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BY KAMERYN GRIESSER
The business also o ers repair services, vehicle parts and paints.
The Hobby Shop is a store and recreation center for remote control vehicle enthusiasts.
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Remote control car fans gather at The Hobby Shop On Saturdays, a crowd of hobbyists ranging in age from 6-60 come to Leander from all over Central Texas to huddle around an indoor race track. But unlike a typical NASCAR-scale race, the track is only 1,500-square-feet, and the cars are about one tenth the size of real vehicles. The background In December 2022, longtime friends Chris really important for people to put their hands on a product,” Dungan said. “They get to actually test it out here, ask us questions and meet people with similar interests.” The speci cs The shop o ers RC cars, planes, boats and
The store is owned by Chris Dungan (left), Larry Judge (right) and Joe Bielski.
drones for beginners and pros, with prices ranging from $20 up to $1,400 for the fastest race cars. On top of the drift track, which features a con- crete road with sharp turns, the store has a rubber mat track and a crawl track with rocks, stairs and obstacles for o -road RC cars to navigate. The store sells RC cars that can drive up to 200 miles per hour, which scales to about 500 miles per hour for a full-size vehicle, Dungan said.
Dungan, Larry Judge and Joe Bielski turned their shared passion of collecting remote control, or RC, cars into a full-time business. They opened The Hobby Shop as a way to share their racing knowledge and build community among their fellow enthusiasts. “We wanted to open a physical store because it’s
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