Local hobby shop is closing.. another victim of the economy :(

[BrianG]

To get a good car/truck client base, I think a store should have some type of race events, perferably physically at the track. It would bring people to the store and sales are bound to go up. Not to mention the sales it would get from the broken parts practicing before a race, parts broken during a race, and broken parts on non-race days when people are just there playing around. This assumes that there are enough people in the area to make it worthwhile.

I too buy online mostly unless the part I need happens to be in stock at the store, which is kinda rare. Gotta face it, the parts/supplies most of the people need here are specialty, especially with all the custom stuff we do. I don't know how many times I ask the LHS if they have something (aluminum, plastic, etc) just to get a blank look.