Please use this thread to talk about On-Road racing in the Pittsburgh area and Steel City Hobbies.

For more information: www.steelcityhobbies.com

Good luck in 2006!
MR

Results should be up soon.
Thanks!
MR

Tuesday evenings are closed to car traffic to make way for Heli Flying.
For more info check the website.
For Heli video: http://www.steelcityhobbies.com/Video06/HeliFlying.mov

Anyone running 1/12th on road Sat.?

Anyone running 1/12th on road Sat.?

Yes I will be. !

i run 1/12th on road, I was thinking about making the trip up there? Any setup help?

Yes I will be. !
Sounds good Piz, I switched my electrics from my 1/12th oval car to my carpet knife. I don't know if my eyes can take the 8 min. without blinking though. :freak:

Glad to see 1/12th Scale is growing... I am out for 2 weeks but when I get back hopefully I can drop some electronics in... as I told Bret yesterday, I am a rolling road block.
MR

Anyone racing 1/12th onroad this weekend?

martian if you can bring a spare car i will race with you

What happened to your 12th Tim?

What happened to your 12th Tim?
Dude, he sold it to me.

martian 710 i'll be running1/12 next week as soon as i get it ready.

I was thinking of coming up this weekend what is the crowd looking like for onroad?

i'll be down there saturday :cool:

see you all there :wave:

If everything works right I'll be running 1/12 onroad this weekend.Mike your 1/12 onroad car waiting for you,the Grand Wizard misses you man.

Mike.your 1/12 onroad car is ready and waiting,The Grand Wizard misses you man.

Mike.your 1/12 onroad car is ready and waiting,The Grand Wizard misses you man.
Hahaha... thank you to the Grand Wizard for stuffing my 1/12th scale with some electronics! I'll be back in town on Thurs so I hope to finish it up... if it needs anything. I'll take it easy on everyone when I race... so don't worry.
MR

Brett, you got a PM!

Hahaha... thank you to the Grand Wizard for stuffing my 1/12th scale with some electronics! I'll be back in town on Thurs so I hope to finish it up... if it needs anything. I'll take it easy on everyone when I race... so don't worry.
MR
I think it probably needs lots of practice!!! HA! HA! HA! :wave:

So who's in for 1/12th scale roadcourse tomorrow. ?

I'm in, Joe should have his there, I think Frank and Mike R. are also. Piz, are you going to keep those cars in one piece this week? It was just Joe and me in 1/12th last week. I had a blast, we ran and finished the main on the same lap. :thumbsup:

hey brett if you can bring a spare 12 scale i will run with you guys

Practice? Didn't you know I was a natural? I should paint my car yellow so you can not see all the paint and scratches from the side walls.... I'm good for wearing down the carpet around the edges. ;)

I think it probably needs lots of practice!!! HA! HA! HA! :wave:

Practice? Didn't you know I was a natural? I should paint my car yellow so you can not see all the paint and scratches from the side walls.... I'm good for wearing down the carpet around the edges. ;)
"a natural", I hope that doesn't mean you race with your clothes off!!! :freak: :wave:

martian 710 my 1/12th is ready to go,sure hope my contacts don't dry out ha! ha! ha! see you in the A.M.

Yeah, going 8 minutes without blinking is rough. Especially when it is back to back with a 5 min. sedan race.

Looking for 1/12th onroad drivers for some good road raceing at SCH come one come all.Martian 710 your right 13 min of raceing is rough I did it this saturday,got my car running good was on a 36 lap pace but had a brain fart and ended up with a 34 not bad for the first time out,looking fordward to running it.

your doing 13 minute 1/12 scale on road races ??

your doing 13 minute 1/12 scale on road races ??
No, he's talking about 5 min. sedan back to back with 8 min. of 1/12th = 15 min. without blinking. Thank goodness we don't use Paragon. I should be there next week. The kids don't have soccer games the next 2 weeks. :wave:

Race Results are posted. Sorry for the delay!
MR

How did the racing go today. I had to make some money today since Mother Nature wouldn't let me yesterday. I should be there with both the "little monsters" next week.

How did the racing go today. I had to make some money today since Mother Nature wouldn't let me yesterday. I should be there with both the "little monsters" next week.
The racing went well today. Alot of sedan today. Next week is going to be a mad house, with the outlaws coming. It should be a blast.

Martian 710 bring your 1/12th with you enjoy running them.I was the only one there yesterday,and anyone else who would like to join us.look forward to saturday with the OUT LAWS seen some of them run yesterday looks like a lot of FUN.

Old Hippie, I'll have mine for sure. I'm going to try to get Shyniah's set up for her too. I think it time for her to start turning left and right.

MARTIAN 710 sure glad to hear that I was the only one there last saturday.joe was helpping ben with his bush car.later

When: May 20
Where: McMurray PA (Pgh South Hills)
Time: 10 - 4PM
Cost: Zilch, Nadda, Zippo... $0.00

SCH is doing a R/C extravaganza with R/C Drag Racing - we encourage anyone with any R/C vehicle to come test n' tune your rod on FRESH asphalt that will not even be a week old! (I can't believe they are allowing us to do this) AND there will be off-road racing with hand-out R/C cars provided by TRAXXAS to try your hand on the dirt. (Off road more for kids of all ages) We plan on a few helicopter demonstrations as well....

Call NitroMike at the shop for details or check the website.

www.steelcityhobbies.com

T-Series Race Series starts this Saturday!
FREE Steelers T-Shirt ($25.00 value) when you sign up for R/C Racing starting this Saturday. This is a Steelers T-Series that will run for the next few weeks! Be sure to collect all T-shirts including possible wild-card gifts! 1 per person/raceday.

For more info: www.steelcityhobbies.com

We cleaned the heck out of the track - looks like new carpet! Pipes are tuned up as well. We have spent a lot of time giving the place a cleaning and some painting. Track will re-open for practice Friday afternoon.

New Road Course!!!

The "T-Series" starts this weekend too! With every 1st entry, you get a free Steelers T-Shirt. This series runs for a few weeks with a different shirt every week. Some shirts are part of a series so try not to miss out!

Doors open at 9am, racing at noon.

If you need directions, you can mapquest from our contacts page:
http://www.steelcityhobbies.com/contact.shtml

MR

The Bible Chapel Carnival & R/C event in McMurray has changed venues slightly due to all the rainy weather we have been having over the last 13 days... we are still going to host off-road racing for free tomorrow at this site... but we have moved the off-road to on-road -- to a freshly paved lot so now we can include touring cars!

This starts around 10am and runs thru 3pm all for NO COST!

It gets better... it is a great time for you, the kids and even your parents... Free entertainment and FREE FOOD for those who want some good eats!
Last years event was a blast and SCH is happy to continue to help promote R/C to the Pittsburgh area! The rain is supposed to stop in the morning so that opens up hours of free R/C fun

If you have an off-road vehicle... you can race on-road as well... OR play in the mud!

For more information and directions: www.steelcityhobbies.com

MR
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AWESOME turnout last weekend! Thanks to all who helped and participated!
The flying was something else! For pictures and story - http://www.steelcityhobbies.com/2006Files/BibleChapel1.shtml
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Thanks for the memories Scott. Hope you have a smooth transfer to the new shop.
For more information on one of the greatest hobby shops of all time:
http://www.steelcityhobbies.com/news.shtml - also a link to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette & AB's site. :thumbsup:
MR

Thunder in the Burgh is coming to Heinz Field and PNC Park this Friday afternoon and will run through Sunday afternoon.

Steel City Hobbies will have the R/C Drag Strip set up on Sunday, June 11th from 11am thru 4pm.

The faster cars will be paired up with the REAL FULL SCALE cars on the main strip to try their hand at beating a real car. I did it 2 years ago! Nitro Mike has the current speed record of around 70mph (that is in 132' ladies) with his electric car (which is now disinigrated by an accident in Arby's parking lot). NitroMike says he has a few things up his sleeve this year with his Nitro stuff...

FREE R/C Drag Racing for anyone who dares to show up.
You can race just about anything!! From trucks to dragsters. If it is too big, we will put you out on the big boys strip - no problem.

Everyone will have to pay a $10 admission fee, which gets you into the whole facility. You will be able to view the real drag racing as well as shopping around the booths and Coke-a-Cola Great Hall in Heinz Field! It is a great deal! The event runs all weekend and looks to be of record size!

For more and updated information, check out www.steelcityhobbies.com
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Wow... what a great weekend... so much Drag Racing! From real to R/C.
The R/C flying was pretty awesome as well... SCH did an impressive job with the flying - thanks to Crazy John! (Price) The R/C Drag racing was a lot of fun. My secret weapon "would have" crushed any car, but I had some micro-switching problems. :( Nitro Mike Whittington was on the REAL strip and waiting for the lights to drop... but his gearbox blew when they hit green! John Price took the win and advanced to the big event - racing a REAL car... I picked the real car to race - I should have picked the Monte Carlo because I did not know that Camaro was so hopped up! Sorry John! Ha-ha I am sure I could have beaten it IF my secret weapon was functional.
For pictures and video - www.steelcityhobbies.com
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Yes, the FREE T-Shirt deal is still on for every Saturday - raceday - each person who enters a race gets a FREE Steelers T-Shirt!

Heli seminar tomorrow at SCH with JR's Ron Osinski - awesome flying from nitro to electric. Starts at High Noon!

Steel City Hobbies
2006 Vintage Grand Prix

http://www.miniofpittsburgh.com/ and www.steelcityhobbies.com team up again -- this time to raise money for charity!

Mini of Pittsburgh and Steel City Hobbies team up at this year's Vintage Grand Prix in Pittsburgh, PA. SCH is very happy to participate in this year's Vintage Grand Prix located in Schenley Park, Pittsburgh.

For direct information:http://www.steelcityhobbies.com/2006Files/VintageGrandPrix.shtml

* Saturday, July 15 - Schenley Park, Pittsburgh PA - Flying and R/C racing

Keynotes:
Try your hand at R/C racing for $3 - 100% of the money goes to the VGP charity! (If you have a car, bring it to add to the excitement - for free!)
100% of all proceeds of T-Shirt sales go to the Vintage Grand Prix charity!
Free demonstrations of R/C cars, planes and very cool nitro powered helicopters!!!!
DO NOT MISS THIS!

Directions:
How to find SCH at the Vintage Grand Prix - MAP - http://www.steelcityhobbies.com/Flyers/ShenleyParkMap.pdf
From Pittsburgh, follow Forbes Avenue, make a right at Schenley Drive and follow MAP to German Hill!
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We have a few guys practicing mod and 1/12th scale at SCH... looks like the fall will be exciting with some fast action. We are looking at Saturday On-Road / Oval racing as usual, and Sunday for the on-road experienced such as Mod and 1/12th scale. Post any thoughts.

SCH will run a touring car "Oval" class if anyone wants to run... you need to have a brushless motor of course.
Just FYI if anyone was interested.
MR :thumbsup:

Guys,
Please go to the thread link below and post some comments about Gary Pickrell, who lost the battle against Cancer a few weeks ago. 2 of Gary's best friends (Frank and Chuck) helped build the current SCH track in Bridgeville and Gary had his own custom pit spot right next to his best friends.
This fundraiser race will be a lot of fun in Gary's name with both On-Road and Oval racing on that day - and lots of awesome door prizes and Chinese auctions! Don’t forget the great tasting food!

Check out this thread and take the poll and leave a note if you have any memories of Gary!

http://www.hobbytalk.com/bbs1/showthread.php?t=156444

Thanks!
Mike

No On-Road this weekend due to the ARCOR NOVAK Brushless Nationals at Steel City Hobbies.

SCH will be having a HUGE Blow-Out sale starting sometime during the races (saturday) and will last all weekend. Come on down to check out the Nat's and the sale. You will not find a better deal!

MR