South Side Chicago - WOW!!!!!!

[chicagokenji]

Well, here's another thread of mine that doesn't seem to fit into other forums around here.

You absolutely have to check this place out. It's like a dream or some movie set:

http://pages.ripco.net/~kenji/underground_rc

[Obsessive R/C]

Pretty cool place.

[AddictedtoNITRO]

wow:eek: that place is huge!

[chicagokenji]

It's an old Butternut Bread factory.

Enough parking indoors for 100 full scale cars.

[maxximum_44]

Kenji, Whats the story here? Can I get some more info?

[gtdude]

this place looks cool

[Michowski]

thats geno's new place for drag racing.

[chicagokenji]

40 E. 54th

Call ahead: 773-308-8344, make sure to talk to G.

Pull up in front of the big blue overhead door. Call the number above again, and they let you in. Park inside.

15 bucks to run.

On-Road track, oval for minisand micros, RCP for micros, dragstrip as seen in the photos.

No parts support right now. Just a place to race and tune.

Don't quote me on the hours

M-F 4pm til 10pm
Saturday 10am until late at night
Sunday?

CALL FIRST.

[moliver]

Kenji:

Have you been there?

[chicagokenji]

ha.

I took those photos.

[chicagokenji]

Kenji:

Have you been there?

Me and the boys have been helping a friend at his hobbyshop to get a smaller scale racetrack up and running. It's less than 10 minutes from the house. Strictly RC.

We've been racing twice a week which is fun. And being that we're racing Xray M18's, Recoils and rc18's it makes it double the fun.

[javo]

Nothing for 1/10 tracks?

[chicagokenji]

nice size on road track:

http://undergroundrcracetrack.com/

[Michowski]

edit, BOOYAH

[chicagokenji]

Haaaa!

[hotrodlincoln]

my dad worked in that factory on the dock where they now drag race for 28 years til they closed and amost lost his pension. geno was in the hobbytown i work at in schererville on saturday and he said he doesn't go there anymore

[PMHOURS]

Where's The Dirt????

[snoracer]

Is there any rock crawling In the future???

[chicagokenji]

How many guys could you get to show up regularly if a crawling "track" was created?

What do you call a crawling RC "space"?

[chicagokenji]

geno was in the hobbytown i work at in schererville on saturday and he said he doesn't go there anymore

Just wondering......who is Geno and why should I care if he goes to Underground or not?

[Jetboat]

if a good sized properly built crawling course was setup, you cold figure on seeing 18-20 guys at least 1 time a month and if its good enough we could put it on the comp circuit (especially in teh winter) Only thing is most crawlers dont like to pay to run so it would have to be a killer course. With the amount of room I see you could easily build a 20'x20' crawler mountain with some pretty good sized climbs. Hit me up if you guys deside to build and need some consulting or help on it, I've got 3 courses under my belt and have figured out what works and what people want (at least i think I have). I would love to get involved in a LARGE indoor course (and all I charge is the chance to run my trucks).

[hotrodlincoln]

Just wondering......who is Geno and why should I care if he goes to Underground or not?

you don't have to care if anyone goes there i was just posting to inform other racers:racing::racing:

[chicagokenji]

Do other racers care if a guy named Geno goes to Underground?

Who is Geno?

What's the deal with Geno?

Just Wondering.

[chicagokenji]

I would love to get involved in a LARGE indoor course (and all I charge is the chance to run my trucks).

Underground is taking this Sunday, Jan 20th, off. We should be back racing On Road next week, Sunday.

You should come by when me and G are there, on a Sunday, and let's talk.

There is definitely enough room. It's a matter of getting people to show up and to have someone to run it.

Is there any URL you can give me that shows a crawling event and/or how a crawling event is setup and run? I'm an off road on road racer and have never seen crawling.

My contact info is in my profile.

[hotrodlincoln]

Do other racers care if a guy named Geno goes to Underground?

Who is Geno?

What's the deal with Geno?

Just Wondering.

geno runs holeshot rc drag racing which is parking lot racing if someone is into dragracing from around here you say geno they'll know who you're talking about