MarkWesterfield

We race Wednesday nights at 7:00pm
We race Saturdays at 3:00pm

We race both Short Course truck and Modified Truck classes, so your all set!

MarkWesterfield

Here is a nice article our local newspaper the Republican-American in Waterbury, CT did for our hobbyshop and track. It covered the entire first page of the business section with 4 color photos and even had a 5 b&w picture on page two continuing the article. Thanks to the writer Marc Silvestrini and the photographer Jim Shannon.

http://www.rep-am.com/articles/2009/...ess/419879.txt

Other tracks and hobbyshops should see if their local paper does the same for local business...

MarkWesterfield

Made some changes to the track layout last night to make the track more fun for the short coarse trucks...

Also trophy race this Saturday, doors open @ 8 am, race program starts at 12 noon.

MarkWesterfield

Race results and video from the Summer Kick-off Trophy race are up on the website.....

Http://www.rchr.biz

MarkWesterfield

We will be closed Saturday, July 4th for the holiday. I'll be holding races on Friday night (3rd) starting at 7pm ffor those intrested.

kaiser01

how come you're closed sundays? that's a great day for racing.

MarkWesterfield

Its also a great day to spend with my wife . There are a couple of other tracks in the area that race on Sunday, so we race on Saturday to be different and so racers could race at both tracks if they wanted. Its nice to have a day of relaxation after spending all day at the track as well.

kaiser01

I hear ya, we are having our first baby soon (due july 6) so i know i'll be homebound for a while.

hopefully once we get into a new routine i'll be able to get to the track.

MarkWesterfield

Race Title: 1st annual Northeast Electric Off-road Grand Prix
Race Date: Saturday, November 14th, 2009
Race Time: Doors Open 8:00am, Drivers Meeting 11:00am, Race Program Starts 12:00 noon

Hosted By:
Radio Control Hobbies & Raceway
1258 South Main Street
Waterbury, CT. 06706
203-575-9757 / [email protected] / www.rchr.biz

Classes:
17.5 Spec Short Coarse Truck
10.5 Limited 2wd Buggy
Modified Stadium truck
Modified 4wd Buggy
Sportsman beginner class

Race format: 3 rounds of qualifying (rocket round) Single A-mains

Facility amenities: Indoor electric off-road track 75 x 45 feet, fully stocked hobby shop, seated pitting w/ac power, heated pits and track, RC Scoring pro racing software / Amb timing system, wireless internet, food and drink.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUOInrkfHXA

kaiser01

how did your vintage weekend go?

got any vids?

MarkWesterfield

It went great! 71 entries.

Video's of the A-mains...

http://www.youtube.com/RCHnR

kaiser01

nice!

i wish i could have made it.

frog ftw!

kaiser01

any chance that you guys will start doing something more frequent with the "classics" (frogs, hornets etc....)

maybe once a month or something?

MarkWesterfield

1 or 2 other guys mentioned something like that, and if enough guys were to show up with enough for a class we would run it.

You should log in to rctech.net and chat with the other locals to see if others are interested....

[link=http://www.rctech.net/forum/track-locator-forum/188365-radio-control-hobbies-raceway-waterbury-ct.html]rctech RCHR thread[/link]

ilikeoranges

Hi Mark,

I'ts Derek. I haven't been there in a while and have heard that you got a new layout. Would it be cool if I got some shots? I'll probably be down there this Saturday for racing with my new T4 anyway, but I just want a look. Thanks.

MarkWesterfield

here is a video....

http://redirectingat.com/?id=42X1295...yout003.mp4%2F

ilikeoranges

Wow Mark!!! That's quite an impressive layout. The over-and-under is what really caught my eye. For some odd reason, I always wanted to see something like thatthere. I can't wait to be down there this Saturday. See you there.

And what about trophy racing schedules? When will those be up? Got anything in mind soon?

MarkWesterfield

RC Driver Magazine is sponsoring a Short Course Truck trophy race January 23rd

ilikeoranges

Mark,

I see that you have a computer in the pit area. This is important asI am seriously considering getting the Mamba Max 4600 w/ the Castle Link whatever, but is only compatible w/ Vista 32bit and XP. Is this whatit uses?

Oh, how was the RCD Short Course race? From what I hear it was quite an event.

MarkWesterfield

The computer is in the pits just for customers using Mamba or Tekin systems! It already has the software installed so your good to go. [8D]

The race went great! results are on our website (http://www.rchr.biz) and the podium pictures are on our new Flickr page...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/rchnr/

MarkWesterfield

I'm happy to announce that Radio Control Hobbies & Raceway in Waterbury, Connecticut, USA will be a Schumacher Dealer.

Local Schumacher team driver Raul Garcia will also be available for help and support

MarkWesterfield

Trophy Race this Saturday the 27th doors open at 8:00am, racing starts at 12 noon.

ilikeoranges

Mark - PM

MarkWesterfield

We are currently building an outdoor track for racing in the sunshine!

We are on a good time schedule to be ready for our next trophy race, April 17th. We will run all our standard 1/10th electric off-road classes and some racers have mentioned about bringing out their 1/10th nitro trucks too!

So look forward to some great outdoor racing at RCHR this Spring/Summer/Fall!

The best part is when it threatens rain we will just race inside!

MarkWesterfield

Here is a video of the modified truck class on our new outdoor track...

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rcczmmBKCc0[/youtube]