Yes a new 20,000 sq.ft. R.C. facility is comming. This is in conjuction with AMS Custom Hobbies.This is a ( DONE DEAL ).Their will be a weekend electric program,a weekend gas program,an a mid week evening electric program.This should be up and going in November.More info to come as soon as it is avaiable. :) Track will be hard packed dirt,apx. size-110' X 70' :) I -75 Exit # 109 Apx. 2 miles away,US - 23 Exit #88 apx. 5 miles a way, I - 69 & I -75 interchange appx. 9 miles a way :)

Here it is!! The information you have all been waiting for! Racing will begin in 4 days!!!!! WEDNESDAY NOV. 18TH.

6434 Dort Highway
Grand Blanc, MI 48439

OPEN PRACTICE = GAS AND ELECTRIC $10.00 FOR THE WHOLE DAY

MONDAY 10:00AM TO 8:00PM
TUESDAY 10:00AM TO 8:00PM
THURSDAY 10:00AM TO 8:00PM
FRIDAY 10:00AM TO 8:00PM

SCHEDULED RACE DAYS

WEDNESDAY - ELECTRIC RACE ONLY - $10.00
OPEN PRACTICE (ELECTRIC ONLY) FROM 10:00 TO 5:00
SIGN UP CLOSES AT 6:30
DRIVERS MEETING AT 6:45
RACE STARTS AT 7:00
RACE PROGRAM WILL BE 2 QUALIFIERS AND A MAIN. CLASS WILL BE 19 TURN BRUSHED/10.5 BRUSHLESS.
BUGGY, TRUCK, 4-WHEEL, OPEN CORE/SHORT COURSE, ELECTRIC OPEN 1/8 SCALE

SATURDAY - ELECTRIC RACE ONLY - $15.00 FIRST CLASS, $10.00 SECOND CLASS AND $5.00 FOR ANY ADDITIONAL CLASSES
DOORS OPEN AT 8:00AM , and closeing 1 hour after raceing
SIGN UP CLOSES AT 10:00AM
DRIVERS MEETING AT 10:30AM
RACING BEGINS AT 11:00AM
RACE PROGRAM WILL BE 3 QUALIFIERS AND A MAIN. CLASSES WILL BE NOVICE, STOCK BUGGY, STOCK TRUCK, MOD BUGGY, MOD TRUCK, MOD 4-WHEEL, STOCK SLASH, OPEN CORE/SHORT COURSE, AND OPEN ELECTRIC 1/8 SCALE.

SUNDAY - NITRO RACE ONLY - $15.00 FIRST CLASS, $10.00 SECOND CLASS AND $5.00 FOR ANY ADDITIONAL CLASSES
DOORS OPEN AT 8:00AM ,and closeing 1 hour after raceing
SIGN UP CLOSES AT 10:00AM
DRIVERS MEETING AT 10:15AM
RACING BEGINS AT 10:30AM
RACE PROGRAM WILL BE 3 QUALIFIERS AND A MAIN. CLASSES WILL BE OPEN 1/8 SCALE, OPEN TRUGGY, OPEN MONSTER TRUCK AND OPEN 1/10 SCALE TRUCK.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
PERSONAL TRANSPONDERS REQUIRED
PERSONAL TRANSPONDERS WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR RENT IF YOU DO NOT HAVE ONE FOR $5.00 PER DAY AND A SECURITY ITEM.

"HEATED" PIT ROOMS AVAILABLE FOR RENT.
OPTHER PIT ROOMS ALSO AVAILABLE FOR RENT THAT ARE NOT HEATED.

Good to know it's moving forward... :thumbsup:

Good to know it's moving forward... :thumbsup:

info comming soon :)

Please post pics of the build, be nice to watch the progress.

Looking forward to this place. Thinking this might be close.

Looking forward to this place. Thinking this might be close.

You Think :thumbsup:

just got off the phone with Ed, man this thing is moving REAL FAST.....better start charging some batterys...

You Think :thumbsup:

Yeah haha:rolleyes:

Base is laid,more dirt coming to day.driver stand going good,things are coming along good :thumbsup:

need some pics please

need some pics please

Soon :thumbsup:

dirt is in, track 1/2 done ,driver stand 1/2 done, getting closer,lots of info coming this week :thumbsup:

Awesome, just picked up an RB5 just for this place!

You go man!

Trach is all layed out,just fine tuneing it,then tubes :thumbsup:

Trach is all layed out,just fine tuneing it,then tubes :thumbsup:

Got any pics?

Here is a pic I took with my IPhone from this past sunday morning when I got there. Alot changed just that day. I'll have more pics in the next couple days with the track complete.

For size, it is 40' from the brick wall to the first post, 40' between the posts, and another 30' to the track wall where I took the pic from.

And here is the front of the drivers stand and pit lane being built.

Wow thats alot of dirt. Looks like it'll defiantly be worth the 3 hour trip to race there. :thumbsup:

Wow thats alot of dirt. Looks like it'll defiantly be worth the 3 hour trip to race there. :thumbsup:

Thats just the base. There was more still to be used for all the jumps and such.

Lots of info coming in the next 2 days :thumbsup:

Here is a couple pics Photoshopped together to show the completed layout.

Looks pretty sweet there guys. Make sure you have a schedule posted as soon as you know race dates and times, a few of us from Gaylord will make it to atleast one big race.

VERY cool how wide are the lanes?

VERY cool how wide are the lanes?
Only because our backs are still broken from doing this very thing.....I will speculate 10 foot lanes, 6,000 SQ. Foot of track and about 12,000 SQ. Feet of dirt. Lets see how close I am! Good luck with it guys, looks nice. :thumbsup:

VERY cool how wide are the lanes?

Track is 110' x 70' with 10' lanes.

All I can say is SWEET!!!!!!!! Can't wait to get the SC10 and T4 out on a track again, plus it's only about an hour away. Keep us posted. Thanks for the pics Kris.

Track is 110' x 70' with 10' lanes.
I was close! Picture does not make it look that deep, going to be a nice track.

Looks really nice!!

Looks really nice!!

looks really sweet and pretty close to us nancy:wave::thumbsup:

just wondering electric only or is there going to be nitro?

On the very first post it says electric and gas/nitro on the weekends.

How about an address so we can google up a map to see exactly where it is. More pics would be great, so we can watch the progress.

VERY cool how wide are the lanes?

All lanes are 10'. Straight away is 12'. An additional 3' pit lane.

Please check first post for additional information.

Here's the location of the track within the building:

http://img692.imageshack.us/img692/8338/tracklocation.jpg

Very sweet setup, Hope there's a good showing this weekend to break it in!

will the track be open for practice any time this week ??

Opening day is wednesday. There will be practice for electric only in the morning followed by the evening race program listed in the first post. Open practice will start thursday I believe.

I don't mean to be critical, but it seems to me like a little more hype and 3 or 4 weeks of a notice and some big to do for a GRAND OPENING would have been more beneficial to a new facility. I know that if I had more notice I would have made the 4 hr trip for a big grand opening race. Like I said I don't mean to be critical, I'll still be down to check it out the winter. Just that RC racers seem to like a little more hype and to know there will be a good turn-out when they travel to race with you. Just my two cents worth, look forward to racing with you at the new track.

I wouldn't let lackof hyper stop u Ron, I know these guys personelly and they wanted to have a top line facility real quick and they have it......I know u would have a great time there....they have three exhaust fans for the nitro races to hopefully eliminate nitro smoke, if it don't they will add more...their goal is to have a smoke free building on nitro days... indoor nitro entrys in Michigan have been way down due to the fumes(i think u know what i mean)Mike's goal is to be smoke free....hope to see ur group there in the near future....I'm going to make it tomorrow an hopefully Sat. Deer hunting is over for me so know I can concentrate more on some rc'in....lookin forward to runnin u an Ken again...love Tom PS check out rcracingextreme for more on this track...

Didn't mean that I would race there or that the guys don't have the best intentions or that they arent building a great facility. I only meant that I hope they have a good turnout for there opening, I won't be able to make it because there is not enough notice, they did'nt keep racers ontop of when they opener was and give those traveling a ways time to plan the trip.Look forward to running with you again real soon Tom and I will be down there to race soon.

Didn't mean that I would race there or that the guys don't have the best intentions or that they arent building a great facility. I only meant that I hope they have a good turnout for there opening, I won't be able to make it because there is not enough notice, they did'nt keep racers ontop of when they opener was and give those traveling a ways time to plan the trip.Look forward to running with you again real soon Tom and I will be down there to race soon.

X-2 on that, when the postings about it uses words like i believe, not sure
we dont know whats happining! im not knocking the place at all, looking forward to going there. it just seems like its a big secret. and any more pics.
just want to know whats going on before the long trip
thanks
and good luck, looks good
steve

i will get some pics tomorrow night when I'm there if someone can post them for me....i agree it would have been better if they could have posted the opening sooner, I'm not making excuses for that but this has happened very quickly....the lease wasn't even sighed 3 weeks ago...u know goverment, permits inspections etc..i know Mike were there until 5am working on the drivers stand and Ed until 2am working on the track....guess were should all be thankful we have another track option specially in this economy.....a lot of money is invested in a project of this nature.....looking forward to seeing u guys soon, where ever it may be...ur a fun group of guys to be around...

what time is the bus leaving on Saturday Tom? Sounds like a plan to me

Cmon guys give them a break. They have busted their ##ses for us so we can race. We have all winter to race and so lighten up on the notice for the grand opening. This place was started just 3 weeks ago.

That's my point though, I only want this place as well as all RC race tracks to do well, unless I'm missing something, you have a beautiful track opening indoor nitro and electric state of the art big and only 3 photo's posted just over 1000 views in 3 or 4 weeks and 45 wait 46 posts. How many racers do you think will be there this Saturday with a 5 day notice of the GRAND OPENING. I hope you have 200 plus racers but just a little optimistic(sorry)!

I'm venting because I'm jealous that i can't be there for the opening race. That sucks!!!!!

Cmon guys give them a break. They have busted their ##ses for us so we can race. We have all winter to race and so lighten up on the notice for the grand opening. This place was started just 3 weeks ago.

sorry not trying to bust there buts, just want some info so we can come race there.
defintly appretiat all the hard work at these tracks. just needs some hype

do we have to rent the chairs? and pay to piss? i well not be racing there.:confused::drunk::(:tongue:

For those coming tonight or this weekend, you will want to bring a chair, and possibly a pit table. They have a bunch of tables built for about 40 entries right now, but to be on the safe side....
The chair order has not arrived yet.

I understand the short notice, they didn't want to get everyone all excited and then something gets it shut down (permit or ?), and they didn't want a bunch of people stopping by to check it out while it was being built as well. Trust me though, its worth the drive time. Myself, I am not ready to race as well, but thats not going to stop me from racing there when I am ready.

Mid Michigan has needed something like this for a long time.

Also, for summer time they have a large plot of land outside worked into the lease to use for the outdoor track, so this will be a year around facility!!!

And for those wanting more pics, they have a bunch on the AMS Hobbies facebook page. Here's a link:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Burton-MI/AMS-Custom-Hobbies-Inc/102179753978?ref=ts