River
City RC – SpeedWorld Raceway
Roseville, California USA
Type
of racing we do:
1:10
scale nitro on-road and touring
1:8 scale touring cars
Permanent
on-road course/track, asphalt construction
Racing:
Sundays
– Nitro cars only / Racing
Saturdays – Electric / Racing
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Facilities:
Onsite
Hobby Shop, huge covered pit areas, spectator
grandstands, permanent track, covered driver’s
stand, AMBrc timing system using Laps Free
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Contact
details:
Clark
Geurts – River City RC Club President
1121 Sherburn Avenue
Sacramento, CA 95822-1018
(916) 521-0051
admin@rivercityrc.org
SpeedWorld
Raceway
90 Corp Yard Road
Roseville, CA 95678
(916) 783-8864
http://speedworldraceway.com
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Track/Club
Web Sites :
http://rivercityrc.org–
main Club website
http://rivercityrc.org/forum/sitenews.asp
- Forum
http://speedworldraceway.com
– race track website
Track
Description:
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River
City RC was started in 2005 by a group
of super enthusiastic nitro onroad r/c
hobbyists to promote NITRO onroad racing
and further the hobby. Not having any
local tracks that ran nitro in the greater
Sacramento area, spawned the idea for
a club. Henry Turner (of Sacramento Kings
fame) helped get the club going with a
generous donation of money for us to purchase
roadrails and roaddomes for our first
tracks located in oversized parking lots
in Sacramento.
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We
finally were able to secure a huge covered parking
lot for us to have a semi-permanent location
where we ran for about a year. Summer of 2006
ended with the club loosing the sublease we
had on the parking lot due to a new lease being
signed which no longer permitted subletting.
OH no, where are we going to go!!!
We hooked up with SpeedWorld Raceway in Roseville,
a permanent onroad course which has hosted the
R.O.A.R. electric onroad nationals for the last
five years! SpeedWorld has never run nitro at
the facility, but River City RC and Billy Bowerman
of SpeedWorld got together to have River City
RC run the NITRO program at SpeedWorld. We run
every Sunday from 9am to 6pm with races at least
once a month. We are now concluding the 2006
Club Points Series Races for the year. We are
looking forward to hosting some major races
in 2007. River City RC and Speedworld are open
every weekend with racing dependent on the weather.
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It
is our mission to provide a safe, friendly,
helpful environment to accommodate r/c hobbyists
of all ages and skills. Our track is frequented
often by Mugen, Serpent, and Kyosho factory
drivers who are there to share the wealth
of experience and knowledge with the racers
around them. The forum (http://rivercityrc.org/forum/sitenews.asp)
also has a wealth of information! We have
frequent pizza days at the track as well.
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Basically
River City RC is here to provide r/c enthusiasts
a fun friendly atmosphere to run their nitro
r/c onroad cars. SpeedWorld Raceway is the place
to race. Both River City RC and SpeedWorld Roseville
are members of R.O.A.R. (radio operated auto
racing) – the governing body of r/c cars
in the United States.
Come join us!!!
Is
there anything you have learnt that has improved
things at your club or track?
Being
consistent in how you deal with others!!!
Any
disasters that you have come across?
Not
so far!!!!
Any
advice for other clubs/tracks?
Be
consistent in everything you do! That is the
key to success in this business. Give the people
what they want and continue to provide for those
in the future. Check with the other neighboring
tracks about race schedules to make sure that
when you plan your races you aren’t in
conflict with anyone else. Find a sister track
or club to partner with – hold series
races. LISTEN to the opinions of others, but
act in the manner that best suits the situation.
