Well kinda !....... Although Brevard RC DRifters is no longer offering drifting...at least for the short term....we are still an active club under the name Brevard Electric Auto Racers. This new group has no affiliation with us. Our location still offers some of the best RC racing in the local area and if drifting shows signs of a healthier life we will pursue a drifting program again IN ADDITION to our racing program. Any and all drifters are welcome to come join us and if the numbers work we could always set aside specific weekends just for drifting. We wish the new group well but felt the need to clarify any ties, or the lack of, to them. If you drift, give us a shout out....get some bodies to commit and we'll be there for you.

Rob, there has never been a time when I ever said drifting would not be welcome or we wouldnt pursue it IF we had a reasonable guess there would be more than a handful of people. I agree that I have said there would be no emphasis AT THIS TIME to integrate drifting with our race program simply because the race program is new and deserves our full attention. If you remember it was on your advice that we try a RCGT based program in addition to strictly VTA. I agreed and we have done so. Clearly this will need our full attention and since drifting is currently in what appears to be a lull, it would make no sense to pursue it when other programs are showing a substantial interest level. My offer stands....IF drifting interest becomes greater we would be more than willing to offer it as part of the club effort......whether it be on the same days as the race program or on one or both of the available other weekends. You unfortunately did not consider these options and went elsewhere to force the issue. You never even asked about alternatives. The next thing I know youre telling me Hobbytown is going to offer drifting and then you post here as if we have abandoned it. I've always said the same thing.....GET MORE PEOPLE INVOLVED AND THE PROGRAM WILL LIVE. That wasnt happening and the downturn in activity is evident even here on SFLRCDRIFT. Not only with us but in other areas. My goal has always been to offer a program with growth potential......drifting simply wasnt showing that AT THIS TIME. I hope that changes but even you have noticed it. Your comment on the Pt St Lucie thread was true...."it seems all the drifters are disappearing". I simply want more for the investment I've made and I want to have a successful program that MANY people can enjoy.

Not abandoning it....I said you posted here AS If we had abandoned it. Drifting is welcome.....just get more people to show up. Get 10 people involved and I'll even show up with the track on 1 additional Sunday per month. As for VTA/RCGT....it will remain on the 2nd and 4th Sunday. It doesn't make sense to try them on the same day. Some people would have to make the choice between the 2 cars since they might only be able to afford 1. Not so easy to swap the same chassis around during 1 day. In addition there will be some people who only want to run 1 or the other. My hope is that each class gets big enough so that combining them in 1 day would be impossible.

Dont have 10...yet. But the potential for VTA/RCGT is much better given the national interest. And 10 is actually a joke. No program can survive on that. look at the forum !! 1 or 2 people quit and bye-bye drift sessions in multiple locations. If I thought for a minute that I wont get more than 10 for VTA I'd chuck all this now. I have much greater aspirations. The club will never be able to satisfy everyones needs but we have to be aware of trends and drifting is on a downswing as you yourself have noticed.  
Based on all the people you mentioned it sounds like you have enough to start a good program now and have already made moves in that direction....why not pursue it ? It sounds like you have the golden egg offered to you by Hobbytown. I know racing isnt your cup of tea but unfortunately you're part of a minority and as i keep trying to illustrate....the club MUST find venues that will allow growth. Get things rolling, promote it, manage it, invest in it and make it whatever you want.  
I'm tapped out. I know you believe in what you want and I cant argue with it. If you all end up at hobbytown I fully understand. I'm confident we'll still be here because, just like you, I believe in what VTA has to offer.

Sounds cool. I might be able to make it up there for a session in July. I just wanna double-check; is this the right address:
 
4335 W New Haven Ave
Melbourne, FL 32904
 
What time do you guys start/finish?

it is nice to see that we can all act like adults in this supposed vta eat drift world,  even though this is a drift forum not a VTA but don't want to start any drama, bc i am friends with everyone and my family and myself love drifting more then the VTA and we have all given it a fare chance. my family and i had a lot of fun this weekend @ hobby town even my wife started to practice on the track. hobbytown has opened a lot of new opportunities for the area it is nice to see that there are some people as dedicated to VTA like we are to drifting if we hear of interested people for VTA we will send them your way and hope that you will do the same for us. like we sent you a guy from hobbytown that bought a tc5 rtr w/ VTA spec's hope he stop'd bye or will stop bye...
 
Love & axle grease
 
Joe & Laurel

Great Job Rob, we need to start a new main board/forum for the new brevard county drifting at Hobbytown..