You may not have been filled in on what's been happening "behind the scenes" lately. PM me or give me a call and I'll fill you in on what John was telling us all on Sunday.
PM'ing you my cell right after this message.......

We all should pitch in to find out who did this to OUR hobby shop and track. This BS shouldn't be takin lightly, things like this effect all of us. We all obviously enjoy the track and the shop,and things like this make the survival of the shop more difficult on John and Mark.Maybe we could all make a small donation to help pay for these items. Hopefully I'm not overstepping any bounds by making this suggestion.

Hey Tom,

Not only are the aforementioned kits missing, but people are taking the liberty of taking stuff from the back room as well, we're gonna have to go to def-com 3 and not allow anyone in the back room besides the people who are supposed to be there.

On another note:
Tom, are you racing Saturday??

Isn't there cameras throughout the shop?

Wait, wait, wait. People are robbing RCHR?!?!

Ahhhh, the back room again.

Last time I came to race, when I signed up on the sheet.......I was the only one in the shop on the customer side of the counter. There were literally 6-7 others signing up as well at this time.....not on the customer side of the counter. I didn't realize that RCHR had so many employees.

Facepalm...

I have to agree with Matt on this......

This is in no way a post trying to say anything bad about RCHR, John, Mark or the Back Room Boys, just a contrtuctive observation.

On most Saturdays I will walk into the shop and there will be no one at the counter at least once durring the day. Some times I need to buy something and I will search out someone to help me, but many times I'm just killing time between races and will stand at the counter for 5-10 min at times before someone walks back to the coounter to ask if I need anything. Now mind you I worked at / managed a hobby shop for 7 years and know how the buisness works. We always made sure we had an employee at the counter!!! If it was a race day we made sure that there was someone working who didn't race or one of us would pit at the work bench behind the counter and would have someone cover it while that person was running their race and marshaling. This not only was for security reasions, but also made sure that no customer would be standing at the counter waiting for some one to help them. If you don't belive me just as Steve Semeraro, he worked there with me and managed it before I did. I remeber when Will used to pit at the counter. Maybe it's time for that to start again?......

Now for the missing items from the back room......
I hate to say this but if you are paying to have a perminant pit space thats in a secured area like the back room, then rightfully the shop should have some type of "lease" agreement for you guys that states "we are not responsible for lost or missing items". I know for a fact that even though it's an unspoken understaning that you "pit at your own risk". Many shops dont like to offer "permium" or "pay for" pitting because of the legal ramifications. If there is nothing signed by the racer and the shop or signs posted stating that the shop is not responsible for the racers belongings in these "premium" pits then the shop IS resposible for the missing items. This creates way to much of a liability and hassel for the shop owners to want to deal with. Yes it may be convienet to not have to lug your stuff back and forth to the track, but the peice of mind knowing that your stuff in always in your possesion makes the so called inconveinance of lugging gear back and forth a minor one in my eyes. From what I can tell it's only been tires and small things missing, but what if a car, charger or radio goes missing next??? Is it realy worth the risk???? The idea of putting the back room into "lockdown" will help, but at the expense of making these racers non-accesable to others and will just add to the stigma that there is favortisim toward those racers.

All in all this situation can be handeled very easily if the following steps are taken.

1. A RCHR employee is always present at the counter.
2. No one but RCHR employess are allowed behind the counter. NO EXCEPTIONS!!!
3. Video survailance MUST be fully functional!!!!
4. Everyone pits in the main pit area and MUST bring their gear home daily.


I hate to see a shop get hit by a theif. It happened at the shop I worked at, but it was a break in. When it happens durring buisness hours it makes everyone start to look at their fellow racers and friends in an different way. Makes you think "Is it possible that _______ took the items?". This is not a good thing to have happening at all.

I hope the person or persons resonslibe for these actions is caught and percicuted to the fullest extent of the law......

Well said.

well said ron it sucks that people cant keep there hands off other racers stuff and the worst part is if you ask they will let you barrow it!!! theres no need to steal this burns my ass cuz i had my B4 stolen from RCHR its just bull shit and i hope i find the person!!! and when i do IM GOING TO BREAK YOUR HANDS!!! THEN HAND YOU TO MARK AND JOHN!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and if you think im kidding try me!!!!!! it is hard enogh for a shop to stay open and keep racers this will kill a shop and if you have a problem with my post i will talk to you face to face!!!! and if you dont know who i am there are plenty of people who do ask some one!!!!!

Hey Matt,

Let's get something clear here.......

Are you racing tonight??

Did you get the Evader fixed?? I still got them Losi shocks if you need them.

Are you racing at the Grand Prix??

I forgot about that Jay!!! Your stuff was out in the main pits when that happend, something like 1.5 years ago right?

yeah something like that i just wish people would ask with my car what pissed me off was if someone asked me i would let them run my stuff i think everyone knows that i want everyone to have a good time!!!!!! there killing the track i dont know what was stolen but i hope it finds its way back after its walk!

Well I'm willing to bet that the missing kits were not taken by one of the racers or regulars at the track.......

i hope your right i cant see anyone of "us" doing it