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Well, most of you know , but for those of you that don't there will be a club starting in the Jacksonville area. I have always said that Jacksonville has had a difficult time keeping a track going for whatever reason. That is NOT an excuse to quit trying. There are a lot of us who have felt burned in the past by the "club" aspect of Jacksonville, but the only way to really move forward is to try.We really need members in order to get the powers that be take us seriously. The city of Jacksonville seems very motivated to help us as long as we can show that we are organized, willing to go the distance, and have members in place to make this a great place to go. In the next day we will be posting flyers that will be the membership application. They should be in ALL of the shops in Jacksonville by the end of the weekend, and you should be able to pay

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last nights meeting went very well I think we have what it takes to make a great club...Congratulions to our new board of dir.  pres.Aaron ..vice pres. Matt ..treas..Harry...sec.Jesse,

I have all the confidence in these four guys to represent the club here in jax.As i said before they will need everybody to help them(first) everybody become a member $25.00 dollars a

year.To become a member contact Harry at Harrys hobbies for more info.I think ther is another meeting next week at Harrys thurs. 6/28 at 7:00 p.m if you missed the first one dont miss 

the second one see you guys there. 

For those of you that missed the meeting I just want to disclose one of the topics of discussion that I felt was the highlight of the meeting. This process of forming a club and negotiating with the city of jax is a pretty serious deal. What we have setting in front of us for the taking is the opportunity to have a world class R/C facility here in Jax. This is  not a new concept here in our area which is made possible by the great city we live in. To be more specific the guys that are into airplanes have a top notch facility to enjoy when ever they like and it was made possible by people just like you and I with a bit of organization and motivation.

Imagine having the best R/C race facility in the south eastern U.S! People will drive for miles to run on it and R/C product manufacturers will sponsor large events here. So far Harry has done alot of the leg work and picked up where the last guy left off. It is a fact that the city is supportive of this project and will help make this a reality but we have to band together and drive it home. It's not going to happen over night and there are some stipulations that we have to satisfy to move to the next level. There are no if's or maybe's here folks it's pretty much there for our taking and all we have to do is jump through a few hoops, dot a few i's and cross some t's and it ours.

If we stick together for the long haul you will have over the next couple of years a R/C racing facility that will rival all others in this state and a few others i'm sure.

So step up and be heard (membership required).... :-)

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Well, most of you know , but for those of you that don't there will be a club starting in the Jacksonville area. I have always said that Jacksonville has had a difficult time keeping a track going for whatever reason. That is NOT an excuse to quit trying. There are a lot of us who have felt burned in the past by the "club" aspect of Jacksonville, but the only way to really move forward is to try.We really need members in order to get the powers that be take us seriously. The city of Jacksonville seems very motivated to help us as long as we can show that we are organized, willing to go the distance, and have members in place to make this a great place to go. In the next day we will be posting flyers that will be the membership application. They should be in ALL of the shops in Jacksonville by the end of the weekend, and you should be able to pay

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To Join please go to www.harrysrchobbies.com

Click link at bottom of page, thanks,Harry

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I'm going out of town for the weekend, but next week will stop by HJarry's and join the club. I will try to be at the meeting as well. Also was just looking at the form. Do you have to be a roar member?

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You do not have to be a roar member to join JRCCC, although it would be a good idea to join as we get farther along. Club races will not require a ROAR membership, but since we are going to be affiliated and hopefully have ROAR sanctioned races, then in order to race those races a ROAR membership will be required.  That is a little farther off at this time. We are more concerned about getting the club member numbers up.

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I have talked to a couple of people what the city wants from us including Aaron. I wasat one time theV.P. of the old club, and one of very last things that was talked about was the property offheckscher Dr.

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Hoop,

Where at on Heckscher Dr? form the aireil images it looks like it's either houses or swamp 10 feet off the shoulder of the road all the way down east of 9A

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Reply to : The HoopsterI have talked to a couple of people what the city wants from us including Aaron. I wasat one time theV.P. of the old club, and one of very last things that was talked about was the property offheckscher Dr.Hoop,Where at on Heckscher Dr? form the aireil images it looks like it's either houses or swamp 10 feet off the shoulder of the road all the way down east of 9A

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Its actually off New Berlin Rd, right pass the  power plant . There's a road off to the right side of the road, take it about 600ft and then there a big open area.

 

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Ok, thats where I was thinking it was... looks like there is an R/C plane complex down there too

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I was thinking the same thing Travis. I never knew the guy but I was thinking to myself that it would be neat to name the complex or track after him sort of as a memorial to remember what he was working to create for us and that he basically laid the foundation for this.

I was not going to mention it because I do not know enough about him or his role in the area for R/C and what not but seeings how you brought it up!

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I was thinking the same thing Travis. I never knew the guy but I was thinking to myself that it would be neat to name the complex or track after him sort of as a memorial to remember what he was working to create for us and that he basically laid the foundation for this.I was not going to mention it because I do not know enough about him or his role in the area for R/C and what not but seeings how you brought it up!

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By the way, even though I am not around anymore, I still beieve that it would be great to name the facility the "Alan Elder Memorial R/C Park". Although he could be a pain in the butt he really was a great guy and put more effort into organized R/C racing in Jacksonville than most of us combined....also part of the information that the "Black dirt oval racer" (since I can't remeber his name) had was a professional conception drawing of the Park including dirt oval, offroad, paved oval and onroad with one driverstand inbetween usable from either side. It had concessions and restrooms also that the city liked and all but approved.

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His name is Willie, I have his cell number, if any the new officers want it.

Wazup Don, I talked to the new officers and filled them in on what was going on with the city before Alan died.

Hoop

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Don & Hoop, thanks for the info. As we get a little further along we may definatly need to talk to you guys some more. Thanks again

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HIs name is Willie Shipman. I have not talked to him in years, since the old Cars, Planes and Trains track. He is still around cause he did come out to Jeff's track when he was building it.

Thanks for all the information Don. We would love to have you back around. I am sure we will have something for Alan with the new park.

No problem guys I wish you the best in getting this organized, the city in the past talked big stuff until it came down to actually doing anything. Aaron you are right it is Willie Shipman, don't trust him much and anything that he says he will do for you , he won't, but if you know him already you knew that. I updated my profile to reflect my cell number here in Alabama so call me if I can answer any questions you may have.

Don Jameson (BALDNITROGUY)

Is a dirt oval in the plans for this new complex?  If so count me in as a member!

John

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I haven't been on here for a while. It's good to hear about the possiblity of a city owned r/c park, again. I was a member of First Coast track at Lone Star, when they had dirt oval, off road and concrete tri-oval. Icurrently race oval and touring at the HW track so keep us in mind too.

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This facility is and will be about the members. We would like to have as many members as possible. That being said, there will not be "If you build this we will join B.S."  If you join, then you have a say in how everything is done.  Our first project will be to bring in what is hot, which is nitro offroad racing to Jacksonville. If all goes well, then there would be plenty of room to entertain other aspects of radio controlled racing/driving. We would like to please everyone, but I would be lying if I said we could do that, especially right off the bat.

The "club" is just that: a group of people passionate enough about bringing a track to Jacksonville. Notice there is nothing in our name about what type of vehicles we are running. The club name can eaisly span the entire R/C community. At this time whatever your interest, we just really need interest  and your support in bringing a facility to Jacksonville.

I've got my eye on an R/C front end loader.... maybe we can use it to build the new track?

http://www.hobbytron.com/RCTractorWheeledLoaderConstructionVehicle114JHC0806.html

If not maybe we can start a new class for these and race them?

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That being said, there will not be "If you build this we will join B.S."

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Thats probably not the best reply to give a potential new member who asks a question.  Especially if you are trying to drum up support.

I will probably join anyway though, even if my question about a dirt oval was "bullshit".   Since i cant make the meetings because i work on thursday nights here is my one suggestion.  You could have a dirt oval track around the outside of the offroad track and if they shared the same front stretch you would only need one drivers stand and one timing system for the two tracks.

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Let me see if i can cle

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