2011.01.24, 10:11 AM
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To February and Beyond!
Okay guys, I have some great news!
WE HAVE A SPACE FOR A LARGE RCP TRACK!!!
Brent was able to secure the spot next door (the old mattress store) for racing, starting Feb. 1st. We have a month-to-month lease for now to see how it goes, but we're ready to set up a big track. Might do something 1/18 - 1/10 as well, but for now we can focus on RCP.
Pedro, call me at the store when you see this.
-Mark
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2011.01.24, 10:18 AM
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Curmudgeon & Moderator
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Kannapolis, NC
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Great news Mark. I will be up as soon as the Doctor cuts me loose.
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2011.01.24, 10:57 AM
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Join Date: May 2010
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Great news! I think this will help getting more people "interested"
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2011.01.24, 11:18 AM
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Ain'tSoldEm
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Mooresville, NC
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GREAT! Called you... call me back.
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2011.01.24, 12:22 PM
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of both Time and Space
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Winston-Salem, NC
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Awesome news! I look forward to it!
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2011.01.25, 11:04 AM
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Ain'tSoldEm
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Mooresville, NC
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If everything works out we could have a large "event sized" RCP track in Mooresville, NC! A few more details to work out but it is looking good. Hobbytown have an ILap infrared timing system, similar to a Giro, that will work well for the MiniZs. I will be discussing plans with the High Speed Hobbies group this Thursday about staging some races at Hobbytown. Hopefully we can have a track in place early Feb and have a Saturday race or two during the month. HT also want to expand into other scales in the space. This is a good opportunity to expose the general public to the fun of 1/28th scale racing as the space has large windows and is in a high traffic area, across from the epicenter of American southern life... Walmart. Hope to see the budding Mooresville group of Z racers as well as the old guard from High Speed at the new track soon.
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2011.01.27, 09:21 PM
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Village Idiot
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: North Carolina
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Great News!!
It's great to hear that Hobby Town is expanding their Mini-Z area . Kyler and I are looking forward to trading some paint with the rest of the Mooresville crew .
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2011.01.27, 09:25 PM
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i hope it works out well. it's not easy convincing a hobby shop to commit floor space to tracks. in the end i had to provide everything in order to get our area hobby shop to host the races. it was not cheap but it's a worthy investment for racing in our area.
good luck and i hope to hear success stories coming from you guys.
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2011.01.30, 09:42 AM
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Join Date: May 2006
Location: Kannapolis, NC
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I was there yesterday. This is great news for HobbyTown and us as racers. Great facility and plenty of room. Ample room for tracks(yes I said tracks) and pit space. This will be the boost they need and we've wanted to get Mini Z racing to Mooresville. It will turn into another Carolin Cup team and an awesome venue for larger events. There are also a bunch of displaced 1/10 scale carpet racers in the Mooresville area that will be attracted by the larger facility. They have also sold over a hundred Losi 1/24 Short course trucks. I don't have one, but have driven one and they are a bunch of fun. I will be building some stadium style jumps to lay down on the RCP. This will be a bunch of fun. Imagine the turn out you could have with these things is some offroaders were to join in, maybe even convert a few.
I spoke with Mark myself yesterday. He's working on an order now to fill the show case. He said we have an area for the RCP aprox 40' x 25'. I'll start working on some 20 x 14 tile layouts later today. This should be about perfect. What do you guys think? Mark is excited, as I'm sure so is Brent and the rest of the staff. Mark, keep us updated on eta of when we can get in and get to work.
All of my track except for the wide radius oval will be available. We'll probably need more till we get things going. Anyone have some there not using for temporary track set up.
Wade
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2011.01.30, 01:11 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2008
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Good luck to all you guys involved in this venture.
Can't wait to run in a organized race there, just let us know when.
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2011.01.31, 06:01 PM
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Lookin forward to it.I hope it gets big enough for at least 1 weeknight series.Workin 6 day weeks for the forseeable future but we will make it when we can.I was getting close to selling what little bit of stuff we got.
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2011.01.31, 09:31 PM
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Village Idiot
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: North Carolina
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Hold on to your JUNK!!!!!!
Don't sell you're junk yet!! Mini-Z racing is gonna get crunk up in the Mooresville area shortly . Pedro is already working on a schedule and the rest of us can hardly wait .
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2011.02.01, 06:08 AM
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Ain'tSoldEm
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Mooresville, NC
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Crunk?! James is right! We are hoping to take advantage of Brent and Mark's efforts to get a racing scene going in Mooresville. We believe with a larger, dedicated space and a reliable timing system we can build on the small group we had racing on the rather small in-store track.
Besides getting some weekly racing going we want to hold at HT some of our Reflex Racing Club Series races that we are kicking off this week at High Speed. See reflexracing.net and their dedicated blog for details on this series. We are running a LeMans modified motor series, cool looking cars with horsepower! Tentatively, our first LM series race at HT will be Saturday Feb 12.
We also plan to hold the first round of the Carolina Cup Championship at this location around late March or early April. This year long championship pits the North Carolina group against the Myrtle Beach SC group for bragging rights and cool prizes. We also get racers from as far away as New York, Virginia and Texas for example. If things pan out we hope to petition for other manufacturer sponsored events at this track later in the year.
Don't just hold on to your junk, charge your batteries!
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2011.02.02, 04:33 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2009
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I'll get to charging.
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2011.02.07, 03:14 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Winston-Salem, NC
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Any developments? Pictures would be nice!
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