Originally Posted by f1larry

There is alot involved in hosting a TCS race. It is very hard for a Track to give away their building for a weekend and not charge for a race. In the end the host track loses money hosting a race.
#1 to be considered to host a race there is a minimum amount of Tamiya products that have to be ordered for the shop (this is a large sum of money to dish out).
For new tracks this is hard to do and then lose revenue by not charging anything for racing on the day of the race. If you have 60 people show up and 40 of them run multiple classes the Track loses $1800 right there. Tracks that have been hosting for awhile still lose money but not as significant as they have already ate the initial upfront costs.

And Tamiya racers need to be honest as well most do not support the track's shop because they already have stock piles of Tamiya parts they ordered on line. If the track was able to make money on the parts it would not be so bad but half the time they can't even get the necessary parts for a race weekend in time for the race because Tamiya is out of stock.

The whole thing is a double edge sword.

The TCS is a great way to get new blood into the hobby especially when you think how cheap some can start racing with a TT02 that comes with a motor and ESC (that also works with brushless motors).

I think Tamiya should develop a portable Parts shop for each host site. Put together an inventory of the most common parts that are needed for a race weekend. Ship it to the shop on consignment what ever the shop doesn't sell that weekend or adds to their inventory they ship it back to Tamiya to restock for the next event and bill the shop for the parts sold or kept for inventory. That would help the shops to lower their outlay for a TCS weekend and maybe sell a little bit more Tamiya parts and kits and make more money for them and Tamiya.

Sitting back with some popcorn and waiting.

Originally Posted by FMW

Updated TCS 2017 Schedule:

January 28: RC Car World, NJ
January 29: Hobby Town USA Fresno, CA
February 18-19: Hobbytown USA/HobbyPlex, NE
February 26: 180 Raceway, MD
March 5: RC Kinetics, NY
March 26: Tamiya America Raceway, CA
April 22: 702 Raceway, NV
April 9: Access Hobbies, OH
May 21: RC Madness, CT
May 21: TQ RC Raceway, CA
June 25: NOR-CAL Hobbies, CA
July 23: Galaxy Hobby, WA
August 6: Brownies Hobbies @ Jackson RC, NJ
August 26-27: Tamiya America Raceway TCS Finals, CA

The locations in RED had a date change or is an additional race event.

Originally Posted by Kevin CBR

Where is the best place to get info on local hotels for the Hobby Town race in Fresno in 2 weeks ? I know of a handful of So Cal guys looking to drive up for this race.

Thank you,

Panda

Originally Posted by Kevin CBR

Where is the best place to get info on local hotels for the Hobby Town race in Fresno in 2 weeks ? I know of a handful of So Cal guys looking to drive up for this race.

Thank you,

Panda

Originally Posted by MDawson

There is literally a Marriott across the street.

Originally Posted by Kevin CBR

Thank you Mr. Dawson. A bit more helpful than Cuda was. Found the one on North Diana Street. A whopping 0.1 miles away according to map Quest. Going to book now. Thank you !

Panda

Originally Posted by FMW

Updated TCS 2017 Schedule:

January 28: RC Car World, NJ
January 29: Hobby Town USA Fresno, CA
February 18-19: Hobbytown USA/HobbyPlex, NE
February 26: 180 Raceway, MD
March 5: RC Kinetics, NY
March 26: Tamiya America Raceway, CA
April 22: 702 Raceway, NV
April 9: Access Hobbies, OH
May 21: RC Madness, CT
May 21: TQ RC Raceway, CA
June 25: NOR-CAL Hobbies, CA
July 23: Galaxy Hobby, WA
August 6: Brownies Hobbies @ Jackson RC, NJ
August 26-27: Tamiya America Raceway TCS Finals, CA

The locations in RED had a date change or is an additional race event.

Originally Posted by Raman

Hi Fred,

If a Tamiya aluminium part is re-anodised to a different colour, would that disqualify its usage a TCS race?