Part memoir, part anecdotal history of Pittsburgh’s North Side, where the author grew up, and part football book, “Ruanaidh” follows to its conclusion the extraordinary life of Art Rooney, Sr. - the Chief. The strange-looking title (pronounced Ru-ah-nee) is the Gaelic word for Rooney.

Candid personality portraits of almost everybody in the Chief’s wide orbit are mingled with tales from Art Rooney, Jr’s own high school and college football-playing days, from his time as a failed drama student in New York, from his six months of boot camp training with the Marines, and from his subsequent career as personnel director of his father’s football team, the Pittsburgh Steelers.

For more information on this book, visit www.ArtRooneyJr.com

The book has been receiving rave reviews - before it has even hit the book stores!

Steel City Hobbies will have this book on sale in the near future - before any other book store. Be sure to get a copy of the 1st printing! Contact SCH about pre-ordering to reserve your book!

Results

The racing continued on Sunday with the 4th round of qualifying and then the mains. This was one of the greatest races at SCH to date! The facility is open to spectators for free!

Gary, Nitro Mike Whittington and Robert Stanley man the store while the BRL race goes on!

The BRL (Brushless Racing League) happened this past weekend at SCH. The race was an all weekend race - March 15th and 16th. The race was sponsored and called the Muddslide Motorsports 300.

Results

Check below for race details!

Racing information

Hours - 10am till 8pm.

SCH will continue with on-line sales only - for the near future. Check back here for updates, etc. SCH website will continue to host R/C stories and events for the coming year.

Thank you again!

Everything must go - everything on sale for COST! Product is going fast! We just restocked hobby and Steelers stuff!

SCH is closing it’s Bridgeville store at the end of March due to Mall renovations and future construction.

No further information available at the moment. Steel City Hobbies thanks all of the dedicated customers from over the last five years!

Rules for LIPO’s

First all batteries that are charged here must be charged in an approved container. We have charging bags for LIPO Batteries on sale in the store. If not then the batteries must be charged off site.

Fire Prevention: Sand Buckets - which are available around the track. Do not use water or Class A, B or C fire extinguishers. Class D will work, but we do not have this type on site. All LIPO charging must be done in the rear pit area as this is where the fire sand buckets are located.

There will be no exceptions to these rules.

Paul Lemiuex comes away with winning the TQ and A-Main in 1/12th scale.

Barry Baker and Billy Easton enjoy the hot models that have frequented the birds’ for the last three years. Jessica Barton (Left model)

Jilles Groskamp takes the 1/12th scale GTP 19-Turn A-Main - with some heated moments during the race, he hangs for the win!

The ladies looked fine this year - best ever actually!
For more pictures by SCH, click here. For the Snowbirds site: click here. For results from the Snowbird Nationals: click here.
Thank you again to Mike Boylan and the Snowbird Nationals crew for a job well done!

Josh Cyrul won the Touring Modified B-Main which will bump him up to the A-Main under the Snowbirds rules. Josh has raced at SCH as he is a top competitor in on-road and oval. Jeff Cuffs takes the F1 demo.
To check all the results, click here.

The track surface is the BEST I have ever seen at a large venue nationals race. You cannot see too many plywood 4′x8′ seams - even after thousands of laps. The odorless Jack the Gripper compound is working out perfectly, and the CRC rail system is working to spec with quick change-overs from Road Course to Oval. The high ceilings and HVAC are keeping the track conditions consistent throughout the whole race. This is another benchmark raised by the 2008 Snowbird Nationals.

Ray Darroch wins the B-Q “B-SCREW” award. Ray got hung up on turn 2 so he did not get the bump-up to the A - but we were all pulling for him at SCH!

Pittsburgh local Ray Darroch with the B-Q - as he has to wear the Mickey Mouse ears - a tradition here at the Snowbirds. Paul Lemiuex was the B-Q - B-SCREW and winner of the 1/12th Scale GTP Modified B-Main so he gets the bump into the A-main - what a great race!
The A-Mains will start at 6am tomorrow (Sunday). To view all the action and to see the results, check out the SBN live Page.