I'm in Bloomington and I do make the 90 mile (180 round trip) drive to Danville. It's worth it in my opinion and Danville is much closer to you in Champaign then it is for me. In the summer it's dirt all over Central Illinois, that's when I switch to Rock Crawling.
When I came down here I thought that there was a place in town but it was gone. Actually there isn't a decent RC car LHS unless you like RTR gear.