's and 47 on a Tuesday at PRCR.
Back in the day when I started racing (88-92) there were multiple offroad tracks in the Metro area including RC Cars (Dana's) in Vancouver, Race City USA in Vancouver, Rose City RC at 142nd and Stark, Hillsboro Fairgrounds in the winter, Salem Fairgrounds in the winter, Aero in the Summer, and RC Plus in the summer.
We have 2 months and counting before we are without a track.
The Purpose of this thread is to put together people and ideas to get a track, club, facility, RD, Software and Loop, etc together.
So if anyone has any ideas, the hook up on a cheap facility or fairgrounds please post it here. If your going to buy PRCR or opening a new RC track please let us know!
If there is a way to keep PRCR open for 5-6 more months let us know.
If there is now chance of keeping PRCR open, I am thinking our best chance is to mimic was was done at Hillsboro and Salem fairgrounds. It was cold but at least we had a track and racing. We could get a club like BARC going and everyone pitch in for building a driver's stand, track maintenance, and pay an RD. I know of 3 Scoring Pro licenses and loops not used in the winter. We could hopefully set it up to start up as Dave's ends and end when Dave's begins in the Spring.
Any thoughts?
Troy Mckune
Back in the day when I started racing (88-92) there were multiple offroad tracks in the Metro area including RC Cars (Dana's) in Vancouver, Race City USA in Vancouver, Rose City RC at 142nd and Stark, Hillsboro Fairgrounds in the winter, Salem Fairgrounds in the winter, Aero in the Summer, and RC Plus in the summer.
We have 2 months and counting before we are without a track.
The Purpose of this thread is to put together people and ideas to get a track, club, facility, RD, Software and Loop, etc together.
So if anyone has any ideas, the hook up on a cheap facility or fairgrounds please post it here. If your going to buy PRCR or opening a new RC track please let us know!
If there is a way to keep PRCR open for 5-6 more months let us know.
If there is now chance of keeping PRCR open, I am thinking our best chance is to mimic was was done at Hillsboro and Salem fairgrounds. It was cold but at least we had a track and racing. We could get a club like BARC going and everyone pitch in for building a driver's stand, track maintenance, and pay an RD. I know of 3 Scoring Pro licenses and loops not used in the winter. We could hopefully set it up to start up as Dave's ends and end when Dave's begins in the Spring.
Any thoughts?
Troy Mckune
Last edited by Troy Mckune; 09-05-2012 at 07:02 PM.
09-05-2012, 05:07 PM
#2
I could help out and call some races if this happens.....
09-05-2012, 05:53 PM
#3
Last time I spoke to the facilities manager at Alpenrose (they're a client of mine), they were game to host a track on their Beaverton property. I'm not sure what they have as far as a covered area for the winter, but they've got plenty of space for an outdoor track. This was the same chunk of land that Tammie's used to operate a track. Use of the land was free - I think the tough part was finding people to show up consistently for work parties. May be worth a try.
09-05-2012, 07:58 PM
#10
Alpenrose is a great spot, they have a bunch of fair type buildings, just not sure if any are big enough to hold a track. Midget sized banked oval cart track on site as well.
09-05-2012, 09:14 PM
#11
All I know is what a bummer it is that we are losing this track. For the first time in 9 years my company posted a job on dayshift yesterday and I bid on it as that would have opened up racing during the week for me go figure
09-07-2012, 10:40 AM
#12
I like the Alpenrose idea as well. They are really supportive of multiple community events -- I race cyclocross there every Fall and it's a great venue. I certainly would help build a track there if we can do it under a roof and have some commitment that the track will be around for a while if we put the time in to build it. Having a place to race that doesn't have a lease certainly has its advantages.
If not Alpenrose then I would like to see Hillsboro Fairgrounds happen.
If not Alpenrose then I would like to see Hillsboro Fairgrounds happen.
09-08-2012, 10:35 PM
#13
I give Jim, Kim, and Shaun a bunch of credit. It's hard to run and operate a business in this economy and they really did what they could to give everyone a safe and fun place to race. I know people whine and complain about this, that, and the other, but at least we had a dry place to race in the winter, and I thank them for that. Dani and I always looked forward to getting to the track and spending the day racing with our friends.
09-09-2012, 11:23 AM
#14
I really hope it doesn't come to this but I am starting to consider on road for the winter if we don't have a place to race offroad.
Is anybody else considering this as well? What classes are popular at Timezone? The VTA class looks really interesting to me....
Is anybody else considering this as well? What classes are popular at Timezone? The VTA class looks really interesting to me....
09-09-2012, 01:18 PM
#15
i wish we had a team of racers that could get together and provide 8th scale on/off road , 10th scale offroad outdoor in summer and indoor winter for at least 10th scale , man would that be nice .
i would love to do it but i realllllly do not have the time to sacrifice
i would love to do it but i realllllly do not have the time to sacrifice