Steel City Hobbies is in Las Vegas checking out the International Indoor Championships (I.I.C.) for the weekend. SCH’s Michael Rooney is on the scene with cameras in hand. Mike is the principal producer & owner of the R/C car racing documentary called Carpet Racers, which is in several phases of production and post.

This is not just another R/C Car race, this is a high end R/C show that has a lot of extras to go along with the $150 entry such as T-Shirts, buffet meals, and much more in the “goody” bag! — Not to mention the “strip” of Las Vegas where there is never a dull moment.

The IIC is in its third year, and is held at the South Point Resort and Casino – a very nice place! The race this year has strict guidelines to help streamline the racing down to 45 heats – which will allow the program to start and finish within a 12 hour period. RC Scoring Pro is also on hand helping out with the lap timing with new features in the scheduled practice heats.

Walking around the pit area brought back the memories of the R/C “Family” you always see at these large events such as the Snowbird Nationals, Cleveland Indoor Champs, etc. People like Gil Losi, Jr., Billy Easton, Atsushi Hara and Jilles Groskamp are always fun to reminisce with.

For more information on the race, check back here for picture updates! You can read more specifics on the IIC at http://www.intchamps.com.

For all you Geocachers!

Come Join us for our first annual Cache-Fest here at Laurelville!!! It will begin at 6:30PM on September 28th and end after lunch on Saturday the 29th. There will be various games and cache styles including a caching poker tournament, and some time to just chill and enjoy each other’s company. Enjoy caches rated 1-5.
The event begins Friday evening. We will begin around 6:30PM with some meet and greet and night caching. If you need lodging we have food and lodging available. Then meet again at 8:30 on Saturday for our caching poker tournament. We will be searching for our playing card caches through lunch and then have the games in the afternoon. Prizes will be awarded. After that you can enjoy our “creative caches” and hit the road whenever you need to.

Come with your family, or come by yourself and meet some fellow cachers!

The goal of the event is to open laurelville up for caching, help the cachers in the area get to know each other, swap cache stories, trade bugs, and have some fun!

Call: 800.839.1021
Email: mghorst@gmail.com
Online: www.geocaching.com waypoint number GC14RCG
thanks,
mark

Steel City Hobbies opened the doors for a test-n-tune day for Carpet Racing on Saturday, September 15, 2007.
The major expansion of the track increased in size to 40′ x 92′ with updates to carpet, electronics to video displays. “This R/C facility is really something special for anyone who is into R/C car racing…” says owner Michael Rooney.

We will be trying different track combinations for Oval – so we can maximize track usage as well as maintaining different size run-lines for a wide variety of racing over the course of a season.

Special thanks to SCH’s Frank Dempster, JW and Chuck Chambers for the countless hours of devotion – and to others who worked hard to raise the bar in R/C car racing.

This coming Saturday, 9/29 will be a test-n-tune day for both the track and R/C car racing. There will be non-sanctioned club racing this coming weekend. Look for an On-Road event early in October as we celebrate a grand re-opening of Steel City Hobbies’ newest creation!

The Pittsburgh Steelers win their 500th game today sporting “throwback” uniforms which are for the 75th season. Many of the old time Steelers Legends were at the game as well in celebration of the 75th anniversary.
Steel City Hobbies is the official hobby shop of the Pittsburgh Steelers since it’s opening year back in 2003.

Steel City Hobbies is known for quality R/C racing. The carpet track is complete and ready for racing starting this coming week – Saturday, September 15th!

Last week the crew has finished the final stages of laying the Ozite carpet to complete THE top R/C Carpet Racing facility in the USA. Below are a few pictures. No racing this weekend – but the track will be open this week!