Real estate is expensive and the space needed to accommodate a decent size track, pit space, racer's hobby shop, bathrooms, etc is quite a big space so I can understand why we are seeing less and less places to race or places closing down. It also doesn't help when you have different seasons. Up here in the Northeast carpet is popular in the winter months. But once summer comes around those places are ghost towns as folks want to run outdoors (or do other hobbies such as golf, boating, fishing, biking, beaches, etc).

What this industry needs is a way to draw in sponsorship from outside the RC community. Sure its great to have a few RC companies sponsor events or local series. But we need mainstream companies like Red Bull, Monster, etc. But how do we get them interested? What would these companies have to gain? That lies the problem. If you have a race facility in an area with a lot of local businesses, perhaps you can draw in their investment (local lawn care businesses, power-washing businesses, cleaning services, auto repair shops, pizzeria's and other restaurants, etc). You need to promote online as well as thru other platforms (such as email/SMS messaging as not everyone is on Facebook, rctech, etc). Then combine all that with a healthy race program that offers beginner, intermediate and pro level competition but MOST IMPORTANTLY a FUN environment, and I think you would be very successful year round. And as racers/hobbyists we all need to do our part and HELP the new folks. Nothing worse than seeing someone new to the hobby get overwhelmed and stressed out to not get any help from anyone and exit just as fast as they entered.