Article View: chi.places
Article #125Re: Chicago RC Racing - Carpet Racing
From: kenji
Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2009 20:58
Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2009 20:58
45 lines
2753 bytes
2753 bytes
In article <b_CdnT7r4MTfvkPXnZ2dnUVZ_gWdnZ2d@earthlink.com>, "Gregory Morrow" <flyokayflycsa@csaok.cz> wrote: > kenji wrote: > > > In article <hbl3n4$ufr$2@ftupet.ftupet.com>, > > Michele <michele@buggeroff.net> wrote: > > > >> kenji wrote: > >>> The only RC racing in Chicago. Carpet racing three times a week. > >>> Now in our third year of club racing. Beginners to sponsored racers > >>> find a race every week. > >>> > >>> Underground RC Racetrack, 40 E. 54th St. Chicago IL > >>> > >>> http://www.undergroundrcracetrack.com > >>> > >>> Visit us on rctech.net too: > >>> > >>> > <http://www.rctech.net/forum/wisconsin-illinois-racing/157260-underground > >>> -rc-race-track-chicago-41.html> > >>> > >>> See us on YouTube: > >>> > >>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Xy_a1vL9Nc > >> > >> > >> I can't help but think this is like watching show jumping. It's only > >> exciting if you're the rider. Or in this case, driver. > > > > I wouldn't expect to see anyone but people who are addicted to and > > really enjoy their car hobby to be showing up. We get spectators on > > the Southside but it's usually sotuhside church people checking us > > all out after church on Sundays. Lots of kids with elders and pastors > > and the like......Our NW side outdoor venue in the Summer is a > > different crowd. We get lots of spectators there who camp out to > > watch the races many make a day of it with lawn chairs and tables..... > > > WHITES are more likely to be able to afford accroutements like lawn chairs > and tables... over by the outddor track in Norridge it's lots of Europeans and Asians hanging out watching. Scale model racing is big in their home countries.
Technical Details
Message-ID:
<kenji-1320AD.15585020102009@news.ripco.com>Path:
arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!g2news2.google.com!news2.google.com!news.glorb.com!news2.glorb.com!news.ripco.com!kenjiReferences:
<kenji-0AC9E6.10123920102009@news.ripco.com> <hbl3n4$ufr$2@ftupet.ftupet.com> <kenji-502172.15320320102009@news.ripco.com> <b_CdnT7r4MTfvkPXnZ2dnUVZ_gWdnZ2d@earthlink.com>Show Full Headers
Complete Article Headers
X-Google-Thread: a0c7d0a256,3025ead26f25a22a X-Google-Attributes: gida0c7d0a256,public,usenet X-Google-NewGroupId: yes X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!g2news2.google.com!news2.google.com!news.glorb.com!news2.glorb.com!news.ripco.com!kenji From: kenji <kenji@ripco.com> Newsgroups: chi.places,milw.general,chi.general Subject: Re: Chicago RC Racing - Carpet Racing Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2009 15:58:50 -0500 Organization: Everything Goes Better with Ripco Lines: 45 Message-ID: <kenji-1320AD.15585020102009@news.ripco.com> References: <kenji-0AC9E6.10123920102009@news.ripco.com> <hbl3n4$ufr$2@ftupet.ftupet.com> <kenji-502172.15320320102009@news.ripco.com> <b_CdnT7r4MTfvkPXnZ2dnUVZ_gWdnZ2d@earthlink.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: adsl-76-223-14-25.dsl.chcgil.sbcglobal.net X-Trace: remote5bge0.ripco.com 1256072330 15970 76.223.14.25 (20 Oct 2009 20:58:50 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ripco.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2009 20:58:50 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: MT-NewsWatcher/3.5.3b3 (Intel Mac OS X)