Club would be nice to have. The reason I mentioned the 300.00 was for a R/C co-op not for a club.

If HW does or cant get the parts and thing the racers need why not get them through a co-op? I dont want to take anything from HW at all thats not the intent, but a better "working" relationship between the people who race and the people who work at HW needs to improve. Yes its their track and we race there. Has anybody every asked HW to carry this or that after market parts before? If a list was assembled of the parts and things we need or would like to have access to. I think if somebody went to Don with the list he would be accommodating in suppling these parts. After all its more busniess for him, right?

But if not, then.
By having 10 individuals in the co-op the expense it spend over 10 guys and not one or two. All 10 would have an equal share in it. This way is say a club was started in the area the co-op could be there suppling parts and kits to the other racers or the new people who would happen to stop by. Break down as follows: 10 x 300.00 = 3000.00. this would be for the co-op to be able to place and order with a distributor for parts, kits and such things for the group that races at HW.

Its only an idea, nothing set in stone. Lets hear your thoughts or ideas for improving the relationship between the racres and HW if it can be done? Or any other ideas you might have?

Henry :wave:

let me play the badguy here , or devils advicate (spelling ?) :devil: , since many people think iam good at it.

A club is something that is good for a club track, but to have a club you got to have racers that race there on normal bases and more than maybe 20, hobby world years ago had a club , call JARCAR, when you raced you pay 10 if you was member or 12 if not, but that was in the dirt oval days,, but back then, over half the people in the hobby shop raced out back and cared how the racing went,, people like my man David BUTTS, eric white,ray and even greg swink but things have change since many moons ago as the old indian would say.

heres my devils part,, what is a club goin to do that the racers of hobby world havent tried todo already? the club isnt going to change the attitudes in the shop ,, the people in the shop has to do that. do you really need more cost to the racing program there? you pay in my opion too much for nothing already,, now we talking club dues :lol: boy thats goin to bring more racers in ,, this is a sinking ship people dont pull out the drills and drill more wholes, patch (FIX) the ones you got.

face it ,, its hobby worlds track,, they will decide what happens to it,, we can get on here and whin , cry , scream, and even kiss up all you want and its not even goin to change a thing,, until they decide to and hear the racers out and make their own changes ,, for their own track. Until they do make changes you have the right to make a choice to race there or not ,, its a free america and you got that right. but i would keep in mind ,, how long will you travel to track b , before it gets old to you. i have been traveling to race rc for almost 15 years now and i can tell you it gets old ,and have saw amany of racers quite the hobby because of it. the traveling take more money, more planning, more preping , more time away from familly and love ones so before you think your all hard core rc racer and ready to play road dog look at the big picture and see if your still in the hobby at the end after acouple months or years down the road, yes friend or ememy i would hate to see yall not racing because of that, see i havent never had a local track,, i guess what iam saying is dont lose what you got ,, because of someones actions in the shop didnt realize they would have a major ripple effect on the racers, that attend and that was goin to attend the races out back.

this is how hobby world customer/sales/racers realtions was displayed at its best on that day,, it will be them HW that has to deal with it and correct if they want to , (IF) the shop cares , they will make changes in their operation and that shouldnt happen again even if they didnt like the customer or had issues with that customer ,,just not good bussiness and on the other hand (IF) they dont care which it seems at this time ,they want. but when you have the only track and shop in the area ,, you get a bigger ego and get careless. when another track and hobby shop opens up ,, that will change just alittle tho . because you know why ,, we dont race , gas cars and trucks , tmaxxes ,traxxes kits, airplanes, trains, plastic models, model rockets which is the back bone of the shop sales,,, until the people inside and owners have the same passion and drive for the racing out back like the racers out back do ,, things will be the same. a boycot want mean nothing to them at this time,,

shot while we at it,, why do we charge 15 to race,, for what?

some preach well you got a new paved surface , smoother track to race on,,,, so but if think for a minute we raced fine on the the other track surface and the track had more racers. so everytime they do something to the track is the price goin to go up and the car count down even more? lol when turn three gets lights we will be paying 20 to race,, no yall will.

heres my ideal ,, stock parts that racers out back need and break most of ,, make some money on them parts sales, so people dont have to order on the net. welcome racers and customers from other states and other tracks with open arms and friendly faces,, change the light bulbs in turn three so the oval racers dont feel like they goin threw the tunel of love on every lap. lower the entry fee back down to 10 dollars like most other tracks in the southern us and get some racers like most other tracks. quite all the BS,,loose the egos and put the boxing gloves down ,, and lets get back to racing and have fun.

Because guys yall are down to one track now , after having four in jacksonville at this time last year. kmart racing went bye bye with the carpet track got running and autohaus went under and out of town quick ,, palm valley turned into weed valley,, now the carpet track who knows, chould be, will be, never might be again. but its no more racing at this time. now its back to the old hw track ,, spec heaven, but even shawn is starting to see you got to run something else if you want to race somewhere else..and after getting some stock action at the carpet track and the birds hes starting to see the more competition and other track options they are out there,, everyone runs stock just about. iam not knocking the class but i think you need a better steping stone class , maybe a stock class something that you can move up from or race everywhere else. spec is in the past,, bolink is gone and trinity dont make them no more. the only spec thing left is tires and motors, that i know of,, and who else runs that class with in 200 miles form you?you want to run the other tires,, and the stock motor cost the same ,, even less at tower hobbies,,, oops,, i dont shop there i buy all my parts form local hobby shop,,hmm i dont have one so the net is the next local thing ,,,,lol.

guys i know things isnt the best in the shop, the track isnt the greatest track in the us,, but it can be with the right promoting and directioning , but that is got to come form the OWNERS not us,, but to cut you with the other side of the knife ,, you will miss it in the long run if they quite racing there,, so i hope HW will make a move in that direction, but not goin to hold my breath because of what i know from the past and i perfer to live. But i would also really miss racing, having fun and bsing with yall guys if its gone. ok got to go now and get my flame suite on now ,,, later.

oh yeah,, sorry for the little post.

BIGDON

99% of the distibutors require a business license and all the big ones require a store front. there are pleanty of other options to get the stuff you need like calling rc madness 860 741 6501 they have everything. or call superior they also have everything and will it might tiake a little time these are good choices. you can alos go through Bigdogrc.com

when you get a business license just to get those tires @ 11.30 a pair then turn around at the end of the year and have to file a tax return. I don't think iot is worth it.

Big Don has layed out the whammy for all to see and read. You go Don, Tell'em like it is or was and well said. Ding ding ding. Don Raulerson for prez in 2004 :D And by the way Don, I talked to Eric White a couple of months ago and he may get back into racing again also. He has 5(yep five)kids now so he's been real busy doing something. :eek:

What I posted earlier was only an idea, and nothing else thats all.

Yes Dave I know about busniess license, tax forms, and Florida business law, and what all it involves and there is alot more than these few that I mentioned.

But hey with status quo,...everybody is going to continue to race at HW,...so lets work on having fun like BigDon mentioned

Later
Henry.

Do I have to run Tamiya plugs in spec or can I run deans??

No you can change them for Pro-Spec

You Go BigDon!!
Be careful this is an election year and Butts has already nominated Ya!
New92
If you get up Atlanta way Toys for Boys is a blast.Indoor track is tight as ---- but fun,if ya have a 12th scale take it! The outdoor track is really, really nice and always a bunch of fun friendly racers there, make ya forget all about HW. I never ran the offroad track just not my thing :lol:
Later! Lee :cool:

[QUOTE=bigdon18]

hobby world years ago had a club , call JARCAR,
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I bet you didnt know I named that club. It stood for "Jacksonville area radio controlled auto racers" Several other names were tossed about like DORC(dirt oval racing club)or even ORRORC(off road racers of river city)for some reason that didnt go over too good. Some for the dirt oval only and some for the off road people exclusively but in the end to keep from alienating anyone JARCAR was chosen even though at the time I with some good help from alot of volunteers ran all the oval races on friday nights and the club was in charge of the off road races on sunday's until I left in 1991 then they took over all racing at the track. I also named the very first rc club I was in and our own Tom Marlowe was a member. Yep, Tom and I go way back. It was in 1979 or 80 and was called FLECC or Florida electric car club. That one won out over my second entry of OPERA Orange Park electric racing association. Man no one had a sense of humor back then either.? :D

Then there was OPSRA which was Orange Park slot racing association. But thats before we figured out how to steer our little cars. Oh yeah Hobby world had a slot car track at the O.P. store. It was next door to where the store is now in the bridal unit. That is of course before it was the bridal store or that really would've been a story to tell.

David,
yelp shore do,, and also know what it stand for,, still got a number sticker somewhere that we had to run on cars back then,, boy did they mess up my bloomquist schemes back then. do your remember the old 18 car,, that where bigdon18 comes from,, alot people dont know that..

eric's got five kids , wow. i stopped at three :lol: ,, shoot back then i was a kid when i ran open wheel and wedge with yall. man the memories, running wedge with rc10 and yall with cobra and custom works cars direct drive and me gearboxing it.

phillip ,,,,,trying to run wedge,,, that was worth the trip alone. had amany good trips with phillip down to hobby world ,, almost every friday night for several years there.

makes you wish we could put the clay and sugar water back on there again,, and pull out the wind boards and lets fly , and have fun again. to me that was the best racing back then.

i can remember goin up to bullwinkles trailor and setting in it and saying this is the shezzzzit. telling my self one day i will have one,, now i do.

maybe one day ,, some of these other guys can get on here and tell about the good times they had.

David alot of guys dont know you was one of the men to beat back then when it came to dirt oval,,, along with the garretts, phillip owen, wolf, bullwinkle, steve and matt h. ,, and many others i just cant remember there name , but can picture them.

greg swink racing a cobra wedge car.

how about the sprint cars,,, i think willie even had one,, and adam doing atomic motors out of his trailor with a airplane prop motor dyno,,, that was killer.

alot of good and great memories at the old track,, hope amany more will come.

BIGDON

Wow history lesson of rc clubs in Jax. I raced with JARCAR in oval and offroad. There were two other clubs in Jax at the time FCAR (first coast auto racers) offered off road, dirt oval and concrete oval and River City R/C club which offered the parking lot races. I was lucky enough to race with JARCAR and joined FCAR for their programs. Didn't have a chance to do the parking lot thing. Well anyway...the club thing can work but really depends on the club members support. I for one personally believe we need a track that is not affilliated with a business. ie hobby shop. Something like politics always comes up and ruins it for everybody. Imagine a public track where anyone can go to and play. Go karts racers have 103rd St sport complex, RC Flyers have the Lannie Rd Park, RC car racer HAD one. The three places mention have something in common, they are all city parks and fall under Parks and Recreation. There seems to be alot of interest lately for a new track. One suggestion to call, email, write a Jacksonville council person and asked for it. There are some city run parks that has community centers where indoor racing can be set up.

If anyone is interested here is a link to city of jax website and go to departments and select parks and recreation
coj.net (http://www.coj.net)

Bigdon - not sure if I know you but then again not good with names just faces. I remember some of the people you mentioned. I mainly raced off road until I coverted a jrx2 into a sprint car and ran oval then got a real custom works sprint car. That thing ran sweet.

motor dyno w/prop now that was scary lol

fcar,, still got one of my member ship cards,,,yelp i ran on the dirt oval there with a rc10 sprint and wedge a few times set the rates to the left alittle and go and i to also got a custom works car there toward the end. the concrete track there for several years when it was a hot bed of racing in jax,, until the crowd went down to nothing,, when i drove down 2 hours and it was me and two other cars in my class ,, that was it for me, i want to race, where they are alot of cars,, thats fun. back then they was ten cars in your class on the track ,, now you get more than five people start crying,, shut up and drive baby,,,,,,lol.

propdyno,,,awesome,,, wish i had it,, that was one bad mamajama. when it spooled up ,, it brought chill bumps up on you ,, :eek: ,, him and another guy back in the day had them ,, the other guy was from south fla somewhere ,, and had a team called team viper.. but man was they neat to watch dyno a motor.. BUUUZZZZZERRRRROOOOOOOMMMM :D

BIGDON

Posted By Bigdon: concrete track there for several years

I raced at the high banked superspeedway when it was open also. Fun track it was. :) :roll:


Did anyone here run in the Narcar Oval Series in Florida back in 1997?
I think I made 3 races in that series..


Kevin's RC Oval Site/Branford RC Speedway (http://www.kevinsrc.tk)

Wow what a history lesson,I started racing in 1987 at H/W then First Coast.Have been driving from GA since 1990 when I first moved to Waycross, like to see someone ad up those miles!!! The best part of all these years was all the times Don and I woulddrive from Waycross these times I will never forget,and yes I hated those wedge cars
As far as HOBBY WORLD goes I for one will not recommend anyone ever going into the store,buying anything,or having nothing at all to do with the store,even if you have to go to the bathroom go to burger king they wont give you a ATTITUDE.With all the sour looks you get when you walk into the store,the so comments,the and comments,the I was not here comments,done it for me,sad for someone along with others that have supported this place for some 17 years.

New ride for hobby world. :dude:

I raced at the high banked superspeedway when it was open,Did anyone here run in the Narcar Oval Series in Florida back in 1997?
I think I made 3 races in that series..

i ran the ones a the first coast speedway and the one that was held in brunswick ga, at ans hobbies. hey kevin ask stevie spell about the brunswick race one time when yall are bench racing one day at brandford, he went to alot of them. i know phillip, joe mama , willie was at alot of them also. they where fun races,, every race had alot racers.

BIGDON

for one personally believe we need a track that is not affilliated with a business. ie hobby shop. Something like politics always comes up and ruins it for everybody. Imagine a public track where anyone can go to and play. Go karts racers have 103rd St sport complex, RC Flyers have the Lannie Rd Park, RC car racer HAD one. The three places mention have something in common, they are all city parks and fall under Parks and Recreation. There seems to be alot of interest lately for a new track. One suggestion to call, email, write a Jacksonville council person and asked for it. There are some city run parks that has community centers where indoor racing can be set up.

Bingo, we have a winner. The only issue has been people wanting to do it, but not making enough of a commitment to keep it going. This could be done; it's just a matter of wanting it bad enough. 4 of us got it going with the carpet track. If circumstances hadn't played out like they did, we would still be going strong. Just think if their were 8 or 10 racers that really wanted it to work. I'm talking about people that are willing to do whatever it takes to make it work...

How much does the light in turn 3 cost?

Posted By Bigdon18: ran the ones a the first coast speedway and the one that was held in brunswick ga, at ans hobbies.

I ran the Narcar Busch class in Brunswick,Branford,and Ormond Beach parking lot. I ran the Brunswick track when they added the new concrete in turn 3,before the series came,if you seen a car with the right front keep coming off,that was me, :lol: I have some video of that race,wish I had a port from my VCR to my computer,LOL..I got some of the other races from that day also...I had a blast there.
This is a little off topic but you know that mexican restaurant Pablo's that is/was in front of the track,I worked for the owner here in Lake City and he was charged with arson for gas bombing his restaurant here :devil:

Jay Woods and I would come down to First Coast on Sat, and run the concrete oval during the day then run off-road 2 wheel drive buggy that night and sprint car dirt oval. That was when Sheilds was open I believe that was the name of the shop. David you worked there and were running Customs Works at the time . I remember you would help everybody with whatever and then your heat would be called up you would go up run your 4 mins. spank the field and then go help somebody else. I dont think I ever saw you work on your car :thumbsup:

When we were running at First Coast..... H. W. had a bad reputation then also. cant remember the year but I guess some things never change
Do know that I went to the US Open Whell Dirt Championships at Sugar Hill in 91 and placed 3rd in the A main with a JRX2 Big Boys Sprint Car, Jay was 2nd and Willis was 4th. Got our picture in Car Action boy we thought we were the bomb. We were using a Buds Dyno for the motors .

The 1st race at Daytona was a NARCAR race I believe there were at 150 drivers there and we didnt know that we had to be out of there at 6:00 every night boy that was a crazy week-end . I commited to the NARCAR series for 2 years . Anybody remember that concrete oval in Sebring? I believe it was behind a motel. Ran my G-Force for the 1st time at that NARCAR race .

Brunswick boy we had some good times at that track too. Ask Stevie about the night he blew the end-bells off 2 different motors. Back before rebuildables :cool: We called that track Little Pocano always had fun there. I ran a Hyperdrive STX there back when everyone looked at 3 shock set-ups and went what is that :tongue: I remember Neel had 1 and we would work together on set-up because no-one else had 1 .

Memories are good But what does the future hold for racing in Jax??
I have always traveled to race and will continue to do so its unfortanate that Jax. will not be on my list . I enjoy running with all of you but HW is off my list period.
I am going to the Ormand Beach race on Sat. hope to see you there

Well since everyone is talking about the past...I remember growing up in Waycross and coming to Jax every weekend to go out to eat or to the mall with my parents. Everytime we were leaving on a Sat my dad would take my brother and I by the Arlington track to watch you guys race. We always wanted a car but he knew us to well and said that we would find a new hobby in a month or 2 after spending all of the money and that we could save our own money. Guess we couldnt wait that long because I finally bought my first RC about 14 months ago lol.

Had an HPI nitro car to mess around with then bought a losi XXX-NT that I had a blast with. Just bought my TC3 last month and I think onroad is the thing for me right now lol. Of course I am starting back racing off road in a couple of weeks and looking at getting an oval car soon too. Just 3 races (2 heats/main) a weekend is not enough for me lol. After all why break 3 times when I can break 6? Eventually I will be able to change any part on a car in under 60 seconds lol. Coming close to that on A arms now hahahahahaha.

:lol: you done it now ,, you let them know you lived in waycross , you got region 3 in ya, watch out:lol:

hey ,
i know you remember , charles robertson , that work with us back in the day at wd, he was so out there wild and crazy at times,, guess what he is now a preacher :eek: the last time pamela told me she had heard.. but i remember riding down with him to buy him a associated t3 at hobby world and then selling him a hyperdrive pancar.

i let you in on the region 3 deal, see everyone in fla is region 4 racers in roars layout in regions in the us, will Ga, is in region 3. Its seem like the region 3 guys always get blame for starting something,, but its all good fun in the end here lately.

BIGDON

Yea I remember Charles....kinda weird imagining him in a church let alone preaching.

Did you telll Pam she saw me? She remember me? lol

We still gotta get caught up on the ol' town when you get back down here :)

hey we researched those end bells popping off,it was a freak accident. those were good times though

stevie,,
i know you miss them self advance timing raceprep motors :lol:
i always knowed that , when william and johnny couldnt pull the gear i ran and was dumping at the end of a run in six cell stock,,,,,
you give a man enuff rope ,, he will hang his self,, :lol:. boy did i love them dillion racing packs they was strong the whole race,,,,, riche king was the man. the first green machine motor man , lovem , you could gear it to the moon with a big flywheel and go.

BIGDON

[QUOTE=wade]
That was when Sheilds was open I believe that was the name of the shop. David you worked there and were running Customs Works at the time . I remember you would help everybody with whatever and then your heat would be called up you would go up run your 4 mins. spank the field and then go help somebody else. I dont think I ever saw you work on your car :thumbsup:


Well Wade and the rest of the people that read this stuff here. These last couple of pages for the most part are what this hobby/sport is about. Yeah there are some bad memories but mostly the ones here have had me smiling till my cheeks hurt. Man O man I have forgotten so much.

Yes Wade it was Shields r/c that I ran with the able help of none other than Charlie Brown(cb)himself from january of 91 till october 1992. Almost two full years of being able to order what the customers(and I too)wanted and there were no limits. I ordered at our cost $2200 worth of trc rubber capped tires one time when a big race was coming up. That box was'nt very big either. I was like the kid in the candy store but I ran that candy store too, For several reasons the hobby started to decline and slowly levelled off to where there was almost no racing at all. I too remember those nights at first coast when the concrete oval would get 65 or 70 entries and on fridays the dirt oval offroad entries would often top 50. Bob Thompson Like him or not did a good job with that group of racers/people. As far as the working on the car comment? You're supposed to work on'em? :eek: I worked on those custom works cars alot, Just not at the track. I miss dirt oval and I may still play around at rpm. Theres just something fun about driving a fast car that's never really hooked up.
Oh well, Till the buzzer sounds, Five seconds or less beeeeeeeeeep!

[QUOTE=shawnleary]Over the last few pages I've read nothing that wasn't posted about 8 months ago. The lighting still sucks, that's part of the mystique... yea that's it. :) I need my fix weekly so I'll have to do with what I've got for now. Even with all this we still get 20 - 30 racers every Friday. Imagine what a well run/organized/funded program could do.[/QUOT



ya,well we see how much help we get when we want to get something done around here. we had 6 of all the racers here help with the work when the track was repaved. but mostly tom, goerge. rob.....( yes rob did most of the work by himself on his off time but will not be racing anymore because of somone who may have jumped to conclutions about what was said that knight). and me.and some help from brad, dan and chris. so I wish you guys would shut up about how nice the track could be and put alittle more effort into the track and have fun. so lets give tribute to a good racer who sometimes had his unorthadock ways and sometimes wouldnt listen to other racers on setups but was still competitive. You will be missed ROB. :cry:

Tim you might be right because these are the people that are to cheap to replace a light bulb.

they just baffle me. spend 10,000 to repave the track then throw down the old pipe when there was a stack of new pipe right there. don't replace the lights when they burn out. hire the rudest people they can to work in the shop so they can chase people of and sell new touring car kits to people without mention the fact that they race out back. have the rude employee go out back to race (rob) a swear like a sailor at the top of his lungs. race on friday night during the winter instead of sundays. Not having the proper parts in stock so people can buy them. there should be at least 3 high end batteries in the case at all times and at least 10 sets of arms for the tc3 and xxx-s. i think a have vented enough for now


We have been waiting on the touring guys to redo those pipes jeremy paid for that pipe out of his pocket. so come out on sunday and redo it I will help you if you would like.

I wonder how much you all really want to change R/C racing in Jacksonville? You can do something about it, but it takes a commitment. I don't think anything will change at Hobby World just because you stop racing there or stop buying from them. The amount of stuff they sell to racers is quite small compared to the rest of their product line. Just look at the amount of space they allocate to it.

From my perspective, you can put up or shut up. Get together as a group and do something about it. I know that the club thing hasn't worked in a long time around here, but it has worked in other places. You could even do R/C co-op. Most suppliers require a 3,000 to 5,000 dollar initial order.

Dave is right, there is a group that races at Hobby World that is quite content with the way things are.

All the griping about things at Hobby World is getting old. I say put up your time and money to do something about it or shut up and race. To sit around and say this really makes me mad does no good with out giving a solution.

-John Meadows
john@meadowz.com



AMEN BROTHER> finaly someone with some sence. :D

to redneck Rob that works in the hobby shop. from now on why don't you stop doing us favors and keep your big mouth shut. you actions Sat cost the track alot of new faces and will continue to due so. also you only show your true colors when you come out back and brag about giving the out of towners a hard time. if you had half a brain you would be dangerous you moron!!!!!!!!! way to go



Words this hard should be said face to face :mad:

you guys understand why they have that relaxed attitude right? you know why they dont clean the track or fix there own lights? c'mon it's easy to figure out..BECAUSE HALF YOU GUYS ON HERE FIX AND REPAIR IT ALL FOR THEM! LOL THAN YOU PAY THEM 15.00 ON TOP OF THAT TO RACE! AWESOME!!!!!!!! IF I OPEN A BUSINESS I WANT YOU ALL AS EMPLOYEES! YOU WORK FOR FREE THAN PAY ME TO WORK THERE! AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAH

look if you all want some awesome practice for the speedway race you all realy need to come to the ormond beach track. it's brand new surface..smooth as glass..nice bite..clean track and mike bean is putting on the show...if you need directions to the track lmk asap wsell@cfl.rr.com we will offer every class that the speedway race will have and than some! no caps....flat asphault freshly paved..gates open at 2 pm racing will start at 5 pm track will be manicured before we set a car on the track..oh yeah and all the lights work and it's bright as day time out there..food on site as well.... team daytona will be in the house! come get some...

oh yeah if you guys would stop going to hobby world during the week and working on the track..eventually they would have to do there own work again...or the track and shop will close...look around and figure out how many of you all read this board and how many of you guys make up the base of racers they have there..if you all dont go for 3 months see what happens...i bet they beg to have you guys back...than again maybe they will be happy selling nothing for 3 months? you need parts call superior hobbies one day shipping in florida and there prices are half what HW sells there stuff for... B O Y C O T T :eek:



they have been doing that so we know that wont work.LOL very few racers actualy buy parts from hw already they probably make most of thete money of of the regular joes comming in off the street.

sorry had to get that stuf off my chest I know Im not the big man on campus but I have my opinion and there it is.take it or leave it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

You da man Stoney. I hope Rob doesn't stay gone forever.

I do have trouble paying to race and having to fix the track as well, doesn't some of the 15 bucks go to getting a new light bulb?

Actually John Meadows, the only time things have gotten changed at HW is when we all got on here and complained about the surface and the lights. Then it got repaved, and "re-lit".

I do appreciate Hobby World for being there, i wouldn't have this addiction right now if it wasn't for the owners, I have to thank them for at least that don't I? I love this r/c crap and I hope that we can all still come out and have fun together. That's what its all about right?

I'm with you Shawn. If we didn't have the HW track that's open 7 days a week, I doubt I'd even be in this hobby. Going to some track that's only open for raceday isn't enough for me. I need LOTS of practice!! And I need a track that's open when I have the time.

I hope Rob doesn't stay away too long either. He's been a lot of help to me in last 5 months that I've been racing R/C.

I'm also getting a little tired of the out-of-towners posting their "I hate HW, so come to MY track instead" messages. It seems a little too self-serving to me.

I hope the weather is nice tomorrow, because I want to race! (and I'm having a heart catheterization and possible angioplasty Monday, so I'll be away from the track for at least a week). :(

hey stoney I think that you took my post as meaning that i didn't appreciate what you and the others have done for the track. well I do. and I also think you are missing the point that me and some of the others are trying to make. that point is we shouldn't have to work on the track!!!!!! that and the fact that the store chases people off.

Originally Posted by stoneman

We have been waiting on the touring guys to redo those pipes jeremy paid for that pipe out of his pocket. so come out on sunday and redo it I will help you if you would like.

who do you think changed the track to the current layout?

I hope the weather is nice tomorrow, because I want to race! (and I'm having a heart catheterization and possible angioplasty Monday, so I'll be away from the track for at least a week). :(


dam dude sorry to hear that hope that everything goes ok. from what I know of the procedure it is pretty routine. My dad had to have the same thing done. he was out of comission for a couple of weeks. hope it goes well

Words this hard should be said face to face :mad:


stoney I am not going to get into a pissing match with you. I have never had a problem with you. lets keep it that way :wave:


as far as my feelings towards Robs actions at and around the track and store. sometimes the truth hurts.

Touring guy my hit the oval soon ...consider your selfs warned.... Found this old Trinity spec car and put some elec. in. Pro spec baby weeeeeeeeeeeee!!

you have to double click on the pic...I don't know how I screwed that up :freak:

bring it on

Eugene,
The warning was for me wrecking everyone not laping everyone. Just want to have some fun...
-Chris

My first lap at oval I'll probably dive in to the road course out of habit....lol

So will you be doing double duty oval and on road. I haven't did that in a long time I might to try also.

Not this fri. but next may be double. Got to get the car right. Lets do some double duty Eugene . What do ya say??

Well here is how I think. we already are in a club. and in order to make thing nice like we want them we make certain sacrifices. I am not talking about money here. I think don is willing to pay for any improvemant that we want to make.here never complained about paying a receipt one time. I will try to get the light fixed soon myself. might be able to get one from work. as for dave I know rob is a rude crude dude sometimes and I think I have hured both side of the story and I dont se what all the fuss is about.but it cost us a loyal racer that raced every week.

Bryan I'm work in the Heart Catherterization Lab at St. Lukes. Let me know wassup, hope you are going ok. smleary@yahoo.com

Welcome Shu!!! Its a blast.. can't wait to race with ya.

Shawn ,
YeaH it's looks pretty fun..can't wait.
-chris

Not this fri. but next may be double. Got to get the car right. Lets do some double duty Eugene . What do ya say??
I am in

We have been waiting on the touring guys to redo those pipes jeremy paid for that pipe out of his pocket. so come out on sunday and redo it I will help you if you would like.
So we will be working this Sunday on the track? What time?