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- Gary Pickerell: Our wishes and prayers go out to Gary's family as he lost the battle to Cancer on August 14, 2006. Gary was one of the areas long time R/C racers. Gary has been racing at SCH since we opened in Pittsburgh, PA where he has his own personal pit space alongside two of his favorite R/C friends Chuck and Frank. Keep posted for a charity race on Saturday, October 14, 2006 to be held in Gary's name which will be organized by Gary's closest R/C friends Frank Dempster and Chuck Chambers. Details here.
- Ron Osinski of Indoor Camp Ronnie turns 40. Story
- The Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix: Steel City Hobbies wishes to thank Mini of Pittsburgh and the 2006 VGP crew for a great time! SCH was asked to participate in this year's festivities by hosting R/C Racing and Airplane / Helicopter acrobatic demonstrations. SCH aided in raising money for the Autistic Society by donating 100% of it's profits to this worthy charity. Story and Pictures / Video. Comic Strip Saturday, July 15, 2006.
- SCH had a great time with the Western Pennsylvania School for the Deaf's visit on Thursday July 13. Deaf Children used R/C cars at SCH's track for a good time! The SCH staff has plenty of experience with handicapped people and R/C and has programs such as this to entertain and instruct people how to have fun with R/C.
SCH has proven that there are no handicaps in having fun using R/C models.
For pictures and more on the event, click here.
- Memorial Day Weekend 2006 was not happy for everyone. AB Charles Hobby Shop closed it's doors in Dormont, PA after 60+ years of business! Owner Scott Charles was rightfully upset when Cochran (Local Super Car Dealership to Pittsburgh) followed through on a sale made earlier by Scott's father. Scott fought tooth and nail to try to keep the historic building open, but ultimately lost to the superpower car dealership. A lot of local people were upset for a number of reasons - from being an historic building to being one of the greatest full line hobby shops of all time - gone in less than a year of hard fought battles. Steel City Hobbies has always been grateful to owner Scott Charles as he helped SCH when times were tough. The owner of SCH offered Scott it's floor space on the R/C track to help store the thousands and thousands of square footage worth of stock. SCH also offered overtime to its employees to help AB Charles pack up for the big move over the Memorial Day weekend. SCH has also offered to do website specials to help petition the bad news as well as help out legally. We at SCH hope AB Charles Hobby Shop finds a place soon and wish them luck in the future! Thanks Scott for all the great memories! A great story in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
- AB-Charles story in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Mention of SCH owner who was one of AB's best customers. June 3, 2006
- SCH heads to Heinz Field for the 2006 NFL Draft Fan Blitz on Saturday, April 29th.
- Steel City Hobbies and the World Champion Pittsburgh Steelers team up to raise money for children who are burn victims at Camp Kon-O-Kwee located just north of Pittsburgh. Steelers players and the Pittsburgh FOOLS (Firefighters in the Pittsburgh area) are going to do everything they can to raise much needed money for this special cause. There will be a celebrity R/C race to be held at SCH at the end of May or early June. Spring 2006
- TSA update: SCH supports local students who took the whole win at this year's TSA event held every year at 7Springs resort in Champion, PA. Anthony Marcolini, Nick Goettman and Mike Wood took first! SCH was happy to support these guys and provide them with everything they needed to become a national champion. April, 2006
- SCH Oval Race team heads to Akron Ohio for the ARCOR Carpet Nationals. Team leader Allen Stephens brings home the A-Main win in Spec NasTruck. April 2006
- Steel City Hobbies sponsors the world's greatest R/C race - the Snowbird Nationals - held in Orlando, FL every February. SCH is participating again this year by producing the exclusive Snowbird Nationals video footage. SCH also is teaming up with Hollywood CA in producing a R/C documentary - shooting has already begun. No further details. - Winter, 2005/2006
- SCH makes the news by collecting gifts, etc. for kids thru "Toys for Tots" and "Project Bundle Up". The US Marines and Santa Claus were on hand to help out with this project. SCH is recognized as a leader in the region for holding charity events for such good causes. SCH also thanks everyone for making it all possible. - December, 2005
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SCH makes local history by being the first hobby shop with many indoor activities such as R/C carpet racing, Helicopter flying, R/C group racing and Pinewood Derby - all under one roof. - Winter, 2005/2006
ARCHIVED NEWS
- Letter to ROAR asking WHY there is so little support for their own sanction. Terrible communication with ROAR makes people wonder why bother with becoming a ROAR member? - November 21, 2005
- ARCOR PA State Champs was held at Steel City Hobbies on Saturday, October 29, 2005. This race was ARCOR's record 2nd largest "state race" with 61 entries. Results Story & Pictures The race was very professional and smooth - a prototype for running large races.
- Steel City Hobbies is recognized by Traxxas for helpful relationships with close competition. Traxxas has been impressed with the unique relationships between SCH - AB Charles, SCH - Hobbytown, with the cross promotion - as this is not seen anywhere else in the USA. - October, 2005
- R/C Drag Racing hits Pittsburgh! SCH hosts Drag Racing - when you see a "Gumball" - that means racing - keep posted to the home page for upcoming races!
- SCH takes to the underwater world in Florida, making history in diving the Spiegle Grove ship. - June 2005
- SummerNationals - Postponed. IEDA Nationals postponed till further notice. We will still be racing on Sunday, July 17th as a Regionals.
- AB Charles Hobby Shop and SCH put on a show in North Strabain for a family weekend. Details. June 2005
- Mini-Cooper Race Series - Six week Stock Sedan series - Prizes: 1st - REAL Mini-Cooper from Mini of Pgh.; 2nd - Guardian Security System by Safe N' Secure; 3rd & 4th - Steelers Camp VIP passes ($600 value)! All prizes value towards $2k Details
- RC Driver writes a two page spread on on the 1st organized R/C Drag race ever in Pittsburgh history, at Heinz Field. You can read this in the April, 2005 issue on page 52.
- Model Retailer writes four page article on Steel City Hobbies - April 2005 Issue.
- Extreme RC writes story on the Snowbirds and mentions SCH shooting exclusive video. - June 2005 Issue.
- Steel City Hobbies' racers Allen Stephens and Jimmy Daugherty take on and win the ARCOR Nationals on March 19, 2005.
- SCH racers head to Hanover to race in Tamiya Nationals race. March, 2005
- Steel City Hobbies shot exclusive video at the Snowbirds this year. February, 2005
- RC Driver writes an article on Jerome Bettis and Steel City Hobbies in the January 2005 Issue. Check it out! The early released issue is on our rack! - November 16, 2004
- SteelersTV's KidsZone™ and SCH shoot R/C
Segment. Ben Roethlisberger and other rookies compete with local
children at the Carnegie Science Center's SportsWorks next to Heinz Field.
- December 9, 2004
- Steel City Hobbies held the first organized
Drifting race in the Pittsburgh area. - December 4, 2004
- SCH heads to iHobby
Expo in Chicago, IL to bring everyone in the Metro-Pittsburgh PA
area the latest in technology and surplus. More to come. - October 12,
2004
- SCH supports Special
Olympics and is working with Special Olympics committee.- October
11, 2004
- Indoor Track Open for racing. - September
24, 2004
- Steel City Hobbies making plans to host
R/C Celebrity race to aid flood victims. - September 24, 2004
- Drag Racing - SCH making plans for at least
one more race this fall. - September, 2004
- Steel City Hobbies gets a 23 TON dirt delivery
for the Maryland off-road track. (No story) - June 2, 2004
- Pot-Luck
Race, at SCH-MD - Sunday, Memorial Day Weekend - May 30, 2004
- Steel City Hobbies teams up with the X-FEST.
Full demonstration on R/C Cars, Trucks, and more. - May 28, 2004
- Steel City Hobbies hosts R/C demonstration
at Nemacolin Woodlands for the grand opening of the Hummer
Off-Road course - May 22, 2004
- Steel City Hobbies builds an outdoor off-road
track next to the store in Maryland. Trophy/Points series for Spring 04
under way. Read more - March
14, 2004
- Steel City Hobbies indoor season winds down.
(no link) - March 5, 2004
- Steel City Hobbies Stops by Winter Nationals
in Ft. Myers, FL. Read more
here. - February 12, 2004
- Steel City Hobbies checks out local tracks
in Naples, FL. Read more here. - February
12, 2004
- Steel City Hobbies gets side tracked in
Palm Beach, FL. Read more here. - February
14, 2004
- Steel City Hobbies attends the Snowbirds
Nationals indoor on-road race. Sponsored by SCH, Ray Darroch wins the A-Main! Read
more here. - February, 2004
- Steel City Hobbies pays a visit to a R/C
track in Latrobe, PA. -
January 30, 2004
- Indoor
Racing Hunkers Down in Deep
Creek Lake Maryland! September 5, 2003
- July-August 2003 - Steel City Hobbies visits
the Pittsburgh Steelers Training Camp several times a week in Latrobe,
Pennsylvania.
SCH
will be visiting the camp weekly to keep the boys running strong, and to
join in on all the fun of course! Click
here for the latest story!
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